New PAC Game Edition: Boggart Monster

[Cheez]

Hi all,

We encountered the Boggart monster.

He has two checks. The first one is a Knowledge/Perception 4. Our player only rolled a 2. Does she still take 2 damage for failing that specific check or does she take none because it wasn’t a combat check?

Thanks,

Ben

[Parody]

If it's a Check to Defeat then yes, you take Combat damage even if it's not a combat check. Then you proceed on to the second check.

[Cheez]

Thanks :)

[elcoderdude]

+1 to Parody.

Core Set Rulebook, p.12 wrote:

Suffer Damage, If Necessary. If you fail a check to defeat a monster, you suffer an amount of damage equal to the difference between the difficulty and the result. Unless the card specifies otherwise, this damage is Combat damage.

Even when a Monster's Check to Defeat is a non-combat check, you suffer Combat damage if you roll less then the check's difficulty.

Note, however - this is only for banes with the type "Monster". You do not automatically suffer damage when you fail to defeat a Barrier - each Barrier tells you exactly what are the consequences of failure.