Attack if it was a monster/a hero

By Letanir, in Descent: Journeys in the Dark

There are lot of quest, in which there are objects which can be attacked as if they were a monster or a hero.

Any ordinary abilities like Berserk Rage should definetly work, right?

What about conditions? Hexes? BH tokens, etc?

Skills like "if you defeat a monster"?

Blasts? Plague Cloud?

I hope someone already asked FFG about these, so please enlight me!

  • When being targeted or affected by an attack such an object is treated as a monster until the attack is resolved after the "5. Deal Damage" step of combat.
  • While being treated as a monster, the object can be targeted by any game effect that targets a monster. This includes hero abilities, surge abilities, skills, Overlord cards, etc.
  • Conditions that the object received during the attack, are not automatically discarded after the attack is resolved.

Here is the original FFG answer that we have on this:

Edited by Sadgit

Well, it answers almost everything, still not sure about effects "After defeating a monster". Monster suffers damage during 5th step of combat up to his HP and is immediately defeated, so you can trigger it, right?

A figure is defeated immediately when it suffers damage equal to or exceeding his Health. Attack damage is suffered in step 5 of the attack. This is still part of the attack, thus the object is still a monster when being defeated.

I would rule that abilities that trigger "when defeating a monster" and such may be used when an object that can be attacked as a monster is defeated.