Multiple Block vs. 2xGuard a BBRC member please rule somethi

[WildAnimal]

when multiple block vs. 2 players(Str3)with guard, do the 2 guard player "help" each other and get total of strength 8?

One player i plays with will not accept that both players targeted by a multipleblock is treated as a single target, so please someone from BBRC tell him other wise!

[wesleytj]

i'm not a bbrc guy, but i'd say it wouldn't work. 2 reasons.

1.the guy who's being blocked can't assist a block against himself. just too weird.

2.multipleblock is pretty rarely used as is...making it weaker as opposed to better seems kinda dumb.

that's the best i can do, i can see both sides of the argument but that's how i'd rule it.

[Grumbledook]

ive already told him this was discussed in another thread, think it was in the rules forum

[Zombie]

The answer is pretty obvious, no need for the BBRC. Both guys already add up their strength, no way they could add another +1 on top of that. You can't contribute more than your own strength for a block (unless of course you have dauntless or horns).

[neoliminal]

Zombie is right.

[DoubleSkulls]

LRB pp21 1st sentence - "After a block has been declared, the attacker and the defender have the option of adding extra players to give an ‘assist’."

[WildAnimal]

He still says he want prove that they both still are counted as a single target.

[Grumbledook]

neoliminal is one of the 7 guys who write the rules, so what he says is juat about as official as you can get

and ian showed a quote from the rule book that says extra players can be used to assist

[DoubleSkulls]

Otherwise, the way the rules are written, Guards could give assists against themselves for normal blocks.