If PotC Davy Jones declares “no target” for a previously activated kraken, does that still use the ship’s action for the turn?
Changing the target, even just to remove the target, requires the full action.
Is the ship’s action for the turn used if the targeting ability is used and then cancelled after someone declares a target? (the kraken benefit is lost either way, but I assume DJ’s ship gets the action back?)
The targeting ability acts as a toggle for the Kraken/Octopus, so once you’ve spent the action and picked a target, cancelling DJ’s ability won’t take it away or give the action back. (It would be like trying to cancel an extra action ability after the action had already been used; you technically can, but it won’t alter what’s already happened.)
Cancelling Kraken/Octopus directly would take away the bonus movement and the target restriction for the turn, but it stays toggled, so they’d apply normally again as soon as the cancellation wore off at the end of the turn.