RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.6)2025-01-24

61 – A couple of questions regarding the Self-Experimentation side-scheme from the Hood scenario pack?…

Question

61 – A couple of questions regarding the Self-Experimentation side-scheme from the Hood scenario pack? “Forced Interrupt: When a BRUTE enemy would take any amount of damage, remove that much threat from this scheme instead.” First question: If an attack deals 15 damage to a BRUTE minion with 7hp, how much threat is removed from the Self-Experimentation side-scheme? I have interpreted this as 7 because that is the amount of damage that the minion can take. Second question: If an attack deals 15 damage with OVERKILL to a BRUTE minion with 7hp, is the 8 excess damage dealt to the villain?

Answer

If an attack deals 15 damage to a BRUTE minion with 7 HP, then 15 threat is removed from Self-Experimentation. If none of the damage is prevented, then all of the damage is considered taken, even damage in excess of the target’s remaining hit points.
Yes. Overkill damage comes into effect based on the damage dealt to the minion, which is then simultaneously dealt to the villain; even if the minion does not take all of that damage (e.g. it was prevented or replaced with an effect), the villain will still take damage.

— Alex