Seven Stings Keep and Denounced on Stage

L5R CCG Rules board, 29 August 2008

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A player, 29 August 2008

My opponent has lost two provinces this game. I Denounced on stage Does he lose 5 or 6 honor?

Brook Cunningham (rules official), 29 August 2008

My opponent has lost two provinces this game. I Denounced on stage Does he lose 5 or 6 honor?

He would lose 5 Honor.

In your example, using Seven Stings Keep's ability produces a single loss of 4, which Denounced would increase to 5.

http://rules.l5r.com/Glossary_F#For_each: "Proportional effects using the term “for each”, such as “Gain 1 Honor for each Samurai you control,” should be interpreted as a single effect rather than numerous separate effects. In this instance, a player controlling 3 Samurai would gain 3 Honor at once, not 1 Honor three separate times."