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Do familiars count as heroes for effects that say hero?

Posters agree.

  • shnar · Community · 2014-09-08
  • Sadgit · Community · 2024-10-11
  • jon_joy_1999 · Community · 2024-10-11

Partly. A familiar treated as a figure can be targeted by monster attacks and Overlord cards that target a hero. Peril effects don't apply to it, and it generally isn't affected by quest rules, Plot cards, travel events or other effects that refer to heroes unless they say so.

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