Dirty Half Dozen / Beasterling Cycle

[Galdor420]

Not true. It refers to how much vitality they have as a maximum, not currently. Anarion, Lord of Anorien (P) (0P58) is another example. With Narsil and the Saga he can make minions -5 until he is exhausted because he is a 5 vitality companion. It doesn't work like A Promise...

[NappyKorn]

Ket was kind enough to play me so we could figure out just how high Aragorn's strength could get. I tossed Anduril earlier in the game so we figured 267 strength, and yes I only run 1 gorn in the deck cause he isnt key he is just fun to have to power up and be super defender late game if you dont draw him early. Here is the link to the game.

http://www.gempukku.com/gemp-lotr/game.html?replayId=nappykorn$ejdc4vzgzv3senz4

NK

Happens at site 8 by the way, and yes I saw quite a few errors on my behalf but we were playing just to see about Aragorns strength.

[TheNinthPlayer]

Not true. It refers to how much vitality they have as a maximum, not currently. Anarion, Lord of Anorien (P) (0P58) is another example. With Narsil and the Saga he can make minions -5 until he is exhausted because he is a 5 vitality companion. It doesn't work like A Promise...

"Each wound token on a character depletes that character's vitality by 1."- official rules...
The maximum vitality shouldn't matter in this case.  The total vitality possessed is depleted by the exertions/wounds, and that is what is counted, then, as the character's "vitality".
However, I'm not sure if, in this situation, the exertions are counted before the strength bonus is given.  

[Kralik]

The exertions are indeed counted first... the cost must come before the effect.