Asking for help in combat

[uttwich]

Quick question that I think I already know the answer to:

If a player is in combat where they are currently winning, can they ask for (and accept) help to prevent someone from playing one-shot cards? Or can they only ask for help if they are currently losing? (I think it's the latter, but wanted to make sure.)

If it is the latter, it looks like the only exception that I am aware of in the original Munchkin series is the Perfectly Ordinary Bunny Rabbit which allows you to ask for help before figuring out what you're really up against.

[snarky]

Asking for help does not prevent someone from playing one-shot cards to stump the combat...necessarily.

But, that said, you can't ask for help if you're currently able to win the combat on your own.

[MunchkinMan]

Originally Posted by uttwich

If it is the latter, it looks like the only exception that I am aware of in the original Munchkin series is the Perfectly Ordinary Bunny Rabbit which allows you to ask for help before figuring out what you're really up against.

I think the other likely candidate would be Lust Monster, which requires you to get the help of a character of the opposite sex, so even if you had a combat strength differential of 100, you still have to ask for help to win.

But, normally, if you're winning, you can't ask for help.