This question came up in A Wyrd Place facebook group and I wanted to post it here to ensure it gets reviewed by the powers-that-be.
Can a player score a VP for the Cursed Object or Distract schemes if the models with the requisite condition isBuried?
The only mention I can find in the rules of how rules interact with models that aren't "in-play" are in the Bury rules. Among other things it says "...These models do not count as "in play" for the purposes of other rules that reference whether or not a model is in play." (emphasis mine). So by my understanding for the purposes of rules which do *not* reference whether or not a model is in-play, buried models *do* count as in-play. Not that it matters to said rules anyway (they don't reference it one way or another).
Based on this, I would assume that you can score either scheme even if the model with the requisite scheme is buried.
However, someone linked a comment by Justin here in the rules forum that suggests a different interpretation http://wyrd-games.net/community/topic/101932-tara-bomb-doesnt-work/?p=739405. It could be argued based on this comment that all rules by default reference models in play, and if so then perhaps these schemes cannot score if the model in question is buried.
Personally I'm happy to go on playing it the way it reads to me, or however my opponent thinks it should work (doesn't matter to me either way really), but I think this one is deserving of an FAQ, since it seems to me based on Justin's comment that the intent could be different from the rule as written.
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This question came up in A Wyrd Place facebook group and I wanted to post it here to ensure it gets reviewed by the powers-that-be.
Can a player score a VP for the Cursed Object or Distract schemes if the models with the requisite condition is Buried?
The only mention I can find in the rules of how rules interact with models that aren't "in-play" are in the Bury rules. Among other things it says "...These models do not count as "in play" for the purposes of other rules that reference whether or not a model is in play." (emphasis mine). So by my understanding for the purposes of rules which do *not* reference whether or not a model is in-play, buried models *do* count as in-play. Not that it matters to said rules anyway (they don't reference it one way or another).
Based on this, I would assume that you can score either scheme even if the model with the requisite scheme is buried.
However, someone linked a comment by Justin here in the rules forum that suggests a different interpretation http://wyrd-games.net/community/topic/101932-tara-bomb-doesnt-work/?p=739405. It could be argued based on this comment that all rules by default reference models in play, and if so then perhaps these schemes cannot score if the model in question is buried.
Personally I'm happy to go on playing it the way it reads to me, or however my opponent thinks it should work (doesn't matter to me either way really), but I think this one is deserving of an FAQ, since it seems to me based on Justin's comment that the intent could be different from the rule as written.
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