can I play Direct Assault to a opponent's character who is attack alone?if I win the challage,can I take control a opponent's location?

I think the answer is no,beacause the core rule say:"If you win a challenge as the attacker, then the following claim effect happens."so only attacker win has "claim effects",am I right?

But if Doran Martell (PotS) in play,what happens?

thanks

Direct Assault

Challenges: Choose 1 character with a Military and a Power icon that is attacking alone. For the duration of the challenge, that character gets +2 STR. If you win the challenge, instead of the normal claim effects, choose a non-unique location controlled by the losing opponent. Take control of that location.

Doran Martell

If a player loses a challenge as the attacker, that player must fulfill the claim of that challenge, using the Claim value on the defending player's plot card.

I am guessing but …

Direct Assault does something instead of the normal claim effect

If you are the defender the claim affect is normally nothing - but does anything prevent you from taking a location instead of doing nothing?

If Doran is in play, then the losing attacker also pays a claim affect - but I would say that Direct Assault is only replacing the "normal" claim effects - so would guess that you can take a location and the attacker still has to pay the claim effect triggered by Doran

HastAttack said:

So, since "defender wins" means the "normal claim" never initiates, there is no "normal claim" to replace with the taking the location during resolution.

If you are the defending player and you play Direct Assault on the attacking character and still manage to win the challenge, you still don't get "claim" for winning on defense. You only lower the amount you would win/they lose the challenge by.

HastAttack said:

So, if you are the defending player and you play Direct Assault on the attacking character and still manage to win the challenge while Doran is in play , you would get to steal a location from the attacker. (But that's it.)