Yes, it applies to all effects. 

A character cannot be affected by more than one instance of an effect at a time. This can be found on page 7 of the rulebook in the Stacking Effects call out.  

Those effects, like Friday A.I., the ability could be used, expire, and then be used again. 

Page 20 of the rulebook online covers this. If the symbols in the rule are in the dice roll, the effect triggers. 

Dice are not spent to trigger these rules so for Hulk Smash! all you need is one Wild to trigger both effects. 

You must choose one Leadership Ability. You may choose to use Killmonger's if you like instead of the normal leadership included in your squad.

1. Yes. You may travel from a given portal to any other portal on the table. 

2. No. You may not use an “anytime ability” while resolving another ability like a move action or an attack. 

No

Per the stacking effects rules on page 6, each character can only be affected by the same named effect once per triggering event.

The Gem Bearer rules state that the threat value of the gem is added to that of the character. 

Any character whose final threat value is greater than 6 will not be able to use All You've Got.

17 minutes ago, ZacSpack said:

During a turn/activation, how many allied characters can reduce the cost of the first super power they use by 1?

Each character in Captain America's squad can reduce the cost of their first Active or Reactive superpower each turn.

18 minutes ago, ZacSpack said:

If Captain America and two other allied characters are all within a beam attack, do all three characters get to reduce the cost of the first use of their reaction super powers by one, or does only one get to reduce the cost by one?

All.

19 minutes ago, ZacSpack said:

I attack an opponent's Gambit with a super power

Superpowers are not attacks so this does not work.

It does not. It only affects superpowers used during turns which only occur during the Activation Phase. 

It is not possible to lose your affiliation during the game. 

Affiliation is declared when squads are revealed. Note that you cannot include affiliated tactic cards that are not affiliated with your squad.

On 7/29/2021 at 8:41 AM, Ravnak said:

First question: I can't find a rule saying I have to use my two actions before ending my turn. If I do so, does my character get given an activated token? (Clearly they should, but I cannot find the rule that says so. Hence this kind of dumb question, which honestly is more trying to set up the reasoning for my actual question).

Yes they do. Characters gain Activated tokens after the second action or when the activation ends.

On 7/29/2021 at 8:41 AM, Ravnak said:

So this is the real question. You don't get your activated token until you use up your actions. Your activation doesn't end when you gain the activated token. (confirmed elsewhere by you.) So since those aren't linked. If I activate, Do an action, and become dazed, my activation ends before I gain an activated token. Is this correct? Meaning I can then field dressing and activate that character a second time this turn?

This is answered here:

Defenders of Arcadia is based around a players turn, not a game round. It allows each allied character to gain a single power during any particular turn.

I'd suggest reviewing this thread to help ensure you understand the distinction between turn and round- https://forums.atomicmassgames.com/topic/876-turn-and-rounds/?tab=comments#comment-3628

In your example, yes, both of those characters would benefit the whole round. 

Wasp is still within range 2 so she would continue to contribute an extra defense dice. 

A-Force Assemble's benefit applies during all attacks made against affected characters during the round.

The damage will not be simultaneous, the player performing the throw will pick the order that the characters involved in the collision will resolve the collision.

Damage and power gain from the attack is simultaneous with the power gain from Defenders of Arcadia. 

Lockjaw will have the power in time to use Last-Minute Save on the character being attacked.

Note that She-Hulk won’t be KO’d by the attack. She ends up dazed until the end of the round when she would flip to her Injured side. 

Yes, that would be two instances of damage so there would be two power to pass out to other characters. 

The character would not be able to use the benefit during its current activation.

Turn and activation are being used interchangeably in the question, but they are not the same thing, so I'll mention that the card can be played on the players turn before choosing a character to activate.

It depends on the exact wording in question, which could be different between different cards.

• Wand of Watoomb - "This character may reroll 2 dice in its defense rolls this round"
  • That character may reroll 2 dice in each defense roll it makes this round.

• Hood's Gang - "This round, when an allied character is attacking an enemy character contesting or holding an objective token, the allied character may reroll 1 of its attack dice"
  • Each allied character may reroll 1 attack die in each attack this round

• Iron-Bound books of Shuma-Gorath - "This round, when an enemy targets an allied character with a physical attack, you may choose to change the attack's type to mystic"
  • You may do this for each eligible attack against each allied character this round

On 8/24/2024 at 6:57 AM, newplayer said:

If an attack resolved  and it say: target character gain xxx special condition....

It is optional  or must do?  If I don't want to give that special condition to the character 

If the rule lacks language indicating it is optional, it is not optional. 

1 hour ago, Marvelboy74 said:

Hello,

I've only played twice this tactic card and i wonder what is the correct way to understand it: "At the start of the activation phase": does it means the activation phase of Spider Woman (so she had to play it immediatly) ? Or the the first activation of an allied in the beginning of a round ?

Thanks

Characters do not have Activation Phases. The Activation Phase is part of the round. 

This card is played at the start of this phase—before any player takes their turn. 

That phrasing is consistent with other rules language and indicates that if no die is changed, no power is gained. 

3 minutes ago, Vodkablitz said:

If Klaw is attacked by a physical or energy attack, will he gain a power if the attack is bodyguarded or sacrificed into another characer from Absorb Vibration? 

 

Thanks!

No. He needs to be the target when the effect would trigger to benefit from it. 

Yes

8 hours ago, Super Dave said:

I activate a character and my first action is to move, what happens if I do not want to use my character's second action this round?

Nothing. You do not have to use both actions and there is no benefit or penalty to forgoing an action. 

You can do both your examples.

The section of the rulebook you are describing is a reminder that you can still do those things after your two actions - that your activation does not end immediately after they are used .

If you refer back to the sections that define active superpowers and interacting, you’ll see them described as anytime abilities.

On 11/21/2023 at 5:48 PM, Ludo Chose said:

After activating the Ultron Drones, but before activating Ultron, Metal Tyrant, I play Sovereign Strike to destroy the terrain next to my Ultron Drones.

There is no time period between the activations where an Active Team Tactic Card may be played. As soon as the Grunts activation is over, the Parents Activation starts.

The new Grunts will not be able to activate prior to Ultron’s activation. The timing for Grunt activations is in response to declaring the activation of a parent character. That has already happened so they will not be able to activate again in this turn. 

When does a model actually receive an activation token?

The rulebook says on page 14, “Once a character has made all of its actions, place an Activated Token on its stat card”

The context that that sentence exists in suggests that this is the game term “actions”. Meaning you’d receive it after performing two actions, even if the character has more things it could do.

The tactic card “All you’ve got” says an activation token is gained at the end of a characters activation.

This suggests it’s tied more to a declaration, similar to ending a players turn.

The model gains the Activated token after performing the second action. The activation actually ends when the player declares it over.

In the case of All You've Got, the card is played after the second action and before it would gain an Activated token. The character can finish any superpowers, interacts, etc. and then declare the activation is over. 

The second activation then immediately begins. After two actions, the Activated token is placed and any other abilities that don't cost an action can be used (superpowers, interacts, etc.). The activation ends when the player declares it over.

After the Core Rules Update on November 22 2021, the Activated token is now placed on a character at the end of its activation.

16 hours ago, BProxy said:

In regard to players without valid activations, does that mean you can still active TTCs when you now longer have valid activations left and the card allows

Yes, players always alternate turns as long as the activation phase is still occurring, even if one player has no characters left that can activate. You will be able to use any tactics cards that you can satisfy the conditions for before being forced to pass.

Characters that are Dazed in the middle of their activation will gain an Activated token. 

An Activated token is gained after the second action is completed or the activation ends--whichever comes first.

After the Core Rules Update on November 22 2021, the Activated token is gained at the end of a characters activation, whether this happens due to the player declaring the activation over or due to the character being dazed during its activation.

7 hours ago, Thelador said:

If you are out of activations, and your opponent has 2 or 3 left, is there any way to play active team tactics cards? Do you still have a "turn" if you don't have models left to activate?

During the Activation Phase players alternate turns. A player that does not have at least one character to activate will need to declare a Pass for their turn. 

However, before that player declares the Pass, they may play Active Team Tactic Cards.

18 hours ago, heinz said:

can someone please explain when you use active or reactive cards , thanks

Active cards are played during your turn when nothing else is resolving. 

Reactive cards specify what events, or triggers, are required to allow you to play them. 

1 hour ago, heinz said:

Ok thanks what do you mean resolving?

still learning 

By resolving I mean when something else is happening. For example, an active card cannot be played during an attack. 

Part of the cost for a character playing an Active: Action card is spending an action.

The only character that can spend an action is the currently activating character  

If a character intending to play the card cannot spend an action on it, they cannot play it. 

In the case of Mass Transit this means Nightcrawler has to spend the action during his activation to play it. He cannot spend another character’s action to play it. 

On 2/7/2024 at 8:48 PM, FlyingRhino said:

What I've been reading in the forums so far is that typically, when a superpower adds dice to an attack, and that attack is a beam or area, only the first 'attack' gets the bonus dice and not any after it. Is this universally the case, or are there exceptions?

That is universally the case when the superpower references a single attack.

On 2/7/2024 at 8:48 PM, FlyingRhino said:

I noticed the Smash TTC says attacks, so I assume it would break that rule.

You are correct. Smash has different phrasing so it works differently. 

On 2/7/2024 at 8:48 PM, FlyingRhino said:

are there other situations where every attack in a beam/area would get the benefit of added dice? If so, what's the verbiage that distinguishes the two? Attack/attack action/attacks/etc

Yes, there are superpowers that affect an entire beam and area attack. You can see this in superpowers like Friday A.I. on Iron Man and the Joint Effort Team Tactic Card.

On 3/14/2024 at 2:45 PM, FlyingRhino said:

Thanks, and just so it's clear in my head, when the verbiage attack action is in the superpower, it would affect every attack in a beam or area (and rapid fire/ricochet/flurry/etc?) done within that action per your example.

That’s correct.

On 3/14/2024 at 2:45 PM, FlyingRhino said:

If it says the next attack, it is only referring to the first attack made in the situation, like baron mordo and thanos's reactive superpowers.

That is usually correct. Joint Effort does not follow this, but that is due to different phrasing. 

7 hours ago, fossjoe said:

Sorry I just wanted this cleared up. For Ferocity of Cyttrak, if the chosen character is doing a beam attack, will it will only add dice to the first attack? 

It doesn't specify next attack on the card, just add to the attack roll. 

 

This is answered here:

https://forums.atomicmassgames.com/topic/11769-ferocity-of-cyttorak-on-areabeam-attack/#comment-51219

I have removed an off topic question. 

1 hour ago, DrunkPoet said:

If a character was added during mid-game due to a special tactical card (cloning), resulting in the squad affiliation percentage dropping below 51%, would the leadership ability be removed temporarily, for the duration of the game, or not at all?

There is no interaction here - leaderships become active and affiliations are chosen during squad creation. Adding (or removing) characters mid game will not affect it.

On 3/14/2024 at 5:41 PM, FlyingRhino said:

Was in an interesting situation. Black Swan used Everything Dies on Ghost Rider, KOing him. He played Deal with the Devil, and moved Ghost Rider across the board after the card was resolved. Does Black Swan then attack him with Eye Beam as the conditional Hit roll was met? 

With this particular interaction, no. Due to him actually being KO'd, you will not continue to resolve further effects. This is explained more here

On 3/14/2024 at 5:41 PM, FlyingRhino said:

This led to follow up questions, that if during any attack action that allowed a follow up attack if conditions were met, would the follow up attack continue if a KO preventing tactic/superpower was used and the target was still in range and LOS?

