Reply: Battles of Westeros:: Rules:: Re: Counterattack ability: Is "Stalwart" required?

by Boromir_and_Kermit

Ok, we have an official reply from Rob Kouba (the designer) at FFG.
Thanks to Rob for replying so quickly and hopefully putting this to rest. To counterattack, you must be Stalwart, or be given Stalwart through two supporting units.

Re: Fantasy Flight Games [Rules Questions] - Battles of Westeros
Rob Kouba [xxxxxx@fantasyflightgames.com]
Tue 16/10/2012 2:22 AM

Ben,

Stalwart is the key unless an ability spells it out explicitly.

The two support units technically grant you the stalwart keyword so all of the instances you mention require the attacked unit to be stalwart.

I will let you know if I can think of any exceptions.

FFG


On Oct 13, 2012, at 9:48 PM, wrote:

> Message from:
> Ben Boersma
> E-mail:
> xxxxx@gmail.com
> Rule Question:
> We are having a discussion over at BGG in regards to whether everyone can counterattack.
>
> The majority view is that you can only counterattack if your unit has:
>
> * Two adjacent support units
> * The Stalwart Trait
> * If it is a Leader with the Stalwart Trait
> * If something grants you the Stalwart Trait
>
> Our question is, are counterattacks only applicable if the unit has Stalwart? Or can anyone counterattack as long as they don't leave their space.
>
> We believe that they should have Stalwart somehow to be able to counterattack.
>
> A ruling on this would be greatly appreciated.
> Cheers,
> Ben.