Cultist Membership & Sudden Head Blow
 

What are some of the ways to force someone to become a Cultist when they have a CMC? The way the card is worded makes it seem that whenever Bad stuff, a curse, or even Sudden Head blow happens the CMC user could just say I'm a cultist already and then immediately stop being one again. Circumventing any of that stuff.

This doesn't seem like the intentions to me. Is it?

Re: Cultist Membership & Sudden Head Blow
 

No, I don't think that was ever the intent, and it doesn't prevent someone from avoiding Bad Stuff, Curses or other things that make you join the cult.

Re: Cultist Membership & Sudden Head Blow
 

Wait, it doesn't prevent them from AVOIDING it? Does that mean it DOES allow them to avoid all that stuff?

Re: Cultist Membership & Sudden Head Blow
 

Is this the promo card? I thought based on prior discussions that card would allow you to avoid Bad Stuff, Curses, and such.

There's a detailed discussion here, if so: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=76028

Re: Cultist Membership & Sudden Head Blow
 

I remember that thread. That's why I find this thread somewhat confusing, since it sounds like MM is agreeing with the original poster, and disagreeing, at the same time, and with odd phrasing. And I want to be clear, since I'm SURE something like this WILL eventually come up if I play Cthuhlu again, since this card WAS in the inventory of some of the players LAST time.

Re: Cultist Membership & Sudden Head Blow
 

I couldn't find this post earlier and didn't have time to look further (one of the hazards of all-day product design launch meetings). I also couldn't track down the CMC card from Cthulhu, and it turns out it's because I was searching through the database incorrectly (again, didn't have the time to double down once I ran into a wall). So, ignore my statement from before, which was worded properly enough to confirm (incorrectly) the OP's assertion, though the word "therefore" would probably have improved comprehension significantly.

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I think the OP's question is still valid, though - how CAN you make a player holding the CMC into a Cultist, thus forcing them to drop the card?

Re: Cultist Membership & Sudden Head Blow
 

Disclaimer: Some of the following depends on what sets your playing with

Kill them: Wander in a monster with death as bad stuff and enhance it and put potions on it. Give it a mate so they have to run away from death twice

Curse: Some curses let another player choose what to get rid of so if it is an item then they can choose that

Specific cards: Specific cards allow a card to be removed fom game.

Sure sometimes you don't get the luck ofthe draw to get these cards but then again I was playing a game of good, bad & munchkin and an opponent got everything with the word Bow in it to give a big bonus along with cheat and extra hands. Sometimes in those situations you just have to grin and bear it and hope for a better distriution of cards next time.

Re: Cultist Membership & Sudden Head Blow
 

Makes sense, but most of those don't make the player a cultist, just remove the CMC from their use of it. Andrew (in the linked discussion) says that the best way to get rid of the CMC is to make the player a Cultist, but I'm still stumped as to how one could do that...

Re: Cultist Membership & Sudden Head Blow
 

do the above before the sudden head blow???? Ok now I'm really reaching aren't I!!!!