<p><strong>You'll take damage and then trigger the "if undefeated" effect</strong></p>

<p>This is covered under the <strong>Encountering A Card</strong> section on page 10 of the rulebook where it outlines the specific steps to resolve an encounter, and under the <strong>Attempting A Check</strong> section on pages 10-12 which details out one of those steps with several sub-steps. </p>

<p>The steps to resolve an encounter are:  </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Evade the Card (Optional)<br>
  Apply Any Effects That Happen Before The Encounter, If Needed<br>
  <em>Attempt the Check</em><br>
  Attempt the Next Check, If Needed<br>
  Apply Any Effects That Happen After The Encounter, If Needed<br>
  <em>Resolve the Encounter</em>  </p>
</blockquote>

<p>When you get to the Attempt the Check step, you follow these sub-steps:  </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Determine Which Die You're Using<br>
  Determine the Difficulty<br>
  Play Cards and Use Powers That Affect the Check (Optional)<br>
  Assemble Your Dice<br>
  Attempt the Roll<br>
  <em>Take Damage, If Necessary</em>  </p>
</blockquote>

<p>So you'll take the damage from failing to defeat the Plague Zombie first during the <em>Attempt the Check</em> step's <em>Take Damage, If Necessary</em> sub-step. Then, during the <em>Resolve the Encounter</em> step, you have not "succeeded at all of the checks required to defeat a bane", so it is <em>undefeated</em>, triggering the special effect on the card.</p>

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<p>The Plague Zombie card says:</p>

<p>If undefeated, banish the Plague Zombie, and each character at this location must succeed at a Constitution or Fortitude 6 check or be dealt 1d4 Acid damage.</p>

<p>This means: if it was me who encountered this card and had not defeated it, I would have to take the usual combat damage and after that execute the "if undefeated" text or just the "if undefeated" text?</p>

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Taking hit from Plague Zombie
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# Taking hit from Plague Zombie

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-03-12)

The Plague Zombie card says:

If undefeated, banish the Plague Zombie, and each character at this location must succeed at a Constitution or Fortitude 6 check or be dealt 1d4 Acid damage.

This means: if it was me who encountered this card and had not defeated it, I would have to take the usual combat damage and after that execute the "if undefeated" text or just the "if undefeated" text?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-04-29. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

**You'll take damage and then trigger the "if undefeated" effect**

This is covered under the **Encountering A Card** section on page 10 of the rulebook where it outlines the specific steps to resolve an encounter, and under the **Attempting A Check** section on pages 10-12 which details out one of those steps with several sub-steps.

The steps to resolve an encounter are:

> Evade the Card (Optional)  
> Apply Any Effects That Happen Before The Encounter, If Needed  
> *Attempt the Check*  
> Attempt the Next Check, If Needed  
> Apply Any Effects That Happen After The Encounter, If Needed  
> *Resolve the Encounter*

When you get to the Attempt the Check step, you follow these sub-steps:

> Determine Which Die You're Using  
> Determine the Difficulty  
> Play Cards and Use Powers That Affect the Check (Optional)  
> Assemble Your Dice  
> Attempt the Roll  
> *Take Damage, If Necessary*

So you'll take the damage from failing to defeat the Plague Zombie first during the *Attempt the Check* step's *Take Damage, If Necessary* sub-step. Then, during the *Resolve the Encounter* step, you have not "succeeded at all of the checks required to defeat a bane", so it is *undefeated*, triggering the special effect on the card.


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