What happens in the following situation: 3. Alice Moves into LOF of Bob 4. Bob declares Alert. The Reactive Player selects Charlie who declares Change Facing but does not does not select Dave. 5. Alice Moves into LOF of Dave. 6. Dave declares BS Attack I think Dave's BS Attack is valid, because the first opportunity Dave had to declare an ARO was at step 6 of the order. This is because Dave did not have an opportunity to declare Change Facing at step 4 as the player did not select Dave (as provided for in Alert). Thoughts?
... are their names not Bruce, then? Spoiler: University of Woolloomooloo Australian game stores hosting Infinity events apparently look very much the same as this.
The final bullet point of Alert makes things very clear. It is only by declaring Change Facing that a model expends their ARO. Alert itself doesn't grant anyone any ARO opportunities, only the immediate ability to declare a skill (which if they do, eats ARO opportunities) .
That’s the proper sequence. Was this question caused by the difference between how people explain the ARO mechanic and what the rules actually say?
I was explaining it and said: "Alert gives an ARO to troops who wouldn't otherwise have one". I corrected myself, but thought "huh... maybe it does work that way".
Well, sure. How many times have you heard or said something like “You have to declare your ARO at the earliest opportunity, or you lose it”? Then you look at Alert and go “...” To phrase it to be consistent with how Alert is phrased, the three bullet points in the ARO rules are what grant models AROs. If you’re granted an ARO and you don’t take it, you forfeit your ARO. So not being chosen when someone declare Alert doesn’t change anything. There’s no missed opportunity.
