Cards on the Table Qs

[MunchkinMan]

Originally Posted by koolkat67

J1) what cards CANNOT go on the table? Like Monster Enhancers? or Curses? This pertains to keeping 5 cards in your hand. What stops me from putting all my cards on the table?

The rules explain that Items, Races, Powers, and Minions are the only cards that you can keep in play (i.e., play to the table). Races are restricted to one in play, unless you have Half-Breed, which would allow two. In either case, to replace a Race, you have to discard the current Race and put a new one down. Powers are restricted by your Level and the Ranks of the Powers you have in play already. Minions are restricted to one, which means you'd have to discard one to play another one, unless you have a card which overrides that rule. Nothing in the rules allow you to turn a Race, Power, or Minion that you're not "using" sideways, so you can't do it.

2) If, for example, I have 2 head gear (both on the table), one in-use and one is sideways; can I switch between them? Swap them being in-use and sideways. Or do I need to discard the in-use one before using another headgear? In the rules it says you cant simply discard a BIG item to use small ones but you have to sell or trade, etc but nothing about just turning it sideways.

You can switch which Items you are using at any time you are not in combat. You don't have to discard the Item you are using in order to switch to using a different Item. You can only have one Big Item in play. That means you can't have a second Big Item in play. You can turn a Big Item sideways if you're not using it (it is still an Item, and all rules about Items still apply to Big Items), but that does not mean you could put a second Big Item in play to use. Having a Big Item does not mean you can't have any small Items.

To clarify, the rules say :

Originally Posted by The Rules

You may not simply discard one Big item to play another; you must sell it, trade it, lose it to a Curse or Bad Stuff, or discard it to power a Power or Race ability.

That is not saying that you can't discard a Big Item to play another Item, that's saying you can't discard a Big Item to play another Big Item.