Combo: Unhinge + Cold Darkness Trigger

[sharpobjects]

The Dreamer has a (0) action Unhinge which states;

"Target model with Wp 4 or less within 3 inches of this model receives Paralyzed.

The Night Terror has a trigger called Cold Darkness on his Ca for his spell called Night Falls. The trigger states;

"Models within range receive -2 Wp"

What I have been seeing lately is Dreamer players are casting (1) Night Falls and dropping the crow to trigger Cold Darkness. They then bury the Night Terror with the effects of Night Falls and Cold Darkness.

They then at some point in the game unbury the Night Terror near and enemey model within range of the Dreamer and he hits you with Unhinge because your Wp is now 4 or less with the debuff and auto paralyzes you with his (o) action Unhinge.

This seem pretty powerful and very easy for the Dreamer to do. Avatars and Masters can be auto paralyzed since most have Wp 5 or 6.

Is this combo correct RAW? or was the RAI meant for what your Wp is listed on your stat card and not your Wp after in game effects have lowered it?

[Headcase2]

Unfortunately I can't see anything wrong with this. From a rules PoV.

[Marcalla]

Coppelious also has (0) Unhinge. So you could catch 2 models with this.

[sharpobjects]

ok, so it's based off the current turns modified Wp of a model and not off the original Wp listed on the stat card.

/sigh

[karn987]

Yup, perfectly legal.

I've never seen a Marshal post contradicting this to date. It was one of the reasons why a few people seriously questioned the addition of Nightmare to the Night Terrors.

Between the Dreamer and Coppelius you can do a good amount of shut down with this nastly little combo.

Edited February 29, 2012 by karn987

[Calmdown]

There's nothing wrong with this, but I've not once ever actually used it in a game.

It's not some uber imba move, just a tool you may sometimes use.

[sharpobjects]

Thanks everyone for chiming in. I handed out clicky thanks all around