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Quick question. Hypothetically the crisis bodyguard takes a wound for a character model I have. If that bodyguard is also next to a drone, can that wound then be passed on to the drone?

Laughed at the image that brought, but it might come down to how players interpret this sentence:
... when an enemy attack successfully wounds it...
- Saviour Protocols, FAQ

Was the second wound caused by an enemy attack or by an ability?
We all know it is going to be argued both ways....

Added:
Can you add a 'How Would You Play It' Poll?
- I would vote in favor as I really like the image of both drone and body-guard jumping into the fray, but others may clearly see it as expanding the Drones aura unfairly and nothing more.

 JinxDragon wrote:
Laughed at the image that brought, but it might come down to how players interpret this sentence:
... when an enemy attack successfully wounds it...
- Saviour Protocols, FAQ

Was the second wound caused by an enemy attack or by an ability?
We all know it is going to be argued both ways....

Added:
Can you add a 'How Would You Play It' Poll?
- I would vote in favor as I really like the image of both drone and body-guard jumping into the fray, but others may clearly see it as expanding the Drones aura unfairly and nothing more.

Solid suggestion, I went back and added the poll.

But yeah, that's the exact dilemma i'm having. This is especially relevant as I would be using these suits to guard Longstrike... who does have the "character" keyword, so the suits could use their ability for him...but wouldn't be able to benefit from drones doing the same, effectively.

Oh, that does give it an aged gouda smell...

Yeah, just a bit, right? But the thing is, Longstrike still has the character key word. This same question would apply whether it was him, Farsight, Shadowsun or any of the other non-named characters. He also didn't lose it in the Index FAQ if that has any bearing on the matter.

 Pogman42 wrote:
Quick question. Hypothetically the crisis bodyguard takes a wound for a character model I have. If that bodyguard is also next to a drone, can that wound then be passed on to the drone?

So this is all just for the odd situation where a Commander is within 3" of a Bodyguard but not a drone unit? How often does that really happen?

Anyway, getting back to the question. GW changed the initial Drone Saviour Protocol ability so that it specifically only works against an enemy attack. This was presumably done to stop people from using their Drones to absorb Riptide self-inflicted mortal wounds and the like.

So is the wound that the Bodyguard suffers (pulled from the Commander) an 'enemy attack'? I'd say RAW no. At that point, it is technically a mortal wound caused by the Bodyguard's 'Sworn Protectors' ability (not even the 'original' wound).

On top of that, and more importantly: 'Saviour Protocols' only works when a wound is ALLOCATED ('when an enemy unit successfully wounds it, you can allocate that wound to the Drones unit instead of the target'). At the point when 'Sworn Protectors' is used, the wound has already been allocated (and the save failed), so it cannot then be re-allocated to drones.

The answer to this question is definitely no by the RAW.

Technically, when the Bodyguard takes the wound, the wound has been allocated. I would that yes, you could pull the wound to the Bodyguard and then to the Drone. The reasoning is that each ability is functioning correctly on its own as written.

The poll is a bit misleading.

SJ

 jeffersonian000 wrote:
Technically, when the Bodyguard takes the wound, the wound has been allocated. I would that yes, you could pull the wound to the Bodyguard and then to the Drone. The reasoning is that each ability is functioning correctly on its own as written.

The poll is a bit misleading.

SJ

I appreciate the input, how would you reword the poll?


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 yakface wrote:

 Pogman42 wrote:
Quick question. Hypothetically the crisis bodyguard takes a wound for a character model I have. If that bodyguard is also next to a drone, can that wound then be passed on to the drone?

So this is all just for the odd situation where a Commander is within 3" of a Bodyguard but not a drone unit? How often does that really happen?

Well, kinda like when I put up a post or two ago. Whereby i could chain the wound from longstrike (who can't benefit from drones), to a bodyguard, to a drone.