military claim doubt…

By shibypluu, in 2. AGoT Rules Discussion

hi, i have a boubt about the military claim, wich is not included on the F.A.Q.

on the rules of play, it states that: "MILITARY CHALLENGE: the defending oponent must choose and kill a number of his characters in play equal to the claim value on the attacker`s revealed plot card (THESE DO NOT HAVE TO BE CHARACTERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CHALLANGE)"

my doubt is about the "these do not have to be characters that participated in the challenge" part, im not sure if it means that the defender must kill a number of his characters equal to the attacker`s claim value, NOT NECESSARILLY charachters that participated in the challenge…

or if it means that the defender must kill a number of characters equal to the attacker`s claim value, and that those killed characters must NOT include characters that participated in the challenge.

thank you in advanced

shibypluu said:

"these do not have to be characters that participated in the challenge"

What they are trying to say is that the losing defender can choose any character they control to satisfy claim, whether it participated in the challenge or not.