Can't get a solid ruling on the forums so I'm bring it up here.

So a while back I was playing Super Doom. I had enough tokens to make two attacks.

I swung with my first attack and missed. Second attack I hit.

My friend then tells me that DDM kicks in because i hit with my second attack. I told him no, DDM only kicks in if the first attack has dealt damage and that since the first attack missed and dealt no damage the second attack is not affect by DDM.

So I question you the folks, who's right?

Doesn't the DDM definition state "Each time an attack resolves"? So it doesn't matter whether you deal damage or not, it's just the attack happening.

Yes it does, but the rules also quote this


and this

The NO DAMAGE is for abilities like Mind Control or Incap.
When an attack action finishes, hit or miss, DDM

The No Damage quote is irrelevant here. That's for powers like Incap or Mind Control.

DDM states "each time when an attack resolves". it doesn't say "when an attack deals damage" or "when an attack hits". Just that it resolves. I attack, i miss, that attack resolves.

Just a thought. The DDM should not kick in because there is only one free attack being made.

However, if your non-free action was an attack that missed and then you used the trait to make a second attack as a free action, then yea DDM kicks in.