Quick question (with apologies if its been asked before or obvious).

What defines a minor vs major creature. In Academy the rulebook defines major and minor spells (> level 2 or <= level 2). It also talks about stagger with major and minor creatures. Is this the same thing? Where is it in the rulebook please?
Thanks

OK JK. Dave and I can talk this week and perhaps we can sort something out for this summer. We'll keep you posted.

Hahaha The sticker was well earned Zuberi - I didn't realise that I could have revealed Bear Strength between my first and second attacks of Battle Fury This would have been a better strategy as i would have gambled that my opponent would have used his deflect on the first attack. Thats a neat idea.

Morning all,
I know [mwcard=MW1I02] Battle Fury [/mwcard] gets a lot of attention on here. A situation came up last night at the club that we had to make a decision on until we knew the rules. I've trawled through the forum, FAQ and Errata and I think Ive pieced together the solution but could I get a quick sanity check from someone that we are playing this correctly please. (I'm hoping it will help others as well as Battle Fury seems to be a common source of confusion).

So my Warlock and Warren's Force Master are slogging it out in a central zone. I am down to my last 2 life and he has 8 left. Its my turn and my initiative and if I don't kill him he's going to kill me. Fortunately Im fully tooled up with [mwcard=MW1Q14] Lash of Hellfire [/mwcard], [mwcard=MW1Q11] Gauntlets of Strength [/mwcard] and [mwcard=MW1Q10] Fireshaper Ring [/mwcard] giving me 7 attack dice.

For my turn I forgo my First Quickcast Phase and he attacks me with a [mwcard=FWA02] Force Hammer[/mwcard]. This could be it and the crowds are expecting a Warlock size splat in the middle of the arena. Fortunately last turn I cast [mwcard=MW1E02] Block [/mwcard] with my last two mana so the Enchantment is revealed and the attack is avoided.

For my turn I reveal [mwcard=MW1E40] Vampirism [/mwcard] and [mwcard=MW1E01] Bear Strength [/mwcard] (placed on me in an earlier round) and then first Quickcast [mwcard=MW1I02] Battle Fury [/mwcard] then I attack him with my Lash of Hellfire. But he has Deflect ready. If I don't kill him I need the life from Vampirism to survive his next attack.

SO this is how we played it out (actually its not exactly as we played it but we made sensible guesses that lead to the same conclusion. I've added here the stuff I've found out from previous forum posts). Is this correct ?

  1. I declare the attack
  2. He gets a chance to 'Deflect' the attack. But Battle Fury is on me so he can elect to defend my second attack if he wants. But not both as Deflect can only be used 'once per round'. He elects to defend my first attack.
  3. He rolls the Defence dice. He needs 7+ but as he has a [mwcard=FWQ02] Defense Ring [/mwcard] he gets to add 1 to his defence roll. He rolls a 5 (making 6 defence) and fails the defence roll. The Deflect is now flipped over and cannot be used again this turn.
  4. I attack him with 9 attack dice (7 + 2 from Bear Strength, oh and the effect dice for a chance to burn him). I do 7 damage leaving him with 1 left.
  5. My Vampiric trait comes into effect and I gain 7/2 rounded up = 4 life back. Making my life 6. (phew)
  6. Battle Fury is not like Double (or Triple) Strike and makes its additional strike at 'Step 8. Attack Ends' in the 'Making an attack' table. If Warren had a counterstrike or Damage Barrier option available to him he would have been able to action it between my first and second Battle Fury attack. He would now need 6 to kill me as Vampiric worked on my first attack. Fortunately he didn't have a counterstrike.
  7. During the '8. Attack Ends' phase I make my final Battle Fury attack. I can no longer use my Melee+1 traits for this attack so I roll 4 Attack dice and 1 effect dice for lash of hellfire (losing +1 for Warlock, +1 for Gauntlets of Strength, +2 for Bear Strength and +1 for Fireshaper Ring.)
  8. I roll a 1. He dies ! Crowd starts booing as everyone hates the evil Warlock (Mwahahahahaha). I put on Dark glasses to ease my mana-induced headache and limp cooly out of the Arena crackling and sparking with with the painful remnants of Mind-school spell energy. 

Its a problem ! Do you use theirs and make sure you only leave with your own spell book? Or do you use your own and risk the dreaded 'beer-spill-over-the-tabletop'.

Of course you could try playing with folks without the 'kleptomaniac' trait (bad Joe). Bit difficult at our club YoungDave !

hmmm - I don't think they were the 'slim-fit' clear sleeves. (Well obviously not as they aren't). If they are as tight as the Matte sleeve then you are probably right Moonglow - just comes down to gloss or matt ?

So you've got me thinking - I thought I preferred the matt sleeves as they don't reflect the light as much. But when have I ever been to a games convention in bright sunlight ? (its usually in a darkened cave surrounded by large men with odour issues).

I like it Tsavonglah! For me I would add in a [mwcard=DNQ07] Veteran's Belt [/mwcard] but Im not sure what I would lose. The combination of this with [mwcard=DNE01] Barkskin [/mwcard] and Treebond means you can tank quite well for those sticky moments when you need to pump your mana.

I also like [mwcard=DNC17] Tataree [/mwcard] and think its under-rated. If only to see the look on your opponents face as you flit around and annoy him!