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Does Hotei's Contentment let you Proclaim for 1 when you buy a 0 PH personality and proclaim?
Hotei's Contentment
Text Fortune • Unique Before you gain Honor from the Proclaim action, if the Personality's base PH is 3 or lower: Increase the Honor gain by 1. Open: Discard this card and target a Personality: He may not assign to, and will not move into, an attacking army.
Does Hotei's Contentment let you Proclaim for 1 when you buy a 0 PH personality and proclaim?
Hotei's Contentment
Text Fortune • Unique Before you gain Honor from the Proclaim action, if the Personality's base PH is 3 or lower: Increase the Honor gain by 1. Open: Discard this card and target a Personality: He may not assign to, and will not move into, an attacking army.
If you use the Proclaim Reaction with a Personality with 0PH, you do not gain any honour, so Hotei's Contentment's trait does not trigger.