AHA each skirmish is its own phase so
Trust Me as You Once Did IS supposed to be able to Give +3 in each skirmish. I think the situation I describe below is NOT a bug.
From the Comprehensive Rules 4.0:
When the assignment phase is complete, each defending character will fight in a
separate skirmish phase. In an order decided by the Free Peoples player, skirmishes are resolved one at a time by
conducting a skirmish phase for each.
Once a skirmish phase has finished, the Free Peoples player must select another defending companion (one who is still assigned to a minion), and perform another skirmish phase.
The comprehensive rules say about limits that Trust Me As You Once Did is limited to plus 3 strength per skirmish phase, so, according to that I shouldn't be able to use it for +3 in Gandalf's skirmish, then use it for plus 3 in Frodo's Skirmish bit I did. I used it twice in the same skirmish phase on different companions successfully for plus three for each. I was a site 9 so this situation happens at the end of the replay below. Which is right, those rules or GEMP or did I misinterpret? Comprehensive rules from the wiki page below as well.
replay
https://play.lotrtcgpc.net/gemp-lotr/game.html?replayId=elfwarrior$wr4kpbv2yabc0axw
The comprehensive rules say:
limit
When a card has a limit, such as "(limit +3)," the limit applies to that card for an entire phase.
Trust Me As You Once Did reads: "Skirmish: Exert Gandalf to make a companion strength +1 for each companion with the Gandalf signet you can spot (limit +3)." With one copy in play, assuming you have sufficient signets and exertions, during a single skirmish phase:
* You may add +3 to one companion in a single action (if you can spot at least 3 signets).
* You may add +1 to three different companions in three different actions (if you can spot only 1 signet).
* You may add +2 to one companion and +1 to another in two different actions (if you can spot only 2 signets). Once the limit is reached, no more may be added, and the last +1 is ignored.
A limit does not does not span multiple phases. Trust Me As You Once Did could be used for +3 in each of two or more separate skirmish phases during the same turn.
A limit does not apply to a different copy of the same card.
With two copies of Trust Me As You Once Did in play, you could give up to +6 in strength bonuses during a single skirmish phase (+3 from one copy, and +3 from the other).
See also effect.Thank you,
-elfwarrior