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Can the Deceiver run and use his "deceive" ability during the shooting phase?

Although it takes place in the shooting phase, it's not a psychic shooting attack nor does it make any mention of actually shooting aside from the phase I use it in.

The running rules don't seem to place a restriction on me using this power, either, provided it doesn't count as a shooting attack. It seems to me that it's similar to a dread popping smoke when he runs.

What's your take on it? I think that I get it by RAW but this probably isn't RAI.

You can run and decieve.

nosferatu1001 wrote:You can run and decieve.

Any sort of source for that?

Because running is "instead of shooting", and decieve is neither shooting nor a psychic power that counts as shooting. As such using it does not deny you running, and running does not deny you the ability to use the power.

Yes you can run and Deceive, for the reasons pointed out already.

nosferatu1001 wrote:Because running is "instead of shooting", and decieve is neither shooting nor a psychic power that counts as shooting. As such using it does not deny you running, and running does not deny you the ability to use the power.

Thanks, I just wanted to make sure my own interpretation didn't violate some arcane clause I wasn't aware of.