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A player, 27 March 2015
Hi,
Spinning the Web has the following text:
Ninja Battle: Give a target enemy Personality a -1F/-1C Poison token. Straighten your Sensei; you may use its abilities again this turn. You may target and bow your unbowed Ninja to give the Personality an additional -1F/-1C Poison token after each time your Ninja action resolves that targeted him, not including this one. Lose 2 Honor.
We have trouble understanding exactly when you need to bow a ninja: Only once, when Spinning the Web is played, and then the targeted personality will lose a poison token each time it will have been targeted by a Ninja action,Each time the targeted personality is targeted by a ninja action, and the ninja must be bowed when the Ninja action is announced,Each time the targeted personality is targeted by a ninja action, and the ninja must be bowed after the Ninja action resolves, just before giving an additional poison token Thnaks !
Jon Palmer (rules official), 27 March 2015
Hi,
Spinning the Web has the following text:
We have trouble understanding exactly when you need to bow a ninja: Only once, when Spinning the Web is played, and then the targeted personality will lose a poison token each time it will have been targeted by a Ninja action,Each time the targeted personality is targeted by a ninja action, and the ninja must be bowed when the Ninja action is announced,Each time the targeted personality is targeted by a ninja action, and the ninja must be bowed after the Ninja action resolves, just before giving an additional poison token Thnaks !
The first one. Bowing the ninja once sets up the effect that will trigger with each future Ninja action.