[MECCG] Ruling Digest 579
Van Norton
>From: "Jason Klank" <jkl...@feinus.com>
>Subject: More Questions
>
>1. Is the Balrog considered a Ringwraith for the effects of Man
>female characters (i.e. the prowess and body mods)?
Yes, the Balrog is treated as a Ringwraith. While this is annoying,
ICE did not believe it is enough of a game breaker to warrant an
errata.
>2. What, if any, hazard effects would affect characters (either
>normally or in CVCC)? Conversely, what resource effects would
>affect hazards? Can a hero resource modify a minion character and
>vice versa? I understand that, by the CRF, that a card like Chill
>Them with Fear wouldn't affect Glorfindel attacking aminion
>company, or in any other combat situation. However, is
>that because it says "...Elf, Dwarf...ATTACKs get +2 strikes and
>+2 prowess"? Conversely, would an Elf-lord Reveled in Wrath (or
>any Elf/Dunadan creature) get a bonus from Star of High Hope since
>Star says "The prowess of each Elf and Dunadan is modified by +1
>(by +2 if Gates of Morning is in play)"?
This is a long question, so I'll try to sum it up. In company vs.
company combat, if the hazard says it affects attacks (like Chill
Them with Fear) then it has no effect on CvCC. If it doesn't affect
attacks, then it has it's normal effect (like Gloom's first
ability).
>3. This last one is a timing question. Basically, when do the
>effects on a hazard/resource long/permanent event take place? For
>example, if I go to play Long Winter, and my opponent doesn't
>respond to it before it comes into play, once it's in play, do
>it's effects resolve BEFORE my opponent can play Marvel's Tols/VoM
>to get rid of it? Or do the effects on the card start off
>a chain of events that can be responded to? Does this work
>the same way that an Ahunt dragon, after it comes into play, can
>be Marvel's Told(ed) to get rid of the attack?
When a Long or permanent event is tiggered, it begins a chain of
effects that can be responded to.
>4. Also, along these same lines, If I go to play a Nazgul as a
>perm-event, my opponent doesn't respond. Nazgul resolves and
>becomes a perm. NOW, if my opponent wanted to MT/VoM it, assuming
>there's hazard limit left, I can tap it for either it's short
>event function (if it has one) or to sideboard, thus his MT/VoM
>will fizzle due to it not having a valid target?
You may tap a nazgul in response to a Marvel or Voice and get it's
effect.
>5. At the beginning of a match, and I'm playing Balrog, I just
>have to declare myself as minion, correct? Or do I have to reveal
>myself as minion-Balrog (similar to the way that FW have to
>declare which wizard they are playing)?
You declare yourself as a minion.
>6. Lastly, again, which Balrog-specific cards go out of play if my
>opponent gets the Balrog into play before I do? Just the ones
>that directly require the Balrog to be in play?
Balrogs do not use the Fallen Wizard rules for discarding Balrog
Specific cards. I do not see any Balrog Specific cards which would
need to be discarded. Any examples?
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>From: Ian.S.W...@Dartmouth.EDU (Ian S. Williams)
>Subject: more questions
1>) Radagast's Black Bird can cancel strikes against himself. Can
>he only do this once per turn, or as many times as you want to
>cancel strikes?
As many times as needed.
>2) When Pallando uses Prophet of Doom to influence away an
>opponent's resources from a site where the influence attempt could
>not normally be made, you modify it by the distance between the
>sites. Does this mean the number of regions the site path would
>normally contain (ie including starting and ending regions) or is
>it only the regions in between?
Normal site path.
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I have been extremely busy with work and will continue to be so for
the immediate future. Please remember to put [Van] in the subject
of your posts if you want a response from me.
I plan to correct the marks for new items in the CRF and post the
text version of the CRF to the list ASAP. If some kind soul to post
the text version ahead of me, it would be appreciated. My goal was
to get the CRF available as quickly as possible so that the people
playing during the summer convention season would have access to
all the latest rules. My apologies to those without web access.
Skimming the comments regarding the changes to the CRF, I did not
see anything that required a response from me. None of these
changes are new, all were posted to the list at some earlier time.
Van Norton
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