Two Newbee questions about Power Challenge and Defending

By LudoBrabo, in Rules Questions

2 questions:

- If you win a Power Challenge but the loosing player has no (or too few) Power Tokens, get the winner the Power Tokens from the treasury or winns he no Power Tokens in that case?

- If you challenge the other player, do the defender has to defend (if he is able to) or may he choose not to (and defend with STR 0 so the attacker gets a Power Tokens bonus)?

cheers

Ludobrabo

2 questions:

- If you win a Power Challenge but the loosing player has no (or too few) Power Tokens, get the winner the Power Tokens from the treasury or winns he no Power Tokens in that case?

- If you challenge the other player, do the defender has to defend (if he is able to) or may he choose not to (and defend with STR 0 so the attacker gets a Power Tokens bonus)?

cheers

Ludobrabo

Quoting from the Rules Reference:

Power Claim
When a player loses a power () challenge as the
defending player, that player must remove a number of
power from his or her faction card equal to the claim
value on the attacking player’s revealed plot card, and
move it to the attacking player’s faction card.
If the player controls less power than would satisfy
claim, as much of the claim as possible must be satisfied.

So you don't gain them from the treasury - you take as many as you can (which can be 0, if they have none) up to the claim value.

And for the second question, from p27

4.2.1 Defending player declares defenders
The defending player has the option to declare eligible
characters he or she controls as defenders

So a player is not obligated to defend (unless a card effect, like Dornish Paramour, says otherwise). If they do not defend - or do defend, but count 0 STR, then the attacker (if they win) gains 1 bonus power from the treasury - the "unopposed" bonus.

Ok, tnx fot the fast and clear answer

cheers

Ludobrabo