Damage Shield and Multiple Attacks

[JamesG]

If a character has an Offensive Damage Shield and performs a Multiple Power attack on someone where each power involves touching/striking the target, does the target take the Damage Shield damage multiple times?

 

What about if instead of a Multiple Power attack, the attacker is Sweeping a punch to hit the same target multiple times?

 

How about if character A, with an Offensive Damage Shield, punches and is punched by Character B in the same segment. Does B take the DS damage twice?

 

Lastly, what if 6 agents surround Damage Shield man and strike him in the same segment, maybe even at the exact same time by coordinating. Do all 6 take the full DS damage?

 

For what its worth, my guesses are:

No

No (but not as sure)

Yes

Yes

[Steve Long]

As noted in the Rules FAQ, a target can take damage from a Damage Shield once for each time the character with the Damage Shield has to make an Attack Roll — thus, just one time for an Autofire or multiple-power attack, but potentially multiple times for Sweep.

 

If a target strikes the character in the same Segment in which the character strikes him with the Damage Shield — i.e., they’re each making an Attack Roll to hit the other — that target takes the Shield’s damage twice.

 

If multiple attackers all strike a Damage Shield “at once,” each of them takes the damage from the Shield.