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A player, 11 June 2014
Kolat Battle, [pay 4 gold]: Target a Personality. Before this battle resolves, bow him. Lose 1 Honor.
If I target a person with this, and then his location is shifted (eg: to home or another battlefield), will he bow at the end of the current battlefield, not any other battlefields that he might be at later in the same turn? Ie: can he then have a chance to unbow during another battle, since he would be bowed before the other battle starts?
Jon Palmer (rules official), 12 June 2014
If I target a person with this, and then his location is shifted (eg: to home or another battlefield), will he bow at the end of the current battlefield, not any other battlefields that he might be at later in the same turn? Ie: can he then have a chance to unbow during another battle, since he would be bowed before the other battle starts?
"This battle" refers to the battle currently being resolved. He will bow at the end, no matter what his location. He will not bow from this effect at the end of a different battle, so yes, you may move him out and straighten him later.