Wooden stake/ destroy equipment timing question

chrisn101 wrote:

Rulebook was staring me in the face....

"6.4.3. Strike"
[...]
"The effects of the strikes from both minions are resolved simultaneously"
[...]
"When a minion or retainer takes damage (either from a strike or from other means), he must burn blood or lose life, as appropriate (see Damage Resolution, sec. 6.4.6). Note that the effects of a strike are applied and then damage is resolved. This timing is important for some special strikes, such as steal blood (see Strike Effects, sec. 6.4.5)."
[...]

6.4.5. Strike Effects
[...]
"Destroy Equipment. This effect will burn an equipment card of the opposing minion. If there is more than one piece of equipment on the opposing minion, the striking minion chooses which one is burned. The equipment can still be used up to the point at which the destroy equipment strike resolves. The effect may specify destroy weapon instead of equipment, in which case a weapon must be chosen."

( Section 6 ).

Thanks for your input on this - that was slightly different to the way I was interpreting drstrange26's response - my brain is slowly melting!

So, just to make sure I have this clear now..

The stake deals it's damage and as a direct consequence sends the vampire to torpor.
Simultaneously, the stake is destroyed; therefore it cannot be transferred to the opposing minion.

Right?

Zombieking wrote:

my brain is slowly melting!

Don't worry - everyone's does sooner or later

Zombieking wrote:

So, just to make sure I have this clear now..

The stake deals it's damage and as a direct consequence sends the vampire to torpor.
Simultaneously, the stake is destroyed; therefore it cannot be transferred to the opposing minion.

Right?

Yep, that has always been my understanding, and the rules I've quoted appear to support this view.

Ace! Thanks to @chrisn101 & @drstrange26 for your help with this one