Resident Evil: Outbreak Old FAQ

[135forte]

Have we gotten an official ruling on if the Reinforced Licker's effect works off of printed ammo requirement or ammo requirement after Character effects?

[Daniel Briscoe]

Is the "Current Level" on Tyrant-002 boss monster referring to a character level, or Infection Level?

[135forte]

Is the "Current Level" on Tyrant-002 boss monster referring to a character level, or Infection Level?

Character.

[drewdioxin]

so am I right in assuming there is no prox mine in this for jill to use? I have been driving myself crazy trying to find a card that must not be in the set. also, with excella's ability, does she draw more infection cards when her level 1 effect is used. If so, then she steals the whole infected deck before anyone can become a zombie and use the cards. I am pretty sure the player that did this was doing it wrong.

[jarome]

so am I right in assuming there is no prox mine in this for jill to use? I have been driving myself crazy trying to find a card that must not be in the set. also, with excella's ability, does she draw more infection cards when her level 1 effect is used. If so, then she steals the whole infected deck before anyone can become a zombie and use the cards. I am pretty sure the player that did this was doing it wrong.

here's part of the FAQ at the beginning of this thread;

Rulebook
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pg 24 (Jill Valentine's Custom Inventory): Proximity Mine should be Parting Ways.

And I'm pretty sure Excella's lvl 1 effect doesn't work like that.

[Curiosity-killing Cat]

Obviously I must have overseen some clarifications, so let me ask you

a) will an infected character be defeated if current health reaches zero, or will the minus 20 health rule come into play?
b) will a living character be defeated if an infected character depletes the living character´s health to 0 current health, or must it be 0 maximum health?
c) when exactly does a living character turn into an undead? as soon as he/she reaches at least 10 infection points (cards), or at his/her end of turn after the 10th+ infection card?
c) how will the infected card stack be treated as soon as you arise as a zombie. Shuffling all the cards incl. inventory/discard pile into a new stack ?

d) even as Tylar explained the meaning of the question as follows I did not get it yet. Could you repeat in some different words what to do step by step?

Quote Originally Posted by TJPOWER View Post
"Decrease your Character's Infection Level by any amount. Then, increase your Character's Infection Level by the same amount, minus 1."

I'm not quite sure what this means. Does it mean subtract 1 from your current infection level? If so, why is it worded so strangely? Forgive me if it's obvious and I'm just not following.


---> Tylar said:
It means to move any amount of the Infection cards next to your Character to the bottom of the Infection Deck (lower), then move 1 card for every card you moved that way, minus one.

The card is worded strangely to allow for a player to customize their Deck to some degree for when they turn into an Infected. By discarding all the Infection cards you don't want, you leave yourself a chance to make yourself a bigger, badder Infected.

[necklessone]

a) will an infected character be defeated if current health reaches zero, or will the minus 20 health rule come into play?
They're defeated (Outbreak rulebook, pg 13)

b) will a living character be defeated if an infected character depletes the living character´s health to 0 current health, or must it be 0 maximum health?
A living character is killed by an infected if their current health reaches 0 (triggering the loss of an infected attached to that living character). But the -20 health rule will still apply so won't be permanently defeated unless they're reduced to less than 0 max health (a combination of Outbreak rulebook pg 13 and 15).

c) when exactly does a living character turn into an undead? as soon as he/she reaches at least 10 infection points (cards), or at his/her end of turn after the 10th+ infection card?
As soon as they get the 10th Infection. (Outbreak rulebook pg 15).

c) how will the infected card stack be treated as soon as you arise as a zombie. Shuffling all the cards incl. inventory/discard pile into a new stack ?
Yep. Remove any non-infected cards attached to your character from the game and then shuffle your cards that are in your hand, Inventory, Discard Pile, Infection Pile, and that were in play together. That's your new inventory. (Outbreak rulebook page 15, on the bottom).

d) even as Tylar explained the meaning of the question as follows I did not get it yet. Could you repeat in some different words what to do step by step?
Step 1) Go through your pile of Infections and put as many as you want on the bottom of the Infection Deck.
Step 2) Gain new Infections from the top of the Infection Deck until you have one less than you started with.
Step 3) There is no step 3.

So yes, the short version is you can use it multiple ways.

Way 1) Choose an Infection from your stack and put it beneath the Infection deck. Don't get any infections back.
Result 1) You reduced your infection by 1. Yay!

Way 2) Get rid of a bunch of Infection cards that don't deal damage (excess Virulent Frenzy, Drag, Slough Armor, for example).
Result 2) Get a bunch (minus one) of new Infection cards. You've got a chance at being a better Infected now and your infection count went down by 1. Bonus!

[Curiosity-killing Cat]

Hi necklessone,

the rulebook sounded somewhat ambigious to me so I made some obvious mistakes (pretending, english ist not my mother tongue, but still). Your explanations made it crystal clear for now - thanks!

May I still place some more question which arose in the meantime.

f)
Tyrant Prototype 002 - does he really deal current infection level plus 1? It seems too overpowered to me, so I have in mind it was rather intented to deal current player level plus one, maybe?

g)
ok, there is no way to get more than 10 infection cards. For instance, 9 plus (x+1) due to Tyrant explored - not defeated - still makes 10. Is that right?

h)
as a Zombie, the only option (as per rulebook) is to explore, attacking a living character. Fine. That means, absolutey no other cards (first and foremance, "Uroborous Injection") are allow to play, even as a reaction to other players´ turn. Right? Or is this another inconsistance to the rulebook?

i)
consequently, as a Zombie: may one player chose to not explore, bypassing turn?

[necklessone]

the rulebook sounded somewhat ambigious to me so I made some obvious mistakes (pretending, english ist not my mother tongue, but still). Your explanations made it crystal clear for now - thanks!
Not a problem. Glad I could clear some things up.

Tyrant Prototype 002 - does he really deal current infection level plus 1? It seems too overpowered to me, so I have in mind it was rather intented to deal current player level plus one, maybe?
You're right, he does Character Level +1. So he either adds 1, 2, or 3 Infections and no more.....yet. We'll see if we every get Characters with more than 2 levels.

ok, there is no way to get more than 10 infection cards. For instance, 9 plus (x+1) due to Tyrant explored - not defeated - still makes 10. Is that right?
Yes, you add Infection cards one at a time and stop as soon as you reach 10. This prevents weird situations where players can't be infected because other players have more than their share of the Infection cards.

as a Zombie, the only option (as per rulebook) is to explore, attacking a living character. Fine. That means, absolutey no other cards (first and foremance, "Uroborous Injection") are allow to play, even as a reaction to other players´ turn. Right? Or is this another inconsistance to the rulebook?
I'm not sure if Bandai ever got back to us on this one, but the general consensus was you could use the alternate text on Struggle for Survival, Back to Back, and Uroboros Injection as a zombie. The reason for this is you're not technically "playing" the cards when you use their alternate text and the rules don't prohibit discarding or trashing Actions from your hand as in Infected.

consequently, as a Zombie: may one player chose to not explore, bypassing turn?
That is correct. If there's no one you want to eat, you can just do nothing.

[Curiosity-killing Cat]

You´ve really been of great help, thank you.

So, if i´m ever going to be a zombie, I will remember and spare your life! lol