Liu Shan

Destiny's Inactive Man 无为的真命主

**Pleasure** 享乐
When someone attacks Liu Shan, they must immediately discard another basic card. Otherwise, the attack and does nothing. (Enforced)

**Decentralization** 放权
Liu Shan can choose to skip his action phase. At the end of his turn, he discards an additional hand card. He can choose another character and allow them to immediately have a turn. After this turn, the person that would usually go after Liu Shan begins their turn.

**Seem Foolish** 若愚
King Ability: When Liu Shan has or is tied for the least amount of health at the beginning of his turn, he immediate increases his health limit by one, recovers one unit of health, and permanently gains Fierce General. (Awakening)
**Fierce General** 激将
King Ability: If Liu Shan needs to use an attack, he can ask any member of Shu to provide him one.

**Clarification:**

* When another character *Attacks* Liu Shan, they cannot use an ability that converts other cards into basic cards to satisfy the additional basic card requirement of "Pleasure." For example, Guan Yu cannot discard a red-suit tool or equipment card as an *Attack* for this extra basic card requirement.
* If another character *Attacks* Liu Shan without discarding another basic card, the *Attack* has no effect on Liu Shan. For example, the *Gender Double Swords* ability cannot be activated against Liu Shan by a female character unless they discard another basic card when *Attacking* him.
* When using "Decentralization", Liu Shan must discard an additional hand card after the discard phase. The end result of this will most often be that Liu Shan ends his turn with a number of hand cards equal to his health limit minus one.
* If Liu Shan is the victim of *Capture*, he cannot use "Decentralization". If Liu Shan's action phase is skipped by this tool card, he does not have it to forfeit for his ability.
* "Fierce General" is Liu Bei's king ability. When "Seem Foolish" goes into affect, Liu Shan can call upon other Shu characters to provide *Attack* cards for him when he needs an *Attack.*
* When a character from Shu gives Liu Shan an *Attack* via "Fierce General", the action is considered to be taken on the part of Liu Shan. Therefore, Liu Shan's weapon takes effect and Liu Shan suffers any consequences for damaging the target.
* If Liu Shan attacks via "Fierce General", Liu Shan may not attack again on the same turn unless he has equipment that increases his allowed *Attacks*. This is because he was the person that did the attacking previously.
* Liu Shan can use "Fierce General" when he wants to attack another player, when participating in a *Duel*, and when responding to *Barbarians.*
* When players give attacks, they can use their abilities to help them generate the card, e.g. Guan Yu can use a red card to give to Liu Shan, then Liu Shan uses it as an *Attack.* A member of Shu can also use the *Serpent Spear* to generate cards as well. Powers that take effect after the *Attack* is played do not take effect, e.g. Huang Zhong's power "Strong Bow" cannot be used through "Fierce General."

* "Decentralization" can be very powerful when used with a powerful character. While it does not permanently disrupt the turn order, it can still cause problems for some players if they did not anticipate a more powerful character getting an extra turn.
* "Pleasure" gives Liu Shan no defense against tool cards.
* "Decentralization" does not result in a 'net gain' in terms of cards/turns for Liu Shan's team. Liu Shan has his drawing phase, but skips his action phase. He must then discard an additional card at the end of his turn. This usually results in a net loss of cards for Liu Shan. Then, Liu Shan's ally gets additional drawing, action, and discard phases. The character to which Liu Shan gives an extra turn must have a very powerful ability or else this power will not be very effective.
* "Decentralization" prevents Liu Shan from equipping weapons, horses, and armor during his turn. It also prevents him from using *Peaches* if he is damaged. This can be problematic if Liu Shan wants to use this ability, but draws equipment cards or *Peaches.*

**Notable Combinations:**

* Hua Tuo/Sun Shang Xiang - These characters have healing abilities. This is very useful when Liu Shan is very damaged. The extra turns essentially give Liu Shan more health.

* Diao Chan/SP Diao Chan/Zhang Liao/Zhang He/Yuan Shu/Lu Su/Zhuge Liang/Cao Zhi - These characters have powerful abilities that make "Decentralization" very worthwhile.

* Diao Chan/Yan Liang and Wen Chou/Xun Yu/Xun You/Dian Wei/Yuan Shao  - These characters have abilities that allow them to hurt Liu Shan without the use of *Attack* cards. They can pose a great threat to Liu Shan's health.

* Lu Bu/Ma Chao/Pang De - These characters have very powerful *Attack* powers. They can be very damaging to Liu Shan.

 Loyalist
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**Final Remarks:**

Liu Shan is a character that seems outstanding on paper, but has some problems when used. He is like the Liu Shan that you can read about in Romance of the Three Kingdoms: very inept on his own and completely reliant on allies to do well. It cannot be stressed enough that he needs very powerful allies to increase his chances of winning. With powerful allies who are controlled by players who are adept at this game, Liu Shan can be very powerful in his own right.