CM
Adventurer
Interesting situation came up last week. I'm normally the DM, but I am on a brief hiatus from DMing with this group and another player is running his game.
Do I get miss damage? If my attack had an effect is that also prevented from activating, since my entire attack was invalidated? Technically my attack never went off. I neither hit nor missed, but the power is spent regardless.
I'm sure that I've invalidated players' attacks with immediates before, but I don't remember ever having one that also prevented miss damage and (potentially) effects. Personally I'd rule that if the whole attack is negated, I'd still allow miss damage and effects. Actually in the first place I probably wouldn't use a power that's this punishing.
- I am attacking with a daily melee power which has half damage on a miss. My attack hits.
- Enemy uses an on-hit immediate interrupt which both automatically pushes me 2 and lets him shift 2. I don't believe I've ever seen a creature with such a power in my years of DMing, so I assume it's custom.
- I'm now out of reach of the target and my attack is invalidated.
Do I get miss damage? If my attack had an effect is that also prevented from activating, since my entire attack was invalidated? Technically my attack never went off. I neither hit nor missed, but the power is spent regardless.
I'm sure that I've invalidated players' attacks with immediates before, but I don't remember ever having one that also prevented miss damage and (potentially) effects. Personally I'd rule that if the whole attack is negated, I'd still allow miss damage and effects. Actually in the first place I probably wouldn't use a power that's this punishing.