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On your turn, if you '''do not place a meeple''' during the {{Text2PlacingMeeple|colored=true}} phase, <ref>
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You do not place a meeple because you have decided not to, or you don't have any left in your supply.
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The wording of the '''[[Z-Man Games|ZMG]]''' rules speak about "the player deciding to not place a meeple." This can be misleading. It may be interpreted as if the player needs at least one meeple in their supply in order to decide not to place it. This is not the intent in the original rules by '''[[Hans im Glück|HiG]]'''.
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The actual C II rules refer to not placing a "meeple," but they are also referring to special figures not considered as meeples such as the builder, the pig or the barn, as can be implied according to the figure classification provided in '''{{VariantsLink|version=BigBox6|logo=noborder}}''' and making it extensive to all the expansions. Therefore this stipulation actually refers to not performing any other [[Order_of_Play|{{Text2PlacingMeeple|colored=true}}]] action at all but this is not explicitly stated. In other words, the publisher was keeping the rules as simple as possible at the moment when not all the new edition expansions had been released. (12/2014, updated 3/2015, updated 9/2018)
</ref> you may instead return your already-placed abbot to your supply. If you do so, you score immediately as many points as the garden or monastery your abbot occupied is worth at that time, <ref>
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This scoring occurs immediately during the [[Order_of_Play|{{Text2PlacingMeeple|colored=true}}]] phase when the abbot is removed. This effectively protects the abbot from the dragon and, if playing with Carcassonne I rules, produces a scoring round for Messages. Afterwards, the normal scoring phase occurs. (3/2015, updated 10/2024)
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You can only score the abbot placed on a monastery or a garden before the feature is completely surrounded by tiles. In this case, you always score the abbot (on the feature), never the feature itself. (11/2020)
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Abbots placed as abbots on special monasteries (German monasteries, Dutch & Belgian monasteries or Japanese buildings) could be also removed as per the interpretation of the rules. The Abbot rules don't contain any limitation to prevent players from doing so. <br />
In this case, a player removing the abbot from a special monastery will score it as if placed on a normal monastery at the end of the game, as indicated in the rules (the position of the abbot meeple is irrelevant). Note that you are scoring the meeple, not the feature it is placed on. <br /> 
An official clarification would be necessary. 
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exactly like how monasteries are scored during the final scoring. <ref>
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If playing with '''{{FlyingMachinesLink|logo=noborder}}''', the '''{{20thAnniversaryExpansionLink|logo=noborder}}''' or '''{{GiftsLink|logo=noborder}}''', several meeples may occupy the same feature. As a consequence, multiple abbots may occupy a monastery or a garden. If so, each abbot could be removed and scored separately (no majority applied) before the feature is completed. This means, the monastery or garden could be partially scored several times before it is completed. When scored during or after the game, a monastery or garden with several meeples will take into account the majority on the feature.   
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