Question about Gnomes

[silverhunter]

Please help us settle an argument!

I was playing as a Gnome in a game of Munchkin. I took advantage of the following ability:

Moderator edit: Please do no quote card text.

I successfully defeated a monster by myself. When I went to use this ability again later in the game, I was told that this ability was a one-shot only.

My understanding is that the Gnome, when fighting against a monster by itself, can use this ability and lay down one monster only. The player who argued the game understands this as a one-time use ability in the game.

Please help us settle this argument.

[Clipper]

It's once per combat. It's the monster card you use which becomes a one-shot (and hence discarded after the combat), not the ability or the Gnome card.

[silverhunter]

Thank you for your quick reply!

[SmokeRulz]

Your friend is trying too hard. You can't ALWAYS throw logic out the window when trying to be munchkinly! Why would the game creators make a racial ability that was once per GAME? Honestly.

[MunchkinMan]

Originally Posted by SmokeRulz

Your friend is trying too hard. You can't ALWAYS throw logic out the window when trying to be munchkinly! Why would the game creators make a racial ability that was once per GAME? Honestly.

More importantly: Why a one-shot ability that was never described, in the rules or on the card, as a one-shot ability?

[SmokeRulz]

Originally Posted by MunchkinMan

More importantly: Why a one-shot ability that was never described, in the rules or on the card, as a one-shot ability?

Exactly! I bet that guy would pull the same thing on the Halfling's run away ability.

[Clipper]

In the guy's defence, the Gnome ability does call it a 'one-shot Illusion'. I can understand how he might have misunderstood that as saying you have a one-shot Illusion ability given to you by the Gnome card that you can never use again as it is usable only once.