The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set
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Do an enemy's when-engaged effects still happen if you engage it voluntarily?
The rulebook says every engagement ends the same way, so on-engagement effects apply however it happens.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set rulebook · Rulebook · Step Two: Engagement Checks
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Yes. Voluntary engagement, an engagement check and a card effect all end the same way: you have engaged the enemy and the enemy has engaged you, so its forced effects still trigger. Hummerhorns' damage, for example, still applies if you engage it voluntarily.
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