All png & cliparts images on NicePNG are best quality. Ages: 3 years and up. I can play Ravens of the Mountain during an attack - how is that part of the attack? See where that logic lead us? This website is not produced, endorsed, supported, or affiliated with Decipher. I think the confusion I have is that the game refers to a fight or challange as an attack, no matter which side is the one attacking and defending. Please head over to the Geek Madness 2021 Round 1 geeklist and vote!. Exactly - combat consists of several attacks. The rule book says that there's a combat phase that cosists of enemies attacks and allies attacks. Let's imagine that the Encounter deck is empty and no shadow cards will be given. Being killed "during" an attack is entirely different language and meaning than being killed "by" an attack. Can his reaction be triggered when he defends from an enemy attack (and an event destroys the enemy)? I understand your reasoning, but I see a big flaw on it and it all comes down to the designers using the word "attack" to describe 2 game states, which I think is sloppy wording. Lord Of The Rings Legolas Men's Tank - Youth: Lord Of The Rings - Legolas. In this case, an unrelated event killed it. I also know that I can declare a defender in an "attack", because the word attack means fight/combat in this game (see Dori's example below). "this attack" can be used to describe whatever attack is currently resolving - as you pointed out with similar text like Dori. We are simplifing it because there is nothing complex about it at all. The Shadow effect is clearly talking about the attack the enemy is making that was dealt that shadow card. Also, if I accidently squash a fly as I sleep, is it my sleep that killed the fly? If so, could cards like Swift Strike fullfill the "destroys an enemy" part of Legolas text while he is defending so he could trigger his reaction? $20.00 $ 20. It's taking me a while to come up with a good semantic reason why his ability should only work on the offensive. © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Select a location to see product availability, Wizard of Oz Were Off To See Wizard T-Shirt, Price and other details may vary based on size and color, Lord of The Rings Three-Volume Book Set with Custom Designed Eye of Sauron Juniper Books Dust Jackets - Neutral | Author J.R.R. It does it mean that ability is triggered when you attack an enemy with Legolas AND another character, does it? 400*499. The information presented above about LoTR TCG, both literal and graphical, is copyrighted by Decipher Inc. First, Legolas must participate in an attack. sit in the same category as the attack (part of the combat). No. That card still refers the action to be an attack even though what allies are doing is defending. 33. By that interpretation, Legolas powers could trigger during any combat where he participates, no matter if he is the attacker or the defender and even if the damage dealt to the enemy comes from an event and not him. So there is not a correlation between "attack" (aka fight) and attacking (aka your part in the attack). Ex. No, that's not what the rulebook says. In earlier drafts of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, … The rulebook is. 1. ", Ex. The card entries are ordered by the set in which the specified I checked all the cards and this is true for every instance of said words, meaning when the word is a noun, it refers to a combat, no matter which side of the combat are the allies; but when it's a verb it refers to the action the character is doing during the combat phase (initiating an attack and hence being the one who will deal the damage). Its digital adaptation titled The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game is published by Asmodee Digital for cross-platform play on Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, being the "first ever digital LCG". Or does it mean any attack? This can be substituted by combat. Teatime Tales goes digital! I explain this further below. What would be the reason to have both wordings if they work exaclty the same? Aug 31, 2019 - Explore George Georgiev's board "LOTR LCG art" on Pinterest. You are assuming that the word "attack" on Legolas texts means his action on a fight and not the word "fight". Maybe since English is not my mother language I'm careful to understand each wording implication, as I tend to believe there's a reason for each word (and there's a reason why the blade and Arod are worded differently; if it's not because of the first reason, maybe it's because of the second). As I see it, everything I play during those four steps should be (and is) considered part of the attack. I however, can't do that, because there's no other cards that sustain that interpretation (there are cards using the noun attack that refer to defenders and not attackers, so Legolaes shouldn't be exclusivelly an attacker). Yes, during that combat, the enemy was destroyed (by an event). But LotR is created by Tolkien, so it must be him who is responsible for that orc demise! 3: (Brutal Uruk): "After Brutal Uruk attacks (strikes) and destroys a character, that character's controller turns all hidden cards in his play area faceup. The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is a cooperative adventure game in which the players attempt to complete a scenario, each with three heroes of their choice and a deck of allies, events and attachments to support them. The "combat" or "attack" is the Attack Strength vs Defense Strength contest. Things like Spear of the Citadel wouldn't work, they simply remove the attacker on the defense, no actual attack on Legolas side took place. The word attack is used here as a noun while the verb is participate. He doesn't die outside the attack he dies because of it. It should be the same if you use any effect that deals direct damage to the enemy during Legolas' attack - the enemy was killed during the attack action, but not by the attack itself. It has to be destroyed, which is by bringing its' health value to 0 or lower. - If this is not true, cards with shadow effects like "Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, ....."  could never be fullfilled as the cards are not the ones attacking. 3- Resolve shadow effects. The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is the base game of a Living Card Game for which new adventure packs are released monthly. Deck and card popularity data is kindly supplied by RingsDB.Scenario difficulty data is provided by The LotR LCG Quest Companion.. Feel free to ask whatever confuses you. D D Characters Fictional Characters Jrr Tolkien High Fantasy Legolas Character Portraits Lord Of … One of the best swords to collect, decoration or sparring. In order for Legolas/Arod response to trigger, you have to damage the attacker while he is attacking, which can only happen via another card effect. Everything played during said 4 stages are considered played during said attack (there are several cards that confirm this). It is tedious enough trying to balance a card and compare it to a thousand already printed cards, so that may be the cause for the different wording. No progress tokens for me. “AND YOU HAVE MY BOW.” While Legolas might not be the main character of the series, he is the … Each round, players send their heroes and allies to … In each game of The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, players begin by choosing a scenario, and then work together in an attempt to complete it.A scenario is completed by successfully moving through all stages of the quest deck. Thanks for the link. A few years later I actually bought it again and ended up selling it. What we need to usolve this is some kind of official wording/glossary that definds both attack as a noun and attack as a verb as separate entities. 6. If I destroy an enemy with an event I still kill it during that attack. I'm not sure how this ability could be in question at all. All combats start by declaring the attacker who is the character that will deal the damage (is the one attacking). Elves don't just spring out from trees or come solely from their fathers. Impressions of LOTR LCG decks from Ringsdb. So the word should be substituted by the word combat not strike, and refers to each individual combats that happen to the combat phase. 2- Declare a defender So to make a long story short I bought LOTR LCG when it first came out years ago and really enjoyed it but didn’t think i could dedicate the time to it so i sold it. 2- Declare a defender There is a Rules thing you can submit to ask Caleb directly on the FFG forums: Just wanted to add that the primary source for your concern is that you put the words 'attack' and 'combat' as synonyms, and they are not. $4.99 shipping. His ability to travel by fighting is extraordinary good - combine him with a Blade of Gondolin (Core) and. Also it is not Legolas who dealt the killing blow, it was the event (which does not specify who exactly on the board dealt the damage, so it is the player).