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A player, 24 November 2007
Can Crane's Strength be Misdirected to someone that it will not kill?
I understand that the only targeting requirement of the card is that I have targeted one of my Crane Clan Personalities, however, the wording following the colon reads "Destroy a target Personality...". Due to this wording, is it required that the card must be able to destroy? If the card read, "Target a Personality... opposing him. IF this personality's force is less than your personalities personal honor plus two, destroy it." then I wouldn't be confused. But the wording on Crane's Strength seems to demand destruction.
Thank you!
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 24 November 2007
Can Crane's Strength be Misdirected to someone that it will not kill?
You must pick something that could be legally picked by The Crane's Strength in the first place. You could not, e.g., target a Personality with a follower.