Nazgul auto-attacks at Balrog sites
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:43 am
There is some question about Nazgul auto-attacks at Balrog sites (Carn Dum, etc.) being detainment or not. See http://www.councilofelrond.org/forum/vi ... php?t=1293 for discussion.
Basically it had seemed pretty clear cut since the rules state that any Nazgul attacks vs. minion companies are detainment the auto-attacks will be detainment as well. However, a rule clarification was found that states that auto-attacks are not detainment unless stated on the card.
So the question is which rule takes precedence. My inclination is to say the auto-attacks won't be detainment since that seems to make more logical sense, but I'm not sure that this would be the most straightforward interpretation of these two rules.
Unfortunately there are no parallels to draw on. Nazgul auto-attacks for minions didn't exist until the Balrog, and other types of attacks that are detainment specify that the creature must be keyed to a certain domain or site type. Since auto-attacks aren't keyed to anything they don't need the clarification to be non-detainment.
Luckily it isn't a that big of an issue, but we should probably make some decision. Any thoughts?
Basically it had seemed pretty clear cut since the rules state that any Nazgul attacks vs. minion companies are detainment the auto-attacks will be detainment as well. However, a rule clarification was found that states that auto-attacks are not detainment unless stated on the card.
So the question is which rule takes precedence. My inclination is to say the auto-attacks won't be detainment since that seems to make more logical sense, but I'm not sure that this would be the most straightforward interpretation of these two rules.
Unfortunately there are no parallels to draw on. Nazgul auto-attacks for minions didn't exist until the Balrog, and other types of attacks that are detainment specify that the creature must be keyed to a certain domain or site type. Since auto-attacks aren't keyed to anything they don't need the clarification to be non-detainment.
Luckily it isn't a that big of an issue, but we should probably make some decision. Any thoughts?