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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 5005449" data-attributes="member: 1656">Right.  In this analogy, "Engage Box 1" involves removing a pebble.So my choice is to either Engage Box 1 or Open Box 2.  No problem - I open Box 2.But opening Box 2 presents me with a new pair of choices - I can either Engage Box 2, or Open Box 3 (or Box 1 again).  And I must do one of those things before the end of the round.  Except that opening another box is forbidden by the "only open one box each round" rule, so if I don't want to suffer the DC penalty, I must engage Box 2 before the end of the round.Opening Box 2 doesn't count towards Box 2's choice of opening a different box.  Challenging Target 2 doesn't count towards Target 2's choice of challenging a different target.  That only satisfies the requirement of the initial challenge on Target 1.Edit - oops, missed that there was a second page now!The rules text doesn't "reset".  The rules text applies to each use of the power.  It's different.At the start of round 2, there is a Divine Challenge in play, on Target 1.  Under your proposed revision, the rule would say "If you do not engage Target 1 before the end of the round, you suffer Consequences."I challenge Target 2, ending the mark on Target 1, which imposes another requirement - "If you do not engage Target 2 before the end of the round, you suffer Consequences."I engage Target 2, and so I don't suffer the Consequences for failing to meet the requirements of the challenge on Target 2.  But I didn't engage Target 1, and even though Target 1 is no longer marked, the power that was in play at the start of the round gave me an ultimatum - engage target 1 before the end of the round or else - which I failed to meet.  I suffer Consequences.The existing rules text prevents this, because the act of challenging Target 2, in addition to removing the mark on Target 1, also satisfies the requirements of the existing challenge.-Hyp.</blockquote>

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