RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

Expansion card questions: (1) Are triggered abilities like the Hero Action on Upgraded Ultron Drones considered performed by the…

Question

(1) Are triggered abilities like the Hero Action on Upgraded Ultron Drones considered performed by the player’s identity who resolves the ability? (2) What kind(s) of triggered abilities on encounter cards is this true for? (3) If the answer to (1) is “yes”, is taking that Hero Action considered to defeat any drones that had 1 damage on them before taking that action? Would Unleash Nova Force trigger after the Nova player took that action? (4) Would Unleash Nova Force trigger after the Nova player empties The Search For Spiral by taking the Hero Action on it? (5) Does playing Go For Champions mean that the Nova player can take that action, and trigger Unleash Nova Force, any number of times? (6) is resolving the “Special” ability on a weather support considered to be performed by Storm’s identity?

Answer

1-3) If the Nova player took the Hero Action on Upgraded Drones, then no, Nova is not considered to have “defeated” all of the drones that would leave play as a result of losing the hit point.
4) If Nova removed the last threat from The Search for Spiral via the Hero Action, then yes, he could activate Unleash Nova Force.
5) The Hero Action on The Search for Spiral should be a cost. The taking of 2 damage cannot be prevented if a player wants to remove 3 threat from the scheme.
6) Yes, in the sense that Storm would “remove 2 threat” via Hurricane or “deal 2 damage” via Thunderstorm.

-Alex