Question on the 'Numb' Talent

[Tehet]

In the rulebook a Character with 'Numb' ignores the first hit in an engagement.

Does this relate to fighting only or does this include shooting.

Whilst I read it as the latter, after seeing two mummified priests taken down by British volley fire in a damned unsporting fashion I thought I ought to check.

 

[wulfgar22]

I've always assumed it included hits from Shooting.

[Craig]

It does indeed include shooting 

[Tehet]

Which begs another question...

An engagement as a fight is straightforward to quantify...

When shooting; Is an engagement treated as all missiles directed towards the 'numb' figure in one phase...or is each single shooting attack treated as a separate engagement (which would effectively make the said target invulnerable to shooting). I would assume the former.

 

[Craig]

My apologies for the tardy reply - work got in the way again 

An 'engagement' in this sense is a game. So, the first time the figure is hit it just ignores it.

[Conquistador]

So if four figures volley fire and hit essentially that is one attack?  Away from my books so uncertain how volley fire works right now pre-coffee.

[wulfgar22]

So if four figures volley fire and hit essentially that is one attack? 

Yep.

[fred]

We tended to play Numb, as ignores the first failed Pluck test. As most figures with it tend to have quite good pluck, so it seemed a bit poor to just ignore the first hit, which was likely to be saved anyway.