From: pallando
Subject: Question: Whispers of Rings
I have a question regarding Whispers of Rings. Here is the card text:
Whispers of Rings U Permanent-event
During your organization phase, you may take one ring special item
(except for The One Ring) from your sideboard or discard pile and place
it "off to the side" with
this card. This item gives no marshalling points. A maximum of two items
may be with this card at one time. You may play a ring special item
placed with this card as though it were in your hand. You may start
the game with this card in lieu of playing a minor item.
May I start with two Whispers of Rings and may I take then each organisation phase two ring special items from the sideboard or discard pile to the cards ?
From: "Andy Fredricksen (ECA)"
Subject: [VAN] Wow .. so back to that Windlord ..
CRF15, Turn Sequence, Combat, Strike Sequence, last entry: There is time between strike sequences to take actions that are otherwise legal. (News to me.)
In the CRF somewhere, paraphrased: When you're resolving a card, do what it says in order. You can't interrupt the resolution with new declarations. As an exception, if one of the actions on the card creates an attack, you may play cards that cancel the attack, strikes, or are otherwise playable during the strike sequence.
I know this has to be a resounding "No," but I want to make sure this isn't the overlooked loophole .. I presume the "otherwise legal" clause (esp. with my careful if remembered wording on the second bit) is what prevents me from say, having someone eat cram who's already faced an attack. That is, Beorn has Cram and is with Frodo. Cave-drake attacks: Beorn taps to face strike, rolls. Between B's and F's strikes, B eats the cram and is again untapped. In a normal attack, this would appear to be legal. Now B & F go play Windlord Found Me, B has some more cram. They get to WFM's attack: Beorn taps to face strike, rolls. Between B's and F's strike, B tries to eat the cram but is strangely unable, as some eldritch force says, "no, since this attack is part of an event's resolution, you don't have time for a snack .. yer too busy stormin' Orthanc, dude." Is this true? Or does the CRF apply here too, and it IS easier to get Windlords, Smokes, etc?
From: Leif Gunderson
Subject: Another Question.
I have a question about removing corruption cards. I was playing a game this weekend and one of the other players tapped to try to remove a corruption card and failed. He then used a minor item, I forget which one, to untap and said he could tap again to try to remove the same corruption card. Is this legal?
From: Elrond Half-elven
Subject: Underdeeps movement...
When a company takes consecutive movement/hazard phases in a single turn (to visit multiple sites), exactly how does the timing work concerning on-guard cards (if a card is played on guard at a site that is discarded before the site phase begins, when do you draw your card back into your hand)?
-I believe this is how it goes. Assume that it is the beginning of the second m/h phase and there is an on guard card on site #1. At the end of m/h phase #2,site #1 is removed and the on guard card on it is returned to your hand. At this point, you would go back to hand size.