If the KO is actually prevented (which is not what occurs with the above interaction), its possible. The specific wording of each rule involved makes a generic statement unhelpful though, as you need to evaluate the specific situation.

On 3/16/2024 at 7:21 PM, FlyingRhino said:

Okay, I think I understand. So rules like Last Minute save or Guardian Squirrel that prevent the KO would not break the attack sequence, whereas Deal with the Devil requires Ghost Rider to actually be KO'd as a condition of the card.

It's not that the attack sequence is broken with Deal with the Devil, but rather that you can't resolve further effects against him specifically.

10 hours ago, Cthulhuguy said:

In some powers, for example, Endless Rage from The Immortal Hulk, it says he'll reciece 2 additional power in the power phase, does that mean 2 more from the one he already gets, so in total 3?

Yes. This Power is gained at the same time as the normal Power gain during the Power Phase.

Yes, this will work.

13 hours ago, rumckle said:

If I have an ability that allows me to reroll attack or defence dice, can I use that ability before checking if I have a wild when using the Advanced Idea Mechanics leadership? 

Yes, you may choose the order to resolve your abilities occurring in the same timing steps.

14 hours ago, TheGamersGuild said:

When does the modification of a die to a hit or a block happen?

This occurs during the normal timing window for modifying attack or defender dice. 

18 hours ago, Thatguy said:

When playing Advanced R&D, can a single character be chosen multiple times to gain power?

No. Each character can only be chosen once to gain one power

You cannot affect a Dazed character with a special rule so they wouldn’t be able to benefit from that card. 

No, it does not.

The player playing Deception or using Siren’s Call resolves the advance. This is the same as for a throw or push. 

Ah. The player that controls the special rule granting the advance moves the character following the advance rules just like they would move their own characters. 

Keep in mind that the character cannot end the advance outside of the toward/away angle (if applicable) and that characters do not move along the tool during an advance. 

You cannot. Climb is a type of movement that involves advancing with benefits and restrictions. 

Over 50% of the models in your squad must be of the same affiliation for it to count as that affiliation. 
 

So 3 Avengers and 3 Cabal characters would be unaffiliated. You would need 4 and 2, respectively. 

I split this post into its own thread. 

Affiliated Team Tactic cards will specify who can play the card. 

All According to Plan requires the characters paying for it to be Criminal Syndicate so unaffiliated characters will not be able to help pay for the card. 

Some affiliated cards do allow unaffiliated characters to use or be affected by the card like Price of Failure. 

30 minutes ago, Czarofprussia said:

1. So let’s say for example I run captain America, iron man, and black widow as avengers and Angela as a 4th. Does Angela get to use Asgard cards like Orin’s blessing or doomed prophecy?

In order to bring cards that have an affiliation requirement, the squad must have that affiliation. In your example, the squad is likely Avengers affiliated so those cards cannot be included in the squad. This is covered on page 11 of the core rulebook.

30 minutes ago, Czarofprussia said:

2. if I run avengers with Thor can Thor use avengers AND Asgard cards or is he an avenger only.

As above, an Avengers squad cannot bring any Asgard cards.

30 minutes ago, Czarofprussia said:

I guess for hellfire club u wouldn’t get any affiliation specific team cards?

Hellfire Club cannot bring cards from another affiliation.

55 minutes ago, Zoah said:

Hi there. A friend of mine were wondering if the following was valid due to us disagreeing on the wording around affiliation. 

Would Malkieth, Enchantress, Skurge and Heimdall be a valid 17t squad? I think they would be as three models have the cabal keyword. 

However he feels they would not as three characters also have the Asgard keyword and it states that half your squad must from only one faction. 

Ay clarity on this would be great thanks!

That squad could be either Cabal or Asgard. The player playing that squad will decide during squad building and that choice will determine the leaderships and Team Tactic cards that would be valid for the squad. 

On 9/29/2022 at 2:01 AM, Darkspells said:

Does the character count towards 51% of the squad to unlock leader affiliation ?

No. It does not. 

Squad affiliation requires more than half the characters to be of the affiliation in question.

For a squad of 2, both characters need to be of the chosen affiliation. For a squad of 4, 3 characters. A squad of 6 requires 4 characters. 

Threat Value is not considered. 

8 hours ago, AltG123 said:

When a character gains an affiliation from a tactics card (The Initiative, Under your Skin, Sleeper Agent etc), are they considered to be part of that affiliation for the rest of the game thus allowing them to be targeted by leaderships and tactics cards that only target that affiliations characters?

Yes, the three cards you list work in this way.

9 hours ago, Mc1gamer said:

I'm looking at timing for 14a/b but my understanding is that the priority player can decide the order of effects that trigger after the attack is resolved. Ine example is Logan's place vs Blob's push aftet he taoes damage  but there are many others. Is it attacker results then defender or can the attacking player decide? Thx

Attacker effects resolve in step 14a in the order of the attacking player’s choosing. 

Defender effects resolves in step 14b in the order of the defending player’s choosing. 

Players never choose the order of resolution for their opponent’s effects. 

Special rules are rules that are not found in the rulebook. 

For your example, Mystic Binding would not work on the target because it is Dazed before the effect resolves. 

The Age of Ultron resolves when he is KOd at step 12 of the attack chart. 

Proxima Midnight’s place will resolve at step 14a. 

Your first option is correct. 

Ultron is KO’d so Thanos’s leadership will trigger on him. 

He does not remove the Activated token. 

Yes

Yes. After he is KO'd, he can't be affected by further effects occurring during the attack that KO'd him, but he will be able to be affected by the other attacks due to it being separate from the attack that KO'd him.

6 hours ago, Wolfhound said:

if you receive power at step 12 when enough wounds would KO a character

Yes, you receive damage and power for that damage at the same time.

6 hours ago, Wolfhound said:

Does Ultron receive 3 power from the wounds to then have enough power to enable the use of "Age of Ultron", 8 power

Yes, Ultron will receive 3 power for the 3 damage he suffers and then be able to play The Age of Ultron.

Ultron continues his Activation. He may use his remaining 1 action before gaining an Activated token as normal. 

Deal With The Devil does remove the Activated token. The others do not. 

Yes, he started an attack, the fact that it ended early due to him KOing himself doesn't mean it didn't start.

No. This was answered in the thread here:

Yes

This character is always a reference to the character whose card the rule appears on, so it would be range 2 of Agent Venom.

@Sharkbait@mooseman27 @UtilityCookie @Dyzard @Alarius @Ramsho

You may only pick any individual option a single time.

Yes

No, Aggressive does not trigger off of damage dealt by superpowers. Attack damage is dealt in step 12 of the Attack Timing Chart, and is the result of damage left after comparing the results of the attack and defense rolls in step 10c. This is the only damage that will trigger Aggressive.

29 minutes ago, Shepard said:

As I understand it, if a character with the aggressive innate superpower is damaged by an attack with the rapid fire trigger (or any trigger that generates an additional attack after the attack is resolved), the second attack from rapid fire would be resolved before the short move from aggressive.

Correct.

After the attack is resolved effects from the attacker resolve in step 14a and from the defender in 14b

30 minutes ago, Shepard said:

Does this mean that the character with the aggressive superpower has "lost" his/her ability to make the advance?

 

No.

When you are resolving an ability and then have to pause that resolution to resolve another, you go back to where you previously paused once the “interrupting” ability is finished resolving.

This means you pause the first attack in step 14a, finish resolving the rapid fire attack (steps 1-14) and anything triggered by that, then go back to 14a of the first attack and continue resolving triggers from that sequence.

32 minutes ago, Shepard said:

Can a character with aggressive advance twice in a row if he/she was damaged by both the first and second attacks of a rapid fire attack?

Although if often appears that this is what is occurring, technically speaking, it’s not actually twice in a row.

You would resolve the aggressive from the rapid fire attack in 14b of that sequence. You then go to 14c of that attack. You then return to 14a of the first attack and then proceed to 14b of the first attack (and resolve the aggressive from the first attack here).

So although it often appears to be twice in a row due to a lack of other effects occurring in the mentioned windows, there is a chance of effects occurring between the two resolutions of aggressive.

Damage dealt by an attack refers specifically to the damage dealt as a result of rolling the attack's attack dice. Damage dealt by Throws or other special effects does not count for Aggressive. 

Using the Appendix A timing chart:

1. All of the attacker’s 14a effects have to resolve before the defender’s 14b effects can resolve. For the attacker, this also includes the effects of those effects. All of the Velocity triggers end up resolving before any Aggressive triggers. However, due to the way this trigger stacks, it is possible that Dash will trigger after Aggressive when resolving a stack of Velocity triggers. 

2. Yes. The character with Aggressive would trigger it off each attack that dealt damage during step 14b of each attack. 

Yes, your sequence looks correct.

Yes, other triggers can also occur off the same event.

28 minutes ago, Warp Charged Gaming said:

Hello, can you please inform me what you mean by Aggressive?  

I am following Mysterio makes hypnosis attack and triggers movement, allowing him to do tricks and traps, but I don't understand the "aggressive trigger" being referred to.  I didn't see a tactic card that matched this and I don't see the word Aggressive on mysterio's card anywhere.  

Thanks!

The other character has aggressive in this example, the one Mysterio is attacking.

Take a look at Crossbones as an example character.

That is correct. The final placement of the character moving via Air Lift is independent of Sam Wilson’s final position. 

7 hours ago, roguemind28 said:

Hi

 

In the cleanup phase if you have a power core and roll three skulls.  Do you take 3 damage or just 1 damage?  

That would result in one instance of three damage. 

5 hours ago, roguemind28 said:

So Kingpin or Bill can mitigate damage three times if they had the power? 

No. They would be able to reduce that damage by 1.

Yes

6 hours ago, tom80s said:

1) You can move, pick up the core, and then move again (I'm assuming not as you hold the core mid-activation)

2) You can move, move and pick up the core (I'm assuming this is OK as you don't hold the core until end of activation)

You cannot do the first option. You may do the second. 

All According to Plan can only be played during step 2 of the Power Phase. Priority player has to play their effects first then the other player may play theirs. 

This is answered here:

21 hours ago, Anthony P said:

If multiple characters are in range of an aoe attack and one is dazed, and the other is moved by sams leadership out of range of the attack is that character still subject to the aoe attack.  

Yes it is.

Captain America (Sam Wilson)'s leadership is being errata'd to the following:

Quote

When this character or another allied character is Dazed or KO’d, choose a non-Dazed allied character. After the effect is resolved, the chosen character removes 1 Damage, removes one special condition, and may advance Short. A character can be affected by this leadership ability only once per round.

For Bob, you would not be able to move a character with All New, All Different until the attack gets to step 14B.

I believe the other questions are answered by the changes above.

No, he can’t. Not without additional rules.

Characters take damage from Bleed at the end of each of their activations. 

In the case of All You’ve Got, the character will take damage once at the end of each activation for a total of 2 damage. 

Follow Me, the two Husband/Wife superpowers, and Sin’s Partners in Crime are exclusive. Using one will deny time to use the other. 

Characters that are dazed mid-activation do gain an activation token.

As for Ghost Rider, he gets the activation token prior to being KO'd. When he comes back, it will be without the Activated token as per Deal with the Devil.

3 hours ago, Gurkham said:

After that, can the first player play their own All according to Plan card?

Players play Team Tactic cards during step 2 of the Power Phase with the priority player playing first. In this case, the Priority player already had the opportunity to play Team Tactic cards so they cannot play All According to Plan after their opponent played it.

You would have to pay 13. One additional power for each hammer to be able to play the card, 10 power to gain the benefit of the card.

I don’t think I understood the initial question clearly which made my answer ambiguous.  
 

