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  1. 7 hours ago, DaveyDave said:

    ok  what part of the wording allows for the placement ? dazed character cant be effected by super powers and technically don't exist

    The bold part is correct, the underlined part is not correct.

    Measuring from a dazed character is not affecting them with the rule, so its allowed. Your affecting Black bolt, not the character they dazed.

    The rules for dazed characters get referenced with short cut language a lot, a common phrase being what you mention here, but that's not actually correct. There is a specific list of interactions that are limited when dealing with a dazed character, but a dazed character is still on the battlefield. They can be measured from and they are still there for characters to be pushed/thrown into them as examples.

  2. He cannot use Glaive's Edge at that time, no.

    Although Active Superpowers like Glaive's edge are any time abilities, there is a bit more explanation required. You can find the details on page 15 of the online rule book, but I've included them here for ease of reference.

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    Whenever the rules say an effect, ability, tactic card, or superpower may be used “at any time,” it doesn’t mean literally anytime the player wishes. These abilities may be used before or after an action is taken or effect is triggered but can’t interrupt an action or other effect.

    The Strike attack granted by the Flurry actually happens during the resolution of the Death Blow attack (Step 14a of Appendix A), so this means there is no time between the two for an any time ability. It would be interrupting the attack sequence to use it between them.

  3. 4 hours ago, DaveyDave said:

    would this effect and Elemental empowerment persist if Crystal is dazed ?

    If by "this effect" you are referring to Elemental Infusion, then no, it will not persist while she is dazed. The tactics card has a clause in its rules that ends the effect if Crystal becomes dazed.

    Elemental Empowerment is an innate superpower on Crystal and dazed characters don't have superpowers, so no, that will not be active if she is dazed

  4. 4 hours ago, BarrelChestedBrad said:

    Does this mean that if the attacker is farther than 2, and the defender is withing range 1 of the terrain, then even if the majority of the base of the defender is visible to the attacker they will still get cover?

    Yes, as long as the terrain is the same size as the defending character or larger.

    4 hours ago, BarrelChestedBrad said:

    Is there any limit to this such as having to draw the line from center base to center base? 

    No, bullet point 2 on page 25 explicitly allows the line to be drawn from any portion of the attackers base to any portion of the defenders base.

  5. When a rule references movement, it means any type of movement(advance, climb, throw, push, place - Page 16)

    When a rule references move action, it typically means an advance or a climb(Page 14). BUT, an advance or a climb are not always move actions

    If a rule allows you to perform an advance (Baron Zemo's attack “Steel Rush” for instance), that is not a move action, it’s just an advance.

    This means that Spider Trackers does not trigger on push, place or throw movement types. It also does not trigger on advances or climbs that are accomplished by something other than a move action.

  6. It sounds like you are using the timing steps from Page 19 & 20 of the rule book, is that correct? If that is true, then yes, power gain from an attack would be in step 13 of that list and the application of "after the attack is resolved" effects would be step 14 of that list.

    The references in my post are all from Appendix A on page 25 & 26 of the online rule book.

  7. A. They will gain power equal to the damage suffered as a result of the attack in Step 12 of the Appendix A timing chart.

    B.

    B1. The stun special condition applied by Taser Webs on Spider-Man (Peter Parker) will be applied in Step 14a of Appendix A if its conditions are satisfied.

    B2. The stun applied by Reality Warp is applied during Step 14a of Appendix A. If you trigger both the throw and Reality Warp, you can apply them in the order of your choice during Step 14a.

    B3. If this is also asking about when it is applied during attacks as the other questions are, then it is applied during Step 14b of Appendix A because it is a defenders effect

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    I found a ruling asking Transform but want to be clear.  If I target attack Ant-Man normal sized with a range 2 attack, that he is just barely in range, Ant-Man can pay 1 power to transform and be placed within 1 of it original position.  Now he is out of my range 2 attack does my attack fail and I can choose a new target, does it just fail and action is wasted or does the attack still go through the ability does not specify a remeasure or LOS check?

    Yes, the attack will proceed through the rest of the Appendix A steps as Pym Particle Control does not direct you to recheck range or LOS.

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    For my second with Psychic Distraction falls in close as above but just different enough to ask as well.  My Cassandra Nova is targeted by my opponent's Thor and he has paid for the For Asgard superpower.  Does he get to make the Strike first or can I use the reactive Psychic Distraction?  If I do get to move first and happen to roll and deal damage with Psychic Distraction and get to move Cassandra Nova Small if that puts her out of range of Thor's Strike does the attack fail, can he choose a new target or do I take the hit even if I am now out of range?

    This functions differently from the previous question as the sequence has several distinct steps which are not all contained within the attack sequence as the previous example was.

    1. Thor, Prince of Asgard uses the "For Asgard!" super power
    2. Thor, Prince of Asgard performs a move action
    3. Cassandra Nova triggers Psychic Distraction
    4. Assuming Psychic Distraction did at least one damage, Cassandra Nova may advance short
    5. Thor, Prince of Asgard may now use the Strike attack against a character in range. If no character is in range at this time, Thor, Prince of Asgard cannot make the attack.
  9. I'm looking to double check some assumptions.

    What is the trigger timing for abilities that are worded such that you use the superpower either when targeting or being targeted by an attack?

    Is it 2a or 2d?

    The part that makes me want to double check is the wording in 2d ("...resolve effects that happen when a character is targeted...")

    There are two ways I can see it being understood

    1. The intention is that you both trigger and resolve the ability in 2d. (Basically, the "resolve" here is not being used in a rules terminology way (referencing the separation between trigger timing and resolution timing), its being used in a more generic language way)

    2. The intention is that its all strictly rules terminology, meaning you trigger the ability in 2a and resolve the ability in 2d.

    Thanks

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