Hello everyone!
In one of our games this evening, one of the players attacked me with a military challenge, which I defended against using Hodor. He then used an event card that made it so Hodor's military, intrigue, and power icons were not in effect until the end of the turn. Does this then mean the challenge is unopposed, and there's nothing I can do about it since I had already declared a defender, or would it make it so that I never declared him as a defender to begin with, and I could in turn choose another character to defend the attack? We went with the former, but I wasn't sure.
Thank you in advance to anyone that can help out with this!
Rule Clarification
Juste said:
He then used an event card that made it so Hodor's military, intrigue, and power icons were not in effect until the end of the turn. Does this then mean the challenge is unopposed, and there's nothing I can do about it since I had already declared a defender, or would it make it so that I never declared him as a defender to begin with, and I could in turn choose another character to defend the attack?
Your opponent played that event too late (he should do that before defenders are declared). Hodor is already defender and nothing can change that, except for cards that specifically say that character is removed from challenge (for example: Compelled by the Crown). Losing icons after attacker/defender declaration doesn't matter. Similary, standing after attacker/defender declaration does not exclude character from challenge.
Just to make sure everything is clear: After your opponent played the effect that removed the icons, Hodor was still defending.