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The location Warehouse in MM has the following 'when permanently closed' text:

On closing, summon and acquire a weapon, an armor or an item from the box.

If this was a 'when closing' text, it would make sense, but as 'when permanently closed'? It sounds like a condition, that you must acquire the summoned card. But what for? The location is already closed at that point.

Or if it's supposed to mean that you automatically acquire the card after summoning, then shouldn't the location just say to 'draw a random weapon, armor or item from the box'? Or is there some sneaky reason to word it in such an unusual way?

In WotR scenario 5-1, the henchman barrier Rite of Heraldry states the following:

"if you have a card in hand that has the Corrupted trait, this barrier is undefeated."

I take it that this means that if I start the encounter with a corrupted blessing in hand, the barrier has already been decided as undefeated before anything happens, but I still go through the encounter otherwise, right?

So I can't, for example, play the blessing during the encounter to avoid the condition applying at the end of the encounter, because it's applied beforehand?

Kind of irritating, but I can guess the thematic reason is to enter these 'divine rites' without carrying any signs of corruption, or something like that.

So, a bane causes damage to another character with its 'before you act' power. Is the damage caused to the other character 'before you act' damage, or just damage?

Example situation in WotR:
Character A encounters Dominion Scientist. Dominion Scientist's 'before you act' power deals 2 force damage to each character. Can Character B use Ring of Forcefangs ('Recharge to reduce damage dealt to you before or after you act to 0') to reduce that damage?