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This page tracks rules interactions that are genuinely ambiguous or unanswered across all source material (Rulebook, Folio, Errata Q2 2026, and their FAQ sections). Questions here are only listed if the sources do not provide a clear answer after applying the priority rule (Errata > Folio > Rulebook).

If the publishers release a clarification, the relevant rule page should be updated and the entry removed from here.

Odd Anatomy — Shrug Test threshold

Perk text: "When this model is the Target of an Enemy Attack, during the Trigger Critical Effect step its controller may make a Shrug Test (2E). If a number of Hits are rolled equal to, or greater than, the number of Luck Dice left in the Attacker's Dice Pool, no Critical Effects can be triggered until the Attack has resolved." [Rulebook pg. 105]

The problem: The Trigger Critical Effect step happens after Fortune Smiles, during which all Luck Dice are removed from the Pool and replaced with Standard Dice. At the Trigger Critical Effect step there are therefore zero Luck Dice remaining, which would trivially mean any result on the Shrug Test suppresses Critical Effects.

Likely intent: The threshold is probably the attacker's Luck stat (the number of Luck Dice originally added to the pool), or the number of Luck Hits generated during Fortune Smiles. Neither reading is clearly supported by the phrasing.

No FAQ answer exists in the Folio FAQ (pg. 108–110) or the Errata Q2 2026 FAQ LOG.

Beast / Programmed + Outsider Perk — FAQ LOG vs. perk text

Background: The Folio FAQ (pg. 109) and the Errata Q2 2026 FAQ LOG both contain the following exchange:

Q: I am rolling on the Legend of the Wasteland Aftermath Table for a model with an Innate Perk (like Beast or Programmed) that prevents Perks from being gained. I roll the "New Home!" result, which would cause the model to gain the Outsider Perk. Would these Innate Perks prevent the Outsider Perk from being gained by that model?

A: Yes. This would then cause you to resolve the "Adios" result instead.

But the Q2 2026 Errata also changes the perk texts:

  • Beast: "...never gains Perks, other than the Outsider Perk."
  • Programmed: "...cannot gain Perks (other than the Outsider Perk) or Experience."
  • Outsider: "A model can gain this Perk even if it would otherwise not be able to gain Perks."

These three perk text changes directly contradict the FAQ answer. Under the priority rule, the most recent perk text takes precedence — meaning models with Beast or Programmed can gain the Outsider Perk.

Status: The current rule (per perk text) is that Beast and Programmed models CAN gain Outsider. The FAQ LOG entry is stale and has been superseded. This entry is here to flag the contradiction in case it causes confusion at the table.