Marionette Questions

[CannonFodder]

I'm reviewing the marionette cards and I have a couple questions on them

1) Pull strings: says This action can only be taken once per turn. Is this the same as Ice Pillars where is once per turn per crew, or is it once per turn per marionette?

2)Collodi' dolls: If they start activation outside of 8 inches, they get pushed within 8 inches. Now does this need to be the Closest point within 8 inches, or can we push around to the far side of Collodi with this. I don't recall he ruling on toward. The wording is more than Push less than Push directly.

[sephiroa]

I'm reviewing the marionette cards and I have a couple questions on them

1) Pull strings: says This action can only be taken once per turn. Is this the same as Ice Pillars where is once per turn per crew, or is it once per turn per marionette?

once per marionette

2)Collodi' dolls: If they start activation outside of 8 inches, they get pushed within 8 inches. Now does this need to be the Closest point within 8 inches, or can we push around to the far side of Collodi with this. I don't recall he ruling on toward. The wording is more than Push less than Push directly.

good question,, i think pushed directly to him, and not around the board to get to the other side of collidi, because this would be like he pulls them back to him, he is not swinging them to the other side of the board

[aka_hazard]

I'm reviewing the marionette cards and I have a couple questions on them

1) Pull strings: says This action can only be taken once per turn. Is this the same as Ice Pillars where is once per turn per crew, or is it once per turn per marionette?

2)Collodi' dolls: If they start activation outside of 8 inches, they get pushed within 8 inches. Now does this need to be the Closest point within 8 inches, or can we push around to the far side of Collodi with this. I don't recall he ruling on toward. The wording is more than Push less than Push directly.

1) Once per turn per marionette.

So marionette starts in base contact with Collodi, walks 5", does 'Pull Strings', which means walk 3" as the marionette cannot go more than 8" from Collodi, then Collodi moves into bases contact.

Two things to note here. The text says 'move' so if Collodi is in Melee range your opponent can get a disengaging strike at you plus you can place Collodi on the far side of the marionette as it does not say 'toward' or 'directly toward'.

2) As the text says '...Push this model toward a friendly Collodi until it is no further than 8" away' I would say no. However as the text states 'Push' if the marionette is in melee it is not subject to a disengaging strike.

On another note both of these actions would cause the model (Q1. Collodi & Q2. the Marionette) to drop a treasure marker if it was carrying one as they are not Walk actions.

[CannonFodder]

On another note both of these actions would cause the model (Q1. Collodi & Q2. the Marionette) to drop a treasure marker if it was carrying one as they are not Walk actions.

Not quite: when Collodi moves because of the Marionette, its a move note a push. Hence does not drop anything and gets hit by free strikes.

Better make that question 3 for official rulings.

[aka_hazard]

Not quite: when Collodi moves because of the Marionette, its a move note a push. Hence does not drop anything and gets hit by free strikes.

Better make that question 3 for official rulings.

I think he drops it as the mission says something like 'anything other than a Walk causes the token to be dropped' and 'the maximum walk carrying the token is 4"' whereas would be a 'move' of 8" (or more if you place Collodi on the far side of the marionette).

[CannonFodder]

Another question: does the 8 inches need to be in the Area of effect. As in there needs to be an actual path for the string to take, inside the 8 inch.

http://wyrd-games.net/forum/showthread.php?t=23240

[Ratty]

Towards itself says that you have to move by the most direct route towards Collodi, this will be a straight line unless there is terrain or other models in the way, when you get to Collodi you would no longer be moving towards so couldn't go any further.

It's not an aura, so just needs to be within 8", LoS does not matter.