Tim Loomis
United States
Austin
Texas
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The Blood Dragon Knight reads:
"Action. When this unit attacks, deal damage equal to its power to target unit in the defending zone."
This seems ambiguous to us and the fact that it is an action has us a little confused. Here are our questions and current assumptions:
Does the action take place during the normal battle or does it happen first? (assume during battle)
Is this action in addition to the normal attack during a battle? (assume no)
If there are no units in the defending zone, can the blood dragon knight attack the capital as usual? (assume yes)
Can the blood dragon knight split its damage between two units? (assume no)
Can the blood dragon knight split its damage between a unit and the capital? (assume yes)
Does damage delivered equal the power of the blood dragon knight (2 by default), or is the damage equal to the power of the target unit? (assume blood dragon knight)
Does the power of the blood dragon knight simply mean that when it attacks it can apply damage to any unit in the zone, even a unit that was not declared as a defender? (assume yes)
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Brad Miller
United States
Seattle
Washington
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Don't have Legends, so just making this up...
It is an action. So it can be triggered during any of the action windows around declaring the attack, choosing attackers, choosing defenders, etc.
I would assume it is an "extra" attack. So you use the action attack, and then the BDK's normal power would be applied to the regular attacking process.
No units, no action attack, regular attack sure that's just like normal.
Split damage: action attack no, regular attack yes.
Same for the split to capital question.
Damage is for what the BDK has, not the target. That would be worded differently, as in Blood for the Blood god.
Being an action, you could use this to kill non-defenders, specific targets, etc.
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I suggest you check out the battlefield phase timing structure in the FAQ at http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/warhammer_lcg/...
Blood Dragon Knight's action has a trigger (when this unit attacks), and such an action can only be triggered at the earliest available opportunity (and only once per trigger). In this case this is the action window after the declare attackers step. Then he deals damage equal to his power to exactly one unit in the defending zone. You then go through with the rest of the battlefield phase - declaration of defenders, next action window, etc. During the step where damage is counted and assigned, he contributes according to his power, and the whole of the damage of the attacking units is distributed among the defending units.
If there are no units in the defending zone, the action can't be triggered due to lack of a valid target, but otherwise the attack is resolved as normal.
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Brad Miller
United States
Seattle
Washington
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Is that "earliest opportunity" something that has been FAQed in recently? Never recall seeing that before.
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Quote: Does the action take place during the normal battle or does it happen first? (assume during battle)
It happens after this unit is declared as the attacker and before assigning damage
Quote: Is this action in addition to the normal attack during a battle? (assume no)
I don't know if I understand this question right, but the BDK must be an attacker to trigger his action
Quote: If there are no units in the defending zone, can the blood dragon knight attack the capital as usual? (assume yes)
Yes, he can attack, but cannot use his action, as it is only aimed at units
Quote: Can the blood dragon knight split its damage between two units? (assume no)
Action damage: no. Normal damage: yes
Quote: Can the blood dragon knight split its damage between a unit and the capital? (assume yes)
Action damage: no, only at one specified unit. Normal damage: yes (of course if every unit in the defending zone is applied enough damage to destroy them)
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Does damage delivered equal the power of the blood dragon knight (2 by default), or is the damage equal to the power of the target unit? (assume blood dragon knight)
The damage equals to the power of the BDK, all weapon supports on the BDK apply aswell.
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Does the power of the blood dragon knight simply mean that when it attacks it can apply damage to any unit in the zone, even a unit that was not declared as a defender? (assume yes)
The action text says Quote: [...] to target unit in the defending zone. , not defending unit, so you are right, you can apply damage even if a unit is not a defender
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Windopaene wrote: Is that "earliest opportunity" something that has been FAQed in recently? Never recall seeing that before.
It's been in the FAQ since version 1.4, I believe.
"Triggered Actions are a subset
of Actions that contain a trigger
condition. Each Triggered Action
can be triggered once per copy of
the Triggered Action and only once
per trigger condition. If this trigger
condition is met during the resolution
of other effects (or outside of an
Action Window) then the Triggered
Action must be played during the first
available opportunity once an Action
Window opens, or it cannot be played
at all. "
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