04-20-2013, 04:50 PM | #11 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Macungie, PA
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Re: "Help Me Out Here" card
The whole point is that you must be able to use the Item, since the card mentions that the Item must make the difference between winning and losing. It allows you to get rid of an Item that is "in the way," but that does not imply that you can use an Item you couldn't normally use because of Race, Class, or gender restrictions.
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04-20-2013, 07:41 PM | #12 |
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Missouri
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Re: "Help Me Out Here" card
Am I correct in assuming, then, that the aforementioned item could still be played IF there was a CHEAT card?
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04-20-2013, 08:04 PM | #13 | |
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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Re: "Help Me Out Here" card
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If you have a Cheat! card in your own hand, then perhaps you could take that Item, though. It has been ruled previously that you can take the Kneepads of Allure with Help Me Out Here! if there is somebody that you could immediately compel to help you out and make it so you are winning. Thus, if you can show you have a Cheat! card to immediately play on the Item, that seems to be the same situation as for Kneepads of Allure. This special case is not exactly the same, though, as it does involve playing a card (whereas the Kneepads only involve using a card). I may be overruled on it, but I hope I've made a good enough case... |
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04-20-2013, 08:14 PM | #14 |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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Re: "Help Me Out Here" card
I'm ruling that no, an Item that must be Cheated to be usable cannot be taken with HMOH. I'm also declaring that ruling provisional until I have a chance to confer with Erik about it.
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04-20-2013, 08:41 PM | #15 |
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Re: "Help Me Out Here" card
Thanks for the ruling Andrew. I just found another where Erik said the same thing via a Google search (forum search isn't that useful to find HMOH related stuff).
Oh well, it was worth a try! The difference is clear, in that it must be the card itself, and your existing tableau, that is enough to make you start winning the combat. |
08-19-2013, 10:55 PM | #16 |
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Re: "Help Me Out Here" card
Can the player take One Shot Items with the Help Me Out Here card?
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08-20-2013, 12:32 AM | #17 |
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Re: "Help Me Out Here" card
Yes, you can take a One-Shot Item that another player is carrying, provided you are losing the combat and that using that Item would put you into a winning position.
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08-20-2013, 02:00 AM | #18 |
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Re: "Help Me Out Here" card
Awesome, thanks! One more thing: Say that Player A uses the "Help Me Out!" Card and takes an item from Player B which puts him in the winning position. However, Player B then throws another Monster at Player A, causing him to lose the combat. What happens in result of the "Help Me Out!" Card? Does it fulfill the role of winning or lose the battle?
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08-20-2013, 04:29 AM | #19 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Macungie, PA
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Re: "Help Me Out Here" card
At the time Help Me Out Here is played is the only time that it matters. Its effect was applied, it was discarded. The player now owns the Item, and it can't be taken away just because the combat changed to some other condition. You can't easily overturn an immediate effect in Munchkin, and usually all you can do is cancel one as it is happening, assuming you have the card to do it.
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08-20-2013, 12:17 PM | #20 | |
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Re: "Help Me Out Here" card
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