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TheLoremaster · Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 9:40 pm Post subject: No Mercy and Damage timing

Here's one that came up this week, and I was looking for the official word... again... Wink

If a character wants to use No Mercy to re-roll damage, can he do so after the target has already made a Soak roll vs. the original damage, or must he do it before the Soak roll is made?
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Clint · Site Admin Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 16176

Bennies can't be used for rerolls if the effect has already been resolved. Since the effect of damage (the number of wounds) has already been resolved by the time a Soak roll is made, so No Mercy cannot retroactively alter that roll.

In short, No Mercy has to be used before any Soak roll.
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