Thoras

Ingress points should be discussed between both players prior to the start of the game and with the understanding of the movement options they provide to characters. As long as both players agree to it, nothing in the rules prevents players from defining Ingress Points separated by horizontal distances as connected Ingress Points.

This has been clarified in today's(Feb 2024) core rulebook update The turn order steps are now as follows 8. Resolve effects that happen at the end of the Turn. A. Resolve player effects starting with the active player. B. Resolve non-player effects in the order chosen by the active player. 9. The active player moves the Struggle token one space toward their Momentum tokens for each Active objective they control this Turn. If it is the first Turn of the game, skip this step. 10. If the Unit that just activated has a number of Injury tokens equal to its Durability (W), they are Defeated. 11. If either player won the Struggle, remove all Momentum tokens from the Struggle Tracker, set all Objective tokens to their Inactive side, and remove all Control tokens from the battlefield. A. Reset the Struggle Tracker and draw the next Struggle Card. B. If there are multiple map options, the player who lost the Struggle chooses one. C. Check the chosen map and flip the corresponding Objective tokens to their active side. 12. The active player’s Turn is now over; their opponent becomes the active player and begins their Turn as described in step 1. A. If the player who just finished their Turn does not have any cards remaining in their Order Deck or in reserve, they Refresh their Order Deck.

With the latest rulebook update posted today(Feb 2024), the damage from a condition being applied to a Unit that already has that condition, if the condition is added via the combat tree options, becomes a part of the normal damage pool now.

This ruling is changing slightly with the update to the core rules today (February 2024). The damage from a condition being applied to a Unit that already has that condition, if the condition is being added via the combat tree options, becomes a part of the attacks damage pool now. The damage from a condition being applied to a Unit that already has that condition, if the condition is being added from something other than a combat tree option, still occurs immediately.

With the latest rulebook update posted today, the damage from a condition being applied to a Unit that already has that condition, if the condition is added via the combat tree options, becomes a part of the normal damage pool now, so it would be considered to be from that attack, yes.

Yes The additional power from the leadership would occur in Step 1 of the Power phase, since its an "additional power" rule. The last part of the leadership then resolves in Step 2 of the power phase. If he went from 4 to 6 in the first step, it would trigger here, causing him a damage and then ornery would trigger and bring him from 6 to 7 power.

No, 0 power is not a valid spend for variable cost rules, only for rules specifically listed with a cost of 0.

They would gain 1 power in this case, regardless of the number of cubes held. Each cube is treated as a separate effect, so you'd take 1 damage & gain 1 power x number of times with x being the number of cubes you hold. If your dazed after the first occurrence though, you'd then drop the rest and not take damage or gain power.

Yes The person who moved it gets to choose

No, this is the same type of interaction. The range is checked at the time you are resolving the rule. You've started the characters activation, so you are at the "Start of activation" timing for rules. You now have the opportunity to begin resolving rules that trigger here. You have one that can trigger. If you want to use it, you may declare it and resolve it. When complete, you are still in that timing step. Check for another rule that can resolve based on how the battlefield is now

It depends on whether or not the Units she is Engaged with are Wounded. When an ability provides you an attack, you still have to follow any rules you would normally have to follow, except for changes specifically called out by the rule providing you the attack. Double the Contract, Double the Payout does not provide her any exemptions from the normal rules required to make an attack, such as being in Range, having Line of Sight, etc. It also doesn't provide any exemption from the rule that prohibits you from making a Ranged attack if you are Engaged with a non-wounded Unit.

This is answered here Coordinated Fire and Life Drain are the same trigger event, that an attack was made. For future unrelated questions, please keep to separate threads.

No, they wouldn't. The extra defense die provided by Hunker tokens is only for ranged attacks, not melee attacks However.... Knowledge and Defense provides you 1 extra die to your defense rolls against melee attacks if you have a hunker token, which you are able to keep when engaged as well due to it. The distinction here is the source of the defense die. It's not from the hunker token, its from meeting Knowledge and defense's requirements.

The English version of the rules text always takes precedence, yes. There is no errata to her card that changes the English text at the moment.

Yes, he started an attack, the fact that it ended early due to him KOing himself doesn't mean it didn't start.

Yes

No. This card resolves after VP's are scored normally

This is correct, yes.

Yes

Yes Yes

Not exactly either, but most closely your option B. The idea is correct, just not the step numbers as a beam attack reorders things. The characters in range are all "locked in" when the template is placed, but they are not targeted yet. You pick a particular character that is in range, targeting it and continuing the attack sequence. Ignoring the step numbers as mentioned above, its your option B. You play sacrifice when the specific attack against the character you want to play it for is occurring These rules are actually checking Step 13 of the attack sequence Scenario B is correct.

No, Intuitive Pattern Recognition is actually checking Step 13 and the first attack never reached this step

The answer to this may be different depending on the particular rule in question. Although the logic is applicable to other rules, this should not be understood as a blanket answer to every rule. The specifics of the wording and the type of ability may change the answer. For "I'm always first, kid", the restriction related to whether or not he is Wounded applies to him using the Reactive ability. Once its been used, there are no further checks on whether or not he is Wounded. He will be allowed to finish resolving the ability and make the attack.

Expertise Chart effects that modify dice should be resolved last during the Modify Dice rolls step, after any abilities or non-expertise effects that add, change, remove or reroll dice. This will be made clearer in an upcoming rules update.

Yes, you may choose to stop advancing your tree before applying the first Option.