Serpent Ring (Conan)

[Moldon]

Serpent Ring help you to automatically defeat any monster that is Sent By Thoth-Amon. Is it automatically kill a monster (and you gain a Level), or it's just defeat?
By analogy with a Gas Mask and Mailbox, I think it kills the monster. But I just want an official confirmation.

[Eben]

Yes, you get the level.

[Moldon]

and the same question about The Smoke That Strangles.

Eben, your answer is official? Is there some rule that says that an automatic defeat always gives a level?

damn! I was sure that there is an official answer that Gas Mask do kill Agent Orange, but I can't find it.

[Eben]

In general, an automatic defeat grants that munchkin the level, unless the card says otherwise.

An MIB's statement is not official. It should be considered advice or an opinion. Sometimes we are wrong.

I don't know about Gas Mask.

[Eben]

Originally Posted by FAQ
Some Monsters say that they can be defeated immediately, based on circumstances. Unless the card says otherwise, this usually means an instant kill of the Monster, so you would get levels and Treasure in those situations, too.

[Moldon]

Thank you.
This is my stupidity. I saw this item in FAQ, but paid little attention through translation. I had to watch the Russian translation of FAQ, where I would not have missed.

[Andrew Hackard]

Originally Posted by Eben

An MIB's statement, while not official, can usually be taken as correct, unless one of the officials, MunchkinMan or Andrew Hackard or Steve Jackson or someone else I've forgotten about, overrules them.

Sorry, Eben, but I've seen too many MIBs give too much bad information to endorse this as a policy. MIB answers are not official unless confirmed, same as any other poster.

[Eben]

Originally Posted by Andrew Hackard

Sorry, Eben, but I've seen too many MIBs give too much bad information to endorse this as a policy. MIB answers are not official unless confirmed, same as any other poster.

Got it. Wasn't trying to imply anything. Fixed.