| From: | Felix Hoefert <FHoefert@********.DE> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Ally Spirit and Drones (was Re: runner on runner combat) |
| Date: | Sun, 12 Jul 1998 01:33:58 +0200 |
>
> Hoi,
>
> >> Direct from the online rulebook at
> >> http://www.fasa.com/Shadowrun/SRTCG/SRTCGRules/SRTCGRulesTOC.html:
> >> "If a single Runner is fighting against several opponents, the >>
> single Runner's owner chooses where to allocate the damage."
> >> Since spirits/drones are treated as runners in combat, if >>
> Cannonball goes
> >> up against Roadrash, Cannonball can apply his damage to directly to
> >> Roadrash without going through the two drones first.
> >>
> >IMHO the Runner using the Drone or Spirit isn´t even near the
> >attacker, but controls his D/S remotely. So the attacker doesn´t have
> >the option to attack him. How would a Runner use his Ally Spirit´s
> >ability to absorb all damage from one source if the attacker could
> >choose to kill off the Conjurer first? Using it to simply prevent
> >partial damage (that wouldn´t kill the Conjurer) would make the Ally
> >Spirit a lot weaker than its cost implies. This is just my
> >interpretation, the way we handle these situations, but I believe I´m
> >correct. ---Felix
> >
> I think you might be a little confused on what Ally Spirit does. Ally
> spirit adds +1/+2 to the runner and you may trash it to cancel all
> damage done to the runner.
I know this wasn´t the point of the above discussion, but by card text,
Ally Spirit can remove all damage from one source, which would include
Riots and the like - Ally Spirit can save any number of Runners in play
at once this way. Otherwise, I get Your argumentation about A.S., but I
still think the defender may chose to allocate damage to his drone,
since he´s able to steer it to protect him, and they act as a unit when
attacked. ---Felix
