The Good, The Bad, and the Munchkin, Trap! Ambush, item unequiping

[McKnackus]

So me and some friends just played The Good, The Bad, and The Munchkin, and a friend knocked down the door and was hit by Trap! Ambush! which says that anyone who plays a trap on him at this point will get a face down door card. This incentives using trap cards on him, and thus puts his items in danger.

Before anyone had a chance to play any traps on him, he immediately turned all his cards sideways to unequip them. This is a habit of his, to unequip items all items except before his turn, or during someone elses combat if he wants to help. Essentially he only has items equipped before potential combat.

I argued that he shouldn't be able to unequip the items because !trap Ambush COULD lead into him losing those items via subsequent curses, but he argues that the trap doesn't directly effect his items and he's not in combat, therefore he can unequip them for any reason he wants.

So, can he unequip items any time besides combat as he pleases, and can he unequip them when !trap Ambush is played because it doesn't DIRECTLY effect the items?

[Enzzo]

You can't change which items are used or in-play-but-unused while another action is being resolved. I believe that since Trap! Ambush is still being resolved while the other players decide whether to play Traps on him, he cannot change the state of his equipment.

[Andrew Hackard]

Enzzo is correct. The Trap must be fully resolved before any other actions occur.