Hi all, I have now had approximately 10 games ( mainly joust ) using just the core decks and i have two questions which i need clarification

Military attacks : If i do a military attack and it is unopposed i receive 1 power. Do i also kill 1 charachter ( defenders choice ). Likwise if i attack and the defender has no charchters with the military icon do i kill charachter(s) ?

Locations : I have noticed that alot of locations provide rewards and many ( im thinking Stark ) suggest kneeling to reduce the cost of a charachter by 1 or 2 . Typically we have been doing this based on reducing the cost of ALL charachters but have no started to doubt and think it is only for charachters with keywords such as Infamy and Ambush, please can someone clarify ?

Keywords : I have noticed some card that refer to 'Boon' or 'Dragon' traits but do not seem to see the rerlevance, are these typically in conjuntion with other cards from chapter packs ?

Infamy : I have noticed with infamy and some other characters you can put power on the charachter as opposed to the house. Is the only/ main benefit for this the fact that power can not be stolen from the house during a power challenge ?

Any help is appreciated

Thanks

Daenarys said:

1. You kill the claim number of characters. If claim is 1 you kill 1, if claim is two you kill 2 etc....The characters that are chosen to die for military claim can be any characters, not just those with an M icon.

2. The card will tell you. Each house has a cost reducer. The little black icon on the card will tell you which house it is referring to (a wolf head for stark). You can only reduce the cost of a character whose house matches that icon. Keywords have nothing to do with this process.

3. Traits exist as a means of interaction. In and of themselves they mean nothing, but can be thought of as tags with which other cards can affect that card. Example: A character could have trait KNIGHT. By itself that means nothing, but there may be another card that says "KNIGHT's get +1 STR".

4. One of the benefits, but not the only one. Some characters get stronger the more power on them (which will be mentioned in their text).

Thankyou very much for the detailed response. Very useful and has cleared up some immediate questions.

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