1st game. Now with exploding crabs!

[Mazin1]

So got my first game in with a buddy. Really just feeling out the games mechanics.

Nothing to exciting but there was 1 notable thing happened. I attacked his Sheild of Taelfon with the Reaver. Since he has resonate on him I threw 4 dice. He has 2 wound s so I thought to myself, this dudes toast. I roll a 3,3,1,4. He decided to use his backlash enlightenment. I fail all 4 checks and crank the damage with a 10, 10, 9, 8! If we played it right that's insta damage and instant dead Reaver.

Pretty funny moment and pretty fun game. Looking forward to our next battle!

 

[CMON Michael Shinall]

You also got cheated, probably not intentionally, of course, but still cheated:

Shield of Taelfan's Enlightenment:

[Defensive Insight] Ignite the Spirit Fire: Aura6”, Once per attack, when this model is attackedand a [MAGIC] result is generated, 1 attacking modelsuffers Backlash.


The defensive insight can only trigger once, not 4 times, as you listed above.

 

[Mazin1]

Thanks Mr Black. Whew! Good to know. Definently unintentional. No harm no foul.

Hopefully the time we clash, the crab will get the upper ...claw on the Shield.

 

[Mezegis]

Now, since the Reaver was attacking the Shield directly, wouldn't the Shields ability to create a second backlash still come into play? While it would not have created 4 like the OP suggests, it does seem like it would create 2, and since any of the two results above would have caused the 2 wounds needed to kill the Reaver.

My group has been playing it where the insight on other models can only create 1 backlash, but if you target the Shield itself, you get 2, and I want to make sure we have/have not been playing it correctly.

 

[Swan]

Mezegis, you are playing it correct. If the Shield is attacked and a * is rolled during that attack, he gets backlash, and because of his INCREASED BACKLASH ability he would roll 2 will attacks against the crab. If both rolls were equal to or higher than the crab's will, the crab would be eliminated.

 

[CMON Michael Shinall]

Yes, that is correct. Sorry, should have been clearer there

 

[Mazin1]

So if the Reaver gets the Backlash result 4 times, would that generate 1, 2 or 4 will checks?

 

[duke_bonez]

Technically it should generate a single will attack with a rate of 2. So 2 dice against will, with 1 damage per result >= the will power of the guy who attacked the Teflon Shield.