Smell Weakness vs. Nihilism

[Shimian]

Hey guys,

me again with a rules question. If I use the Zombie Chihuahua's Smell Weakness on a model with Nihilism, can this model be affected with poison? We are debating becuase Nihilism says that gaining a condition for the model is optional. Does this count as an immunity which can be removed by Smell Weakness?

Kind regards from Germany

Sebastian

[Adran]

A model with Nihilism is not Immune to the poison condition. So Smell weakness doesn't have an immunity to remove. 

 

[solkan]

This is the definition of Immunity as far as the rules are concerned:

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Immunity

A model immune to a game rule cannot be affected by that rule. The model never performs a duel to which it is immune. A model immune to Horror Duels, for instance, simply does not perform the duel.

A model immune to a Condition can never receive the Condition. If an Attack (or other source) causes damage and applies a Condition to a model, the model still suffers the damage, but it would not gain the Condition if it is immune. If a model gains immunity to a Condition while it has the Condition, it immediately removes the Condition.

Being able to choose not to gain a Condition is not immunity.  Just like the Rail Golem's Forged In Fire ability:

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Forged in Fire: At the end of the Turn, this model does not end its Burning Condition and it does not suffer damage from the Burning Condition.

is not immunity to Burning.