Old Major Aura question

[TrenchFoot]

This is in regards to "Go Hog Wild." The exact wording is:

Go Hog Wild: Other friendly pigs that start their activation within aura 6 receive + ram to their duals and +fate modifier to their damage flips until the end of their activation. 

Under the aura rules on Pg. 66, it states "All models inside the Aura's area, including what is generating the aura, are affected by the aura as long as they stay inside the aura and remain in LoS of the generating object."

 

The specific wording on the card makes it seem like only other models are affected, but the wording in the rules is straightforward. 

 

Does Old Major get the benefit of his Aura?

[Adran]

No he doesn't gain the benefits because the aura specifies only other friendly pigs get the suit. He is in the aura, but he doesn't meet the criteria for it to apply to him.

Just like if an auras said enemy models treat this as hazardous,  the originator won't treat it as hazardous as they aren't an enemy even though they are in the aura. 

[solkan]

On 9/25/2023 at 12:34 PM, TrenchFoot said:

Go Hog Wild: Other friendly pigs that start their activation within aura 6 receive + ram to their duals and +fate modifier to their damage flips until the end of their activation. 

Under the aura rules on Pg. 66, it states "All models inside the Aura's area, including what is generating the aura, are affected by the aura as long as they stay inside the aura and remain in LoS of the generating object."

 

The specific wording on the card makes it seem like only other models are affected, but the wording in the rules is straightforward. 

The part that you're misunderstanding, or attempting to skip over, is the fact that the aura only does something to qualifying models.

Look at the first Aura example, for Lynch's aura.  

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Hold 'Em:  After an enemy model within 6 Cheats Fate, it suffers 1 damage after resolving the current Action or Ability.

What happens if a friendly model within 6 of Cheats Fate?  That ability does specify anything to happen to friendly models, so nothing happens.  Is the friendly model standing in the aura?  Yes it is.  Is the friendly model affected by the aura, as specified by the aura rules?  Yes, it is.  Does anything happen to that friendly model because of the aura?  No, because the aura doesn't specify for anything to happen.

More importantly, look at the Scamper example in the rules.  The Scamper aura specifies an aura which will only ever do something to the model that is generating the aura.