Slightly confused NOOB questions

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Originally Posted by Andrew Hackard

You may not start to use new (non-one-shot) Items during combat unless a rule explicitly circumvents that prohibition.

Like the rule from page 5 of the rulesheet where it reads:

Any Item card may be played to the table as soon as you get it,

?

I believe the intention of this rule is: if you are a helper and gets Treasure out of turn, you can get it. But, re-reading it now, it is very misleading. The rules clearly state you can play any Item if you just got the card (which would qualify for Wand of Dowsing).

Edit: just to be clear, I'm not questioning Andrew's ruling, I'm just questioning the way this is presented. It's not clear, from the way it is written in the rules, that an Item can't be played if you just got it and it's the middle of the combat.