Jian Yong

As Leisurely and Carefree as the Wind 优游风议

**Persuade** 巧说
At the beginning of his action phase, Jian Yong can conduct Points Duel 拼点 with any other character. If he wins, he can increase or decrease the number of targets of his next basic or non-delay tool by one for this turn. There are no range restrictions the extra target. If he loses, he cannot use any tool cards for the rest of his turn.

**Ignore Formalities** 纵适
Whenever Jian Yong competes in a Points Duel 拼点, he can keep the loser's competition card.

**Clarification:**

* Please see Points Duel.
* "Persuade" can be only used immediately after Jian Yong's drawing phase.
* If Jian Yong uses "Persuade", and wins the Points Duel 拼点 without playing any basic or non-delay tools, the effects of "Persuade" then are forfeited. The effects do not transfer to the next card by any player nor does the effect last until Jian Yong's next turn. Each turn starts off with a 'clean slate'.
* The following bullet points explain how Jian Yong's "Persuade" works when he uses various basic and tool cards:
	+ For *Attacks, Breaks, Steals, Blazes,* and *Duels,* Jian Yong can target an additional person with any range. The first target must be within Jian Yong's attacking range however.
	+ For *Peaches, Wines,* and *Draw Twos*, Jian Yong enjoys the benefit of the used card then he selects any other player. They get the same benefit as Jian Yong does. This includes *Wine*, but will only come to fruition if Jian Yong uses a *Coerce* with that character on that turn.
	+ For *Barbarians, Hail of Arrows, Peach Garden,* and *Harvest*, Jian Yong can reduce the number of targets by one. During a *Harvest*, the number of cards turned over is not altered.
	+ For *Coerce*, Jian Yong targets one character with a weapon in their equipment area, and prompts them to attack another character. He then repeats this process with another character with a weapon in their equipment area.
	+ For *Chains*, Jian Yong chooses two characters to toggle their chain status. He can then choose to target a third character and as well or he can choose to not target one of the targets he initially chose when playing the *Chains* (though it is difficult to imagine a situation in which this second choice would be useful). If Jian Yong trades in the *Chain*, he cannot allow another character to draw a card and this does not count as the first card used during this turn.
* Note that when Jian Yong successfully activates "Persuade," he can only increase/decrease the number of targets of the first basic/tool card played. Even if he chooses not to increase/decrease the number of targets of the first basic/tool card used, he cannot choose to increase/decrease the number of targets of any subsequent basic/tool cards used for the rest of the turn.
* "Ignore Formalities" can be used in conjunction with the competition in used in "Persuade."
* "Ignore Formalities" means he keeps the loser's competition card in other Points Duels as well as long as he is involved. For example, if Tai Shi Ci conducts a Points Duel 拼点 against Jian Yong, Jian Yong would still keep the loser's competition card.

**First Impressions:**

Jian Yong is a lot of fun to use and he is very powerful. His two abilities work very well together. He can function similarly to Tai Shi Ci and Li Ru, so long as he wins his initial competition. When you do win this competition, always be careful to make sure that the first card that you use is the one that you want to target an additional character. It is easy to forget that only the first card can have an additional target. Jian Yong can also use "Persuade" to remove a card from an enemy without a net lose of cards on his part with "Ignore Formalities," so long as you are okay with not using tool cards during that turn.