Hello all!

Cards : "You've killed the wrong Dwarf" and "Lords of the narrow sea". You must target your characters or can you choose to kneel another's player character so you may trigger the cards effect?

Kelemvor said:

If you could provide the card text for these cards, I could give you the answer quickly.

"You've killed the wrong dwarf" can target characters controlled by any player. Usually, it is used as a kneel effect to slow an opponent down, but late in the game you can choose your own character to make that last push to 15 power. (Text: "Any Phase: Choose and kneel a non-N character. Then, that character claims 1 power.").

"Lords of the Narrow Sea" kneels a character as part of the cost (in "do X to do Y" X is a cost). Costs can only be paid with cards you control. (Text: "Any Phase: Kneel 3 influence or kneel a N character to force an opponent to reveal a new plot card. If the newly revealed plot card has a lower income than yours, claim 1 power for your House.").

Kelemvor said:

Kelemvor said:

It's important to recognize the cost of an ability. Whenever you have a "do X to do Y" construction, X is the cost of the effect. You can only pay costs with cards you control. So let's have a look at Lords of the Narrow Sea:

"Any Phase: Kneel 3 influence or kneel a <Noble> character to force an opponent to reveal a new plot card. If the newly revealed plot card has a lower income than yours, claim 1 power for your House."

We can see that "Kneel 3 influece or kneel a <Noble> character" is a cost for the subsequent effect. So you have to kneel a <Noble> character you control.

Let's compare this with You've Killed the Wrong Dwarf:

"Any Phase: Choose and kneel a non-<Noble> character. Then, that character claims 1 power."

Here, kneeling a character is not a cost, as there is no "do X to do Y" construction. So you can choose any non-<Noble> character in play.

Much appreciated mate