About "Rocks fall, everyone dies"

[Rickarde]

In a past game occured a hardly discusses situation about the card "Rocks fall, everyone dies".

A player, needing to break everyone equipment, played on himself "Rocks fall, everyone dies" against a monster with 'death' bad stuff, before rolling to escape.

After failing the roll, some of us discussed about what would happen to everyone if the player would escape. And after minutes and minutes of angry fight, I got some questions:

- This card must be played before or after the roll escape?

- A player fighting a monster with 'death' bad stuff that escapes, will or will not cause death to everyone if this card has been played?

Of course, I think that if anyone plays 'loaded die' or 'reloaded die' to change the status of escape or not, the final result is the one that stays for the purposes of killing all of us. The same with cards that gives automatic escapes.

[MunchkinMan]

Hmmm. Based on the wording of the card, this is one of those weird ones. I'd allow you to play it before or after the roll to Run Away, even if you just died, which would normally force you to forfeit the cards in your hand.

[Rickarde]

The situation "played even if you just died" guides me to another question or, maybe, strategy against that situation.

Once a player failed to Run Away and someone plays "Rocks fall, everyone dies". Is there a way to avoid our fatal destiny instead of playing "Annhilation" on "Rocks fall..."?

[duskblade]

Be a "Dark" whatever and get a level for killing them or play the lasT laugh and get a level for dieing or both and get 2 levels and a possible win.

Aside from trying to profit off it I cant think of a way to stop it off the top of my head other than a card to make them auto escape.

[Gaiuspud]

So, I need further clarification. Suppose 3 players are playing. Player B and C make a monster undefeatable and player A dies. Out of revenge, player A plays "rocks fall, everyone dies". Who then starts playing next, Player A or B.

Based on the rules, it says "Your new character appears when the next player begins his turn and can help others in combat . . . but you have no cards. On your next turn, start by drawing four cards from each deck, face-down, and playing any Race, Class, or Item cards you want to, just as when you started the game. Then take your turn normally."

Does this mean Player A's new character appears when its player B's turn. Player B's character appears when its player C's turn, and Player C appears when its player A's turn?

Does this mean when its player B/player C/player A's characters appear on player B's turn and player B will be the first to start collecting cards.

[MunchkinMan]

Whenever a player dies, he comes back to life at the start of the next player's turn, not the turn of the player next to him. So, if two players are in combat and both fail to Run Away from a Monster that kills them, they would both come back to life when the next player to have a turn starts his turn. In short, everyone comes back to life at the start of the next player's turn.

So, in your example: Player B is the next player to have a turn, so everyone comes back to life on Player B's turn, Player B draws his 8 cards, figures out what he wants to do with them, and then opens a door and so on. The same goes for Player C (assuming his turn is after Player B's), and then for Player A.