03-09-2011, 12:21 PM | #1 |
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Gnome Question
I searched the forum and FAQ, but couldn't come up with an answer.
Under what circumstances may a gnome use his ability to play a monster as a one shot item? The text of the card indicates that this can be done in combat alone (the card has the italics). I took this to mean that a gnome can only use this ability when fighting a monster in a combat in which another player does not help. My friend felt that it means that a gnome can use this ability while in combat - whether his own or when helping out another munchkin. He argues that the alone only indicates that the ability cannot be used to aid a monster, because the gnome is not actually in combat at that time. Are either of us correct?
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03-09-2011, 12:28 PM | #2 |
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Re: Gnome Question
It's semantics, but I think that "alone" means just that - only the Gnome is fighting. If it were intended to simply mean "only in combat"...well, that's probably exactly what the card would say, or "in any combat".
I think the whole purpose of this ability is to allow a Gnome to pull a "helper" from his hand when his buddies aren't willing or able to help him.
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03-09-2011, 12:59 PM | #3 |
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Re: Gnome Question
Thank you snarky, that is essentially what I felt it meant. It makes the most logical sense.
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03-09-2011, 02:00 PM | #4 |
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Re: Gnome Question
"Alone," in this case means that the Gnome must not have help in the form of another player joining him in the combat.
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03-09-2011, 09:43 PM | #5 |
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Re: Gnome Question
If a Gnome already has a helper, or already is a helper, he cannot use his illusion ability.
But if a gnome already used his illusion ability when he was, alone, the main combatant, he CAN ask for help. If another munchkin agrees to come in to the combat as a helper, the monster illusion and any monster enhancers that have been played on it are discarded. See, for example, MM here. |
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