<p>Quick disclaimer, I've not played the game or even heard of it until I read the question.   However, I've watched a tutorial video and found the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191030090958/http://www.horrible-games.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Dungeonfighter_Rules_ENG_v5.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">rules online here</a>  to try and find the answer for you.</p>
<p>Look at the rules on page 9 for 'No Damage'  it says :-</p>
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<p>No damage: If activated, the hero takes no damage if he misses the target board.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This might infer that you get to activate this ability before taking damage.  However unhelpfully back on page 7 the rules say this :-</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Hint: The damage dealt while becoming defeated by a
monster is not avoidable. No special powers can prevent that
damage.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>It would be really helpful to have that 'hint' on a page with all the abilities but it does seem to make it explicit that if a monster defeats you then you do not get to activate a special power, including those that are activated when a character misses.</p>

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Thank you for your effort in reading rules for a game that you don't have! In BoardGameGeek forum I received the right answer: the ability activates before dying when there is a "miss" with the dice. It is not well explained in the italian rulebook, that's why I asked. Thank you again!
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<p>I've got this question because I cannot find it in the rule book:</p>
<p>I roll the dice, I miss (so the monster attacks me), I die because of the miss, but the dice shows the &quot;eye&quot; (so for example I activate an ability that works even when the dice misses). In this case, the ability is activated before I die or I die before activating the ability?</p>

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In Dungeon Fighter, what is the priority between death and activating an ability?
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# In Dungeon Fighter, what is the priority between death and activating an ability?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-11)

I've got this question because I cannot find it in the rule book:

I roll the dice, I miss (so the monster attacks me), I die because of the miss, but the dice shows the "eye" (so for example I activate an ability that works even when the dice misses). In this case, the ability is activated before I die or I die before activating the ability?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-11-12. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Quick disclaimer, I've not played the game or even heard of it until I read the question. However, I've watched a tutorial video and found the [rules online here](https://web.archive.org/web/20191030090958/http://www.horrible-games.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Dungeonfighter_Rules_ENG_v5.pdf) to try and find the answer for you.

Look at the rules on page 9 for 'No Damage' it says :-

> No damage: If activated, the hero takes no damage if he misses the target board.

This might infer that you get to activate this ability before taking damage. However unhelpfully back on page 7 the rules say this :-

> Hint: The damage dealt while becoming defeated by a
> monster is not avoidable. No special powers can prevent that
> damage.

It would be really helpful to have that 'hint' on a page with all the abilities but it does seem to make it explicit that if a monster defeats you then you do not get to activate a special power, including those that are activated when a character misses.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you for your effort in reading rules for a game that you don't have! In BoardGameGeek forum I received the right answer: the ability activates before dying when there is a "miss" with the dice. It is not well explained in the italian rulebook, that's why I asked. Thank you again!  

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