Questions about Kanan ship ability and ghost awesomness

By droz69, in X-Wing Rules Questions

So, question came up about Kanans ability on the Ghost. His ability allows to reduce an attack by 1 die if you spend a focus token. Now, iirc, you can only use that ability once per opportunity, correct? So he could only spend 1 token to reduce the attack, correct? Or can he spend as many as he wants per attack? There was some talk aboit it at a tourney yesterday.

Side note, the ghost can shoot torpedoes out of the rear arc. Now that is some fun options for for some torpedo heavy lists with nera dantels and guidance chips.

It's one per opportunity.

"When an enemy ship at Range 1-2 is attacking, you may spend a focus token. If you do, the attacker rolls 1 fewer attack die."

"When an enemy ship at Range 1-2 is attacking" - pretty clear, someone is shooting at someone else
"you may spend a focus token" - when an enemy ship is attacking a friendly ship, you may spend A focus token. The trigger is the attack, and the option is to spend one token.

The card does not read as "spend as many focus tokens as you want, and trigger the effect with each token". When a ship is attacking, and if you spend A focus token, the attacker rolls one fewer dice.

Edited by Slugrage

It's one per opportunity.

"When an enemy ship at Range 1-2 is attacking, you may spend a focus token. If you do, the attacker rolls 1 fewer attack die."

"When an enemy ship at Range 1-2 is attacking" - pretty clear, someone is shooting at someone else

"you may spend a focus token" - when an enemy ship is attacking a friendly ship, you may spend A focus token. The trigger is the attack, and the option is to spend one token.

The card does not read as "spend as many focus tokens as you want, and trigger the effect with each token". When a ship is attacking, and if you spend A focus token, the attacker rolls one fewer dice.

EACH

Yeah thays how I played it. Made sense that way. Just wanted to make sure on the clarification. Thanks guys.

So to clarify, if a ship attacks with a cluster missile, or a TLT, and is within range 2 of Kanan he can reduce EACH attack by one combat die, provided he has enough focus to spend. Also in a match against a Ghost/Phantom that could be as many as three separate attacks.

That's how I would play it, yes.

So to clarify, if a ship attacks with a cluster missile, or a TLT, and is within range 2 of Kanan he can reduce EACH attack by one combat die, provided he has enough focus to spend. Also in a match against a Ghost/Phantom that could be as many as three separate attacks.

That's how I would play it, yes.

Yeah. Not every attack follows the same steps, but it is "an attack" so it counts.