Talk:Etahn A'baht/@comment-81.100.191.104-20170810221904/@comment-454133-20170814052913

I forget who said it (maybe this thread? or something similar on FFG's forums), but someone mentioned that cards like Etahn and M9-G8 are worded that way to keep players from touching each others' dice. People generally don't like a player reaching over and messing with their ships, dice, etc, and it can also create instances where you suspect they cheated (knocked over a die or shifted your ship out of place on purpose). So those cards were worded with the intention of respecting the player's sovereignty over his own stuff.

It creates confusion though, and I would have preferred a simple rule in the rulebook that says "when an effect would let another player alter your dice, you get to move or change the dice yourself (a player never has to touch another player's dice)".