If a Haven is removed from a hex that also contains a Wall and Tower, but the cause is a Curse placement rather than combat, are Walls and Towers also removed and do they provide any defense benefits?
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Official Answer
When a Curse is placed on a hex, the following occurs:
- "When a Curse is placed on a hex, destroy any Garisons (place them in the Chaos Graveyard), and remove any Haven, Tower and Wal there."
(Page 49)
This means:
- Walls and Towers are removed along with the Haven when a Curse is placed, regardless of whether the removal is due to combat or another effect.
- Since they are immediately removed, Walls and Towers do not provide any defense benefits during the Curse placement; their effects are not active once the Curse is present.
This is supported by the explicit rule that all three (Haven, Wall, Tower) are removed when a Curse is placed, and by the fact that a hex with a Curse "loses all the properties of the original hex, except impassable terrain, or ongoing effects (like on a Sea Tower)" (Page 49).
Source:
Page 49, Curses section.
Source: Core Rulebook (pp. 14, 23, 42, 49, 55)