by cbs42
ChaosChild wrote:
No, champs do not continue to gain favor tokens. They have already gained the highest favor. There are no additional benefits listed in the rules.
Charles is right about Champions not being able to gain more Favor tokens. This means that they're maxed out at receiving 6 gold when they enter the arena.
But there are two other very important benefits to a Champion:
1) A Champion earns you an Influence (victory) point immediately upon becoming a Champion. If he dies, or if you trade/sell him, the victory point goes with him.
2) When a Champion loses in the arena (assuming he's not decapitated in combat) the Host is not allowed to give the thumbs-down to kill him.
On a related note to #2, remember that when a Host gives the thumbs-down to kill a gladiator with Favor Tokens on him, the Host loses one Influence for each Favor Token on the defeated gladiator.