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Text Immediate Terrain You may play this card if there is a Terrain in play. Maho Battle: Destroy all other Terrains, Personalities and Followers with the Bloodspeaker or Shadowlands traits gain + 1F/+2C while at the battle. Lose 2 Honor.
This may be a stupid question but......
Is the 2chi bonus gained by the follower considered a printed 2chi or printed +2chi thereby giving it to the personality?
A Follower would only contribute it's Chi to the personality if it has a "+"or "-" in front of the number (like Oni no Megada or Parasitic Oni) If they don't have this, they just have 2 Chi .. like the Personal Sohei
okay... so the question still stands : printed 2c or +2c
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He answered it, but it could be clearer. Here goes:
The chi bonus is given to the follower, if the follower gives a chi bonus to the personality (ie has +x Chi) then that chi bonus to the personality is increased by two. If there is no existing bonus to the personality from the follower then no chi-bonus to the follower will make it that way.
Does this make sense now?
If a Follower gains a chi bonus, but does not have "+X Chi" written in the upper right corner, its chi adds to the chi of the unit, not to its Personality. [JA, ZF, April 2000]
therefore, you get a follower with 2c.