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I have a doubt regarding the Colonial Dojo holding.
It reads:
Bow: When paying for a non-Unique Samurai, he enters play for 0 Gold.
And my doubts: 1. Does this include the +2 gold cost necessary to gain honor through the proclaim action? 2. If my honor is below the Samurai's personal honor does the holding pay for the extra +4 gold to overpay the personality and increase my honor amount by his PH?
Note that the Proclaim action doesn't add a +2 to Gold Cost, it just says you can't use Clan Discount, which is a Gold Cot reduction instead. You choose not to apply the reduction, and Colonial Dojo then reduces the Gold Cost to zero.
In the case of Clan Allegiance, this is an increase on Gold Cost, applied directly to it, not a separate payment. It also occurs in Step B of Playing Personalities, while Colonial Dojo's reduction would trigger in step C, so again, Colonial Dojo gets rid of all your debts. Bowing a Colonial Dojo will "pay" (so to speak) for both Clan Allegiance and Proclaim.