Played my first game of Rebellion using the RotE expansion tonight and had a couple of questions about the new combat system. Hoping people here can help with answers
#1 - When does the ability to reroll dice with an assigned leader occur? Is it once per combat round (so basically I can reroll the appropriate number of dice in the space battle, then again in the ground battle, and again in subsequent rounds if the battle continues) or do I only get to reroll once in each theater during the entire battle no matter how may rounds it goes? Thinking the answer is I can reroll in ech space or ground battle, but I'm note sure.
#2 - Whendoes the ability to use lightsabers to remove damage occur? Is it when I have rolled my dice or after both players roll dice? This comes about in the first round of combat. If I roll dice first and If I don't take damage from an Advanced Tactic Card at the beginning of the combat and I throw lightsabers, are they wasted? Or do I keep track of how many and what colors I threw and after my opponent assigns damage I can then use them to remove damage?
This question came up in an attack on the Death Star. My opponent had 5 fighters (plus a couple capital ships) in an attack he launched from the Rebel Base. He hit for 4 black and 1 red damage (and had 2 black lightsabers for damage reduction) which he assigned 1 black damage each to 4 of my Tie Fighters and the red to a Star Destroyer. When I returned fire, I was able to hit with 7 damage (between hits and critical hits) on his 5 fighters. Did I destroy all his fighters (preventing a chance to blow up the Death Star) because he couldn't prevent the damage or did he have the 2 black lightsabers in reserve that he could them use to prevent some of,my damage and keep a couple of fighters alive and try to blow up my Death Star?
Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated. Thanks.