When a unit's power is reduced below its minimum (e.g., -3 to a 2 power unit that goes to 1), does the excess reduction carry over if the unit gains power later in the same turn?

Ruling: The excess reduction does not carry over. When an effect would reduce more might than allowed, the decrease is "snapshotted" to the amount it was actually able to apply.

Sequence:

  • A -3 might reduction applied to a 2 might unit reduces it to 1 (minimum)
  • The -3 is snapshotted as -1 (the actual amount reduced)
  • If the unit later gains +3 might that turn, the calculation becomes: 2 (base) + 3 (buff) - 1 (snapshotted reduction) = 4 might

Nuances:

  • The same snapshotting principle applies to increases in might as well