THE SEA SINGS OF THEM:#When Lori Lemaris or a friendly character named Mermaid is KO'd by an opposing character, opposing characters within 5 squares of the KO'd character that are occupying water terrain are each dealt 2 penetrating damage.

If I have three Loris and some mermaids, and one of the Mermaids is killed, does this power activate for all three Loris?

Each Lori's trait will trigger when a Mermaid is Killed.

As written: Yes.

I thought this ruling on WIN said it wouldn't but I could be wrong?

Re: SMWW 042 Lori Lemaris
Postby hcrulesteam » Wed Nov 11, 2015 12:00 pm

dougch wrote:
if i have 2 Lori Lemaris's and one is attacked and killed, will she trigger her explosion of pen 2 times or only 1 time?

Only once. The effect refers to that specific Lori Lemaris and not all characters named Lori Lemaris

It looks like the ruling you're referencing describes what happens when a Lori is KO'ed while other Loris are on the map. The question in this thread is about when a generic Mermaid is KO'ed while multiple Loris are around.

In simple terms, from what I see, the basic answer is that a given Lori's trait doesn't take effect when she herself is KO'ed, but takes effect when another Lori or Mermaid is KO'ed. Multiple Lori effects would work per instance of KO, they'd just take effect back to back.

I could be wrong though. I haven't had to play against a horde of these, nor have I played one.

The ruling is about when a Loris Lemaris character is KO'd. The difference is that her trait is only refering to Loris Lemaris by name. It does not speak of "Friendly characters named Lori Lemaris" or anything like that. It simply says "When Lori Lemaris... ". And when a game effect does that, it is essentially saying "this character". So when a Loris Lemaris is KO'd only her own trait will trigger.

Had it been worded like the Mermaid call out and said something like "When a friendly character named Lori Lemaris is KO'd..." then it would have triggered when other Lori Lemaris characters were KO'd.

Thanks guys!

Whats up with the switch to purple? It looks way better but makes me think its Bizarro versions of the Oranges answering me in Opposite-Speak lol.