1) If i have patrician of darkness (redirects opponents attacks) on the field and an absorbing bone tower that says if another zombie is face up on your side of the field then this monster cannot be attacked. Can I redirect the attack to my absorbing bone tower and will it be negated? or can i not select it as another target?

2) I Snatch Steal one of 2 of my opponents monsters and play creature swap. Now i have the monster that wasnt attached to creature swap and he has the one still attached to snatch steal. What happens now? Do i get the monster back or does the effect of Snatch Steal disappear?

3) Absorbing Bone Tower says each time a zombie is special summoned discard 2 cards from the top of your opponents deck. Does this count on it's own special summon since it's a zombie?

your help is appreciated

1. You wouldn't be able to redirect the attack to "Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower".

2. The "Snatch Steal" stays equipped to the monster and does nothing other than give your opponent life points.

3. Yes

1. No, you cannot.

The effect of "Patrician of Darkness" does not override the effects of "Marauding Captain", "The Legendary Fisherman", "Solar Flare Dragon", etc. You cannot choose an attack target prevented by the effects of these cards. Examples: You cannot choose "The Legendary Fisherman" as an attack target if "Umi" is on the field. You cannot choose another Warrior-Type monster as an attack target when you control "Marauding Captain".

And since Soul Absorbing Bone Tower is worded like Marauding Captain is with warrior's, you cannot redirect the attack

2. Snatch Steal only gives you control upon the initial effect resolution of the card. If control "permanently" switches again like with Creature Swap, or another Snatch Steal, the monster does not automatically switch back to you again, but it does remain equipped to the monster and the opponent will continue to gain 1000 LP during each of their standby phases.

3. Not if its its OWN Special Summon, though.

If "Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower" is Special Summoned by itself, its effect is not applied for its own Special Summon.

So if you use Call of the Mummy to Special Summon one and only Soul Absorbing Bone Tower to the field (no need to say there's no other's since Call of the Mummy requires no monsters on your field), you do NOT send the top 2 cards of the opponent's Deck to the Graveyard.

This also counts towards the "self-Summon" of other Soul Absorbing Bone Towers. If you have 2 face-up on the field and Special Summon the third one, your opponent only loses the top 4 cards, NOT the top 6.

K, thanks for the help. I appreciate it.