free action

By Replay, in X-Wing Rules Questions

I know that when you receive e free action, I can not perform It if you have a stress token, or if you already choose the same action during your phase ACTION.

For Example Turr Phennir after an attack receive a free action boost or roll, if the pilot at the action phase before the attack choose Boost after attack the only possibility is the roll.

But I see that when the card talk about FOCUS, TARGET LOCK or EVADE use always another word instead a "Free Action" like GARVIN DREIS ... place that token (focus) ... or DUTCH VADER ... acquire a TARGET LOCK ... or KYLE KATAM ... assign a focus token ...

Now I think that in this case where do not appear the word FREE ACTION I can receive the action always, if I am stressed and if I have already the same Action, only exclusion is the TL that means that I change the position of TL.

Is correct this?

Being stressed or having already taken the action does not prevent a token from being assigned to your ship or a couple of effects (like Dutch) that allow you to acquire a target lock in a way that is not taking a target lock action. So yes, if there's an ability that acts like an action but doesn't say it is an action, it is not actually an action and not subject to the rules governing stress or repeat actions. This is the main reason for the errata to Expert Handling.

Receiving a token (like from Garven) is different to performing or receiving a free action. You cannot have a stress token AND receive a free action from a friendly ship, or take a free action yourself. But you can receive a token (focus, evade, target lock) if you have a stress token.

Turr gets a free action after his attack, but if he is stressed, he can't take it. Another pilot can still give him a token, but not a free action.

Have a read of the Action Section in the rulebook, at the end of that section under "Other Actions". This may explain it also.

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What has confused many a player is that some effects are labeled like the action but are in fact not the action.

e.g. 'acquire a target lock' vs 'perform an acquire target lock action'. Without the "action" then it is talking about tokens and not the action. That is why Dutch Vander's ability works. It's passing off the token aspect of target locking, not the action of target locking. Another is FCS.

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There is no "action" word in the effect so you are not performing the action of acquiring a target lock but gaining the tokens of a target lock. Because these are NOT actions they work even when stressed.

What's key is the action word being in the effect to make it an action.

If the effect does not say action in its wording, and it will grant a token, it will grant the token and will also work when stressed.

First of all thanks to all for the answer. So the difference is the word ACTION on the card, checking all the card I see that for roll and boost there is always this word, instead for token action this word do not appear.

I think that there is no way to write a card that give you a roll or boost without the word "Action". If you will find a card that say: "after speending focus make a boost" is it enough to bypass the action rules? A card like this work under stress and double action?

Check out the rules card for decloaking that Gomes with the phantom, (lots of pics online). Decloaking can cause a ship to perform a barrel roll that is not an action. That's probably the only instance of it though.

If you will find a card that say: "after speending focus make a boost" is it enough to bypass the action rules? A card like this work under stress and double action?

Yes it would work. Without action.

There is one slight problem: "A boost" is not defined. "Boost action" is, but that's not what the hypothetical card says.

If you will find a card that say: "after speending focus make a boost" is it enough to bypass the action rules? A card like this work under stress and double action?

Yes it would work. Without action.

There is one slight problem: "A boost" is not defined. "Boost action" is, but that's not what the hypothetical card says.

I check online the phantom card, in this case use the word EFFECT to explain the roll or boost, so an ipotetical card will be "after speending focus it may resolve the following effect: boost."