Han and Luke

By Darth Smithious, in X-Wing Rules Questions

Last night at my FLGS a game kicked up a timing question.

One of the Guys was Flying Han Solo with Luke Skywalker as a crew member

The attack in question ran as:

PWA
Han
Luke
Han

With this there was no question until the Luke ability was used to modify a focus result from the Han Re-roll on the 2nd attack.

Is this correct, or does Han effectively cancel the dice and stop Luke in his tracks?

For reference Lukes card reads:

"after you perform an attack that does not hit, you may immediately perform a primary weapon attack. You may turn one (eye) to a (boom) result. You cannot perform another attack this round."

The card language for both Han Solo and crew Luke is very clear. One gives permission to re-roll all of the dice and the other gives permission to make another attack after the first misses and also to change a focus to a hit.

What makes anyone think that those two events are mutually exclusive?

Edited by Rapture

Even with a Han re-roll, if he misses with the first attack, Luke can kick in.

Then, as Han's ability and the Luke card can both modify the dice (done in the same step of the attack) you can use both on the dice. As if you had a target lock and a focus token.

So the best way would be to re-roll the second attack with Han if needed, then hope you get a focus instead of a miss for Luke to turn over to a hit.

Thanks guys, it was just a question of when each occured but as both are in the modify dice step that clears it up nicely.

It divided opinion last night and just wanted a consensus.

Thanks guys, it was just a question of when each occured but as both are in the modify dice step that clears it up nicely.

It divided opinion last night and just wanted a consensus.

I think the hiccup for a lot of people is that picking up all your dice and rerolling them (as Han instructs you to do) looks and feels a lot like an extra attack. As you've figured out, though, Han's effect and Luke's conversion of an [eye] result are both dice modification effects, and you can perform them in any order.