Only the characters paying the power for All According to Plan are playing it. 

Any character paying for it and holding a hammer will need to spend additional power due to the hammer penalty. 

Characters that are not paying for it are not playing the card so if they are holding a hammer, they won’t have to pay the additional power. 

Yes it would as Bob, Agent of Hydra counts as being Dazed when But HOW!? triggers. 

Note that Captain America (Sam Wilson)'s leadership is being errata'd to the following:

Quote

When this character or another allied character is Dazed or KO’d, choose a non-Dazed allied character. After the effect is resolved, the chosen character removes 1 Damage, removes one special condition, and may advance Short. A character can be affected by this leadership ability only once per round.

10 hours ago, Marvelboy74 said:

Hello,

First sorry for this i'm french.

To be sure about rapide fire (like Sin, Mystique, Black Widow...)  VS Reactive Super powers (like Counter Strike, Body guard, Vibranium shield, quick draw...). If the characters reacting (after been targeted) payed the cost of their reactions for the first attack of the rapide fire they must pay also for the second attack included in rapid fire. I'm right ?

Reactive superpowers are used once per triggering effect which will require spending the appropriate amount of Power. Rapid Fire gives a whole new attack so if these characters want to use a Reactive superpower against that attack, the superpower needs to be used again which will include paying the Power cost associated with it.

The character who played the Tactic Card is the source of the rolls. 

This ruling is outdated now after this ruling came into effect - https://forums.atomicmassgames.com/topic/7018-tactic-cards-and-unspecified-effects/

It's going to depend on the wording for each individual tactics cards, so a generic answer doesn't work well. Each tactics card needs to be evaluated based on its specific wording.

Sinister Traps

• No interaction because no character is performing this roll.

Well Laid Plans/Psychic Shockwave

• The characters playing the card are not rolling dice for the Tactics card, so no interaction with them.
• The characters holding the objective tokens though, those characters are considered to be rolling the dice, so Heimdall can use his superpower on behalf of those rolls. This is because when rolling dice for a character, it is considered to be that character rolling the dice.

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New ruling follows

Sinister Traps

• No interaction because no character is performing this roll. The source of the damage roll from Sinister Traps is the token that is put into play as a result of the cards effect, not the character playing the card.

Well Laid Plans/Psychic Shockwave

• The characters playing the card are now considered to be the source of the effect. This means an allied Heimdall can allow them to reroll the dice from this Team Tactic Card
• The characters holding the objective tokens are no longer considered to be rolling the dice, which means a Heimdall allied to them cannot allow them to reroll the dice.

On 6/14/2022 at 7:43 PM, Finkstar said:

- The Asgard Player has Angela holding an objective, Angela & Heimdall are allied to one another, could the Asgard player use Heimdalls all seeing eyes ability to reroll dice 'defensively' to attempt to remove crits and wilds from the 5 dice to prevent Angela taking damage?

Yes The answer to this has changed after the ruling mentioned above. The answer to this is now a No, Angela cannot reroll these dice.

On 6/14/2022 at 7:43 PM, Finkstar said:

I understand that if Heimdall was in the Black Order squad in this instance his all seeing eye ability would not be able to be used on the psychic shockwave roll. Is that right?

Correct The answer to this has changed after the ruling mentioned above. The answer to this is now that Heimdall could assist the Black Order Squad with rerolls.

9 hours ago, Pickle01 said:

I thought you did not roll dice against tactics card like Well Laid Plans or Physic Shockwave?

Can you clarify your question? It sounds like your thinking you get to roll dice to try and prevent the damage from well laid plans/psychic shockwave, which you do not get to do.

On 6/18/2022 at 11:11 AM, Pickle01 said:

My question how are you using all seeing eye to reroll dice on tactic card you are not playing or allied to. 

Previously, there was a ruling that stated it would have been the "defending" characters that were considered to be rolling the dice. That has now changed though with the ruling mentioned above and it is now the characters playing the card that are rolling the dice.

Please check the edits to the above rulings as there are several changes based on this recent ruling - https://forums.atomicmassgames.com/topic/7018-tactic-cards-and-unspecified-effects/

All You’ve Got dazes the character it’s used on at their current health. 

In your example, Wolverine will have full stamina when Field Dressing is played on him. 

Wolverine will benefit from Healing Factor at the end of each activation. 

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I have an injured Corvus Glaive. At the end of his activation he plays All You've Got and activates again.

At the end of the second activation, can he use the Husband of Proxima Midnight superpower before he gets KO'd and removed from the table? Both effects trigger "at the end of this character's activation..."

If he can, is he still on the table while Proxima activates?

He would end up Dazed without gaining the power as you resolve the effects in the order on the card.

3 hours ago, Cocde said:

Are allied characters who recieve damage from area and beam attacks considered to be "targeted" for rules purposes?

This is covered on page 18 of the core rules. 

A character can never choose an allied character as a target of its attack. 

It all depends on how the effect is allowing you to move the character.

If you are told to Advance the character(such as your example of Deception), you can use the movement tool for its speed or smaller, but you can not cross terrain larger than your size unless you have some other rule like wall crawler or flight.

Doing so would be performing a Climb and the game effect did not provide you the ability to perform a climb, it provided you the ability to Advance the character.

This is for both friendly and enemy effects. Whether you have a superpower allowing you to advance an enemy character or you have an attack special rule allowing you to advance after the attack, you can’t turn that into a climb.

23 minutes ago, Artisan said:

Do we need explicit permission to perform a climb action when using an advancement ability (ie Charge or Deception)?

In short, yes. What you can do depends on what the effect is providing you. The two effects you mention provide entirely different permissions.

Charge superpowers generally provide you a move action. A move action can be an advance or a climb.

Deception allows you to advance a character. That has to follow the rules for an advance, which allow you to use the tool matching the characters speed or a smaller one and prohibit the tool from overlapping terrain larger than the characters size.

If the tool crossed a piece of terrain larger than the character, you’d now be trying to perform a climb, which deception hasn’t given you permission to do.

54 minutes ago, Rhys Evans said:

Is it just worded differently for brevity or does allied character within X not included the character itself?

It does include the character who has the ability. Heimdall can benefit from All-Seeing Eyes.  

You should check the Challenger document found here:

https://www.atomicmassgames.com/marvel/op
 

This article will also help explain it. 
 

https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmissions/challenger-events
 

The cards Spider-Man set are not legal in the Timeline: Standard format unless they were reprinted with a legal set symbol, like the Hammer set in the 2022 Card Pack. 

Because they are no longer legal, cards that were previously banned are no longer listed in the Standard Banned and Restricted List. 

6 hours ago, GhostDeer said:

Can a Mr. Sinister team that has a Black Widow, Agent of Shield deployed use Cloning Banks to add a 2-threat Black Widow midgame? Does the answer change if Widow, Agent of Shield is KO'd and no longer in the squad? The only rules I could find in the book around Alter Egos is from the squad building section so I wasn't sure how those interact with cards that add characters midgame. 

Yes. That will work.

4 hours ago, Thorsmjolnir said:

Can you bring a character with the same alter ego as a character in your squad with the High Council or Cloning Banks tactics cards?

Yes you may.

On 8/11/2022 at 5:41 PM, GhostDeer said:

Sort of related, but not about alter egos, If I use High Council/Cloning Banks to add a Spider-man (Peter Parker) from my roster to the squad, can I also still use Fearful Symmetry to have Kraven transform in to a Spider-man (Peter Parker)? Fearful Symmetry doesn't have the same stipulation about Peter being part of the squad and I haven't seen a rule saying you can't have two of the same model in a squad.

Fearful Symmetry does require Peter Parker to not be in the squad so this will not work. 

I'd suggest reviewing the Challenger document that is located here - https://www.atomicmassgames.com/marvel/op

It describes the rules around alternate tokens (yes, they may be replaced with a few rules around doing so)

The effect that says “can’t” will trump the “can” or “may” effect. 

Check out page 5 of the online rulebook in the Effects section. 

On 4/6/2022 at 1:44 AM, Sidiousmike said:

When 'big' Hulkbuster is dazed he ejects the Support suit and is 'removed from the battlefield'

Not quite. Hulkbuster becomes dazed and stays there with the dazed token until the Cleanup Phase. Its at the point during the Cleanup Phase that he would flip his stat card to the Injured side that Iron Man (Hulkbuster) is placed on the table and Hulkbuster is removed from the battlefield.

On 4/6/2022 at 1:44 AM, Sidiousmike said:

Reading that makes me think that if my opponent dazes 'big' Hulkbuster again then I would not get to bring in the Support Suit again as he has been removed from the game, not just the battlefield

You will still be able to bring the character in again.

No.

The results need to be in one of Amazing Spider-Man’s dice pools to be able to provide him power.

35 minutes ago, bonebreak said:

People keep linking to that older post but correct me if I'm wrong the older post was reversed and says he would gain the power.  I think he would also gian the power using the spider foes leadership as he is the one re rolling the opponents die.

 

The new ruling is that yes, the Doctor Octopus playing the card can receive power from Scientific Hubris if a critical is rolled during the resolution of the card.

The post above is in regards to Doctor Octopus gaining Power from Scientific Hubris when playing Well-Laid Plans (he does) and has a follow up about him generating Power from Oscorp Weaponry via Scientific Hubris (he does not).

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Hey all,

I see Amazing Spider-Man's "Witty Banter" reactive super power is different on his injured side with the added clause: "this character"

Is it safe to assume that the Amazing Spider-Man is not allied to himself on his healthy side, therefore cannot use "Witty Banter" when enemies are attacking him when he is on that side?

The front side is correct. The back side of the posted card has an error. 

Amazing Spider-Man is allied with himself and can use Witty Banter on his Healthy Side

No, Momentum does not generate power. It is a separate effect. 

When a rule on a character card says “this character” it always refers to itself. 

In Momentum’s case, all references to “this character” refers to the Amazing Spider-Man character that is making the Spider Strike attack. 

On 4/26/2022 at 7:02 PM, Wolfhound said:

Just to remove doubt for the group on Thursday.

In this case for momentum it would be case 1 above, ie amazing spider man is placed within 1 of the other enemy character.  The enemy character would have to make a damage roll as if amazing spiderman was thrown into them.  

Yes. You have it correct.

Momentum triggers after the attack is resolved.  Step 14a of the timing chart.  

A character that is KO’d will be removed from the table during step 12 of the attack timing chart. Momentum resolves during step 14a. 

You can’t measure from a character that isn’t on the battlefield so Momentum cannot resolve and Amazing Spider-Man will not be placed. 

Yes.

On 12/20/2021 at 9:17 AM, Smarrs said:

Hi guys,

Just a quick query regarding this new crisis. Does the cover given by the token still apply even if the attacker is in range 2, or do the normal conditions of cover negate it?

Yes, the token's Cover still applies. The restriction you are referring to is for cover granted by terrain features. 

If Amora cannot hold the token the token is not taken. It remains on the other character.

Yes. 

She can!
 

However she cannot score with it as that requires her own Herb.

Yes.
Ultron can reroll a number of attack dice up to the number of critical results in the opposing defence roll (subject to other rules interactions as well I.e. He can’t reroll failure results without additional rules)

Analyse and Annihilate is the attacker rerolling their own attack dice, which occurs in step 9.a.i of the Attack Timing Sequence.

Tiny Superhero is the defender rerolling their own defense dice, which occurs in step 9.a.ii of the Attack Timing Sequence.

This means Ultron must reroll his attack dice before Ant-Man rerolls his defense dice.

The linked thread ties a turn and activation(s) together more than I realized based on other interactions. I previously assumed the end of the turn functioned the same as the start of the turn, in that it was entirely independent of the activation (other than an activation needing to occur within a turn).

