Arcane Wonders Forum

Mage Wars => Rules Discussion => Topic started by: Phaelog on September 25, 2012, 01:53:59 PM

Title: Attacking friendly creatures
Post by: Phaelog on September 25, 2012, 01:53:59 PM
Clarification for pg. 26 of the rules, "You can only attack creatures or conjurations that have a life value."

I presume that I can have my creature's attacks target friendly creatures? I'd like to be able to bop creatures that have been hit with Sleep incantations.
Title: Re: Attacking friendly creatures
Post by: Klaxas on September 25, 2012, 01:59:24 PM
i am pretty sure this is allowed.
Title: Re: Attacking friendly creatures
Post by: Shad0w on September 25, 2012, 03:46:41 PM
Quote from: "Phaelog" post=1371
Clarification for pg. 26 of the rules, "You can only attack creatures or conjurations that have a life value."

I presume that I can have my creature's attacks target friendly creatures? I'd like to be able to bop creatures that have been hit with Sleep incantations.


Unless your opponent does it for you its one of the few ways to get passed sleep.

The rules for targeting would be what applies to this

Target: Every spell must be cast at a target. You may
select the target only if it matches the requirements listed
on the spell you are casting. Some spells may target
objects with particular traits or subtypes.
Targeting also applies to Melee, Ranged, and Zone attacks. So as long as the targeting conditions are met  you can attack the object.
As a side note you can use this to bounce around Chain Lightning. Sometimes shooting your own stuff is a good thing.
Title: Re: Attacking friendly creatures
Post by: piousflea on October 04, 2012, 10:31:13 PM
Shooting your own stuff with chain lightning can also be a really bad thing. Seems like those critical 2's always come up at the most unwanted time. =)
Title: Re: Attacking friendly creatures
Post by: Shad0w on October 04, 2012, 11:39:58 PM
That is the risk you have to take
Title: Re: Attacking friendly creatures
Post by: halvor on October 07, 2012, 11:14:25 PM
My hydra will never be first in line for the chain lightning again..... brutal
Title: Re: Attacking friendly creatures
Post by: Shad0w on October 08, 2012, 11:44:35 AM
Lesson learned :P
Title: Re: Attacking friendly creatures
Post by: dyobs69 on December 05, 2012, 12:28:06 AM
So my own mage can also be a legal target for my own spells, for example: my mage has burn tokens and I decided to cast a Geyser and target my own mage to remove the burn tokens
Title: Re: Attacking friendly creatures
Post by: Shad0w on December 05, 2012, 06:53:30 AM
You need to check spell range and target line.  ;)
Title: Re: Attacking friendly creatures
Post by: Arcanus on December 05, 2012, 09:39:31 AM
Yes.  In most cases your own Mage is the target - that works well a lot. Blasting yourself with a Geyser is brilliant.

He is almost always in range, unless it is an attack with a minimum range of 1. He is almost always a valid target, unless the target line or spell description says differently.
Title: Re: Attacking friendly creatures
Post by: Shad0w on December 05, 2012, 10:51:06 AM
Quote from: "Arcanus" post=4971
Yes.  In most cases your own Mage is the target - that works well a lot. Blasting yourself with a Geyser is brilliant.

He is almost always in range, unless it is an attack with a minimum range of 1. He is almost always a valid target, unless the target line or spell description says differently.


Sniped you again.
Title: Re: Attacking friendly creatures
Post by: Arcanus on December 05, 2012, 11:09:27 AM
Ha!  Thanks for all the help Shadow.  Great new avatar!
Title: Re: Attacking friendly creatures
Post by: Shad0w on December 05, 2012, 11:28:08 AM
Quote from: "Arcanus" post=4975
Ha!  Thanks for all the help Shadow.  Great new avatar!


I had too use it. It came out real nice.