This thread will be for some questions that I see posted over and over again by new players and some older ones as well. Hopefully it will be a good reference for anyone who needs to ask a simple question that they know they've seen before but can't find, or for people to learn quickly about some of common situations that cause confusion. I am going to keep this locked so as to avoid clutter, but if you have a suggestion for something that should be on here, please PM me.
If Saul/Paul is converted by a normal convert (like Holy Grail) does he become Paul?
Yes. Anytime Saul/Paul (as Saul) is converted, he becomes the Hero Paul (10/10 multicolor, ignores poisons, enhancements cannot be negated). It doesn't matter if the conversion card specifies a brigade (i.e. a card that says convert an EC to Green still makes Saul into Paul). If Saul is converted, he is Paul no matter what.
Also, keep in mind that if Paul is converted to an Evil Character, he is still Paul, and if an evil Paul is converted back to a Hero, he is now the single-color Hero Paul (whatever color the convert specified). Paul only becomes Saul again if he is returned to hand, draw pile or discard pile.
If I play an ignore card in battle, are the ignored characters kicked out of battle?
No. The only situations that can kick cards out of battle are withdraw/return/exchange abilities (like Complainers or Herod's Treachery) or negating a band (King of Tyrus blocking Claudia and Thomas for example). Ignore only makes it as if the ignored character isn't really opposing the ignoring character. So if I attack you, you block me, and I ignore you, then you now have infinite initiative to play anything you want, you just can't affect any cards ignoring you. So if just my hero in battle is ignoring you, than you can affect my deck, your deck, any territory, etc. You just can't affect my hero in any way. As the ignoring character, I never have initiative (unless my ignore is interrupted, or a non-ignored character enters battle and is beating me) because I am always winning.
If I play Angel of the Lord on your only Evil Character in battle, do I get a Lost Soul right away?
No. In order to win a Lost Soul in battle, your Hero has to survive (so your opponent could use Christian Martyr/Unholy Writ/Magic Charms), no abilities can be used that restrict your ability to rescue a Lost Soul (like Uzzah/Death of Unrighteous/Burial), and your opponent must be unwilling or unable to add a new Evil Character to battle (with Unknown Nation, Gates of Hell, Madness, etc.). So a lot can happen after Angel of the Lord is played, the one thing that cannot happen is your opponent adding a new Evil Character without using an add to battle ability.
If I'm using a Saint of Virtue that is owned by my sister, even if I'm a guy, can it count as a female? It says owner's gender...
No. Owner in Redemption means the player from whose deck the card originated. It has nothing to do with actual, legal ownership.
Why aren't cards like Trumpet Blast, Sound the Alarm, Seventh Trumpet, etc. considered to involve music, while cards like Protection of Angels and Bow and Arrow are?
The first part, as to why the Trumpet cards aren't musical, is that their main purpose was as alarms/signals, not for any kind of music. The second part, as to why cards like Bow and Arrow and Protection of Angels are musical, is that they come from either the Psalms or Biblical songs (the Song of the Bow is the name of the source of Bow and Arrow I believe).
More to come later, please PM me with suggestions of FAQs. Please don't PM me the question unless you see it often, or if you are looking for an answer. That's what the general board is for. This is simply for questions that people who are around here often see all the time.
