The Book of Gorillinators

[rdhight]

If the card writers want to make a defensive special power that's impervious to defense-bypassing, they can and will. For instance, Isamu's card says, "If Isamu is attacked and at least one skull is rolled, roll the 20-sided die to vanish." If MBS stares at Isamu and takes away his die, then attacks him and gets a skull, Isamu will make a Vanish roll. If he fails, he then rolls 0 defense. What about Sgt. Drake? MBS can Stare away his defense dice from 6 spaces out, but that doesn't deactivate Thorian Speed.

Likewise, the Gorillinators could have said "If a Gorillinator is attacked with a normal attack, always add one automatic shield to whatever is rolled." If MBS forces you to roll 0? Fine, so add 1 to 0. They could have used wording that established Tough as independent of rolling physical defense dice, just like Disappearing Ninja or Glacier Camouflage, but they chose not to.