[-- Yog-Sothoth --
•Glaaki, The Inhabitant of the Lake
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Type : Character
Cost : 6
Skill : 4
Icons : TTCCA
Subtype : Ancient One.
Game Text: Villainous. Toughness +3. Response: After Glaaki commits to a story, choose a character. That character loses all icons and must commit to the same story as Glaaki, if able.
Flavor text:
Illustrator: Marissa Rivera
Collector's Info: Aspirations of Ascension F78

Does his ability work also while being the passive player and committing it to defend ? Since the "if able", I would say yes.

Yes. When you are defending you can still use the ability, although the "must commit" part can't happen because the active player has completed their commit step already.

TheProfessor said:

Exactly; it's just like Y'Golonac's ability.