From:	Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:	Re: Some more rulings from FASA.
Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 1997 11:18:27 -0700

Gary Crane wrote:

> >> 3) Can a character with Gaurd tap to protect agaist undirected damage
> >> (riots, Highway Showdown, etc...), as well as directed damage (Drive-By,
> >> damaged from Fusion Gate, normal Challenge damage, etc...)?

> >> Yes.

> >Surprised they didn't mention that "tap" should be "turn"..
This
> >conflicts, again, with the wording of how Guard acts (as the description
> >specifies *directed* damage.)

> As certain cards and abilities are often defined by their text as well as
> their conceptual premise, I don't see why this can't be chopped up to poor
> wording. I think a (body)Guard would be able to take damage for someone
> during riots.

I'm not certain at all what wording you're talking about at all. The
description for the Guard ability only occurs in one spot in the RBT (p.
29-30), where it describes it as the ability to "take damage directed at
another Runner that is present." How tightly "directed" should be taken
is up for debate.

Coming from the long-burnished, tainted, corrupt skool of Magic: the
Gathering lawyers, I'm unfortunately siding with making "directed"
equivalent to "targeted". YMMV, and I refuse to be a jerk about it.
:) Unlike some MtG players. :)