Can a Thief fight a Lawyer

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Originally Posted by Andrew Hackard

I'm going to hold that final thought until Erik and I can talk it over. I would prefer NEVER to have exceptions to the "you must defeat the monsters to get any rewards" rule, and unless I hear a compelling argument to the contrary, that's the way I'm going to rule here -- in a multi-monster combat, the Lawyer's Treasure gets left on the ground if the munchkins have to Run Away.

I guess I should have posted the link in the thread (I didn't have time to find it), but MunchkinMan already ruled on that one, which is why I didn't qualify it with an opinion. He said that as it was an effect that doesn't involve a monster just giving you Treasure or leaving it behind, then it happens immediately.

And I just found the post where he said it, now it's been called out:

Originally Posted by MunchkinMan

This is not a reward, but a Monster effect. The Thief may discard his Treasure cards and draw new ones while in combat.

As I said above, the Thief discards his cards and draws the new cards immediately. Once the Thief has accomplished this, Lawyer is discarded.

Should we take your statement as overruling MM's response, or does it seem a valid enough explanation for now?