Hallways, Jain Fairwood with Nimble, and Large Monsters.

[Hallways, Jain Fairwood with Nimble, and Large Monsters.]

Philodept said:

This to me seemed to be a fair move for Nimble makes the Hero act before the monster, "Each time a monster moves into a space adjacent to you, you may use this card to move 1 space; then the monster may continue its activation."  It makes it sound as if nimble stops the monsters turn and activates and then the monster continues. 

Nimble pauses the monsters turn, but we interpret this as after the monster enters the space. The monster entering the space seems to us to be the trigger and must precede the use of nimble. If the ability read "each time a monster attempts to move into a space" I would interpret the other way. 

The knight card "Guard" seems to have a comparable trigger. "When a monster moves into an empty space adjacent to you, exhaust this card to interrupt that monsters activation and perform an attack with a Melee weapon. After… it may continue it's activation".

The words are not an identical match, but I believe the tense and trigger is the same. It would not make sense to be able to perform the melee attack until after the monster has moved into the adjacent square (for most melee weapons), so that is likely how this card is played. I believe the case with Nimble is the same.

 

[Area attacks and surge spending question, plus more]

Hey all,

1 - Blast, flame breath, and sweep typically affect multiple monsters in a single attack roll. When I perform one of these attacks and spend surges, does the surge effect apply to all targets affected by the attack or do I pick a single target for each surge effect?

I have not been able to find a reference to this situation in the rulebook, and it's a pretty big swing between options.

2 - Stoneskin doesn't say when the effect (added defense dice) ends. Does it last for the single attack that the card is exhausted for? Does it last until the card is un-exhausted?

3 - In some scenarios there are NPCs such as Sir Paloman, peasants etc. Can these be the target of abilities like Stoneskin?

4 - The rulebook book says that Relics can only be used by the Overlord's Lieutenants. The Overlord's version of the staff of light allows him to exhaust and potentially re-roll any dice, even if it's not his turn. Does the staff refresh only when the Lieutenant holding it activates or at the start of the Overlord's turn?

5 - Upon a successful Dark Charm, can the Overlord activate and expend a Hero's Heroic Feat? This is assuming that Hero's Heroic Feat is an action.

 

Thank you for your time!