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[sining]

Was playing an newbie game against another player today. We've both played wh40k, infinity, warmachines etc but for him, it's his first time playing Anima and my 2nd time playing it. We were playing for total annihilation

Army list (mine) Empire
Imperial adv: Combat mastery
Erika
Macbeth
Odin
w/clock of cronos
Claire
w/ clock of cronos



Army list (no faction)
Jiang Pao
Kujaku hime
Takonosuke
Aoi Inugami
all with 4 raphaels gifts on each of them

1st turn
  We start at opposite end of the boards, I win init but he decides to camp while waiting for me to reach him since I have NO ranged units whatsoever. I run Macbeth forward first followed by everyone, so that if needed, Macbeth can shield people with his 10 defense against ranged attacks.

2nd turn

  His range attacks fail horribly although one manages to damage macbeth but not enough to hurt him seriously. He takes 3 damage which will be gone with Immortal breath next turn.

3rd turn

  I win init and I fall upon him like the hammer of a very very angry paladin. Claire charges him with her special 4 AP ability, eadgil solaris. I insta-gib Jiang Pao and throw him into the nearby Kujaku hime. She dodges though. I spend the rest of my turn slowly walking within range of him. His characters all spent their turns taking potshots at Claire and kill her.

4th turn

  I win init again. I charge Kujaku with a very angry Macbeth but he uses Takanosuke s ability to switch them. My charge fails since Takanosuke is still hidden even after using that ability and Macbeth is left standing around. Units slowly move into position while his units spend their turn taking shots at Macbeth, managing to knock him down to 14hp.

5th turn

  Takanosuke is charged by Odin and dies a quick death with me having rolled 3 criticals in a row. Macbeth finally pins Kujaku down but fails to hit her while Erika is finally in place. She performs SPIN! SPIN! SPIN! and manages to roll a critical on them. Unfortunately for my opponent, both his units are within 2 inches of mine and both are hit by the attack which also causes them to be thrown. They die immediately.

[Ape2020]

Actually for Takanosuke to use his Guardian switch he must drop hiding and become the new target of the charge.  It similar to when a hidden unit wants to intercept. 

I also see your opponent was doing an Asian themed Light faction party.  I would highly recommend dropping Jiang Pao and adding Konosuke and go with a Samael Org party.  Then go with Supernatural Mastery.  It keeps his Asian theme and increases his ranged attack distance.  Also Raphael's Gift is sorta wasted on many of his units as they one-shot kills.  RG works well with Konosuke but for the others maybe Combined Combat, Supernatural Traps, or Piercing Weapons.

-ape2020

[sining]

We were confused about whether Takanosuke comes out of hiding or not since the rules state that attacks or offensive actions cause stealth to drop and his move wasn't labelled as an attack. However, it also wasn't an effect which was one of the few things that definitely wouldn't have caused stealth to drop. So we were unclear about it but in the end, I gave it to him anyway because it was a fairly small issue at the time and we were both fairly new to the game.

Yes, Raphaels gift was kinda pointless though it DID help him for Kujaku cause he failed 3/5 poison saving throws. It least helped to keep him from losing hp since he would just spend 2 AP, get 2 dmg but heal up with raphael's gift.

[Usagi]

one other thing it sounds like you were doing a bit off: if a unit is killed with an attack that throws, they aren't thrown, as they are removed when they lose their last LP. Though they can still be thrown and killed during the throw via collisions.

One suggestion for your friend, for Kujaku (one of my more favored figures myself) is to equip her with the Serum advantage card. It's 5 points and renders the holder immune to poison (and gives them the ability to cure poison). Or, if you're feeling fancy, you can use Mikael's Tear. It's a little more expensive, bu renders a light character immune to all negative states.

[Ape2020]

We were confused about whether Takanosuke comes out of hiding or not since the rules state that attacks or offensive actions cause stealth to drop and his move wasn't labelled as an attack. However, it also wasn't an effect which was one of the few things that definitely wouldn't have caused stealth to drop. So we were unclear about it but in the end, I gave it to him anyway because it was a fairly small issue at the time and we were both fairly new to the game.

On the same page in the book it also states that a hidden character can intercept a charge or shield but to do so he drops their hidden state.  Remember Intercept and shielding are no AP reactive actions as well and much more comparable to Guardian.

-ape2020

[sining]

he's not intercepting per se. He's using the special skill listed on the tadanosuke & kujakuhime team card to switch persons with kujaku hime though. Does that count?

About the throw, we thought that all effects from an attack were resolved at the same time so the damage + throw would occur as well. We thought it was like throwing a almost dead body through the air