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Akodo Hiroshi's ability states "Battle: Attach your target discarded Follower to a target personality in Hiroshi's Army"
Questions 1) Does this count as an Equip action? 2) It does state wether or not costs are waived or paid. So do I have to pay for the follower?
Thanks for your time.
Nothing "counts as" an Equip action but the Equip action itself.
Akodo Hiroshi's Battle action attach your discarded Follower to a Personality in his army. Whenever an attachment card enters play from any out-of-play area (e.g. your Fate discard pile), its Gold cost and any other costs of bringing it into play must be paid (see Using attachments). This rule is supposed to be well-known, that is why you will no longer see any reminder text on cards such as Akodo Hiroshi.