Weapon Reducer may be used once by a player to reduce the weapon level of any weapon placed on any bunny in The Bunny Circle by the amount rolled on the Black 12-sided die. All weapon ranges remain unchanged. May be used at any time!
For example, let’s say that a fictional player Carol uses Earthquake (Weapon Level 10) on an opponent’s bunny. She plays Weapon Reducer immediately (since Weapon Reducer is a Very Special), and rolls a 4 on the Black 12-sided die. The target bunny must now roll higher than 6 to survive, and the adjacent bunnies must roll higher than 5 to survive. The weapon decreases its level (from 10 to 6), but does not decrease its range.
Defense Cards are used to eliminate the effects of a weapon (for a single player) based solely on the original weapon level. A player must use 10 Defense Units to protect his bunnies against Earthquake used in our example even if Weapon Reducer changed the weapon level to 6.
If Weapon Reducer lowers the weapon level below 1, then it would not be necessary for a player to roll the die (or dice) to defend against the weapon. In this case, the survival of the bunny is guaranteed.