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Title: Southron Troop
Post by: putridbreath on December 29, 2009, 12:24:16 PM

Can I use Southron Troop to reduce a fellowship from 9 companions to six companions?

(By this I mean can I use an assignment action multiple times if the conditions for that assignment action remain the same)

Thanks

Title: Re: Southron Troop
Post by: Gil-Estel on December 29, 2009, 12:29:48 PM

As long as you spot 7 companions you can repeat the assign option

Title: Re: Southron Troop
Post by: Cw0rk on December 29, 2009, 09:06:45 PM

I've once played vs someone who said I could only use assignment actions once... he said I couldn't do that and I believe him.

But... if you can perform the action twice, it means you could technically assign Gorgoroth Assassin to companion X bearing Desperate Defense of the Ring and then re-assign the same Gorgoroth Assassin to a companion Y who bears another Desperate Defense of the Ring and then re-assign him again to companion X and continue until the RB is corrupted.

Title: Re: Southron Troop
Post by: MR. Lurtzy on December 29, 2009, 09:14:40 PM

Quote from: Comprehensive Rules 4.0, page 5

Many assignment actions assign a minion to a companion. You cannot do this unless both of them are unassigned.

Title: Re: Southron Troop
Post by: Gil-Estel on December 29, 2009, 11:58:46 PM

So as long as both are unassigned you can do this, but since assignment special abilities go first, you get to do this as long as you can meet the requirements:

Title: Re: Southron Troop
Post by: putridbreath on December 30, 2009, 11:04:20 AM

So Southron Troop is ok because discarding a companion cancels the assignment action on Frodo and then both Southron Troop and Frodo are unassigned, allowing the assignment action to trigger again (should there still be at least 7 companions).

Title: Re: Southron Troop
Post by: Kralik on December 30, 2009, 07:28:09 PM

Quote from: putridbreath on December 30, 2009, 11:04:20 AM

So Southron Troop is ok because discarding a companion cancels the assignment action on Frodo and then both Southron Troop and Frodo are unassigned, allowing the assignment action to trigger again (should there still be at least 7 companions).

Exactly.

Think of Saruman, Servant of the Eye. As long as you can still exert (the requirements are met), you can use his assignment action again. As long as you have 7 companions and Southron Troop is not yet assigned, you can repeat.