The "Protected" ability

[Andrew Finch]

Could someone please clarify how the Protected rule is supposed to work?

When you look at the card with the details of the rule, the (original) French text is not the same as the English translation....

French text : "le personnage ne peut etre attaque tant que demeure sur sa zone au moins l'un de ses amis depourvu de cette competence. (Les attaques de zone ne sont pas soumises a l'effet de cette competence.) "

Google translate: "the character cannot be attacked as long as at least one of his friends without this skill remains in his zone. (AoE attacks are not subject to the effect of this skill.)"

The English text on the card misses the vital information that the character needs to have some friends in the same zone to avoid being attacked by anything other than an AoE attack.

[MeanBone]

Maybe it has been updated. This is what I see here: https://conan-companion.herokuapp.com/skills/32

 

Protected

This character can be attacked only with area attacks if there is a friendly character without Protected in their area.

 

Clarification:

Two or more characters with this skill cannot protect each other.

[Andrew Finch]

Yes, that is the text that appears in the Companion website. However, the French text says more, and more clearly, as I show with the Google translate entry in my post.

[Roolz]

If you have Protected skill, you’re protected by friendly units in your area. So enemies cannot attack you. 
Friends do not protect you from area attacks (explosions etc). They don’t have a magic shield/dome. 
2 units with Protected skill cannot protect each other. It would make them almost invincible. So you can only be protected by a friend without Protected skill.