AE Damage Shields

[Silbeg]

When a character has a Damage Shield that is AE (such as the Sunfire Mantel from USPD), when does the damage shield trigger?

 

For further clarification, I will give an example:

 

Kid Comet has the following power:

Cometary Tail: Sight and Hearing Groups Flash 2d6, Area Of Effect (One Hex; +1/2), Damage Shield (+1/2), Continuous (+1) (45 Active Points);

 

Brass Bullet (a move-through specialist) attempts to perform a Move-Through on Kid Comet.

 

Does Brass Bullet take the effects of the Flash:

1. Upon entering the hex (before striking Kid Comet)?
   
2. Upon Entering the hex, as he strikes Kid Comet?
   
3. After he strikes Kid Comet?
   

 

 

Based on your statements in http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15443&goto=newpost

you seem to imply that a character is personally immune to his own Damage Shield. Is this true?

 

Thanks for your time!

 

Silbeg...

[Steve Long]

Re: AE Damage Shields

 

A character entering the Shield field takes damage upon doing so, and every one of the Shielded character's Phases thereafter that he remains in the Shield field.

 

I'm not implying a character doesn't take damage from his own Damage Shield -- I'm stating it directly. It would be pretty darn pointless if a character suffered injury from his own Damage Shield.