Questions from a new player

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I'm new to the game, and I have had a couple of things come up that have confused me a bit, and I was hoping for some help.

 

First, whenever fire in the biosphere (...each hero must destroy one of their ongoing cards or take 2 more fire damage) and meteor storm (all targets are immune to damage) are in play do heroes have to destroy an ongoing card since they can't take the 2 fire damage?  Or can they choose not to destroy an ongoing card, and not take the 2 damage because of the immunity?  I just want some help on how these two cards interact.

 

Second, technological singularity says ...  Omnitron deals each hero character card 2 lightning damage for each equipment card belonging to that hero destroyed this way.  So, if AZ has one equipment card destroyed, to all heroes take 2 damage or just AZ?  I have been playing that only AZ takes damage for equipment cards he has destroyed.

 

Thanks for the help

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1st question is currently causing a philosophical discussion in the "Can't deal damage thread". Personally, I rule that even if you're immune to the damage, you can still take it. Otherwise, Ra would have to destroy ongouings to deal with a Fire in the Biosphere, which really doesn't match my conception of how Ra should handle fire.

2nd, it's per hero. The "belonging to THAT hero" is the part that specifies that this is a per hero effect, versus Baron Blade's Devious Disruption which affects everyone.

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On the 1st question, it seems that most people in the other thread (myself included) are agreeing with pwatson's interpretation here, FWIW. The thing at the root of the discussion over there is a different effect than immunity.

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Ditto

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ok thanks for the replies.