by ColtsFan76
fweepa wrote:
So let me confirm this. In order to save Lost Child each hero and not one hero has to receive 2 damage from Spite on his or her turn although it doesn't sound like it has to be on the player's next turn. So Spite will get potentially 12 health in a four player game if he has that drug increasing his damage vs. letting the victim die and only getting 5hp? Now if he had that drug and that Atlantis card was out that gives everyone +1 dmg +1 health recovery he would deal 16 damage and receive 20 health right? I believe that was the situation I had when I played last night so the downside was too great for saving the child. Is this a way of seeing how big of a hero we are? Considering after all that he may get the card to chase them out of the safehouse. And with Potential Sidekick each player has to discard three cards though again it doesn't say on the player's next turn.
One Hero takes the damage. The way it is phrased, each Hero has the option to do this at the start of their turn (as opposed to the start of the Villain turn, for example). The amount of damage is based on the number of players (H-1 in this case). But again, only one takes it. Each has an opportunity until one does it. So that affects all your math because in a 5 player game, the most "base" damage is 4 and then whatever other modifiers.