"A company may not play any resource during the site phase until they have faced all automatic-attacks, unless that resource directly affects an automatic-attack."
I propose that this be changed to:
"A company may not play any resource during the site phase until they have faced all automatic, on-guard creature, and agent attacks, unless that resource directly affects an attack."
The literal wording suggests a restriction that would, e.g., prevent players from effecting an attack from Siege or Doubled Vigilance. While it is possible to interpret the wording to have been meant to only apply in the case of typical site phase procedures, and thus not be applicable to Siege or Doubled Viligance, this proposal is meant to fix all possible ambiguity.
Note that Stench of Mordor could still not be removed at the start of the site phase under this rule.
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Relevant rulings for establishing the intent:
(absence of correction:)ICE Ruling Digest 91 wrote:>Hazards like Incite/Awaken or Redoubled Force or Doubled Vigilance become way too powerful if one cannot cancel them when played on-guard.
Note that Doubled Vigilance and the Incites could be canceled, since they make another attack.
ICE Ruling Digest 563 wrote: >I don't think playing a short event is doing something that
>requires entering the site. If you can't play WHCTK this way, you
>couldn't for instance play Withdrawn to Mordor on an Agent that
>attacks you with Near to Hear a Whisper either. I am sure there
>are more examples like this. I think the rules say that during the
>site phase a company may do nothing or enter the site and play
>items, allies, factions, certain events that state they are played
>during the site phase. But we're not talking about a company
>here, because there is no company yet. The character you play with
>WHCTK still needs to enter the site in order to score a resource
>though.
Playing We Have Come to Kill cannot be done during the site
phase at a site that is not already in play. In order to play We
Have Come to Kill during the site phase, a company must explore
the site.