Cleave and Rolling Cleave

Q: When exactly does the Cleave or Rolling Cleave take place? For example, say Darth Maul has only 20 Hit Points left and moves adjacent to Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker (who also has just 20 Hit Points left). Darth Maul attacks Anakin and hits. Darth Maul will do enough damage to defeat Anakin, allowing him to make a Rolling Cleave attack against Padmé Amidala. However, Anakin wants to use his Lightsaber Riposte ability to try and defeat Darth Maul before he has a chance to use Rolling Cleave. Which happens first, the attack from Rolling Cleave or Anakin's Lightsaber Riposte?

A: See Resolving Effects for a precise breakdown of the order abilities occur in. A character cannot perform a Cleave or Rolling Cleave until the initial attack that defeated the enemy has been resolved. In other words, you must first resolve all effects that are triggered when the enemy has been hit and damaged before resolving any that occur when it is defeated. Lightsaber Riposte is triggered when a character is hit (which happens before the character takes damage), so Anakin gets a chance to use Lightsaber Riposte before Darth Maul can use Rolling Cleave. If Anakin defeats Darth Maul with the attack, Darth Maul cannot use Rolling Cleave at all.

Q: Say a character with Cleave or Rolling Cleave hits an enemy, but the damage is absorbed by some other enemy with the Bodyguard special ability. If the damage is enough to defeat the Bodyguard character, can the attacker still use Cleave or Rolling Cleave even though the Bodyguard character wasn't the actual target of the attack?

A: It depends. Cleave and Rolling Cleave work only if the defeated enemy is adjacent to the attacker. So long as this is true, if an enemy with Bodyguard is defeated when absorbing the damage to protect some other enemy, the attacker may take advantage of Cleave or Rolling Cleave.

Q: Suppose Darth Maul starts his turn adjacent to an enemy and defeats it with an attack, then uses Rolling Cleave to move 1 square and attack another enemy. Because he moved, is he now precluded from using his Triple Attack ability?

A: No. Darth Maul may continue a Triple Attack sequence that he had started before using Rolling Cleave. The special movement allowed by Rolling Cleave does not count as a move for purposes of Triple Attack. In the example, Darth Maul is still entitled to the last two attacks of his Triple Attack sequence.

Q: When Darth Maul performs a Rolling Cleave, are both parts mandatory? Can he choose to do the movement but not the attack, or the attack but not the movement?

A: Both parts are optional. Darth Maul may choose to do the movement, but not attack. Likewise, he may choose to make the attack, but not move.

Q: When Darth Maul performs a Rolling Cleave, can he move 1 square diagonally, or into low objects?

A: No. It costs 2 squares of movement to move diagonally or into low objects or difficult terrain, and Rolling Cleave grants only a single square of movement.

Q+: How does Rolling Cleave interact with Galloping Attack?

A+: Rolling Cleave works as normal once during the turn and potentially triggers another Galloping Attack if the square moved ends adjacent to another character. Resolve the movement first, then the Rolling Cleave Attack, then the Galloping Attack.

Q+: Can Rolling Cleave be used with Strafe Attack? Can you modify your path (not the ending space) with it? If you can, can you move over someone to trigger a Strafe Attack?

A+: Rolling Cleave works as normal once during the turn and potentially triggers another Strafe Attack if the square moved will enter a square containing an enemy character. Resolve the Strafe Attack first (before entering the square, as usual,) then the movement, then the Rolling Cleave attack if there's an adjacent enemy. Note the character whose square has been entered will not be eligible for the Rolling Cleave attack as it's not in an adjacent square. Only the landing space is pre-determined so the player may move into any square that doesn't prevent reaching the designated ending space or violate the other movement rules during a Strafe Attack.

Q+: If a character with Heavy Weapon also has Rolling Cleave, is its instant movement after defeating an adjacent character suppressed by Heavy Weapon or is it an exception on that character's turn?

A+: The character may not move during its turn since it attacked.

Cortosis Gauntlet

Q: If a character has their damage reduced by Cortosis Gauntlet, do they still count as a character with a lightsaber?

A: Yes.

Q: If a character with Cortosis Gauntlet gets a bonus on a save from something like Mettle or Karmic Luck, would the bonus be included in determining if Cortosis Gauntlet triggers?

A: Yes. If you have Cortosis Gauntlet 18 and a +4 bonus to the roll for some reason, a roll of 14 or greater would trigger Cortosis Gauntlet.

Crowd Fighting

Q: Does Shaak Ti's Crowd Fighting apply when she uses a Lightsaber Sweep? For example, if Shaak Ti were completely surrounded by eight Stormtroopers, would she get +16 to attack from Crowd Fighting each time she attacked a different Stormtrooper during her Lightsaber Sweep?

A: Calculate the bonus when you start each attack in the Lightsaber Sweep. In your example, the first attack will get +16, but if Shaak Ti defeats that opponent, the next attack will get only +14, and so on.

Q: Do Shaak Ti's own adjacent allies count toward the Crowd Fighting bonus? If there are three enemies and two allies adjacent to Shaak Ti, does she get a +8 bonus to Attack from Crowd Fighting?

A: Yes, Crowd Fighting grants a +2 bonus to Attack for every adjacent character, enemy and ally alike.

Dark Armor

Q: Can Darth Vader, Jedi Hunter spend a Force point to reroll the Dark Armor save if he is hit by an attack by an enemy with the Force Immunity power?

A: No. That would be spending a Force point to respond to the attack, and Force Immunity does not allow that. See the Force Immunity for more details.

Desert Skiff

Q: Can a Bodyguard on the Skiff take damage done to the Skiff?

A: Yes.

Q: Characters on the Skiff count as adjacent to the Skiff, but do they also count as adjacent to each other?

A: Yes.

Q: Can a character on the Skiff use abilities that replace turns or attacks?

A: Yes. You check line of sight and cover, if necessary, from the Skiff. You count range, if necessary, from the Skiff to the selected character and then add one.

Q: Do commander effects affect characters on the Skiff? Do commander effects of characters on the Skiff affect other characters on the skiff, or other characters not on the Skiff?

A: Yes in all cases. In all cases, the character on the Skiff does not count as adjacent to any character except the Skiff and other characters on the Skiff. And you count range by adding one to the distance counted from the distant character to the Skiff. The Skiff and other passengers are affected by passenger abilities or commander effects that have range X regardless of what number X is.

Q: Can characters on the Skiff be attacked or targeted?

A: Yes, but they have cover granted by the Skiff itself so few characters will actually be able to target them for an attack. You count range, if necessary, by counting from the attacker to the Skiff and adding one.

Q: Does Sniper avoid cover granted by the Desert Skiff ability?

A: No.

Q: If I used Flamethrower or Missiles on the Skiff, are all the passengers affected since they are considered adjacent?

A: Yes.

Q: When the Skiff is defeated, and I get to place a passenger, can I place it in the squares that were previously occupied by the Skiff?

A: No. You must resolve all other effects, including placing the passengers on the battle grid prior to removing the Skiff. In the unusual case of the Skiff being fully surrounded or no adjacent squares being available, place the passenger as near as possible to the Skiff.

Q: If the Skiff, or a character on the Skiff, changes faction through an ability like Betrayal what happens?

A: The character is no longer allied to the Skiff, and the enemy passengers are immediately disembarked.

Q: If a character somehow moves outside of the normal sequence, through Tow Cable, Lift, or a commander effect for example, and ends this move next to the Skiff, can it board?

A: Yes, so long as it was movement, and not a change of position like Thrawn's commander effect for example.

Date: 2015-12-11; view: 678