"Instead of claiming your normal reward"

By zealot12, in Talisman Rules Questions

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For some reason, I'm not entirely clear on this.

The Lycanthrope card states:

Whenever you defeat another character in battle or psychic combat, the defeated character must roll 1 die on the Werewolf’s chart instead of you claiming your normal reward.

Does the phrase "normal reward" refer to whenever you want to take an Object instead of taking a life from a character, or does being defeated by a Lycanthrope not result in a loss of a life, unles he rolls a 2-4 on the chart ?

We've always played that any character defeated by the Lycanthrope must roll on the Werewolf's chart (as the Lycanthrope can't take any objects as a reward during the Night) and only if that roll results in a loss of a life, does the victim lose a life.

Or does the defeated character lose 1 life, as per normal psychic/batlle rules, and then rolls on the Werewolf's chart?

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zealot12 said:

For some reason, I'm not entirely clear on this.

The Lycanthrope card states:

Whenever you defeat another character in battle or psychic combat, the defeated character must roll 1 die on the Werewolf’s chart instead of you claiming your normal reward.

Does the phrase "normal reward" refer to whenever you want to take an Object instead of taking a life from a character, or does being defeated by a Lycanthrope not result in a loss of a life, unles he rolls a 2-4 on the chart ?

We've always played that any character defeated by the Lycanthrope must roll on the Werewolf's chart (as the Lycanthrope can't take any objects as a reward during the Night) and only if that roll results in a loss of a life, does the victim lose a life.

Or does the defeated character lose 1 life, as per normal psychic/batlle rules, and then rolls on the Werewolf's chart?

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"normal reward" is one of the following:

1) take a life from the defeated Character

2) take an Object from the defeated Character

3) take a Gold from the defeated Character

The Lycanthropes can only spread Lycanthropy at Night by making others roll on the Werewolf Chart, they don't get any bonuses by fighting Characters.