Hi folks,
just had a octgn match against a Polish player. We got into discussion about the following situation:
He has a Night Runner in his battle field together with some other units. In his quest lurks a rat swarm on the quest We Hates Them All with 6 token. With the support of attacking Clan Rats he pumps the Night Runner up to 20 Power (1 standard from the Night Runner, 5+4+3+2+1 from the Quest for taking 5 token down, +1 from the Clanrats after corrupting and the +3 from some friendly Warpstone Experiments).
After declaring an attack at my undamaged Quest zone (no development) he assigns 20+ damage to the quest zone.
So far I still can't see why our Polish friends and neighbours are pushing the Skaven, but I agree ruleswise.
BUT...
After assigning damage he wants to use the action of the Night Runner and causes 20 INDIRECT damage. I would assign 8 INDIRECT damage to my Quest zone as it will burn no matter what and spread the 12 remaining INDIRECT damage somewhere else. He doesn't accept that because in his opinion I'm not allowed to assign any indirect damage to the zone as there already is so much damage assigned to the zone that it will burn.
As I read the FAQ p.11 regarding indirect damage you (quote) cannot assign more indirect damage to a section of a capital than what it would take to burn that section of the capital(unquote). Same goes for units and legends. According to him this takes combat damage into consideration that is already assigned because "damage is damage" and so I couldn't assign more.
Never played and interpreted it that way. Another way of alternate Polish lifestyle refering to our beloved game or where I blind and neglected the real power of indirect damage for all the years?
Greetings