Ward

A ward that stops the first hit and goes

✓ 1 play, 11 steps, all passingFrom Cards, content\shield.ledger

before Damage ... when event.amount > 0preventremove self

A ward that stops the first hit and goes, lifted from the card slice's content\shield.ledger (Shielded and the squire), with the board's units from content\rules.ledger (Mortal and the Body template). The first damage of more than 0 to the holder is prevented whole and takes the ward off; a hit of 0 leaves it.

content/cookbook/mechanics/ward.ledgerthe content

1# A ward that stops the first hit and goes, lifted from the card slice's content\shield.ledger (Shielded and the
2# squire), with the board's units from content\rules.ledger (Mortal and the Body template). The first damage of more
3# than 0 to the holder is prevented whole and takes the ward off; a hit of 0 leaves it.
4 
5rate 10
6link team owner
7allegiance team
8 
9stat MaxHealth
10stat Attack
11pool Health max MaxHealth whole
12damage Health
13 
14tags Body Unit Shield
15event Died
16 
17effect Mortal
18  dies at no Health raising Died
19 
20effect Shielded
21  tags Shield
22  before Damage of holder when event.amount > 0
23    prevent
24    remove self
25 
26template archetype Body(attack, health)
27  tags Body Unit
28  base MaxHealth health
29  base Attack attack
30  full Health
31  has Mortal
32 
33archetype Squire from Body(2, 1)
34  has Shielded

content/cookbook/mechanics/ward.playwhat it must do

1catalog ward.ledger

3# The ward's numbers, from Shielded and the Squire, a 2/1.

5play "a squire's ward stops a hit of 5 and goes; the next hit of 1 kills it; a hit of 0 leaves the ward"
make s Squire
make t Squire
deal 0 to t
expect t has Shielded
deal 5 to s
expect refused Prevented
expect s.Health = 1 from content: the Squire's 1, the hit prevented
expect s lacks Shielded
save
deal 1 to s
expect s gone

What a change to Health meets

Every rule in this recipe a change to Health passes through, in order. Each line is a link to the rule.

> ledger pipeline content/cookbook/mechanics/ward.ledger Health

Health: a change to it meets 1 rule, in this order
before, at no stage
  Shielded: Damage of holder when event.amount > 0 (content/cookbook/mechanics/ward.ledger:22)
    prevents it, stops the phase: no rule after it runs, changes the world beyond it; held by Squire
no archetype lacks a layer its like hold

Run it yourself

ledger check content/cookbook/mechanics/ward.ledger content/cookbook/mechanics/ward.play

ledger play content/cookbook/mechanics/ward.play

ledger pipeline content/cookbook/mechanics/ward.ledger Health