So my playgroup ran into several general rules questions which I was hoping the community can clarify.
1. The card Arrogant Contender which states "... it claims 1 power for each opposing character." So in a melee game, what counts as opposing characters? Is it all characters which defended during that challenge or is it all the characters my opponent(s) controls?
2. The event card Make an Example states "After you win a challenge and count 8 or more total str ..." What does count 8 or more total str mean? Is it the total str of the attackers that participated in that challenge or is it Str of characters you control that is still standing or is it something else?
3. For cards like ILL Tidings or Citadel Law, can I choose to kneel a character that I do not control to pay for the cost?
4. The card No Use For Grief states that after the red viper dies and I can kneel 3 influence to search my deck for any number of sand snake characters and put them into play. If there is already a unique sand snake character in play (for example Sarella Sand), could I search for another copy of sarella sand and put that copy into play and attach it as duplicate of the original? Also, could I search for multiple copies of the same sand snake character (assuming that character is not already in play) and put them into play as that character with its dupes attached (ie search for 3 copies of sarella sand to put into play sarella sand with 2 dupes attached)?
4. For the melee titles, Commander of the Kingsguard and Crown Reagent, am I correct in saying that after a challenge is redirected by the crown reagent, the attacker has a chance to declare stealths on the new defender but in a military challenge redirected by the commander of the kingsguard, the attacker cannot declare stealths on the new defender since that opportunity is already past.
Thanks for any help you can give me.