This meant that you'd need two separate "end" declarations and could do things in between the end of an activation and the end of your turn (The same as you can do things between the start of your turn and the start of an activation).

However, the linked thread shifts my understanding and if I were to sum it up, I think it would be that...

- The start of the turn isn't in anyway related to the start of an activation.

- However, the end of a turn is tied to the end of the last activation of that turn.

We know from other threads that the gaining of the activation token isn't related to the end of the activation...so I don't see this impacting a normal activation much at the moment.

Similar to the linked thread then, this means that if a model is dazed mid activation by an effect(say a counter strike) (and there is no ability allowing them to trigger the activation of a different model), this now means that the players turn is also automatically ended and they have no chance to play tactics cards, correct?

On 7/9/2021 at 6:05 PM, Thoras said:

Similar to the linked thread then, this means that if a model is dazed mid activation by an effect(say a counter strike) (and there is no ability allowing them to trigger the activation of a different model), this now means that the players turn is also automatically ended and they have no chance to play tactics cards, correct?

That is correct. 

Thanks! Looking to clarify a bit based on bad wording on my part.

What this boils down to is:
- If your last character activation for the turn is over, you automatically transition into the end of your turn
- Meaning once your last activation of the turn is over, you can no longer use abilities other than reactive abilities that trigger on the "end of your turn" or a similar wording?

On 7/13/2021 at 5:51 PM, RoockieBoy said:

Is there a specific time before your turn ends to play Field Dressing with an already activated character into your last character who has just played all you’ve got? Or as it was your last activation, the character that plays all you’ve got can’t be field dressed by another activated character? I can’t seem to find the right answer...

The turn ends when the activation ends. So there will not be timing after the activation ends to play Field Dressing. 

On 7/14/2021 at 11:17 AM, Thoras said:

 

Thanks! Looking to clarify a bit based on bad wording on my part.

What this boils down to is:
- If your last character activation for the turn is over, you automatically transition into the end of your turn
- Meaning once your last activation of the turn is over, you can no longer use abilities other than reactive abilities that trigger on the "end of your turn" or a similar wording?

Essentially, yes. Reactive effects trigger when their conditions are met. If anything resolving at the end of the turn would trigger one, it will still occur. 

22 hours ago, Negoldar said:

Essentially, yes. Reactive effects trigger when their conditions are met. If anything resolving at the end of the turn would trigger one, it will still occur. 

Perfect, thanks!

Yes, If the character attacking ancient one satisfies the conditions of martial artist at the time it becomes relevant(when determining successes).

Yes, Ancient One is performing the push in this scenario and thus you ignore her when determining collisions for the push.

On 10/26/2024 at 5:16 AM, seanie419 said:

If Angel performs the Flyby attack and there is no room to place him next to the last character attacked due to terrain/other characters when does he go? Stay in original position, place within 1 of other character he attacked, or is the attack cancelled?

If you know ahead of time that he will not fit, he would stay where he is. If you find out that he cannot fit by attempting to place him in position, you return him to his original position as best as possible.

On 10/26/2024 at 5:16 AM, seanie419 said:

Similar thing with the tactic card Fallen if there is no room to place Archangel can you not play the card and all pushes are cancelled or is it a case where you just remove Angel first and place Archangel in his spot?

You would attempt to place Archangel, find you are unable to place him and then the rest of the effect would stop trying to resolve. Angel would then continue to flip his Stat Card to his Injured side.

Modifying dice is the overall term that encompasses both rerolling dice and changing dice.

Rules that allow one die result to be treated as another die result do not count as modifying the dice.

26 minutes ago, LowTierSteve said:

The way I understand your response, a change is a type of modification, but because Angela’s card specifically says “change,” it is not preventing all modifications that exist in the game

The full text of that portion of the rule mentions both reroll and change, which are the two types of dice modification, so it does prevent all types of modification.

27 minutes ago, LowTierSteve said:

Are you able to provide an example of an effect that currently exists in the game that would “change” attacker’s attack dice, that would be subject to being prevented by Angela’s superpower?

Deadliest Woman in the Galaxy on Gamora is an example of this type of effect, it says "When this character makes an attack, it may change 1 die result to a hit for each wild in the attack roll". Any rule that says one result may be changed to another result basically.

A rule that says you treat a result as another result is not considered a change or a modification.

This post goes into a bit more depth in terms of explaining the different types of rules

2 hours ago, Andrew said:

If Angela is between Unstoppable Colossus and the priority Cerebro tower, how do you place the movement tool?  Does his rampage ignore her living ribbons or just go to the side of her?

Living Ribbons has an errata (found here). It applies when an enemy is Advancing or Climbing. 

Unstoppable Colossus is Pushed when rampaging so he is unaffected by Living Ribbons. 

In the situation described, she may not choose the order to resolve the two places as they are not occurring at the same time.

The placement from the Xiphos attack that was made as a part of the Angelic Assassin superpower must be resolved first. That attack will be resolved and ended by the time you have the opportunity to perform the placement from the Xiphos attack that allowed you to trigger Angelic Assassin.

You could choose to perform the placement granted by that first attack before you choose to resolve the Angelic Assassin effects (and subsequently the placement from the attack it generates), but that is the only way in which you can choose the order.

They are not "stacked" at the same timing step due to them occurring in separate attacks.

Living Ribbons prevents the attacker from rerolling dice. Recalibration Matrix does not get around that. 

For your second question: none. Venom stops Angela and Angela stops Venom. 

An Interact is an any time ability, which can't interrupt another action or effect that is occurring. To use your example, you could not interact between the attack action and move action granted by "Hit and Run"

Yes she does. 

2 hours ago, Octavi said:

But she wouldn't if the enemy character was KO'd, would she? I understand the character would be removed before she can place herself.

Correct. She would not place as the target is removed before that rule triggers. 

53 minutes ago, GilDK said:

Must I use it immediately after the attack,

It has to be used during the attack.

Angelic assassin is used in step 12, at the point that the target character is dazed or ko’d. 

Also, don’t forget that the rule allowing her to gain power for the damage you deal with her xiphos, the sword of the stars attack occurs in step 14a, so if she dazes or ko’s a character with that attack, she cannot use power gained from that instance of the attack to use angelic assassin because she hasn’t gained that power at the point angelic assassin has to be used

Yes. 

Got Your Back triggers in step 14b of an attack. Angelic Assassin triggers in step 14a. 

After the attack granted by Angelic Assassin is resolved the attack sequence of the first attack will resume at step 14a. If Winter Soldier is not Dazed/KO’d, Got Your Back may be used in step 14b with the power gained from the Angelic Assassin attack. 

7 hours ago, Reath28 said:

With the Errata to Angela's Angelic Assassin, both this superpower and the place within two of the target character occur during step 14a of the attack sequence. If the attacking player chooses to utilise Angelic Assassin first and then advances and K.Os another character, would Angela then be able to place back within 2 of the original target character as part of the original attack?

 

Likewise, in the event that the character targeted during the Angelic Assasin survived, would the place affect from the Angelic Assasin Xiphos attack resolve before the original, place within two?

1. Yes. 

2. Yes it would. 

Just now, The-Calf said:

Hello all,

For abilities such Angelic assassin, paint the town red, and frenzy they give a movement and then attack. If you target an enemy character with the mentioned abilities and they use "Eye in the Sky" to get out of range, would that ability be refunded? If so would the move and then attack occur again or just targeting another character with an attack?

 

Thank you!

The ability will not be refunded. It was used and interrupted. 

Given that these abilities are restricted to triggering with the character’s activation, Eye in the Sky (and similar abilities) will grant the attacking character another action this activation if no other character was targeted by the attack when they force the attack to end. 

20 minutes ago, The-Calf said:

To clarify, when you say action. Do you mean I could target another character with "Angelic Assassin" attack?

No. 

20 minutes ago, The-Calf said:

Or does the ability allow me to move again and target another character since it was interrupted? 

No. 

20 minutes ago, The-Calf said:

I'm curious because I was told since Angelic assassin does not say attack action, the interruption essentially cancels the attack from angelic assassin and end of story, end of turn (because it was used after the 2nd attack action).

This is incorrect. 

During an activation, characters have two actions. These are used to move, attack, shake, or use certain superpowers that require an action. 

When the attack from one of the superpowers mentioned above (like Angelic Assassin) is interrupted and ended by another effect (like Trickster or the Eye in the Sky Team Tactic Card), the attacking character gets a third action in their activation. 

This action may be used to make the actions listed above. 

1 hour ago, The-Calf said:

Do I now get to pick another character to resolve Angelic Assassin?

No. 

1 hour ago, The-Calf said:

Or are you saying, Eye in the Sky gives me essentially a "third action" which now I can move, attack, etc etc freely similarly like the 2 actions per turn limit?

Yes. This is how it works. 

2 hours ago, The-Calf said:

Getting a 3rd action, does that also mean I could angelic assassin again? or is it lost due to it being interrupted and can only be used once per turn? 

Angelic Assassin is once per turn. It was already used. It cannot be used again. 

8 hours ago, ba_tetsuo said:

Since "Killmonger adds two dice to his attack rolls when attacking the enemy character with the highest threat value" and he is now attacking the highest threat value character, does he add 2 dice to his attack?

No. When playing the card one character is determined to the character with the highest Threat Value. The effects of the card apply to that character. 

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Tiny Ant-Man uses Battle Lust and then Transforms back into Normal Ant-Man

He then makes an attack.

Does he get one or two dice?

Battle Lust checks the characters size at the time that it is adding dice to the dice pool, therefore he would get two dice.

Whenever one of your characters drops an objective token, your opponent places it. 

The tokens drop before the transform happens. 

Yes. That works. 

This is answered in this thread:

The power is paid when you play the card.

The power gain rule and the rule allowing you to transform are both “after the effect is resolved” rules on Pym particle punch.

Since they share the same timing, you get to decide in which order you resolve them.

This means yes, you can choose to resolve the power gain prior to resolving the change size.

Pym Particle Control does not prevent the collision from happening.

It is used after the characters and objects involved in the collision are determined and before it actually happens. 

Ant-Man’s final location will not change the collision resolution. 

30 minutes ago, Matthews1802 said:

So it goes:

he is targeted for a throw

He uses PPC to turn tiny(the big piece remains to use to Measure from) 

Then he is thrown and the small piece is at the end of the measuring tool? 

Is this right?

That’s close.

Targeted for throw, moved by the throw, Pym Particle Control, and resolve the collision is the correct order. 

They can interact with them. They can’t pick up the objective though as per the Tiny Superhero innate superpower. 

The token will remain on the board in its original position. 

Check the appendices in the online rulebook found here:

https://www.atomicmassgames.com/rules
 

Appendix D covers the rules for Transform. They deploy in their Normal Form.

42 minutes ago, JerBear_IRL said:

When an allied character makes a beam attack that would also hit Apocalypse would his "Only the Strong Remain" Ability activate? It states "After an attack against this target" It does not however say an enemy attack. Is it safe to assume that when hit by a friendly beam attack, even though its only doing one damage, its still an attack on Apocalypse? 

From Beam Attack in core rule book "Beam attacks are a special kind of attack that damages all characters--allied as well as enemy... Allied characters in range of a beam Attack suffer 1 damage but do not suffer other effects of the Attack"

 

Page 15 of the rulebook covers this:

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A character can never make an attack without a target and can
never choose an allied character to be the target of its attack.

Apocalypse cannot be targeted by an allied attack. Only the Strong Remain cannot trigger. 

