Question about Advanced counterspell

[Dark Alleycat]

Ok,so now this came up in a game yesterday evening. And it really did manage to change the way the game went.

So Lady Justice was 2 and a half inches from Sonnia. She Activates,and then casts Sword Style. Sonnia drops a Tome and uses advanced counterspell to counter it. Now obviously this caused a lot of consternation from the Lady Justice player. Now,this was based on the wording from the mini rule book,which states that spells that target you have a range of C and Sonnia's Advanced Counterspell states If you or a model within 3 inches is the target of a spell,you can discard two cards or 1 tome to counterspell it.

This prevented the Lady J player from getting Onslaught,and turning Sonnia into finely chopped paste. So...did we play it right?

[osoi]

I would say you played it right as Lady J is targetting herself and she was within 3" of Sonnia. I have had it used against me with Bete Noir not getting One with the Night off after popping up and just not finishing Sonnia off

[Dezzo]

to me... no

advance counterspell only works if spells are targeting criid or her friends.

sword style targets LJ herself.

so ya you guys got it right

[Dark Alleycat]

Actually advanced counterspell works if any model is targeted. it doesnt have to be a friendly model.

[Ropetus]

Lady Justice targets herself with a spell while within 3" of Sonnia. Sonnia can use Advanced Counterspell to cancel the spell since the ability makes no mention of friendly models.

You better not cast critical spells on models near her.

-Ropetus

[Dark Alleycat]

Thanks Rope,glad to see we were doing it right.