Does helping have to be helpful?

[MunchkinMan]

You are never obligated to be helpful, but if you offer to help, then sabotage things often enough, you might not get invited to the party.

[Turhan's Bey Company]

Originally Posted by MunchkinMan

You are never obligated to be helpful, but if you offer to help, then sabotage things often enough, you might not get invited to the party.

Given that he's talking about things which force a player to help rather than offering to help, that's probably the point.

[GT Quigley]

Yep, I was forced to help a player win the game,when I started burying our side they objected saying I had to be helpful. I argued my help is limited to my combat strength, how I play my cards is my decision though.

[Blazinjsin]

You are only obligated to add your current combat strength. You are more than welcome to buff the monster or even play things to make you run away. Usually you can't be compelled to help with the winning level either.

[Andrew Hackard]

Originally Posted by Blazinjsin

Usually you can't be compelled to help with the winning level either.

It depends on the method used to compel your assistance. If it doesn't say otherwise on the card, then you CAN be forced to help for the winning level.

[emillang1000]

Originally Posted by Andrew Hackard

It depends on the method used to compel your assistance. If it doesn't say otherwise on the card, then you CAN be forced to help for the winning level.

I don't remember if Curse! Zombification does or not, but I don't believe it does.

Anyway, we were a little bit jerky to a guy who HIMSELF was jerky beforehand when he hit Zombification.

We were passing him around like a hanky at a sad movie. Then, when it was finally his turn to try and fight a monster again, we made it impossible for him to win that fight. We stopped doing it after that first time, but needless to say it was great to have the "help" and extra 12 Combat Bonus.

Sadly, no-one was near the winning level except him (lv7), so we weren't concerned with that too much.

[Clipper]

Yeah, somebody stricken with Curse! Zombification can be compelled to help in a game-winning combat.

My initial reaction to anyone getting a power which means I may be forced to compel someone to help is to unequip all my Items before ending my turn and equipping them again at the start of my next. If I actually want to make a fair deal to help someone for a reward, I'll equip before I make the deal, then unequip again once combat is over.

[Mister Ed]

Kneepads of Allure (mentioned in the OP) certainly can't, in its current iteration. If they had the original version of the card, and were ignoring/unaware of the update to it, I guess it could be.

[GT Quigley]

In my case it was bond with sports. No winning restrictions with that one.

[tremorlaine]

Originally Posted by Mister Ed

Kneepads of Allure (mentioned in the OP) certainly can't, in its current iteration. If they had the original version of the card, and were ignoring/unaware of the update to it, I guess it could be.

That's not true. I've used Kneepads of Allure to win the game while I was at Level 8 and fighting a 2 Level Monster. Unless I have an older version...