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The Book of Parmenio

Recently their was a tournment around my area and out of the 16 man tourny the winner's army was:
Sacred Band x4 200
Parmino 290
Krav Maga 390
Marcus 490
Isamu 500
I played against him with my 10th Reg Army (10th x4 Raelin Kaemon awa) he brought in the krav which I got lucky and quickly destroyed. I also got really lucky and Awa took out Marcus. I started having problems when the sacred band and Parmino came out to play. He got defy death almost every single time and after I lost Raelin (Isamu) the Sacred band tore apart the rest of my 10th I think he only lost once in the whole tourney against who I don't know
 
Parmenio
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The Book of Parmenio said:
SACRED BAND DEFY DEATH 15 : Defending Against Passing Swipes and Falling Damage
Can Sacred Band Defy Death 15 help to stop passing swipes and falling damage?
Yes, but only if the Sacred Band figure is adjacent to Parmenio when they would receive that damage. For example, if the Sacred Band figure is adjacent to Parmenio and an opponent's figure, and they move away from both, the opponent's figure would then be able to hit them with a passing swipe, but Parmenio would not be able to use Sacred Band Defy Death 15, because that figure is no longer adjacent. (Hasbro FAQ)
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Is this ruling still correct? The Battle for the Underdark rulebook seems to imply that leaving engagement attacks are resolved while the figure is still on the space that it was engaged, not the space after the movement is executed:

Astroking112 said:
Looking at the [BftU rulebook PDF] online, it seems to imply two different things:

Looking at Page 11, it mentions that "...as soon as your figure moves away (onto a space that's not adjacent), the opponent's figure may take a 'leaving engagement attack' on your figure..." This implies that the move is executed, I think, since they occur simultaneously.

The appendix on Page 17 does note that "for the sake of rules resolution, it is considered to have received the wounds while on the last space in which it was engaged with the figure that rolled the leaving engagement attack." This would imply that the figure is destroyed before the movement actually occurs.

However, according to the book of Parmenio, the damage is actually applied after movement? It's of course worth noting that the BftU rulebook probably came after the Parmenio ruling, despite them contradicting each other.

So there are a couple of different interpretations, it seems. An official ruling for where the Ebon Armor should spawn seems like it would be useful either way.
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Ken and I would rule the other way on it: Defy Death should trigger on a LEA (following the BftU rules on pg17 of the appendix).
 
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My understanding (easily could be incorrect though) is that you don't have to declare where you're moving to until after the LEA(s) are rolled for. Generally doesn't matter but if a hero takes, say, 3 LEA wounds they may want to move onto Kelda but not if all 3 LEAs miss.

If that's the case, I would think you could say 'roll for LEA', then your opponent rolls while you are still next to Parmenio (and hence get the bonus), then if you survive you then move wherever you want.
 
They do directly contradict but I'd take the later (BftU p. 17) ruling, especially since it says "for the sake of rules resolution".
 
I agree that the BftU appendix should probably override this ruling, but it's unfortunate that the OP specifically states to play it the other way (while quoting Hasbro's FAQ, nonetheless!). If that ruling is outdated, then I think that it should be updated to reflect as much.
 
I guess you don't recall GC 2010 before we all went out for milkshakes at 2 AM.

ALL OF US were wearing tutus and doing the "Mac"
 
For that night, I only remember the @DrinkMoreGuinness barrel roll.

Of which I’ve had the pleasure of witnessing once again out on the disc golf course.

Truly a sight to behold.
 
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I miss being young, stupid, and able ot bounce back from a HARD night of drinking to spend all day on the Convention Floor and come back and do it again for 3 more noghts of GC.

Now I am just old and stupid.

This Weeble no longer Wobbles like he use to
 
Updated Op for BftU ruling overriding Official FAQ. Would be nice if official FAQ could be updated by @theGuru. Also, is this ruling still correct:
In addition if a Sacred Band falls next to Parmenio he may attempt to Defy Death for falling damage.
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I've always like Parmenio. Seems like a guy I could grab a beer with. (Or in my case, Root Beer lol)

He's over priced, sure, if his aura had a slight range of 2-3 he'd be GREAT. Sadly, more often than not he gets murdered when ever I run him and the Band together. (HUGE Sacred Band fan, one of my favorite squads)

He can be useful in allowing a fellow Einar member to be Disciplined, but ya gotta ask yourself do I really wanna give up 90 points...? Really needs to be kept behind a wall of SB members to pull hi weight, and hopefully your opponent forgot to pack his Q9 that day.

I still like him. :)
 
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