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A player, 28 May 2014
I am unsure if this topic will fall under or be taken under consideration with Oneiyara's discussion viewtopic.php?f=59&t=108336
Can you combine "Fear through followers" fear action with a normal fear action, to increase the value of "the fear through followers"?
I.E: Daigotsu Atsushi has a Tested Blade equipped. I announce Tested blade's fear = to chi battle action. I interrupt by combining his printed fear 2. Can I perform a "fear 6 through followers"? Also, relevant wording on Zlkyt's Family.
http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=11808,#hashid=1e13f1d75862e4c3ef35447276dd48fc,#cardcount=0
http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=11797,#hashid=c6b65d5c65e63dd9f8215f7ee359a701,#cardcount=1
Alex Jones (rules official), 29 May 2014
I am unsure if this topic will fall under or be taken under consideration with Oneiyara's discussion viewtopic.php?f=59&t=108336
Can you combine "Fear through followers" fear action with a normal fear action, to increase the value of "the fear through followers"?
I.E: Daigotsu Atsushi has a Tested Blade equipped. I announce Tested blade's fear = to chi battle action. I interrupt by combining his printed fear 2. Can I perform a "fear 6 through followers"? Also, relevant wording on Zlkyt's Family.
http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=11808,#hashid=1e13f1d75862e4c3ef35447276dd48fc,#cardcount=0
http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=11797,#hashid=c6b65d5c65e63dd9f8215f7ee359a701,#cardcount=1
If you combine a Fear Effect that can target a Personality with Followers with one that can't, the combined attack cannot target a Personality with Followers.
From the Comprehensive Rules, p 46, Combining, paragraph 4: The original attack effect may only target a card that it, as well as each of the combining actions, could target.
Alex Jones (rules official), 29 May 2014
Just to be clear, you can combine the Fear attacks from Tested Blade and Zlkyt's Family (if you're attacking, anyway), and target a Personality with Followers.
If you combine either of those with Daigotsu Atsushi's Fear (or Atsushi's Fear with either or them), you cannot then target a Personality with Followers.
Alex