Old Road and Minor Item

[Darksatin]

From the COE Rulings :
"Hour of Need and Old Road tap the site they're played at, not the faction's site"

From the ME Universal Rules :
"A character may tap to play a minor item when a resource is played that taps their current site."

So, If a character in an Haven successfully influences a faction using Old Road, another character in his company can not tap to play a minor item ?

[Konrad Klar]

Inference from COE + MEUR would be that another character in company can tap to play a minor item (if the Haven has been tapped by successful attempt).

However, what CRF says about Röac the Raven:

Card Erratum: Replace "no modifications to the influence check are required." with
"treat this influence check as if it was made by a diplomat." His special ability may
only be used during the site phase. He can make the attempt by himself. Using this
ally to make an influence attempt does not tap a site, and may be done if his company
is at a tapped site.

I do not know from where the assumption that Hour of Need and Old Road "are played at site", or that attempt made using the cards is done at site.
BTW. Unlike Röac the Raven the Old Road has not been restricted by CRF to site phase.

[Bandobras Took]

OId Road and Hour of Need allow you to attempt to bring a faction in to play when the influencing character is at a site other than that indicated on the site's card. Successfully playing a faction still taps the site the influencer is at, since there has been no indication to the contrary, so far as I am aware.

A minor item can be played along with the faction brought into play by either of these cards so long as the play of those factions taps the site.

[Konrad Klar]

Successfully playing a faction still taps the site the influencer is at, since there has been no indication to the contrary, so far as I am aware.

Using this
ally to make an influence attempt does not tap a site, and may be done if his company
is at a tapped site.

This fragment is not a part of errata, strictly speaking. But ICE has a manner to write sometimes an statements specific for a given card just like a clarification (e.g. Something Has Slipped). So there is no evidence that an influence attempt made by entity being at site other than a site where a faction is playable, generally does not require untapped site, and does not tap a site. There is also no evidence for opposite.

It is not clear/defined where the influence attempt take a place. It is only know where an inluecing entity is located.

[Bandobras Took]

A card which allows a player to bring a faction into play will follow the process for bringing a faction into play except for differences outlined in the card.

After a faction is successfully played at a site, the site card is tapped.

If "played at a site" does not mean "a character at a site successfully brought a faction into play," then the phrase is meaningless and sites will never tap upon the play of a faction.

[Konrad Klar]

If "played at a site" does not mean "a character at a site successfully brought a faction into play," then the phrase is meaningless and sites will never tap upon the play of a faction.

It is not meaningless. It is just not always a case that a character is at the same site, where a faction normally can be played. Attempt made by character at site does not always mean that the attempt takes place at site.

Some hint (the thing to consider), but of course not evidence: unless a faction card states otherwise, or attempt is made against an opponent's faction, an influence attempt requires an untapped site. Old Road, Hour of Need, and Röac the Raven do not have a such requirement. If to demand a tapping a site after successful attempt (not against an opponent's faction, or faction that states otherwise) why consistently not to demand an untapped site for Old Road, and Hour of Need?