Meereenese Brothel and self referential STR reduction...

By fhornmikey, in 2. AGoT Rules Discussion

Can I use Meereenese Brothel in response to an opponent putting a card into shadows when I have Distinguished Boatswain in play? How about when I use Ancient Mariner in a MIL challenge? Thanks ktom!

I believe you can, and this is how we played it out at the NYC regionals. That said, if Ktom says otherwise, I'll defer to him.

A new -X STR modifier is applied to the STR check for the character, so the character's STR has been reduced.