Marvel Champions Codex

RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.6)2025-10-20

I have a question about phrasing such as X and Y, when there is some modifier after. For example,…

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Question

I have a question about phrasing such as X and Y, when there is some modifier after. For example, Organizational Support has us exhaust up to 3 “(allies) and/or (supports) (you control that have the SHIELD trait)”.

1) I believe both allies and supports need to have the SHIELD trait, is that correct? The reason I was uncertain was because of Green Goblin’s “After Green Goblin attacks and damages you” which seems to only care if the damage happens to you from an attack even if the attack was directed at an ally (such as with Overkill).

2)So, is that because of how ‘attacks and damages’ works? Or is it something special about ‘you’? In particular,

3) Venom has a similar ability which triggers ‘after you or an ally you control attacks and damages Venom’ does this trigger on Overkill like Green Goblin, or is it more like Organizational Support in that ‘Venom’ applies to both the attack and the damage?

Answer

  1. Yes, any Allies and/or Supports exhausted with Organizational Support must each share a Trait with your identity.
  2. If an ability triggers when a villain “attacks and damages you”, it means that the villain’s attack must have dealt damage to you with its attack activation, which includes damage dealt via overkill if applicable.
  3. Yes, overkill damage dealt to Venom will trigger his ability.

— Alex