Display this card. Reduce Structural Damage dealt to your ship by two.
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Impossible Bottle separates this into two different sentences - it doesn't say "display this card to reduce..."
Is the intent that you have to display this card early, and already have it displayed by the time your ship takes damage, or can you wait until the ship takes damage, then display to reduce said damage?
It sounds similar to how Rage is worded. I'd say you can play it two ways, either in advance or at the moment when your ship is dealt Structural damage.
However...it also doesn't say "While displayed reduce Structural damage..." So it doesn't quite seem to be a persistent effect. So I'm not 100% sure.
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Nice one for the weekly can of worms. The Orbisohawky duet stroke again.
And +1 for Orbis for our recurring "I'll find one where The-AI-previously-known-as-Hawk isn't 100% sure" contest.
Nice one for the weekly can of worms. The Orbisohawky duet stroke again.
And +1 for Orbis for our recurring "I'll find one where The-AI-previously-known-as-Hawk isn't 100% sure" contest.
Hehe.
The ones where we can be 100% sure are typically ones I don't need to ask. :3
I think that you can pay the card in both circumstances. Either display it in advance (clearing up space in your hand but potentially risking a discard if you take too much damage) or play it in response to damage.
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It sounds similar to how Rage is worded. I'd say you can play it two ways, either in advance or at the moment when your ship is dealt Structural damage.
However...it also doesn't say "While displayed reduce Structural damage..." So it doesn't quite seem to be a persistent effect. So I'm not 100% sure.
It really should say "While displayed, reduce Structural damage..."
(We think this is mainly cosmetic and not really FAQ-worthy.)