Do you still need to pay fate costs when trigger the action ability?

Also, since the action can be triggered during a conflict, can the character be played into the current conflict? If so, does it matter if it is a fate character or a dynasty character?

Yes, you have to pay the Fate cost.

No, you play the character into home.

Here you have the rulings for the card.

Thanks... wasn't sure where to search for rulings outside of the ffg site.

On 12/3/2017 at 8:41 AM, Tabris2k said:

Yes, you have to pay the Fate cost.

No, you play the character into home.

Here you have the rulings for the card.

is there a ruling like this on Pit Trap?

thanks

55 minutes ago, Fu Leng said:

is there a ruling like this on Pit Trap?

thanks

Supposedly there will be an errata to the RRG to address Pit Trap.

http://www.cardgamedb.com/forums/index.php?/topic/37721-pit-trap/

And this is the new version of the card according to cardgamedb (which is owned by FFG), although there’s some discussion going regarding if it counts as official errata or not.

http://www.cardgamedb.com/index.php/legendofthe5rings/legend_of_the_five_rings/_/imperial-cycle/the-chrysanthemum-throne/pit-trap-r296

What about cards like Charge and Ambush? Can they be used on characters in the Back Alley? I'd assume not based on the quote below, but it doesn't say who's ruling this is:

Unique characters attached to Back-Alley Hideaway cannot be discarded as duplicates to place fate on other copies in play. The "as if it were in this province" line only affects how the Action ability on Back-Alley Hideaway functions, not how attached facedown cards function in general.

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Action: Play an attached facedown character from this holding as if it were in this province. Then, sacrifice this holding.

The "as if it were in this province" text is part of the action's effect, so it applies only while you're resolving it.

If Hideway had a constant ability saying "Characters attached to this holding are considered to be in your provinces", then you could use Charge or Ambush on them, or discard them for an extra fate.

Can more than one character at a time be attached to Back Alley Hideaway?

On 10/2/2018 at 8:55 AM, Daigotsu Armbarred said:

Can more than one character at a time be attached to Back Alley Hideaway?

Yes. But you only get to play one of them. Then, you sacrifice the holding and all the other characters are discarded along Back-Alley Hideaway.