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Can I avoid Hummerhorns' 5 damage by engaging it myself, and does defense reduce it?
The rulebook says defense does not absorb card-effect damage and that engagement is mutual however it happens.
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No on both. When an enemy engages you, you also engage it, so its 'when engaged' damage triggers even if you choose to engage it. The 5 damage can go to any hero, even one with fewer than 5 hit points, and defense doesn't reduce it because it is not attack damage. You can't take actions between the engagement and the damage.
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