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A player, 28 June 2014
For reference Daigotsu Geiko's Trait reads: After a Dark Virtue, Fear, or Maho action resolves, if Geiko is at the current battlefield, give him +1F.
These may be a silly questions, but
First, can this trait occur multiple times?
If So: I was curious as to exactly how Daigotsu Geiko's force bonus actually works, because I've been in a situation where the force of the enemy personalities and followers is too high to actually have the fear effect bow something. Can I still target a 4 force personality/follower with a Fear 2 effect and get the triggered force bonus from Geiko's trait?
Another related question, can I also target an already bowed personality/follower with a Fear effect to trigger his trait?
Brook Cunningham (rules official), 29 June 2014
For reference Daigotsu Geiko's Trait reads: After a Dark Virtue, Fear, or Maho action resolves, if Geiko is at the current battlefield, give him +1F.
These may be a silly questions, but
First, can this trait occur multiple times?
If So: I was curious as to exactly how Daigotsu Geiko's force bonus actually works, because I've been in a situation where the force of the enemy personalities and followers is too high to actually have the fear effect bow something. Can I still target a 4 force personality/follower with a Fear 2 effect and get the triggered force bonus from Geiko's trait?
Another related question, can I also target an already bowed personality/follower with a Fear effect to trigger his trait?
1. Triggered traits occur each time they are triggered; multiple times in a turn even, if it so happens that way. (Worth noting, unless otherwise stated, effects only last until the end of the turn, so all Geiko's extra Force goes away then.)
2 and 3. Yes, you can target cards that the Fear would not affect (either because their Force it too high or because they're already bowed), just to have the bowing fail and Geiko to get extra Force from his trait.