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A player, 31 October 2014
A few miscellaneous questions relating to Susumu Takuan's Trait.
Susumu Takuan: After your Spider Clan personality is destroyed, gain 1 Honor.
Situation 1: Takuan is destroyed by an action. Does his controller gain 1 honor?
Situation 2: A dishonorable Takuan is destroyed by an action. Does his controller gain 1 Honor?
Situation 3: Takuan is in an army with X other Spider Clan personalities. His army is destroyed in battle resolution. How much (if any) Honor does his controller gain?
Situation 4: Same as situation #3, but the Takuan in question is dishonorable.
Situation 5: An army of X Spider Clan personalities dies in battle resolution while a dishonorable Takuan sits at home (or somehow otherwise survives, perhaps with Resilient). How much (if any) Honor does his controller gain?
Ben Higgins (rules official), 11 November 2014
Situation 1: Takuan is destroyed by an action. Does his controller gain 1 honor?
No.
Situation 2: A dishonorable Takuan is destroyed by an action. Does his controller gain 1 Honor?
No, and Taukuan will not rehonor neither.
Situation 3: Takuan is in an army with X other Spider Clan personalities. His army is destroyed in battle resolution. How much (if any) Honor does his controller gain?
None. All the Personalities are destroyed at the same time and are all placed in the discard pile at the same time. As with Situation 1, Takuan's trait will not trigger.
Situation 4: Same as situation #3, but the Takuan in question is dishonorable.
Same as situation 3, and Takuan will remain dishonorable.
Situation 5: An army of X Spider Clan personalities dies in battle resolution while a dishonorable Takuan sits at home (or somehow otherwise survives, perhaps with Resilient). How much (if any) Honor does his controller gain?
You will gain X-1 Honor, as the first destruction will rehonor Takuan, and the rest will generate the honor normally.
A player, 11 November 2014
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Regarding Scenario 5, if the destruction of the Spider army is simultaneous as you say in Scenario 3, then how can it be that you gain any honor?
Ben Higgins (rules official), 11 November 2014
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Regarding Scenario 5, if the destruction of the Spider army is simultaneous as you say in Scenario 3, then how can it be that you gain any honor?
While the destructions are indeed simultaneous, each one is a separate destruction, and Takuan's trait will trigger separately for each one.