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drathe wrote:The Orc's Bane allows a Hero to attack twice with two combat dice if attacking an Orc. Some people, including myself allow a Hero to attack two different, but adjacent Orcs once each. The card mainly implies that a Hero may attack the same Orc twice with two combat dice each time. Now, official rules state that a Hero or Monster may only defend against one attack from the same Hero or Monster per turn. Meaning if a Hero attacks an Orc with the Orc's Bane, and if the Orc survives the first assault, that Orc may not defend against the second attack from the Orc's Bane. Now to my question:
If a Hero fails their first roll (does not roll any skulls resulting in a miss), is the Orc allowed to defend the second attack roll if a skull is scored? The Orc didn't need to roll defence for the first attack, so may the Orc save his defence for the second attack?
My answer is yes. What are your thoughts?
Daedalus wrote:drathe wrote:The Orc's Bane allows a Hero to attack twice with two combat dice if attacking an Orc. Some people, including myself allow a Hero to attack two different, but adjacent Orcs once each. The card mainly implies that a Hero may attack the same Orc twice with two combat dice each time. Now, official rules state that a Hero or Monster may only defend against one attack from the same Hero or Monster per turn. Meaning if a Hero attacks an Orc with the Orc's Bane, and if the Orc survives the first assault, that Orc may not defend against the second attack from the Orc's Bane. Now to my question:
If a Hero fails their first roll (does not roll any skulls resulting in a miss), is the Orc allowed to defend the second attack roll if a skull is scored? The Orc didn't need to roll defence for the first attack, so may the Orc save his defence for the second attack?
My answer is yes. What are your thoughts?
According to the North American version of the Instruction Booklet, p.14, under How A Hero Attacks:
If hit, the monster immediately defends by rolling its Defend Dice.
In the general case of one Hero getting one attack, a monster would defend once. Yet, there is no stated limit on the number of times a monster may defend, whatever the source. Rather, a monster defends each time it is hit, as implied by If hit and immediately defends. In the case of an Orc defending against Orc's Bane (an exception to the general rule), each of the two hits would trigger rolling defend dice.
The Hero can succeed or fail with the first hit. As long as the Orc isn't reduced to zero Body Points, the Orc may defend a second time against the Hero's second attack with Orc's Bane.
Heroes defend in the same manner, as described on p. 22, How A Monster Attacks:
If hit, the Hero immediately defends by rolling its Defend Dice.
In the general case of one monster getting one attack, a Hero would also defend once. Should a single monster somehow be allowed more than one attack (an exception to the general rule), then a Hero would get to immediately defend each attack. Unless you are using the rule clarification from the Barbarian Quest Pack expansion. -edit
drathe wrote:If a Hero fails their first roll (does not roll any skulls resulting in a miss), is the Orc allowed to defend the second attack roll if a skull is scored? The Orc didn't need to roll defence for the first attack, so may the Orc save his defence for the second attack?
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