Coat of Arms
 

Say the Coat of Arms (-2 Arms, allowing you to carry an extra two hands worth of items) is carrying a 2-handed Big Item. Can the Coat of Arms be thieved while it is carrying a Big Item?

Re: Coat of Arms
 

Since Coat of Arms is not a Big Item yes it can.

Re: Coat of Arms
 

Of course, all you get from the theft is the Coat; nothing it's carrying comes along for the ride. I'm sure you already knew that, but just to cover all the bases...

Re: Coat of Arms
 

Ok, I guess I'm slow, but I don't understand this card. I thought it was a misprint. It seems to me like it should read "+2 Hands" not "-2". Effectively, this card allows you to equip 4 one-handed items or 2 two-handed items, right?

Re: Coat of Arms
 

Except if the person is carrying anything in addition to their 2-handed BIG item, they have to immediately choose which items are no longer in use, as they no longer have 2 additional hands.

Re: Coat of Arms
 

Hi, EpicJoe. Welcome to the forums!

The effect of the Coat of Arms is to give you two extra Hands. Because Items that take Hands say "1 Hand" or "2 Hands" (or "3 Hands," in one particularly obnoxious case), the Items that give you extra Hands say "-1 Hand" and "-2 Hands." That way, if you add up all the numbers of Hands on the Item cards, you'll get the right answer.

Example: You're wearing the Coat of Arms (-2 Hands) and wielding the Three-Handed Sword (3 Hands). You are currently using -2 + 3 = 1 Hand, meaning you still have one Hand free.

Please let me know if this helped, or if I need to explain it more clearly.

Re: Coat of Arms
 

Item cards that use hands say "1 Hand" or "2 Hands" - so if an item gives you extra hands (such as the Coat of Arms or Two-Handed Sword) the "-2 Hands" indicates that these items have the opposite effect of items that use hands, and instead free up 1 or more hands.

That all made sense in my head, but now that I read it to myself, I'm not so sure.

Re: Coat of Arms
 

Hey All,

Quick noob question: Does the coat of arms allow you to carry items that normally you would not be able to carry? (eg. Unnatural Axe that only Warriors can use, or Bow with Ribbons that only Elves can use)

It doesn't specifically say that it can or cannot, and as the GM I've been allowing it to supersede class and race, but I just wanted to check in with some veterans of the game to see how they handle it as basically a cheat or not.

Thanks,
-pirat

Re: Coat of Arms
 

No, it just gives you two extra hands to carry items that you are otherwise permitted to carry. In general, if a card doesn't say that it can do something (like function as a CHEAT), then it doesn't.

Re: Coat of Arms
 

There's a fairly important meta-rule that needs to be followed: If you imagine that a card can do something, and the card doesn't specifically cover that which you imagine, then it can't do what you imagine. The Coat of Arms is a perfect example: All it does is give you extra hands, but in no way does it work like a Cheat! card in any possible way. If it was intended to do that, it would say so.