So, in Lower Hutt we've been playing a 100pt Species tournament, and I'm running Trandoshans.
How does Rend work with the [Twin Blaster 20] ability that [Garnac on Trandoshan Skiff] gives out?
For instance, if [Bossk, Ultimate Predator] uses Weapons Expert to use [Twin Blaster 20] twice, does he get the +20 damage to his last 3 attacks, every second attack, or just the second attack?
Also, on a side note, how does targeting work when targeting Trandoshans on the Skiff? They're considered to have cover, so is the attacker forced to attack the skiff (if the skiff has no cover)?

The language on the trandoshan skiff is similar to the original skiff from bounty hunters set. Also from the FAQ:




You can only target the closest enemy or enemies without cover normally, so most characters won't be able to target the passengers.

Interestingly, the FAQ states that the Sniper SA does not ignore the cover granted by the skiff SA. I guess because that cover granted is from an SA and is not from the character blocking los, which is what sniper needs to trigger.

Rend is a little messy since it's been combined with several abilities other than the two it originally worked with (Double and Double Claw). So the FAQ is a little outdated and doesn't answer interactions which came up later.

How this has been ruled is that you must hit the first two attacks on your turn to get the Rend bonus on the second one- and it doesn't matter what source they come from (can be Double, Double Claw, LS Assault, Bo-rifle, Triple, and so forth). If you have Double or Double Claw and Extra then it's still the first two attacks- you can't make it the 2nd and 3rd attack, and Rend only triggers once. The consistent exception which cannot trigger Rend has been Twin Attack, since Twin does not follow the same rules as a usual attack.

Since the second attack of Twin Blaster follows exactly the same rules as Twin Attack, it also falls into the same exception and you cannot trigger the Rend bonus on the "Twin" of Twin Blaster. However, Bossk using Twin Blaster twice with Weapons Expert could get Rend if his 1st and 3rd (non-Twin) attacks hit the same adjacent enemy.

The card text on dr 20 is incomplete. If you read it's glossary entry, it's only adjacent attacks from enemies with a lightsaber.

I'm not sure if you can be adjacent to an enemy passenger of the trandoshan skiff. The other skiff ability states count distance +1 (while the trandoshan skiff ability doesn't reference that). If it's all the same, only melee reach could hit them as adjacent. I'm not sure if this is ruled the same though.

Gandalf gave a great answer on Rend. I do think it's worth mentioning that it's the first two regular (non twin) attacks, and"bonus" attacks that may or may not trigger (like Flurry) also don't count for Rend.

It's in the glossary of one of the versions (and works that way because otherwise Twin Blaster would stack with Twin Attack).

There it is, thanks