Can Polymorph Potion be used to prevent your opponent from getting a level

[MIB2826]

Why does everyone always seem to manage to kill the joke in Pollymorph Potion?

[Vincentheartthrob]

Originally Posted by MIB2826

Why does everyone always seem to manage to kill the joke in Pollymorph Potion?

Whoa! I actually never noticed that sneaky second L in there. That significantly increases the funny factor of the card!

[Enzzo]

Originally Posted by MIB2826

Why does everyone always seem to manage to kill the joke in Pollymorph Potion?

lol :) I hadn't noticed the 2nd L either. Very nice :D

[NIKr0mancer]

Does Pollymorf Potion help in auto-kill situations like epic Orc or the monster in Starmunchkin that is defetead automatically by one of classes (sorry, i don't know their english names)? Or does Friendship Potion help?
Sorry for bad English.

[Clipper]

With those examples, no you can't stop them. The Epic Orc feat actually states "Your foes cannot play any cards to stop this" and automatic kills and defeats, such as a Janibot when there is a Gadgeteer present, happen instantly before anybody else can play any cards.

However, in both these examples, the combat hasn't ended yet, so you are still able to play a Wandering Monster into the combat. Once there is a new monster present, you could play Friendship Potion and this would stop them getting Treasures from the monster they instantly defeated as well, although they would still get the levels from that first monster.

[MunchkinMan]

I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you asking if Pollymorph Potion prevents an auto-kill? If that was your question: No. The epic Orc ability says that it can not be stopped. In a more general sens, once the Monster is dead from an auto-kill event, it's removed from combat and you can't play any cards to affect that Monster.

This has been said over in the other forum many times, but I'll state it here for anyone who hasn't run into it there: Munchkin does not have a stack mechanic for play. If you've played that other game (or similar) before, you'll know what I mean. If you haven't, don't worry about it, I'll just say that cards/events are resolved as they occur (with a few notable exceptions, like Wishing Ring), which means that you can't normally play some other card in order to cancel the effects of a just played card or a just used ability. For the question I answered above, this means that once the auto-kill has occurred, the Monster is removed, and that means a card that would affect or remove the Monster can not be played, unless of course the card says it can.

[DragonRider13]

Originally Posted by MIB2826

Why does everyone always seem to manage to kill the joke in Pollymorph Potion?

Because they don't notice it, that's why.