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Title: Demon of Might
Post by: hrcho on September 01, 2010, 02:18:40 PM
This is the scenario: The site is underground. Freeps has 5 comps in play: four of them have 5 str, one has 10 str. Shadow player play Balrog, Demon of Might and another insignificant fierce minion. Can the free peoples player assign that insignificant minion to the companion with 10 str and leave Balrog unassigned?
Title: Re: Demon of Might
Post by: Tbiesty on September 01, 2010, 02:21:52 PM
They can, but the Shadow player can then assign The Balrog, Demon of Might to the companion with 10 strength, so that companion would be skirmishing both minions.

Assuming the 10 strength companion is killed during the first skirmish, The Balrog, Demon of Might could not be assigned to any companion (since they all would be 5 strength) for the fierce skirmish.
Title: Re: Demon of Might
Post by: MuadDib85 on September 01, 2010, 05:02:20 PM
They can, but the Shadow player can then assign The Balrog, Demon of Might to the companion with 10 strength, so that companion would be skirmishing both minions.

Assuming the 10 strength companion is killed during the first skirmish, The Balrog, Demon of Might could not be assigned to any companion (since they all would be 5 strength) for the fierce skirmish.
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Title: Re: Demon of Might
Post by: TheJord on September 01, 2010, 05:17:58 PM
I should point out, this particular Balrog's text inhibit from being assigned to weak companions at any site, not just underground. Notice the placing of the "and"
Title: Re: Demon of Might
Post by: Tbiesty on September 01, 2010, 06:01:54 PM
I should point out, this particular Balrog's text inhibit from being assigned to weak companions at any site, not just underground. Notice the placing of the "and"
Was there some clarification I don't know about? Because that's not the way I read it.
Title: Re: Demon of Might
Post by: ket_the_jet on September 01, 2010, 06:03:31 PM
I should point out, this particular Balrog's text inhibit from being assigned to weak companions at any site, not just underground. Notice the placing of the "and"

I completely disagree. I read this as "While at an underground site, A, B, and C."
-wtk
Title: Re: Demon of Might
Post by: Tbiesty on September 01, 2010, 06:04:03 PM
I should point out, this particular Balrog's text inhibit from being assigned to weak companions at any site, not just underground. Notice the placing of the "and"

I completely disagree. I read this as "While at an underground site, A, B, and C."
-wtk

Same here.
Title: Re: Demon of Might
Post by: ket_the_jet on September 01, 2010, 06:04:48 PM
This has been confirmed before (http://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/index.php/topic,4742.0.html).
-wtk
Title: Re: Demon of Might
Post by: ket_the_jet on September 01, 2010, 06:05:31 PM
Twice. (http://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/index.php/topic,599.0.html)

And you asked the question that time.
-wtk
Title: Re: Demon of Might
Post by: MuadDib85 on September 01, 2010, 06:17:35 PM
I have always thought that while at an underground applies for skipping the manuever phase and archery phase.

Cannot be assigned to companions strength 6 or less applies all the time. Underground or not.
(And this is the way it has always been used every time he has appeared on gccg that I have witnessed).

But by the way it's written it could go either way...
Title: Re: Demon of Might
Post by: TheJord on September 01, 2010, 08:24:30 PM
Reading the card over, I guess it would be the way I suggested if the "and" was before "the manuever phase".