Potion of Cowardice

[devilcat]

I have a few assumptions, please correct me otherwise:

Potion of Cowardice not only makes players run from a combat, but they HAVE to roll the dice as well or face the Bad Stuff.

[StaticHamster]

Originally Posted by devilcat

Potion of Cowardice not only makes players run from a combat, but they HAVE to roll the dice as well or face the Bad Stuff.

You do have to roll the dice to run away, that's part of running away...if you succeed the Bad Stuff doesn't happen to you; the Potion of Cowardice just forces you to run away.

[Andrew Hackard]

Originally Posted by StaticHamster

You do have to roll the dice to run away, that's part of running away...if you succeed the Bad Stuff doesn't happen to you; the Potion of Cowardice just forces you to run away.

This is exactly correct.

[bonetm]

Hnn, ok, but if you have something that gives you automatic escape, you don't have to roll, right? Like, the Shoes Of Only Having To Run Faster Than YOU or something like this...

[Andrew Hackard]

Originally Posted by bonetm

Hnn, ok, but if you have something that gives you automatic escape, you don't have to roll, right? Like, the Shoes Of Only Having To Run Faster Than YOU or something like this...

Right. It's a normal Run Away attempt in every respect, except that you don't have the choice to stay and fight.

[perezmustdie]

So does this mean that sidekicks and be sacked to avoid the potion of cowardice? Cause my friend said that I can not use the sidekick I am already being forced to running away.

[MunchkinMan]

You can't avoid the Potion of Cowardice by using a Sidekick (or Hireling or Mook or Minion), but you can use a Sidekick to escape from the Monster(s) since that is part of running away. In other words, Potion of Cowardice creates a situation where you must now Run Away (i.e, it's an instant loss). To Run Away, you must roll one die per Monster and get a 5 or a 6 to avoid the Bad Stuff for that Monster or you may discard your Hireling/Sidekick/Mook/Minion and avoid rolling for all the Monsters and suffer no Bad Stuff (other than losing your Hireling). In other, other words, your friend is mistaken about what a Hireling/Sidekick/Mook/Minion does or when it can be used. It is part of Running Away, not instead of.

[unclear]

Originally Posted by MunchkinMan

You can't avoid the Potion of Cowardice by using a Sidekick (or Hireling or Mook or Minion), but you can use a Sidekick to escape from the Monster(s) since that is part of running away. In other words, Potion of Cowardice creates a situation where you must now Run Away (i.e, it's an instant loss). To Run Away, you must roll one die per Monster and get a 5 or a 6 to avoid the Bad Stuff for that Monster or you may discard your Hireling/Sidekick/Mook/Minion and avoid rolling for all the Monsters and suffer no Bad Stuff (other than losing your Hireling). In other, other words, your friend is mistaken about what a Hireling/Sidekick/Mook/Minion does or when it can be used. It is part of Running Away, not instead of.

When you say Hirelings can be discarded to avoid rolling, does this mean you have to decide to sack the Hireling before you roll? Or can you roll the die hoping for a 5 or 6, but on a 4 or lower, then decide to sack the Hireling?

[StaticHamster]

Sacrifice your Hireling instead of rolling; So you can't Sacrifice him after a Bad Run Away roll.

[MunchkinMan]

The rules surrounding the "hireling" discard to escape say that this is something you do instead of rolling, so no, you may not roll and then decide to have your Hireling/Sidekick/Mook/Minion sacrifice himself for you.