The Kevinator vs. 2 munchkins

[Mister Ed]

I'd guess, because it's funnier this way. ;-)

I mean, there may be some boring explanation about 20 being a cap set on all Munchkin Monsters across the board, and something to do with the distinction between Level and Combat Strength, but I'd be happy enough with the idea that, of the possible ways to make him "equivalent" to a Level 25 Monster, giving him +5 vs. everybody was the funniest way to do it.

[jraggio]

Originally Posted by Mister Ed

I'd guess, because it's funnier this way. ;-)

I mean, there may be some boring explanation about 20 being a cap set on all Munchkin Monsters across the board, and something to do with the distinction between Level and Combat Strength, but I'd be happy enough with the idea that, of the possible ways to make him "equivalent" to a Level 25 Monster, giving him +5 vs. everybody was the funniest way to do it.

I was guessing that, but then thought maybe there was a card someplace that might negate the +5 in some way. There may be some cards that refer to a monster's "level" and in this case Kevin would be a 20, but would have an effective combat level of 25? Who knows? I did get a chuckle though.

The set is funny. Love the use of 'd on some of the cards. My favorite card is "Elected Guild Leader". Is this an example of a "special"? Can a special like this be played on somebody else, or only to myself?

[Mister Ed]

Originally Posted by jraggio

I was guessing that, but then thought maybe there was a card someplace that might negate the +5 in some way. There may be some cards that refer to a monster's "level" and in this case Kevin would be a 20, but would have an effective combat level of 25? Who knows? I did get a chuckle though.

The set is funny. Love the use of 'd on some of the cards. My favorite card is "Elected Guild Leader". Is this an example of a "special"? Can a special like this be played on somebody else, or only to myself?

I've wondered that myself. I think they said you can only play it on yourself, though I find that odd, partly because it is strange that you can ONLY elect YOURSELF Guild Leader, and partly because I find the effect of this card is such that I would almost NEVER play it on myself, while I WOULD likely play it on others if allowed. A few extra treasures doesn't, in my mind, balance out the very real possibility of losing multiple levels to this card. If you only lost a level when somebody DIED in combat, maybe, but as it is, this seems likely to be a very poor deal (at least the way MY games usually go).

[jraggio]

Originally Posted by Mister Ed

I've wondered that myself. I think they said you can only play it on yourself, though I find that odd, partly because it is strange that you can ONLY elect YOURSELF Guild Leader, and partly because I find the effect of this card is such that I would almost NEVER play it on myself, while I WOULD likely play it on others if allowed. A few extra treasures doesn't, in my mind, balance out the very real possibility of losing multiple levels to this card. If you only lost a level when somebody DIED in combat, maybe, but as it is, this seems likely to be a very poor deal (at least the way MY games usually go).

Then again it says it can be discarded at any time, so your opponent could just dump it if you played it on them, unless they wanted to roll the dice for treasure, but doesn't seem worth the risk.

[Mister Ed]

Originally Posted by jraggio

Then again it says it can be discarded at any time, so your opponent could just dump it if you played it on them, unless they wanted to roll the dice for treasure, but doesn't seem worth the risk.

As I recall there is a PRICE for dumping it. You have to lose a level to do so.

EDIT: Oops, I just realized I'm responsible for thread drift here. If we want to continue addressing this issue, we should probably start a new thread.

[MunchkinMan]

Originally Posted by jraggio

I was guessing that, but then thought maybe there was a card someplace that might negate the +5 in some way. There may be some cards that refer to a monster's "level" and in this case Kevin would be a 20, but would have an effective combat level of 25? Who knows? I did get a chuckle though.

Because Monsters top out at Level 20. This is further evidence that 20 is the hard limit. . .