The Bard's Special Ability

[utawoutau]

According to the description on the card, the Bard is supposed to warp to a vacant land if unable to destroy the enemy creature. Does anyone know if there is an unwritten % chance of this ability not happening?

The reason I ask is I was fighting against Ryvern and he had a Bard on a level 3 territory. Naturally I assumed that I could gain that territory by invading and making sure that my creature survived. I invaded with Nike, used a Gaseous Form, but at the end of the battle nothing happened. The Bard didn't teleport and I got stuck paying the toll.

In a similar situation, I invaded a bard on a level one land, he attacked my creature I attacked him (both did minor damage to each other), neither the Bard nor my creature were destroyed, yet the Bard didn't go anywhere.

Bard (S) (RC)
ST:30 HP:30 G:30
Bonus Attack: Warps to a vacant land when the opponent could not be destroyed.

[TheTampaCepter]

Hmm, while I have this card I have never used it. Its prob a case of-- mis-translation again

[WhoseYerLilith]

Hmm..every time I've fought with Ryvern the Bard's success rate seemed to be 100%. I can offer two possible answers. 1- I strongly believe damage has to be dealt from the Bard for the warp to be activated, so using a Gaseous Form on a Nike would not trigger the action, though that doesnt explain why it also didn't happen when you and he both traded blows on a level 1. Another possible solution may be was there a Basalt Idol in play? Since that idol neutralizes all effects that happen after the battle's conclusion.

[utawoutau]

I can say with 100% certainty that there was no Basalt Idol in play either time.

[WhoseYerLilith]

Dayumn thats odd- like I said, the first time it was probably that the bard could not to damage- but I have no other ideas as to the second time, and Ive testing it out and the ability activates every single time- maybe I'm freakishly lucky. lol

[utawoutau]

So what you're saying is that the Bard has to deal damage to your character in order for his effect to work.

I am not sure, but it might have been possible that the bard only did 'neighboring creature' damage and no direct damage himself. <<Scratches Head>> I wish I could remember exactly what happened during that second scenario.

[supermouse]

The bard's ability only seems to work if he is used to invade never on defense. That is my take on seeing how it works in the game

[WhoseYerLilith]

No- Ive seen it work 100% of the time with the Bard as a defensive creature.