We had an issue in our game the other day whereby the Bounty Hunter landed on the same space as a character. Now the Bounty Hunter's ability states:
"You may take 1 trophy of your choice from a character that you land on."
It's always been my understanding that in order to use that ability you have to encounter a character, not necessarily via combat, but through the special ability in question.
So you land on a character and use that ability thereby encountering them. You can't also encounter the space they're on as well?
Does this also apply for any objects or followers that have a similar effect. For example the Panhandler reads:
"If you land on a character, that character must either five you 1 gold or 1 object of his choice."
The crux of the counter argument to this, was that none of these abilities use the phrase "encounter a player to…". Personally I think that argument is specious. In my mind the flowchart on the rear of the core rulebook shows the correct method, but I was hoping to get clarification either way from the masses