Hireling questions (sacrifice and items)

Blaise · 08-24-2013, 11:56 AM

Hi! New to the game here. We love it and the whole family plays. :D

I have two questions about Hirelings:

1) In the rules insert, it says that you can sacrifice a hireling if you lose a fight. Does it count as running away? Or does it count as death to the hireling? Several cards have text that says something happens if you run away, etc. For example:

My son ran into the "Wight Brothers" and it says "Higher level characters lose 2 levels, even if they escape." He could not beat them and wanted to use his hireling. Does he lose 2 levels? Or does the hireling take the hit?

2) We are a little confused about hirelings using items. The card says any item that is legal for an elf (halfling, etc.) to use. At the risk of making this more confusing, that means the elf hireling can use any item unless it specifically says not for elves correct?

08-24-2013, 11:56 AM	#1
Blaise Join Date: Aug 2013	Hireling questions (sacrifice and items) Hi! New to the game here. We love it and the whole family plays. :D I have two questions about Hirelings: 1) In the rules insert, it says that you can sacrifice a hireling if you lose a fight. Does it count as running away? Or does it count as death to the hireling? Several cards have text that says something happens if you run away, etc. For example: My son ran into the "Wight Brothers" and it says "Higher level characters lose 2 levels, even if they escape." He could not beat them and wanted to use his hireling. Does he lose 2 levels? Or does the hireling take the hit? 2) We are a little confused about hirelings using items. The card says any item that is legal for an elf (halfling, etc.) to use. At the risk of making this more confusing, that means the elf hireling can use any item unless it specifically says not for elves correct?