Who's Infected

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This was our first time against Plague Rat and I want to be sure we played this correctly:

On one of the first Villain Turns, Plague Rat plays Noxious Bite. At that point, Wraith has the lowest HP and takes the hit. We search the deck, find Infection and it is assigned to Wraith (we assumed).

On the next Villain Turn, we turn over Tooth and Claw, this deals damage to Bunker and Wraith again, but not our third player, Expatriette.

We search the deck for 2 copies of Infection.
At this point, I’m a little confused: Does Infection go only to Bunker and Wraith? And, because she’s already infected, Wraith’s card is discarded? The card does not go to Expatriette, correct?

The wording on Infection would seem to indicate that it does:

[tt]Play this card next to an active hero who is not infected.[/tt]

But is doesn’t seem to make sense to just assign it to the only character who didn’t take damage from an attack. We played it that Expatriette did not take the hit.

Sorry if this has been asked, but I couldn’t seem to find it. I just want to be sure that Infection is being played correctly. Infection can’t actually infect players whom haven’t been attacked in some way, correct?

Thanks

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There is nothing on Infection to say that is the way it works, so I play it as it infects a character who is not infected, chosen by the players, even if that character wasn’t damaged otherwise. If you want to think about the reason, even if you’re not hurt so bad you’re actually taking damage, you’re still likely scratched by the diseased claws/teeth.

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Yes, you play it on a hero, even if the hero was not damaged in the attack. pwatson1974’s explanation as to why is sound; you can also think of it as an effect of the infected person getting cut and their blood spreading the disease to others it lands on, or simply that the virus is now airborne!

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also, Plague Rat deals all hero targets 1 irreducible melee damage per turn, so he IS hitting everyone.

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Exactly - thematically, we could look at the infections as coming up over multiple exposures to Plauge Rat’s attacks, not necessarily because of the specific actions of the card that brought it out. That explains why we can also play an Infection card on its own.

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D’oh!
I had a subtle suspicion that was the case, but I just overthunk it, I guess.

Thanks.