Talk:Expose/@comment-89.1.60.76-20180213201701/@comment-31642426-20180214034244

Just trying to help out here, and not continue the discussion, but help clarify it for all my Expose Decimator friends (and for my Nymranda rebel scum foes who happen to get hit by my Double Tractor Beam Defenders)

As a fan of the Expose Decimator, I took it upon myself to write FFG for clarification. Below is Frank's response (sorry for the wall of Text, but I wanted to quote him directly) but essentialy he is confirming wha the rule book says, that Range Bonus and Obstruction Bonus are not part of the Agility Calculation (and neither are card effects like Lightweight Frame  which grant you extra green dice) and thus grant you dice regardless of your final Agility Value.



In response to your rules question:

Keep in mind that the additional defense die granted from both being at Range 3 and the attack being obstructed is not adding to your agility value, while effects such as Stealth Device and Expose are adjusting your agility value. The line you mention (“All additions or subtractions to the number of defense dice being rolled occur before the player rolls defense dice”) is clarifying that you come up with the total before rolling any dice (for example an Exposed Decimator with a Stealth Device would still have “0” agility).

In a situation where an Exposed Decimator is defending against an obstructed Range 3 attack from a Firespray with Tail Gunner and Outmaneuver, the Decimator’s agility starts at “0” and is reduced by 1 from Exposed (technically “-1,” but still rolling 0 dice). Then it is reduced twice more from Tail Gunner and Outmaneuver (technically “-3,” but still rolling 0 dice). The Decimator would be rolling 0 dice from agility, but since the attack is at Range 3 and obstructed, the Decimator will still roll 2 defense dice.

I hope that helps,

Frank Brooks

Creative Content Developer Fantasy Flight Games fbrooks@fantasyflightgames.com