A-Aron

Grunts are not listed as affiliated on the Affiliation document (dated 8/12/22), nor is there reference to a grunt being of the same affiliation as their parent in the rules .pdf. Basic question, do grunt have an affiliation at all? I understand that they do not benefit roster construction, but some Team Tactics cards only affect affiliated team members . . . in this case, do Grunts benefit? If not, please disregard following questions. Otherwise, Specific example, team tactics card "A New Age" 1. Do Nick Fury's grunts benefit from A New Age while holding a book from The Montesi Formula? 2. If Red Skull, Master of Hydra is affiliated with SHIELD via The Initiative, are his Hydra Troopers also affiliated with SHIELD and thus benefit from A New Age? Thanks!

Hello! I have to admit a significant amount of confusion after reading both of your responses and the below ruling as well. If my model forces my opponent to reroll a die . . . who is actually rolling it (from a game mechanic standpoint)? You seem to say in your first response that the attacking character is using OSCORP and 're-rolling' the defender's defense die. Any defender ability would thus not trigger based on the outcome of that die. Your second response directly contradicts that . . . you're saying that the defender ability would trigger based on the outcome of that die. Can you please clarify further? Additionally, if Venom is attacking and the ruling is that the defender is rolling the die, could he ever use OSCORP to force a re-roll, since his card states that the defender cannot modify defense dice? Therefore, either Venom can't ever use OSCORP or the ruling must be that the attacker is rolling the newly-modified die, in which case the defender will never benefit from the roll of the die. Very confused . . . sorry if this has been clarified earlier, but I couldn't find anything. Thanks! A-Aron