"Rule by Decree", discounts, duplicates, etc.

["Rule by Decree", discounts, duplicates, etc.]

Hi, please help me with the following questions we came across during a long play:

1. "Rule by Decree" plot states: "Cannot be cancelled. When revealed, the player with the most cards in hand chooses and discards cards from his hand until he has 4 cards in hand." What if we have several players to have the most cards in hand? Will they all discard their cards, or no one will discard its cards because the "rule by decree" card needs only one player with the most cards in hand ?

 2. Can we use properties of a card in marshalling phase that has been played from hand in this phase to get a discount for another card played in this phase? E.g. I played location "Northern Fiefdoms" and payed 1 gold for it. it can be kneeled to give a discount to play the next card. Can I kneel it in the same phase it was played to get a discount for the next card ? There're other cards that requires discarding to get a 2 gold discount. Can I discard such cards in the same phase to get a discount for the next card?

3. Where duplicate goes when it is used to save a character from killing/discard ? I suppose it goes into discard pile, not the deadpile (because we'd have unique cards in the deadpile and in the play).

4. Is it possible for attacker to cancel a challenge when it was redirected by crown regent ? Looks like not, but I'd like to hear it from experts.

5. "Hand of the King" title gives a two-influence possibility. Is it so valuable as compared to other titles? We have so much influence locations in the core set, so it looks like useless (except may be early in the game).

 

 

[core set questions]

 Ahhhh, I see! So those little icons are Houses, not House Specific Keywords! If you look into the rules book, House Specific Keywords section (page 21), you may see that there's an icon in parenthesis after each keyword, so one may think that this property is the same as the icon. Thanks!

[core set questions]

Hello, I bought the game recently with 4 core set decks. I read rules book and faq and played several games, but there're some cards I can't understand. Please help me with the following questions:

1.  Summer (javascript:void(0);/*1309049176044*/)- this attachment is played on stalwart character only. But this card also has "If attached character is Bran Stark, he gains stealth". I wonder how Bran Stark (javascript:void(0);/*1309049325013*/) can get this attachment if it has no stalwart property? I can suggest that there're some cards that could add stalwart property to Bran Stark so it could get this attachment.

2. Winter is coming (javascript:void(0);/*1309049558161*/) - I don't understand why stalwart icon is drawn in the middle of the text. "Raise the Claim value on each (stalwart icon) player's revealed plot card by 1 for the duration of the challenge". What is stalwart player ? Does it means any player, or any player that has characters with stalwart property, or is this icon is associated with Stark House ?

3. Lightbringer (javascript:void(0);/*1309049906853*/) - the card states: "Vigilant. Vigilant character only." There's no any character with vigilant property in the Baratheon starter deck. So this card is completely unuseful, so I could remove it from the deck, right? Then why this card has been added to the starter pack ?

4. Calm Over Westeros (javascript:void(0);/*1309050546012*/) - "In order to play an event card, a player must give an opponent one gold token from his or her gold pool". So any player must give one gold token to any opponent of his choice in order to play an event card, right?

5. Sometimes we put attachment cards on opponents characters. I wonder how do you attach them to opponent's card so that not to forget to get them back.

Thanks!