Increased strength

I expect this has already been answered but, if I use Increased Strength and then throw down a Shattering Blow as my strike, does it destroy the equipment AND still do 2 damage (assuming superior)? If it does, does it get first strike?

[ quoted text not captured ] > get first strike?Ahem. In the rules(I think) and in the errata; "any strike which does not do damage will not do damage even when cards which increase damage to a strike are played". This includes lucky blow, Increased strength, and +1 hand damage on vampires. Alec Chang

Malcolm McCallum <mcca...@pacificcoast.net> writes: >I expect this has already been answered but, if I use Increased Strength >and then throw down a Shattering Blow as my strike, does it destroy the >equipment AND still do 2 damage (assuming superior)? If it does, does it >get first strike? By the ruling on Rowan Ring, I would have to say "No". Any strike that doesn't deal damage cannot be modified for +X damage. -- L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.sc.edu) | Backing into a fan, the firefly http://www.math.sc.edu/~sjohnson | was delighted to no end! Graphics Specialist and V:tES Rulemonger. |

In article <Pine.BSI.3.91.960714...@tubby.pacificcoast.net>, Malcolm McCallum <mcca...@pacificcoast.net> writes: > >I expect this has already been answered but, if I use Increased Strength >and then throw down a Shattering Blow as my strike, does it destroy the >equipment AND still do 2 damage (assuming superior)? If it does, does it >get first strike? > > > According to card text it would seem so. IMHO I would say so. Tom? Rich Take life with a grain of salt.