<p>Throughout the rules, "Defense" refers to the number of dice rolled in defense of attacks.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>If the targeted Character has any Defense listed on his card, the player controlling him gathers a number of white Defense dice equal to that character’s Defense. </p>
</blockquote>

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2014-12-17T16:12:02.960Z
2014-12-17T16:12:02.960Z
ikegami
<p>Prince Aaron's ability reads</p>

<pre><code>All Enemies Close to him have -2 defense against attacks made by him or his Allies.
</code></pre>

<p>Does <code>-2 defense</code> mean <code>-2 defense dice</code> that the target gets to roll or does it mean that the target gets to roll his/her defense dice but has to subtract 2 from the result? If the latter, then does the subtracted defense still count as "saves"? For example, if the target rolls 3 shield after being attacked by Prince Aaron from a Close space, does that count as 3 saves or 1 save even though in the end the target only cancels out 1 hit?</p>

<p>Crossposted on <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1286345/prince-aarons-ability-clarification" rel="nofollow">BGG</a></p>

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AQ Prince Aaron ability clarification
mikelt21
# AQ Prince Aaron ability clarification

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-17)

Prince Aaron's ability reads

```
All Enemies Close to him have -2 defense against attacks made by him or his Allies.

```

Does `-2 defense` mean `-2 defense dice` that the target gets to roll or does it mean that the target gets to roll his/her defense dice but has to subtract 2 from the result? If the latter, then does the subtracted defense still count as "saves"? For example, if the target rolls 3 shield after being attacked by Prince Aaron from a Close space, does that count as 3 saves or 1 save even though in the end the target only cancels out 1 hit?

Crossposted on [BGG](http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1286345/prince-aarons-ability-clarification)

**Tags:** arcadia-quest


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-12-17. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Throughout the rules, "Defense" refers to the number of dice rolled in defense of attacks.

> If the targeted Character has any Defense listed on his card, the player controlling him gathers a number of white Defense dice equal to that character’s Defense.


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