From:	Brett Barksdale <brett@***.ORST.EDU>
Subject:	Re: [COW] Hellblast (was Andrews been thinking again)
Date:	Mon, 8 Sep 1997 09:24:02 -0700

>Hellblast

>When does the 2 armor piercing damage come into play - before or after
>the normal spell/combat damage. At first this may seem trivial, but
>it's not. If the armor piercing damage comes first, as a stinger when
>the spell cast is turn then this forces the damage from the spell's
>Attack Value to be spread out among more of your runners if present
>(as such damage cannot be overflowed). Do you see what I mean by this?

I would think that the 2 AP "backlash" is inflicted simultaneously
with the rest of the damage in the combat. Unless a card specifically
says otherwise, I don't see any reason to ever get away from the
simultaneous rule...

- Brett