choosing to fail a duel?

[gonzo917]

In a game i played tonight my opponent cast a lure spell on his own model, but rather than flip a resist card he said that he chose to fail the resist and not flip anything. He said he'd seen other players doing that, but i never have. We did a quick search in the rule book, but couldn't find anything saying you could choose to fail a duel without flipping a fate card. So i'd like to know if the fate flip is mandatory for duels, or if the player has the choice to lose without flipping a card.

[Ratty]

OK, if your Resisting a duel (So it has to be a Spell) from a friendly model, you still flip the card, but may choose to draw the result. So in this case yes he can Lure his model and then after flipping in defense, choose to draw the result.

[Q'iq'el]

You can tie the casting duel between models you control (effectively losing it, but it does influence some stuff, like the damage flip if there's any), but only after you flip the cards and know your totals.

There's no way to avoid flipping cards.

Also this works only for casting, so only with spells.

[Therril_83]

It's all explained at page 51 in the Rules Manual. First paragraph, especially the last sentence about choosing to tie.

[stochastic]

So no-matter what the outcome of the flip is? - (if you attack your own crew) you can say: "I choose that it is a tie" after the flip?

[Adran]

So no-matter what the outcome of the flip is? - (if you attack your own crew) you can say: "I choose that it is a tie" after the flip?

If a spell is being cast against your own crew, after the resist flip you can choose instead of the flip result to get a tied result.

For spells like Obey, this won't effect the spell. If you are doing a damagign spell, then the damage flip will be at a double negative.

It only works for spells.