Frozen Outpost and Lion's Mouth

[FuriousG 0]

 

Frozen outpost reads, "challenges: kneel to choose and stand a defending character.  Until the end of the  challenge, that character gets +2 strength".

While playing a game, I attempted to use this on a character that had "does not kneel to defend" to give them the plus 2.  Based on a similar situation that involved fury of the lion, we ruled that this was acceptable.  The "kneel to stand a defending character" isn't a trigger/cost, and the period makes it seem like its just a bonus (kind of like the to be a... line of events).

Is this ruling correct?

Also along these lines, The Lion's Mouth says : "while there is at least 1 power on the lion's mouth, it gains: Dominance: kneel the lion's mouth to move a power from a house card to a card with infamy."

Our understanding is the person controlling the lion's mouth can basically poach power off our house card once it gets a power.  Is this also accurate?

 

 

 

[lars16 2]

I think Outpost only works on a kneeling charcater (if you excise and stand it reads choose a kneeling character)

 

Lion's Mouth does take power off house cards (can be the lion's mouth owner's too)

[eloooooooi 0]

Since there's no "then" between efects you can give the bonus to any defending character (even if he's standing already)

[ktom 598]

eloooooooi said:

Since there's no "then" between efects you can give the bonus to any defending character (even if he's standing already)

This is correct. The +2/+4 does not depend upon the success of the standing part of the effect, so you can pump a "does not kneel to defend" character. Note, however, that the character still must actually BE defending when it is chosen....