11 hours ago, sithkhan said:

If you place the appropriate range tool to target an enemy model and it covers a friendly Apocalypse's base, then "Only The Strong Remain" should process, as any allied model under the tool takes one point of damage, correct? He cannot be the only target beneath as he cannot be targeted, but he can be covered by the range tool if he is in the path.

No attack is made against Apocalypse. Only the Strong Remain requires an attack to be made against Apocalypse so it will not trigger. 

On 8/5/2024 at 8:29 AM, Tarn said:

When a character is using "consuming blight" superpower off the pestilence horseman card, if you select the second option to apply a condition, can you select a condition the character already has with the intent of using "you will be remade though me" on Apocalypses card?

Yes

On 8/5/2024 at 8:29 AM, Tarn said:

Can you pick a condition a character has even if the character only has one of the 3 condition eligible to pick from.

Yes

On 8/2/2024 at 9:51 PM, Battlejutsu said:

Can Apocalypse trigger this superpower on crises such as Demons Downtown (Incinerate) and Mayor Fisk (Stun)? With Demons triggering in the power phase and Mayor Fisk triggering during cleanup, both of which are not traditional "turns" that one would execute in the activation phase.

The effect of Only the Strong Remain that allows Apocalypse to remove Damage or gain Power is limited to being used during a turn. There are no turns during the Power or Cleanup Phases. It cannot be used during those phases. 

On 10/2/2024 at 2:29 AM, Shaky said:

Pretty sure I’ve read this correctly, would Trial by Combat have no effect on Apocalypse’s leadership? Considering the leadership assigns cards, the opportunity to stop the leadership has passed. 
 

just wanting clarification 

That is correct. Trial by Combat does not affect Apocalypse’s Horsemen. 

On 10/17/2024 at 5:29 PM, ckpmax1108 said:

Can you trigger Apocalypse's "You Will be Remade Through Me" reaction if the enemy would gain a condition it would be immune to?

Or does the character need to be able to gain the condition in the first place, before you can switch it to Bleed, Shock, Slow or Incinerate?

That superpower requires them to already have the condition being applied in order to trigger.

If they have Immunity to that condition, they can't currently have it, which means the superpower can't be triggered.

On 10/11/2024 at 4:19 PM, Sintel said:

Since the phrasing is drop "and" placed instead of drop "then" placed does that mean the player can chose to drop the objective tokens after placing the character?

No. It should be resolved in the order written. 

22 hours ago, Sabian_Asher said:

In the new CRB Appendix C states that you "first add an infinity gem to your roster" my understanding is you put the gem on the character as you include the character to your roster. I simply would like a clarified explanation. 

That sentence indicates the Infinity Gem has to be part of the roster. The next sentence starts the process of describing how to add the Infinity Gem to the roster. 

Your understanding is correct. 

Can I ask for some additional clarification/examples on where/how to apply the "multiple things" FAQ entry?

I understood the FAQ entry to mean that any single special rule(since we have a forum ruling applying the FAQ entry to all rules) would always be dependent on each individual event in the rule resolving to be able to move onto the next event in the rule(barring the rules text being separated by a line break or the word "additionally").

As an example, the "Second Wind" Tactics Card.

"Characters that spent power remove the Stun special condition and remove 1 damage"

Due to that being a single special rule that is not separated by either a line break or the word additionally, I would have applied the FAQ entry to this tactics card, meaning that to remove the 1 damage, the character would have had to remove the stun condition.

After some discussions, I'm given to understand I am interpreting this incorrectly and that the "and" turns this statement into a single event, not multiple events. Which means the "Multiple things" FAQ entry does not apply and you can remove damage regardless of whether you removed the stun condition.

I'm wondering if there is any wording or examples that can help clarify how to apply the FAQ entry or if it might just be "look for the word 'and'".

The Multiple Things FAQ entry covers separate clauses not a single clause. In the case of Second Wind the removal of Stun and one damage is a single clause (do these two things) instead of two clauses (do this, and then do this). This means that you will attempt to do both items, remove stun and remove damage, without considering the success or failure of the other. 

Thanks.

I was mostly hoping for help in identifying what makes this a "single clause", as I find myself hesitant to try to apply this now.

Is this an English language rule/use of the phrase "single clause" or something else?

Is it as simple as saying an "and" without a comma makes them a linked, single clause?

Generally speaking clauses that must resolve in the presented order are linked via comma or period. Martial Prowess on Gamora and Pentagrams of Farallah on Doctor Strange are good examples of this. 

That should not be confused with commas used in a list, like The Age of Ultron, where a number of effects of a single rule are listed. In that case, like this for Second Wind (a list of two items), attempt to do each part in order and skip those that cannot be done. 

2 hours ago, BigHugeMan said:

How does the application of special conditions happen for abilities such as Hawkeye's Full Quiver or Scarlet Witch's Hex Bolt?

Is this chosen by the player? Or is this selected at random through dice or some other method.

Thank you.

The player making the attack chooses the special condition. 

On 11/23/2024 at 5:19 PM, Slynch said:

For example, Archangel performs a Razor Wing Strike with a <hit>, <miss>x4.  Can I spend one power to turn one miss into a <wild>, and then use “Chosen of Apocalypse” to turn a second miss into a <hit>?

Yes. You can order the effects to allow this to happen.

Just now, A-Aron said:

Basic question, do grunt have an affiliation at all?

If they are not listed in the current affiliation document, they do not have an affiliation.

One gem may be active each of the Cosmic Threat players turns

Each gem may be chosen only once per round

A particular gem can be used multiple times across multiple rounds

9 hours ago, RunnerAZ said:

If I throw terrain into my own character, do I have to till dodge dice?

Yes

The dice added as a result of critical dice in the initial roll are considered to be of the same type of dice as the initial roll, so yes, you are able to re-roll those dice.

No, you will not be able to trigger abilities worded as such off of the additional dice you roll in as a result of critical dice because that wording is referring to timing steps in either the attack or dodge timing sequences and the dice added as a result of critical dice happens at a later timing step in all cases.

After rolling attack dice refers to Step 6 of the Attack Timing

After rolling defense dice refers to Step 7 of the Attack Timing

After rolling dodge dice refers to Step 2 of the Dodge Timing

On 11/22/2021 at 4:39 PM, Horeath said:

I assume this means he cannot re-roll a dice added in by a critical result

This would be an incorrect assumption. Dice added via Critical results become part of the roll. 

On 11/22/2021 at 4:39 PM, Horeath said:

The additional dice rolled by a critical are not added to the attack / defense roll, but they are counted in step 10, calculate success or failure?

They are added to the roll so they are counted in step 10. 

Allied characters can never be chosen as the target of an attack (page 18 of the online rulebook). Additionally, no effects of the attack can affect an allied character. This includes damage. These two rules mean the attack can never deal damage to them so Askani’son’s special rule will not trigger. 

4 hours ago, Sleboda said:

Just a follow up. 

Per the included image from the original question, allied characters do suffer 1 damage from area attacks that reach them.  Can you help me reconcile this with your comment "the attack can never deal damage to them" please?

The attack does not deal damage to them. That line in the core rulebook does.

11 hours ago, Sleboda said:

The damage being discussed is listed under Area Attacks and tells us to damage each friendly in the area,  but apply no other effects. How is that not the attack dealing damage? What is the consistent thought process we can apply to other rules involving damage that we can use to draw the line with damage from attacks?

Attack damage is dealt in step 12 of the timing chart in Appendix A. The beam/area attack never gets there when an allied character is in range of it because attacks cannot be made against allies (page 18 under Making an Attack). The rulebook states they take 1 damage and no other effects because the attack cannot be made against allied characters.

17 hours ago, SandwichToby said:

From what I've seen, grunts can contest the research station extract. Are they considered being healty?

Grunts are Healthy due to the teal coloring on their stamina circle. 

3 hours ago, Tatan said:

Hi, just wondering if a wild pierce on an attack is mandatory to apply, 

Yes.

Pierce is a mandatory trigger.

A map with the objectives marked out would break the pre-measuring rules. 

Yes, they are both. If you find yourself with 3 characters lined up perfectly, you could throw in either direction on the line perpendicular to the axis the three are lined up on. However, this is a theoretical question. On the table you would almost certainly not be able to line these characters up in this manner due to the many potential error points in trying to do so. In that situation you would pick a direction and attempt to move the thrown character's base without touching the other bases. If one of the other bases is contacted, resolve collisions as normal.

Rerolls from a single source are simultaneous. 

1 hour ago, Piffo said:

Hi, just to clarify - different cards are considered different sources.
Different abilities/effects from the same Charachter (or card, FWIW) are different sources as well, correct?

Yes. Those would all be different sources. 

Let us know if this doesn’t cover all your questions

15 minutes ago, Mc1gamer said:

the use of those tokens later in the game inhibited by Mystique if she is attacking a Weapon X character?

No. 

15 minutes ago, Mc1gamer said:

It seems to me the reactive nature of this card is the playing of it initially and once done, the Leadership is active while the assigned character is in play and using the tokens would be like any other Leadership, that wouldn't be affected and pevented by Shapeshifter.

This is correct. 

Yes

2 hours ago, Beineld said:

Are enemy characters within an A2 attack considered to be "targeted" by an attack?

All attacks have targets. 

2 hours ago, Beineld said:

Assuming damage lands on Dr Strange from this attack, can Thor and Heimdal use the tactics card Trip Up on Dr Strange?

Yes. 

No. The intention is that the attacker will not be damaged by their own attack. The same is true for beam attacks.

This will be clarified in the future. 

On 3/13/2022 at 12:44 PM, Sleboda said:

...as Beam and Area Attacks never choose targets

This part is not quite correct, every attack targets a character at some point in the process.

After the sections you quoted, you’ll see that each section has paragraphs that include the text

"...make a series of attacks targeting each enemy character..."

The point of the text in the sections you quoted is that targeting doesn't occur in exactly the normal way and the later sections tell us that targeting does still occur in both cases.

Mystic Empowerment’s wording is referencing targeting to indicate the timing step that the Leadership is triggered/resolves at though, it is not listing a requirement.

You can see other examples of this in rules that say things like "Before damage is dealt". This doesn't indicate that damage is a requirement of the rule occurring, it is telling you the timing step of the attack that it occurs in.

Allied characters cannot be targeted by allied attacks. Those caught in a beam or area attack suffer one damage but do not suffer any other effects of the attack. 

In your example the Bodyguard will take two attacks and the other character will take zero attacks because the Bodyguard character took the attack directed at the other character. If the character using Bodyguard is dazed by the first attack there are no more eligible targets so the attack will end. 

It works like this because the attacker makes one attack against each enemy in range. Attacked characters are counted at the beginning of the attack so the list of eligible targets won’t change if the attack resolves against a character other than the one initially attacked. 

Yes, as long as they satisfy any conditions during each attack, the special rules are applicable to each attack.

8 hours ago, Marvelboy74 said:

Ok it's quite clear and will "they satisfy any conditions during each attack" included that in case of a special rule who deals a special condition (like Cyclop optic devastation concussion) one wild affect several characters ?

That attack doesn’t cause a special condition.

Also, no, each individual attack needs a wild in cyclops case. So if you are attacking 3 characters, you need a wild in each of those three separate attack rolls. Each wild is only applicable to the attack that it was present in.

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If a character is making an area attack against multiple characters, dazes the first, and the dazed character's player uses Sam Wilson's leadership to advance into range of the area/beam attack, are they then able to be targeted?

If so, and  the area/beam is against a single target, would the attack action end before being able to make the second attack?

https://forums.atomicmassgames.com/topic/764-lethal-protector-and-beam-attacks/?tab=comments#comment-3267

Looking at this question, I expect that the target ‘pool’ is established when the attack is declared and it wouldn’t result in another attack.

