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How does it work?  Example:

My opponents RA's with Benjamin, I block with Lot's Wife banded to Philistine Garrison.  He plays Obedience of Noah.  Does Garrison go back if my opponent chooses?  Or is Garrison protected from CTB due to immunity?

Obedience of Noah

Type: Hero Enh. • Brigade: Blue • Ability: 3 / 2 • Class: None • Special Ability: Holder may choose the Evil Character that his opponent uses to block his rescue attempt. • Identifiers: None • Verse: Genesis 6:22 • Availability: D Deck (L)

Lot’s Wife

Type: Evil Char. • Brigade: Black • Ability: 3 / 3 • Class: None • Special Ability: May band with any Evil Character. • Identifiers: OT Female Human • Verse: Genesis 19:26 • Availability: Women booster packs (Uncommon)

Benjamin

Type: Hero Char. • Brigade: Blue • Ability: 1 / 1 • Class: None • Special Ability: If all of your human Heroes in play are Genesis Heroes, Genesis Enhancements cannot be negated. Otherwise, discard Benjamin after battle. • Identifiers: OT Male Human, Patriarch, son of Jacob • Verse: Genesis 49:27 • Availability: Faith of Fathers (Set 4)

Philistine Garrison

Type: Evil Char. • Brigade: Black • Ability: 12 / 8 • Class: • Special Ability: Immune to lone Heroes. • Attributes: Generic, Philistine, Fought Earthly Battle • Identifiers: Generic OT Male Human, Philistia, Fought Earthly Battle • Verse: I Samuel 14:12 • Availability: Thesaurus ex Preteritus booster packs ()

I brought this up a couple weeks ago.  Several quotes from the reg, which is found in the thread I have provided a link to, reveal that choose the blocker makes all evil characters return and if you choose Lot's Wife to enter battle again her special ability has already activated and cannot activate again.  Therefore, in a sense you can "waste" her banding ability with CtB.  Garrison's immunity does not matter.

http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/index.php?topic=21588.0

Kirk

if you choose Lot's Wife to enter battle again her special ability has already activated and cannot activate again.  

You just confused me. Why is she able to enter battle again?

Garrison would stay in battle. From the REG:

Immunity protects a character from being harmed, affected, or removed from battle

Garrison would stay in battle. From the REG:

Immunity protects a character from being harmed, affected, or removed from battle

As for whether Garrison staying would prevent you from adding another character with the CTB ability, I am unsure like the "other Prof".  If I had to guess, I would say that CTB is not a cost/effect relationship, and therefore, even though Garrison stays, you could still add another EC to the battle against you if you wanted (which would of course not normally be in your best interest).

It would seem to me if you return Lot's Wife to territory then you would have to replace her with a legal target which would be herself or another EC.

I agree with this.  The same way you cannot target Garrison to remove him from battle, you also cannot target him as the chosen blocker so you must choose another character to add to the battle.

...replace her with a legal target which would be herself...

if you choose Lot's Wife to enter battle again her special ability has already activated and cannot activate again.  

I'll repeat my question: Why is Lot's Wife able to enter battle a second time?

Thanks for then info Prof