Discarding items that are part of a deal

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Originally Posted by MunchkinMan

FAQ.



This is really a questionable practice, and if you do it a lot, you're going to find no one is willing to help you since you're clearly unwilling to obey Wheaton's Law. I think it might be legal, but I also think it's reasonable for the other person to say, "Okay, since you dumped the card you were going to give me, you'll just have to give me something else," and expect to get it.

I have read the whole thread and would like to try to sum some things up here and make it clear what we're talking about. Bear with me here.


Player A fights Monster M (holding 3 treasure) with the help of Player B in exchange of 2 treasure and a certain Item X Player A is carrying.
After the agreement, Player A (a warrior) uses his warrior ability and decides to discard Item X for +1 bonus combat strength. Of course, Player B disagrees loudly because the discarded Item X was promised to him.
They finally kill the monster and Player B receives 2 treasure, but obviously not Item X.

Now, as Player A, this seems to be a case of indirectly not keeping (no pun intended) your part of the deal. A direct way of not keeping your part of the deal would be to just not give the promised item, even if you still have it the moment you decide Player B doesn't get it.

Don't get me wrong, I agree the latter - that is, just saying 'nah you're not getting the promised item' - is or should be illegal. But, to be honest, I am quite surprised people here don't find situation described above 'very Munchkinly' etc. On the contrary, it is frowned upon!

I'd really like your thoughts on this.