No, they are not able to be targeted at that point as the eligible targets were established in an earlier step.

2 hours ago, JerBear_IRL said:

If you moved someone out of the beam/area attack would Sam's leadership work like Life Saver and prevent that character from taking a hit?

It would not. 

5 hours ago, DOOM_SUPREME said:

Hello, wanted to know what happens if for example Thor does his area attack Targeting more than One character, let's say he attacks first a Black Order character that becomes dazed, and in response they play Blood to Spare which triggers an out of activation Attack which dazes/KOs Thor. Does Thor keep doing the rest of his area attacks which hasn't been resolved or are interrupted because Thor became Dazed/KO'd?

Thor cannot make attacks while Dazed. The rest of the attacks are lost. 

The Asgardian Rule changes the amount of power gained during step 1 of the power phase - adding one additional to it.

Effects like that of Magneto that simply cause the character to gain power during the power phase resolve in step 2 as you've mentioned (along with all other things that a player has during the power phase).

Stun causes characters with any superpower that uses the "additional" wording to only gain 1 power during the power phase (from the phase itself). They can, of course, gain additional instances of power from other rules.

It does not, no.

On 7/20/2024 at 9:11 PM, Ramsho said:

Shadow King summons astral fiend at max range of 3, which is now 2 within shang chi.
Shadow King attacks using Mental shackle at shang chi measuring from the projection token.

Shang Chi uses "wild goose leaves the flock"    (Because shang chi says "when targeted by an attack within 2" , "then place the attacking Character within 1"
Does this mean the attacking coming from the projection token can trigger it, and then shang can move shadow king regardless of how far away he is?

Shadow King is the attacker and Shang-Chi’s Wild Goose Leaves the Flock looks for range to the attacker. 

In this scenario, Shang-Chi cannot use Wild Goose Leaves the Flock as Shadow King is too far away from him. 

Dazed characters cannot contest objectives. Astral Ring does not change this rule.

On 10/27/2021 at 5:51 PM, PanzerHarris said:

Can the Projection token from the Astral Ring team tactics card be placed in such a way that it overlaps a model's base? 

Yes.

44 minutes ago, Xavier Protocols said:

Astral ring says that a model cannot be advanced or placed, but can it take a climb move action whilst Astral Ring is in effect?

Climb is an advance. This is covered on page 16 of the rulebook. 

A character under the effects of Astral Ring cannot climb. 

You measure to the character you are attacking, not the token.

Let us know if there are questions this doesn’t cover

The attacker is still the character, not the token, so you would measure to the character.

You will work those out from the attacking character, not the projection token.

The range for the special effects of the attack would be measured from Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme, not from the projection token.

You are correct. The character, not the token, needs to be within range 3 to make the attack. 

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Hi Rules Team, 

My question is in regards to the timing during cleanup phase. Does scoring VPs comes very first during cleanup, followed by player/crisis effects?

Im asking because the tactics card Astral Ring states that the projection token is contesting objectives, but gets removed during the next cleanup phase. Which should be the following cleanup phase of the round astral ring was played.
So would the Token count for contesting objectives during the VP calculation step of the cleanup phase and then gets removed?

Thx for the help and keep up the good wor

On 5/18/2022 at 11:22 AM, Blugunner38 said:

If I have my dr strange contesting the middle objective token and I place an astral ring contesting any of the outside tokens.

Do my opponents models benefit from cover from my attacks if they are contesting the point on which my astral ring is contesting?

Yes, they can benefit from the special rules from the crisis.

On 5/18/2022 at 11:22 AM, Blugunner38 said:

If I have my dr strange contesting the middle objective token and I place an astral ring contesting any of the outside tokens.

Do I benefit from cover from attacks that come from characters not contesting the point to which my astral ring is on?

Not as a result of the special rules from the crisis.

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The token contesting as though it was Dr. Strange doesn't come into play for attacks since they are neither coming from it nor going to it. It is just being used as a point to measure from, the attacker is still the character - not the token.

While the Projection token is in play, Dr. Strange is not contesting anything and therefore has no interaction with the special rules on this Crisis.

On 5/26/2022 at 5:16 PM, Gilead710 said:

A character can interact/pick up objective tokens through astral ring token?, if not, can still do it from the miniature?

No, you may not interact/pick up with objectives from the Projection tokens location. A character must be within Range 1 of an objective token to interact with it and the Astral Ring Tactics Card only changes how a character contests objective tokens, not how it interacts with them.

Yes, you may still interact with an objective token within range 1 of the character as interacting isn't related to contesting.

On 5/26/2022 at 5:16 PM, Gilead710 said:

2.- A Voodoo character using Astral ring, can measure his possession superpower distance  through the astral ring token?

Yes

No. Those effects are not directly reducing or preventing damage.

26 minutes ago, Bfettboba said:

Sorry for the Noob question but to clarify with MCP is it similar to Legion where you can only perform 1 attack action per activation?

I understand that super powers that attack can be used but could I for example use 2 standard attack actions in 1 activation instead of moving or is it limited to 1 attack action?

Again sorry for the Noob question but trying to get into MCP to play as well as Legion and want to ensure I am playing correctly

You may use both actions to make attack actions. 

2 hours ago, Cujo8-1 said:

When can Black Widow use counterstrike? The wording for counterstrike starts , “After an attack against this character is resolved…”I was watching an AMG X-Force versus Cabal video and after the first attack action against Black Widow (BW) was resolved, the BW player said he was going to use counterstrike (CS). He then told the attacker to conduct his second attack before he could use CS because they were going in order of activation. BW was dazed after the second attack action and wasn’t able to use CS. Is an “attack” considered to have occurred after the first attack action or after both (or any possible) attack actions have occurred?

It sounds like the first attack used against Black Widow was an attack with a rule like Rapid Fire which triggers at step 14a of the timing chart. Black Widow's Counter-Strike resolves at step 14b.

Black Widow would have to wait until after the Rapid Fire attack before being able to Counter-Strike, and if she is not Dazed by those attacks, she could potentially Counter-Strike twice (once in response to the Rapid Fire and then again in response to the first attack).

10 hours ago, Sleboda said:

 

If an attack is ended early, is the attack still resolved?

 

No. The attack stops where it is interrupted and does not continue to any further steps. 

In your example, Iron Fist will not be able to gain power or be placed (both occur during step 14a of the timing chart) when Loki’s Trickster interrupts it at step 2d. 

Cards like Cruelty are a free attack. Cards like Thunderwave require an action to be spent to use the attack. 

Cards that grant an attack that will require an action will be written like Thunderwave and say the character(s) playing the card may make the attack once this activation. 

On 9/20/2024 at 7:34 AM, Shadow Marvel said:

What is the difference in determining who is affected by attack triggers like Rampage and Explosive Force?

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It feels like the ruling on the Carnage/Gwenom rampage falls differently than other rulings (Weapon X and Black Panther). Can you please explain why this is different?

The specific rules mentioned use different phrasing when describing who will be affected by the effect. These differences explain why they work as described in your post and in the linked threads.  

Weapon X’s Rampage and Black Panther’s Explosive Force work in a similar manner affecting all characters with the specified range of Weapon X/Black Panther (“each other character within Range of this character”).

Gwenom and Carnage’s Rampage affects enemy characters other than the target within a specific range of Gwenom/Carnage (“other enemy characters within Range of this character”).

1 hour ago, Fred said:

attack cards like cruelty or Helicarrier strick count as an action or are they free attack?

 

Thanks in advance

Cruelty’s attack is made as part of the resolution of the card’s effect so it does not require an action. 

The attack from Helicarrier Strike is not made as part of the card’s resolution so it does require an action. 

The attack is resolved in step 13, but it is still occurring in step 14.

Cloak of Shadows does still apply during step 14.

2 hours ago, JerBear_IRL said:

To further this question would ghost riders wicked judgement even work in this case because it is not crits that were rolled but skulls acting as crits for the purpose of successes.

Yes it would. The dice that are changed by Cloak of Shadows are not Failures. They are Criticals. 

3 hours ago, JerBear_IRL said:

Is this the same for domino?

Yes. 

3 hours ago, JerBear_IRL said:

Also a question just came up tonight about magiks dark child attack with malekiths cloak. If malekith is having the skull be treated as a crit does it void out magiks skulls for successes in the malekith defense roll?

Failures affected by Cloak of Shadows are not Failures. They are Critical results.

Magik’s Darkchylde attack does not benefit from Critical results. 

On 8/19/2022 at 10:01 AM, TechLee said:

Odd side question to this.  Would you be able to Cloak of Shadows/Domino's ability if there was something saying dice can't be modified when attacking this character?  Or because it's outside the Modify Dice step it's allowed?

Cloak of Shadows is not modification.

5 hours ago, KnucklexGold said:

Gwenpool and Bob each have a big rocket launcher attacks. This End Towards Target and Excessive Violence, respectively. In them they both have "before damage is dealt other characters within range 2 take X damage" (1 for Gwen and 2 for Bob).

I am guessing that if Gwen or Bob are within their own blast radius they are included in those effects, but I just wanted to make sure. 

Thank You!

Yes. They would take damage as well.

An attack MUST have a target to be declared and resolved. If, when measuring range, you determine a mistake was made, then the attack was never possible to begin with and so no action is spent. This is different than declaring an attack and then, through use of various reactive abilities or cards, the target is lost before the attack can be rolled. In the second case the action has been spent and the attack fails partway through. 

7 hours ago, jffb213 said:

Do attacks from Team Tactic cards count as spent actions or are they independent of the 2 action limit?

Some count as actions. Some do not. 

7 hours ago, jffb213 said:

For example, can Invincible Iron Man use the attack on the team tactic card Repulsor Refraction. Then after finishing that card, can now take his 2 actions to move or attack?

Repulsive Refraction is an Active: Action card. These cards require an action to be spent to play them. 

7 hours ago, jffb213 said:

Or can Doctor Starkey use Seven Suns of Cinnibus and still take two actions after?

Seven Suns of Cinnibus does not require an action to play, however, it does not allow Doctor Strange to make the attack as part of playing the card. An attack action will still need to be used to make the attack granted by this card. 

Other Team Tactic Cards may grant attacks that occur as part of playing the card and won’t require an action like the card, Cruelty. 

The characters must be Inhuman affiliated characters, but otherwise, yes.

If you have 3 Injured Inhuman affiliated characters, each of your Inhuman affiliated characters(Healthy or Injured) will gain 3 power.

On 9/7/2023 at 10:07 AM, Fred said:

Example 1: I paly with 3 criminal syncate and 2 cabal characters, so the roster use th CS leadership

A note on this, it would be your squad using the criminal syndicate leadership, not your roster

On 9/7/2023 at 10:07 AM, Fred said:

Can Red Skull (a cabal character) use dark reign as he is a cabal character?

No. Dark Reign can only be included in the 5 Tactics cards you pick for the game if your Squad has the Cabal Affiliation. As you chose to use Criminal Syndicate while building your Squad, you were unable to pick that Tactics Card

On 9/7/2023 at 10:07 AM, Fred said:

Can the  other cabal character include in the liste benefit from this card even if the genenral affiliation is criminal syndicate?

No, for the reasons above.

On 9/7/2023 at 10:07 AM, Fred said:

Example 2: 3 Cabal character and 1 from another affiliation, the roster use the cabal leadership:

Coul the non cabal character use/benefit from dark reign as he is in a cabal team?

No. Just because a Squad is Cabal Affiliated, that does not grant the affiliation to the characters in the squad.

