a-fist SHADOWS, ARISE!: Smoke Cloud, Poison. When Nightshade uses Poison, opposing characters in hindering terrain within 5 squares are also dealt the damage.

Does she need to be adjacent to trigger the ranged poison within 5 squares ?

You can activate Poison even if you are not adjacent to an opposing figure.

That's bonkers. Just out of curiousity, is there a reason why they moved away from wording like:


Emphasis mine. White Queen has a similar power but it's worded differently than this set from 3 years ago.

Do you mean this power?Part of the wording difference is just the change of how special powers are worded with the new rules.

But speaking of the differences, does White queen get to use Enhancement and Empower on herself? She is within 3 squares, friendly and shares a keyword with herself. Doctor Fate's power specifies "other" friendly characters. So it seems to me White Queen could enhance/empower herself.

Does that seem right?

For what it's worth, the old poison required being adjacent to an opposing figure to use it... that might be what raised the concern/question.

I think its that, but also that Nightshade's power says "also" in reference to the who is being poisoned.

Is it also, as in these are also viable targets of the power?

Or is it, also, as in addition to the adjacent characters?

No it didn't.

2014 PAC- 2017 PAC- There's no difference in that regard. And there have been plenty of figures in the past with special Poisons like this.

Yes, she can. See the ruling for prime Big Barda from HQGG, who works the same way (albeit with less requirements)- http://win.wizkids.com/bb/viewtopic....2189896#p30621

Cool, thanks. I need to remember to check WIN more often. Just easier to find my answers here.

I believe there was one earlier than that. I don't have access to my older PACs at the moment to verify, but I believe out was in a previous incarnation as there was a complaint about the Feat Toxic Burst in regards to it... but now that you say it, I'm delighting myself and thinking maybe I'm thinking about a special power akin to poison...