Defender +1

[Silver]

If a companion with defender +1 fights against two minions (say: orcs), he'd receive only one wound instead of two as long as they don't overwhelm him, correct?


Now assuming a companion with the defender +1 ability fights against two minions, one of which has the ability damage +1, how many wounds will the companion take (assuming of course, he loses the skirmish but isn't overwhelmed)?

[ket_the_jet]

Two minions with no damage bonus is one wound.

If one minion is damage +1, then two wounds.

If both minions are damage +1, then three wounds.

You get the idea.
-wtk

[Sam, Great Elf Warrior]

Two wounds.

Each damage +1 adds an additional wound.So, for example:
A companion who loses to two damage +1 minions (e.g. two Uruk-hai), takes three wounds (1+1+1).
A companion who loses to a damage +2 minion and a minion without a damage bonus (e.g. a Goblin Backstabber and regular goblin), takes three wounds (1+2+0).
A companion who loses to two damage +2 minions (e.g. two Goblin Backstabber s) takes five wounds (1+2+2).

[MuadDib85]

If a companion with defender +1 fights against two minions (say: orcs), he'd receive only one wound instead of two as long as they don't overwhelm him, correct?

Yes.

[Silver]

So basically the deference between a "normal" companion and a damage +1 companion losing a fight is that you subtract 1 wound from the grand total.


...and if a defender +2 companion is engaging three minions, you subtract 2 wounds from the grand total etc., right?

[MR. Lurtzy]

You add those damage wounds to the total.

[Elessar's Socks]

The number of minions skirmishing a companion doesn't matter, just the total damage bonus:

When the winning side in a skirmish phase has one or more characters with the keyword damage +1, then each losing character takes one additional wound for each damage +1. (Damage +2 adds two wounds, and so on.) This is called a damage bonus, which may be added to or removed by various effects.

[jdizzy001]

a companion who is defender + X, and is skirmishing X minions, then loses will only take 1 wound (unless overwhelmed).  If the minions have damage bonuses, then he'll take more.  That is what makes defender so awesome.  Which makes me wonder, if Gorn w/Anduril wins a Defender +1 skirmish, does each minion take 2 wounds, or 1 minon take 1 wound and the second minion take 2 wounds?

[Elessar's Socks]

*copies the example in the damage bonus entry*

Aragorn wins a skirmish while facing two Orcs. If Aragorn has damage +1, then each Orc takes two wounds. But if both Orcs have damage +1 and they win the skirmish, then Aragorn takes three wounds instead.

[Sam, Great Elf Warrior]

Every losing minion takes the same number of wounds that it would if it was the only minion in the skirmish. So if the winning companion/ally has no damage bonuses, all losing minions will take 1 wound each. If the winner is damage +X all losing minions will take X+1 wounds each. A strong character with both damage and defender bonuses can smash a lot of minions (e.g. a damage +2 Aragorn who beats three 3-vitality Orcs will kill them all).