Newbie question about Priest of two faiths

By Egoix, in CoC Rules Discussion

Hello, i´m a new player to the game. I have a question about the card Priest of two faiths (the spoken covenant 43). After reading it´s response text i´m not sure if i am playing it well. Does it mean that the target of the response will have no icons until the moment all characters are uncomitted from stories? (this being the ending secuence of the story phase). Or do they apply in the final icon struggle?

Thanks in advance.

The target will get his icons back after the story phase (so after all icon struggles were resolved and after a player succeeded at the story).

That´s how we were playing it, good to know we´re doing it right. Thanks! :)

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that the icons are not actually removed for the duration. They are just not counted. At least that's what the definition of 'count' says for skill in the FAQ:

(2.30) Counting Skill
Some effects reference counting skill
or not counting skill. These effects do
not change the actual numbers on the
card
. They only mean that the skill is
counted or not counted during the skill
comparison at the story.

If I'm correct that means, that e.g. while not counting the card's terror icons might cause your opponent to lose the terror struggle, the character would still be protected from going insane.