<p>No you can't back out of an action after someone challenges your claim. Once you make your decision and give people a chance to challenge it you are stuck with what you declared.</p>

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2015-01-10T16:19:03.443Z
Or in other words, the rules say if you get challenged and were lying, you lose an influence (a life, basically), not that you get to choose whether or not you'd like to lose it.
Cascabel
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Joe W
<p>I claim to be Duke and use Tax if challenged can I back out of using the action?</p>

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2015-01-10T02:59:34.927Z
Can you describe this scenario a bit further?
Joe
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2015-01-10T03:42:53.447Z
If you could, there would be no reason to not bluff the best action every time.
GendoIkari
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Can you back out of action?
Evgeni Petrov
# Can you back out of action?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-09)

I claim to be Duke and use Tax if challenged can I back out of using the action?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Can you describe this scenario a bit further?  
> **username_2**: If you could, there would be no reason to not bluff the best action every time.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-01-10. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

No you can't back out of an action after someone challenges your claim. Once you make your decision and give people a chance to challenge it you are stuck with what you declared.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Or in other words, the rules say if you get challenged and were lying, you lose an influence (a life, basically), not that you get to choose whether or not you'd like to lose it.  

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