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I don't know of any official rulings on the game, but I would not interpret that as a win for Charles.
The sticking point is:
At the time you kill another character, the total number of dead characters is 3 or more.
So what was the total number of dead characters when you killed the Hunter? Your interpretation is that it was 3, because a Shadow was ...
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The way I read it, "If you're a Hunter" applies to the entire rules paragraph. Therefore, you could re-read it as:
If you're a Hunter and your attack is successful, you may reveal your identity. If you're a Hunter and you do, or if you are already revealed, you give 2 points of extra damage."
I could certainly see the argument, though, that two ...
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I can answer my own question there at the end about a Charles solo victory in a five-player game (excluding the dubious scenario above):
Charles can win if he uses a weapon like the Machine Gun that allows him to kill multiple characters at once.
E.g. a Hunter and a Shadow remain, then Charles kills both surviving characters at once. Both factions have ...
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I think the best way of considering this is to imagine that Holy Robe reads "the amount of damage to receive from successful attacks is reduced by 1 point". If so, it's clear that an attack with a black card weapon would deal 1 + 1 - 1 = 1 point of damage.
Otherwise you have to ponder the question of whether a Holy Robe could make an attack "unsuccessful" ...
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