2 hours ago, rc_cuervo said:

Good morning, sorry for the inconvenience, the questions are these:

Can the power of the "Big Brother" Colossus be used against an area attack? (a2)
Can Quicksilver's "you can't catch me" power be used against an area attack? (a2)

thank you

Yes to both. 

On 10/8/2023 at 6:25 AM, ggyppt said:

Does it not work cause the daze token is coming from your effect rather than an enemy effect

This is correct

Can I still play the TTC Bane of Damballah if the attack I use it on dazed the target character. I understand the dazed character won’t get root but will the other characters within Range 2 still get rooted?

Just now, Thoras said:

Can I still play the TTC Bane of Damballah if the attack I use it on dazed the target character. I understand the dazed character won’t get root but will the other characters within Range 2 still get rooted?

1 hour ago, firbison said:

When using his leadership would the power I pay in order to play a ttc while holding a "hammer" ( fear Grips the would crisis) count as a power that can be refunded. 

No. The Power spent as part of the effect of holding a Celestial Hammer is not paid to play a Team Tactic Card. It is spent before a card can be played.

On 11/4/2023 at 7:20 PM, Weezlenutz said:

I start the game with Baron Helmut Zemo's leadership and 6 team tactics cards.  The list contains Baron Strucker, Red Skull Master of the world and other various Hydra Models.  I Versatile Strategy into Strucker's Leadership.  From previous post I don't have to give up the card.  Baron Strucker then gets KOd.  I play Two More Shall Rise tactics card.  Baron Helmut and Red Skull leaderships come on line.  Would I get a 7th team tactics card?

Yes. The card will have to meet the criteria in Baron Helmut Zemo’s Leadership. 

On 8/25/2023 at 10:14 AM, CapA76 said:

Baron Zemo leadership ability allows you to pick up sixth Tactics Card. What happens to the bonus card if you change your leadership ability to different Hydra leader, do you need to give it back?

No

On 11/13/2023 at 9:01 PM, Weezlenutz said:

I have Baron Helmut Zemo, Red Skull Master of the World, Baron Strucker and various other Hydra Characters in my squad.  I start the game with Zemo's Leadership getting 6 tactic cards.  I versatile strategy over into Strucker's leadership.  Prior post indicates I don't lose or give back a card.  Later on Strucker is KO'd.  I then play Two More Shall Rise andZemo's and Skull leaderships become active.  Would I then get a 7th tactics card since Zemo's leadership became active again?

On 1/5/2024 at 9:49 AM, jstnmayo said:

Can I start off using Baron Helmut Zemo's leadership to take an extra tactics card then switch to another Hydra leadership with Versatile strategey and then have that hydra leader get ko'd later and use Two more shall rise to switch back to Zemo's leadership and get another tactic card? 

Yes

1 hour ago, Neek said:

If Strucker pays for Arrogance before using the Mystic Beam attack, does it only apply to the first target or all the targets? 

If it only hits the first target, is there a window to pay again for arrogance before the subsequent attack rolls?

It is a Reactive superpower that is used during the resolution of an attack. It will apply only to the target you are currently attacking.

13 minutes ago, ganzai said:

If I am using Baron Strucker's Leadership and lets say I Daze a model during an attack but also hand out a condition, can I still trigger Baron Strucker's Leadership?

If the special condition would be applied after the target is Dazed, no. 

Do you have an example?

On 8/5/2022 at 11:09 AM, RHLOgre said:

I'm curious gow the Hydra High Council leadership will interact with Omega Reds Death spore power. If you have not triggered the leadership that turn and you end Reds movement within 2 to trigger death spore, would that poison count towards the leadership trigger to heal. Also Vise versa, if an enemy ends their activation within 2 of red and gets poison, can that trigger the leadership if it hasn't already been used that turn?

Yes and Yes. So long as the leadership has not triggered the healing ability in a given turn, it will resolve both at the end of Omega Red's activation and when an enemy character ends their activation close enough to Omega Red to trigger Death Spores.

On 9/29/2022 at 7:38 AM, Aumakua said:

If I have two characters that pay for trip up while under Baron Strucker's leadership if the attack is successful will both characters get benefit of Strucker's leadership?

Both characters that played Trip Up will be eligible to benefit from the leadership, but only one may benefit. You choose which of your characters will benefit. 

20 hours ago, Whitewarlock87 said:

-or can he choose to use it on whatever targets he wants individually in the beam as he resolves each attack (ie only use it on 2 of the 3 targets)?

This is correct.

He would decide whether or not to use it during each individual attack and could use it on none, all or any combination of characters he is attacking.

On 9/29/2022 at 3:43 AM, BProxy said:

Can a character be healed multiple times per round? 

Yes. 

On 9/29/2022 at 3:43 AM, BProxy said:

Can you divide up who is applying which condition is being applied by which character? Can they unevenly distributed between the two? 

The damage removal effect applies once per turn. Both characters will be eligible to benefit when they play Trip Up, but only one will benefit as the effect is limited to once per turn. 

2 minutes ago, BProxy said:

To clarify, can a character that is dazed before the process of applying the condition be healed?

No. Dazed characters cannot be affected by special rules.

2 minutes ago, BProxy said:

Would trip up fizzle if the attacking character that played it dazes to an effect like counterstrike or coiled serpent?

Potentially. However, neither of those abilities resolve before Trip Up.

Yes, with the caveat that you need to use Mystic Empowerment after declaring the attack but before choosing your first target, which means it is changed for all characters in the beam.

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When is the range checked for Zemo's Master Swordsman superpower checked: when he uses the superpower or during the modify dice step?

Example:

Zemo targets Black Panther with sword strike and uses his master swordsman superpower and the target is within range 2.

Okoye is range 2 from Black Panther on the other side and uses Bodyguard to become the target of the attack herself. Okoye is far outside of range 2 from Zemo.

Players continue with the attack and get to the modify dice steps. Does Zemo get to use the "reroll any" from Master Swordsman?

I feel like he does not, because his target is not within range 2

You are correct.
The range check doesn’t occur during the trigger of this super power, it occurs during the effects of the super power.
The enemy character will need to be within range 2 during step 9 of Appendix A

Ferocity of Cyttorak only applies to the current attack sequence. Extra attacks granted by Rapid Fire or Flurry will not benefit. 

14 minutes ago, firbison said:

There has been some confusion over this leadership and if they can heal more then one damage depending on how the conditions are distributed.

Once per turn one allied character can benefit from the leadership’s special rules to remove one Damage when an enemy gains a special condition from that allied character. This benefit does not consider how many special conditions are gained by the enemy character(s) from a single effect. 

14 minutes ago, firbison said:

Example, strucker's poison ability puts out multiple poison conditions on multiple characters if that heals more then one damage

This will allow Baron Strucker to benefit from that part of the leadership one time. 

14 minutes ago, firbison said:

arnim zola's prototype weapon can give out multiple  different conditions

This will allow Arnim Zola to benefit from that part of the leadership one time. 

Both of those effects trigger in step 2d of the attack chart so you may activate them in the order of your choice and potentially benefit from both. 

10 hours ago, ScottyB said:

Can a medium sized base (Venom, Goblin ,etc ) end their move on top of a car from the core set ? I seem to remember seeing this clarified as an example some time ago, but can no longer find the source. 

In order for a character to be on a terrain feature it cannot partially overlap it and must be able to balance on it. 

If those characters do not fit completely within the terrain feature, they cannot be on top of it. 

On 4/7/2024 at 10:45 AM, Festerheart said:

First, on double WILD you choose an enemy from Team B to attack the same target from Team B with the power of the mothergod attack.

This is not correct. T’Challa is the attacker in this scenario. 

Hunter’s Joy states that “this character” makes the attack. That refers to T’Challa, not the defender. 

Yes!

Battle Lust is reactive. The trigger for it is the character ends a move action during its activation. Charge has the character make a move action before making an attack action. 

When the move action ends you can play the card before starting the attack action. 

12 minutes ago, Hord Chile said:

If I use the tactic "Battle lust" with Carnage followed by the A2 attack "Maximum Carnage". do all the Targets of that attack Benefit from the extra dices since it is a single "attack" with different Targets?

No. Only the first attack made by Carnage when making a Maximum Carnage attack will get the extra dice. 

They each choose their own effect. 

Dismissed characters are no longer part of your Roster and therefor are not eligible for Cloning Banks. 

The push resulting from Battle Lust is a special rule of the Team Tactic card not the Attack so it may push Magneto when he uses Force Projection.

Battle Lust modifies the attack it is played on so Force Projection will stop the push granted by it. 

You won’t be able to target the character with Stealth so the attack won’t happen against it. 

The attack continues as the attacker is not KO’d or Dazed. 

4 hours ago, JudgeShaun said:

My apologies if this has been covered but can you clear up Beal and Area attacks for our local group.

When making either one, do you....

roll attack dice once and use those results against each target 

or

roll a new set of dice against each target? 

Each target of a beam or area attack goes through the full attack sequence individually. 

Just now, Thoras said:

Do beam attacks resolve in such a way that you can use abilities such as So Many Snacks between attacks?

Yes

Just now, Thoras said:

IE: If Venom is the first attack of a beam attack, can he use SMS after the attack against him resolves, but before the rest of the attacks resolve? 

Yes

Just now, Thoras said:

If yes, does Dazing/KOing the attacker cancel the rest of the attacks?

Yes

Just now, Thoras said:

If yes, does this mean that the reactive superpowers that trigger after an attack is resolved can interrupt beam/area attacks ?

Yes

Just now, Thoras said:

And this is different for rapid fire type attacks ?? 

Yes it is. Rapid Fire occurs during step 14a of the original attack so the effects you mention above have to wait because they trigger at step 14b

On 11/21/2024 at 5:23 PM, When is Dr. Doom said:

Hi,
Since characters are "in Range" of a beam attack if they are overlapped by the Range tool when it is placed. does this mean that when a character moves via Eye in the Sky or a similar effect, if the character is no longer overlapping the area covered by the Range tool, is it indeed not "in Range" anymore and the attack is cancelled, even if the character would otherwise still be "in Range" if it were a non-beam attack?
Thanks!

Yes. The range of the beam is the Range tool used. If a character gets out of that area, it is no longer in range of the attack.

53 minutes ago, rumckle said:

If an enemy uses a beam to attack multiple characters and Ghost-Spider uses life saver to move one of them out of the path of the beam, but still in "range", does it get hit? (eg if the attack is B3 and the target is still within 3 of the attacking character)

The range of the beam is determined by the location of the template. If the character is no longer under the beam, it is not in range. 

2 hours ago, BowerPower said:

What happens though if a power that doesn't have the "attack ends" style text moves a character out of range?

The attack continues as normal. 

2 hours ago, BowerPower said:

Would X-23 still get hit after since there is no "attack ends" clause on the Big Sis Power, or does anything that moves you off the template before damage save you?

Yes. X-23 would still be attacked in this scenario. 

This is covered by a question from the FAQ

The location of the beam stays the same and doesn’t change. All characters that were in the beam originally are still in the beam.

Let us know if this doesn’t cover all point of your question!

Stealth does not prevent a character from taking 1 damage from an allied beam or area attack. 

It’s the second. Place the tool down touching the attacking character as specified in the rules. Then check to see what other characters are contacted by it to see who gets attacked. 

That would be. Take a look at page 21 of the rulebook. That’s very similar to the beam photo example. 

7 hours ago, ftrchssmtr said:

1) Could I make the Frost Blast attack, even if no enemy models would be under the beam template?

No, there has to be an eligible target for you to make an attack.

7 hours ago, ftrchssmtr said:

2) If I can do number one, would this attack satisfy the attack conditions for the Kree Power Core to prevent the damage?

Not applicable due to the answer to 1.

