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A player, 26 April 2010
With the new wording on unexpected intimidation:
Battle: Bow your target Personality: Move a target enemy Personality home. If this movement fails, bow him. If this bowing fails, destroy him. If this destruction fails, remove him from the game.
If I target a personality that is already bowed with this and for some reason he uses height of courage lets say, would the bowing be deemed to have failed because the cards action didnt change the state of the targeted personality?
Also i was told that failed actions was not an issue anymore because the rings had been errated to make them easier to understand is this card the exception to the rule?
Thanks Nathan
Brook Cunningham (rules official), 26 April 2010
With the new wording on unexpected intimidation:
Battle: Bow your target Personality: Move a target enemy Personality home. If this movement fails, bow him. If this bowing fails, destroy him. If this destruction fails, remove him from the game.
If I target a personality that is already bowed with this and for some reason he uses height of courage lets say, would the bowing be deemed to have failed because the cards action didnt change the state of the targeted personality?
EDIT: I misread the two listings of UI in the Wiki and said that you didn't have the most current wording. But you do! My mistake, sorry.
But your answer is, "Yes." If the movement of an already bowed Personality is negated, the bowing from UI would not bow him because he's already bowed (thereby failing), and he would then be destroyed.
Also i was told that failed actions was not an issue anymore because the rings had been errated to make them easier to understand is this card the exception to the rule?
Not quite true. "Successful" actions no longer matter; that term was removed from the Rings and is no longer in the game. However, actions' effects can still Fail. I know, kind of weird to be rid of one and not the other, but there you have it.
Thanks Nathan
You're quite welcome! I hope I've helped.