Dakkamasta

Hi there! So I just would like some reassurance to my assumption; pumpkin bombs status effects apply before defense is rolled, so am I correct in assuming that should I roll the wild, and choose incinerate to be applied before the defense roll is made, that their following defense rolls would have the incinerate affect reduce their defense dice pool by one. I was told that it doesn’t apply to the attack that applied the status, but if so why the particular wording? Thanks in advance!