Southron Troop

[putridbreath]

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

[Gil-Estel]

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

[Cw0rk]

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.

[MR. Lurtzy]

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

[Gil-Estel]

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:

[putridbreath]

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).

[Kralik]

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.