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I want to make sure I understand the revised Palpatine upgrade. So here's an example situation-

I'm flying Howl Runner, and he has four agility because I gave him Stealth. He inside the Ghost's primary arc and the Ghost shoots 4 dice. The Rebel player rolls 2 Hits and a Crit for a total of 3 hits. I know the odds are against me so I declare, before I roll, that I'm using Palpatine and I want to roll evade dice - any evade dice.

I roll 4 dice. I get two Evades and Two Blanks. I use Palpatine's ability to change ONE BLANK to an EVADE, canceling out the final crit hit.

Is that the correct interpretation?

2 minutes ago, Leobarron2000 said:

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I want to make sure I understand the revised Palpatine upgrade. So here's an example situation-

I'm flying Howl Runner, and he has four agility because I gave him Stealth. He inside the Ghost's primary arc and the Ghost shoots 4 dice. The Rebel player rolls 2 Hits and a Crit for a total of 3 hits. I know the odds are against me so I declare, before I roll, that I'm using Palpatine and I want to roll evade dice - any evade dice.

I roll 4 dice. I get two Evades and Two Blanks. I use Palpatine's ability to change ONE BLANK to an EVADE, canceling out the final crit hit.

Is that the correct interpretation?

Exactly correct. Let's say that instead you rolled all focus results. You'd convert one focus to an evade, then take some damage. Another example. You roll all evade results. You then must use Palpatine to convert one evade into... another evade. Sounds weird, but that's how it works.

Another thing to remember, is that you can Palpatine ANY TIME you "roll" dice. That includes rolling to see if you take obstacle damage, or damage from a bomb token. It also means that, if you're using Lightweight Frame, you can trigger Palpatine on either the initial roll, OR the extra die roll. Note that, since REROLLING dice (with a Target Lock, or Predator, or other ability) is not the same as rolling in game terminology, so you can't use Palpatine on a RE-ROLL.

Yes; post-errata Palp must declare before rolling, and must make the declared change after rolling.

@emeraldbeacon

Got it. That's what I figured.