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Title explains it all. How does the Plague Furnace Gas work in challenges?

Example:

1st round of combat- Furnace charges into a big Night Goblin unit with an Orc Hero on the side. Unit dies, furnace/priest alive, hold on unbreakable.

2nd round of combat- Gas hits unit, Orc character issues a challenge. Priest/Furnace accept. Priest dies from Orc attacks, furnace holds on Unbreakable.

Now here is where it gets tricky.

3rd round of combat- Gas now triggers. Since the remaining Furnace is a mount and still in a challenge with the Orc hero, all damage must hit the challenge target. D6 toughness tests on the Hero (FAQ does allow for multiple tests on same model from gas).

He takes the tests and eventually rolls enough 6's to kill the Hero, counter charge at the right moment saves the furnace from a flurry of poisoned goblin knives.

Is this correct? As far as I can tell, it is an unclear rule on gas interaction with challenges. My opponent was unsurprisingly miffed at this, I wanted to sample your opinions on this issue.

The mount takes part in the challenge, and i cant see anything that allows the gas to affect anyone else.

nosferatu1001 wrote:The mount takes part in the challenge, and i cant see anything that allows the gas to affect anyone else.

Gas hits are distributed as shooting.
Stomp, thunder stomp and breathe weapons (all close combat attacks that are distributed like shooting), were FAQ'd so that they only hit the model in the challenge.
Gas has no such FAQ.

IMO, RAW: gas hits the unit, and is always distributed like shooting.
RAI, your guess is as good as mine.



-Matt