7 hours ago, ftrchssmtr said:

3) If Loki made an attack on a model, which was then Life Saver'd away, would that satisfy the attack conditions for the Kree Power Core to prevent the damage?

Yes, it would. The attack is still considered to have been made, it was just ended prematurely by Life Saver.

Just now, Thoras said:

Do beam attacks resolve in such a way that you can use abilities such as So Many Snacks between attacks?

Yes

Just now, Thoras said:

IE: If Venom is the first attack of a beam attack, can he use SMS after the attack against him resolves, but before the rest of the attacks resolve? 

Yes

Just now, Thoras said:

If yes, does Dazing/KOing the attacker cancel the rest of the attacks?

Yes

Just now, Thoras said:

If yes, does this mean that the reactive superpowers that trigger after an attack is resolved can interrupt beam/area attacks ?

Yes

Just now, Thoras said:

And this is different for rapid fire type attacks ?? 

Yes it is. Rapid Fire occurs during step 14a of the original attack so the effects you mention above have to wait because they trigger at step 14b

For a beam or area attack, you don’t repeat the entire attack sequence against each character. Since you are not starting the attack sequence from step 1 each time, you are just using the profile that was previously established rather than rechecking it.

For “Rapid Fire” style additional attacks, you are restarting the entire attack sequence from step 1 with the additional attack. Although the Rapid Fire attack occurs during the original attack, it’s not a part of that attack the way that the beam and area attacks would be. You repeat every step of the attack sequence, including step 1, which means you are rechecking the “profile”.

Nothing has changed from the core rules requirement that the tool must be centered on the attacking characters base when making a beam attack.

Blue is not a legal placement of the tool for the purposes of measuring a beam attack coming from any of those characters.

7 minutes ago, GilDK said:

It seems like there is to different rulings on this, or I and several others are misunderstanding something.

One ruling says you can use those Tactic Cards to get away, and the other says no

What parts do you find contradictory?

Note that escort to safety is one of the rules that matches the exception mentioned in the first post, as it tells you to check if the moving character is still in range or LOS.

5 minutes ago, GilDK said:

When will it ever not be the same situation, and why is this different

 

 

Determining Range happens as one of the first few steps in a Beam or Area attack, before the targeting step. When performing an attack, you don't repeat steps or go back to previous steps without being instructed to.

There are some "during attack" movement rules that instruct you to recheck range or LOS and some rules that don't.

Escort to Safety says (paraphrased)

- Move the character

- At the end of that movement, check if the moving character is outside of the attacks range or the attackers LOS. If so, the attack ends.

Big Sis/Little Sis say (paraphrased)

- Move the character

Since Big Sis/Little Sis (and other rules that provide movement like Pym Particle Control) don't have that second bullet point in their rules text, you don't go back and check those things.

The range is determined at the time the tool is placed. This locks in potential targets and a characters eligibility based on range and line of sight can not change after this point without a rule specifically instructing you to recheck range or line of sight.

However, rules that trigger when a character is targeted occur during the individual attacks against specific characters. They do not occur when the range tool is placed, they occur when a specific character is targeted during the attack against it.

Both targets were targeted. The extra action clause won’t trigger so the action is essentially wasted. 

When a beam is declared and the template placed, all of the enemy characters touching the template will be attacked.

Unless a rule requires the range and LOS of the attack to be remeasured, such as Loki’s Trickster, a target moving out of the beam will not stop the attack from progressing against it.

In your example, Venom is attacked twice. 

The answer to your second question is “yes” but placing the target farther than the template can reach will not stop the attack for the same reasons given above.

Heroes for Hire has the same interaction.

Luke Cage will be attacked twice. 

11 hours ago, mh972 said:

Follow up to that then... If allied Clea is also in beam, does Luke pay Power separately for Clea and Strange, or pays once to protect both?  Can he choose to protect one and not the other?

He would need to pay for each separate attack that he wanted to use “too dangerous to ignore”, because each attack is a separate instance of an ally being targeted.

Since they are separate attacks, he can choose to protect one, both or neither.

Beam and Area attacks are different from normal attacks in that you pay for them prior to any character being targeted by the attack. This means that yes, you will pay for a beam or area attack before Eye in the Sky would be played.

8 hours ago, pedro said:

If a beam attack is performed against 2 or more characters and the first character is dazed by the first attack, can I use sam wilsom's leadership ability to move one of the initial targets so that it is no longer the target of the beam attack performed?

No. The targets of the attack are determined at the start of the attack and will not change just because a character is able to move out of the beam/area attack thanks for All New, All Different. They would need another rule that rechecks range to prevent the attack against them (like Trickster or Life Saver).

You do still need to be able to target characters to perform a beam or area attack against them. If a character has played Shadow Organization, enemy characters must be within range 2 of them to target them with an attack, even if its a beam or area attack.

In the scenario you describe, since there are no enemy characters within range 2, the character won't be able to make the attack at all due to the fact that you can't make an attack without having a target.

11 minutes ago, Sleboda said:

Thanks.

 

So, what if one model is either within 2 or another model is within 4 (in this example) but other Shadowed models are touched by the Beam but are not within 2. Are all models hit by the Beam or only those within 2?

 

If there is a character that didn’t play Shadow Organization or there is a character that did play it, but that character is within range 2, the enemy character will be able to make the attack.

They will not be able to target a character that played Shadow Organization if it is not within range 2 though, regardless of whether that character is under the beam.

Beam and area attacks do not follow normal targeting rules. That’s what the first part of the rule is about in both sections. 

The second part describes how to resolve the beam/area against each character within range. When resolving the attack against an individual character the attacker still needs to be able to target them for the attack to proceed. 

You would declare Legal Defense as each character is attacked.

On 3/9/2023 at 9:04 PM, AltG123 said:

Does the attacking character get an action back because the situation is one character targeted multiple times, not multiple characters targeted?

They would not get a new action because more than one character was targeted by the attack.

The range of a beam attack is the location covered by the template when it’s placed.

If you are not currently under the template, you have gotten out of range of the attack. 

Vision would not get his action back, he would be granted a new action.

Yes, the beam still hits him and he would benefit from cover. 

Cover is determined when it is needed to be known. It may be gained or lost as the attack resolves. For modifying a die to a block, that’s step 9.a.ii. in the timing chart. 

Yes, that can be done

It does not, no.

Throws are not considered attacks.

The Stars and Garters superpower on Beast will receive an errata to the following

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While this character is defending or dodging, during the Modify Dice step, it may spend up to 3 power to use this superpower. For each 1 power spent, this character may reroll one of its defense or dodge dice.

You have it correct. Neither of those Wild triggers are optional.

2 hours ago, Magonus said:

If Emma Frost has a status effect like Bleed or Stun and transforms to her Diamond form, do those effects remain or would they be removed as she is now immune?

 

 

Appendix E, first entry covers the interaction between special conditions and gaining a relevant Immunity superpower.

The special condition will be removed.

Choosing a target is step 2 of the attack sequence found in Appendix A. That rule on Deadly Daggers of Daveroth is telling players to make the selection before that step right after declaring it as the attack. 

Yes.

“Before damage is dealt” is a timing reference. Damage is dealt in step 12 and the “before damage is dealt” step is 11. 

The results of step 10 (calculate damage) has no bearing on step 11. 

Before damage is dealt is actually it’s own distinct step in the attack timing chart, step 11 to be specific.

It has no connection to whether a character will be suffering damage or not, just that step 11 has been reached in the attack.

When a rule is triggered on “would be damaged/would suffer damage”, that is the wording that functions in the way you are describing.

2 hours ago, Bfettboba said:

What if the defender cancelled/blocked all attack dice - would they still be pushed away but suffer no damage or would they ignore the push as there is no damage to be applied?

They will still be pushed.

38 minutes ago, Cthulhuguy said:

If I roll and no damage is dealt, abilities that have other things happen before damage is dealt- does that not happen cause no damage was dealt?

No. That phrase references the timing step that shares the same name, step 11 of the attack timing in Appendix A. 

1 hour ago, Cthulhuguy said:

Sorry, my question wasn't clear to myself even. To be clear, I roll no damage, for instance, does the rest of Iron Fists superpower Iron Fist activate or does it not happen?

An effect that triggers “before damage is dealt” does not require the target character to suffer damage to resolve. 

In all of the described situations all enemy characters will gain Power. The timing of when the damage is received is not relevant. 

4 hours ago, Lionelrichtea said:

Someone just mentioned that if you were thrown into the board edge you suffered collision damage

This is incorrect. You don't suffer collision damage for this situation, the model just stops its movement.

4 hours ago, maxijon said:

As long as the enemy doesn't leave the 90 degree 'toward' arc, can we bend the movement tool while advancing an enemy?

 

 

Yes. Note that characters do not move along the tool for an Advance. 

23 hours ago, tonixton said:

I see that the power Korbinite Cybernetics does not contain the phrase "to a minimum of 1", so if he would be dealt 1 damage, could he reduce it to zero?

Yes. 

23 hours ago, tonixton said:

And in that case would his honorbound rule trigger?

It would not trigger. He did not take damage. 

The commas do not change the meaning. Triggers with commas between the symbols are functionally identical to those without; meaning they count as "and". 

On 12/30/2022 at 11:43 AM, Matthews1802 said:

Does the check for the range happen when it is damaged or when the attack is resolved ?

For these superpowers, the check for the damage occurs when the character is damaged.

If the character is within range of the other character at step 12 of the attack, it doesn't matter if they are moved in step 14 of the attack.

She retains Binary Form until the start of her next activation. 

On 11/9/2024 at 6:17 AM, TatsuyaEX said:

Captain Marvel, Cosmic Avenger's Higher, Further, Faster superpower activates at the start of her activation of she has 6 or more power to transform her into Binary Form.

Loki, Prince of Lie's Trickster‘s Boon says "during an allied non-Asgard character's Activation" that Loki can give the Ally 5 power.

Since most effect sequence orders are determined by the controlling player, could you declare at the start of Captain Marvel's turn that Loki is using Trickster‘s Boon, boosting her to 6+ power (assuming she had 1-5 power) and then allow the Higher, Further, Faster superpower to activate because she now has 6+ power? 

No.

A rule with the more specific timing clause of "Start of an activation" has to be used before an "anytime" rule like Trickster's Boon.

You could choose the order of other special rules that share the timing of "start of an activation", but if they don't share that timing, they have to be used before or after (depending on the specific rule)

It does, yes! All You've Got is a second activation.

In this scenario Bird of Prey will be expended with no effect as Captain America is not the character it was played on.

On 1/29/2024 at 8:32 AM, Riddlesworth said:

Does Overload happen before Step 1: Gain Power

4 hours ago, GilDK said:

Just to be sure, Start of the Power Phase, is before you gain power for the round.

Yes

10 hours ago, Mattomattick said:

Does Bishop's area attack Return with Interest allow him to pick an attack type for each character he targets, or does he only choose one type to use for all the characters? Thanks! 

No. He picks it at the beginning of the attack and it remains that type for all attacks.

2 hours ago, ROMER1975 said:

Hi

QQ on Bishops Mutant Energy Absorption Ability. My understanding with the attack step is that the attacking player rolls their initial dice & then the defender rolls their initial defense dice, so if the defender rolls wilds in their initial defense dice they can change one of the attackers critical dice rolls to a blank before they roll extra dice for the critical dice rolled initially because the step where the additional dice are rolled off critical rolls happens after the initial attack & defense dice are rolled. Is this correct?

No. 

Mutant Energy Absorption modifies dice. This occurs during step 9 of the attack timing (Appendix A) which is after the additional dice from Critical results are added to the roll.