new player questions

[McChazy]

Hi,
Just wondering if I'm understanding things correctly:

One of Amiri's powers is that "On your Strength check or your check against a monster, you may bury a card from your hand to add your Fortitude skill."
Does that mean that on a combat check the player would get to roll both a 1d12 +2 (Melee:Strength) AND a 1d8 +1 (Fortitude:Constitution) if they bury a card from their hand?

One of Lini's powers is that "For your combat check, you may bury a card or recharge and Animal ally to use Survival + 1d4 plus the card's level and add the Animal and Melee traits."
Does that mean that on a combat check the player would roll a 1d10 +3 (Survival:Wisdom) AND a 1d4 if they bury a card or recharge an Animal ally?
Also, how does it help to "add the Animal and Melee traits?"

Thanks

[carinita]

Yes to both questions. Adding X skill includes X's dice and all its plus modifiers.

Some banes might be vulnerable or immune to certain traits, so they might affect the outcome.

[McChazy]

Great. Thanks for the reply.

[Frencois]

Yes, if the bane is "Resistant to Melee" for example, you would roll 1d10+3+1d4-4 due to the resistance.
And if the bane is "Immune to Melee" for example, you just cannot play that power.

[Jenceslav]

Yes, there is also Green Faith Druid story bane who is Immune to Animal and Plant. So Lini can't morph into a bear or tiger and attack a fellow druid, for some reason :)

[Longshot11]

McChazy wrote:

Also, how does it help to "add the Animal and Melee traits?"

If I remember correctly: looking at Lini's other powers should easily answer that question for you :)