10-02-2020, 07:06 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Oct 2020
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Getting Help and playing a GUAL card in combat
I had an argument with a player about when you can play a Go Up A Level card. I need a definitive answer to put this thing to bed once and for all. Here is how things happened that led to me needing help here.
I'm in a game with 3 others. I am Lv 7 (not an elf) and in my hand is a GUAL card. I Kick Down The Door and reveal a monster that I can NOT defeat by myself and the monster gives 2 levels upon defeat. Another player (also not an elf) offers to help me defeat the monster. I accept and then play the GUAL card as it would bump me to Lv 8 and then the monster would be defeated with the other players help, thus giving me 2 more levels to win the game. This is where all things fall apart and the argument starts. Going back over the rules sheet, it says that a GUAL card can be played at anytime except if that would put you to Lv 10 and give you the win. So could you play it in combat after accepting some one's offer to help but BEFORE you calculate whether you can defeat the monster? There was also an issue of when is combat technically finished. |
10-03-2020, 12:05 AM | #2 |
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: "Made in Hong Kong"
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Re: Getting Help and playing a GUAL card in combat
Yes. A player can win this way.
GUAL cards turning combat into winning level Otherwise, the helper is kicked out of the fight automatically if they were forced or compelled that became the winning level. Two big rule changes, effective immediately |
10-05-2020, 06:10 AM | #3 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Re: Getting Help and playing a GUAL card in combat
My understanding is that yes you can play a GUAL card that way. However, in the scenario that you described the fight now became for the win and the helper can back out of the fight given the new rules that Fufu is linking to.
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10-10-2020, 09:55 PM | #4 | ||
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: College Park, Maryland
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Re: Getting Help and playing a GUAL card in combat
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Except, no. Quote:
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10-14-2020, 07:53 AM | #5 |
Join Date: Oct 2020
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Re: Getting Help and playing a GUAL card in combat
I thought it was a legal move. The other player tried to find an excuse to say that it wasn't, including saying it was "unethical". They went so far as to send a help request straight to SJGames and the response they got was different than the ones here. I didn't see the question they asked so I don't know if they worded it differently to get a response they would want. It was a fringe situation and not one I would see me doing often.
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10-16-2020, 01:54 PM | #6 |
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Texas
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Re: Getting Help and playing a GUAL card in combat
You can't play a gual card if you're level 9. But if you're 8 I don't think there's a problem if you go to level 10 after that.
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11-14-2020, 05:02 PM | #7 | |
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Location: Austin, TX
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Re: Getting Help and playing a GUAL card in combat
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It is worth noting that this rule change is relatively recent (I'd have to check, but I want to say within the last five years), so long-time players may not know about this.
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