CoE weekly Rulings/Clarifications 4

1. Rolled Down to the Sea says: "Opponent must discard a ring from his hand or from one of his companies if available. If no rings are available as such, he must reveal his hand to you."

So, do both the gold ring item cards like Beautiful Gold Ring/Fair Gold Ring/Precious Gold Ring and the actual ring cards like the Magic/Dwarven/One Ring fit the definition?

*** Yes.

And, does the opponent get to decide whether he discards from his hand or from a company?

*** No.

2. If a character is facing a strike from an attack, can he still tap to do something else relating to the attack (i.e. can Fatty tap to cancel another strike even if he's facing one himself, or could someone tap to use a Starglass to modify the prowess even if the bearer is facing a strike)?

*** CRF 15, Annotation 18 (Strike Sequence): " When a defending player chooses to resolve a strike against a particular character, the only actions that may be taken by either player until the strike dice-roll is made are the following: ... and the defending character may play resource cards that effect the strike. An action that has the condition that a target character tap, but which otherwise has an effect not outlined here, may not be declared at this point. This is true even if the recipient of the strike would be the target character tapping and thus receive -1 to his prowess."

"May play resource cards that effect the strike" is interpreted as "may initiate resource/character effects that effect the strike". If you didn't, Fatty Bolger would be useless. Thus, Fatty and a Star-glass bearer could tap for the appropriate effect even if they are targetted by a strike

3. Minion Isles of the Dead That Live taps characters in covert company, while other similar cards tap characters in overt companies. Is that meant to be so or is there a mistake in the Isles of the Dead That Live card?

*** There is no errata on that card.

4. I've a small problem with River text interpretation in multi-movement phases (like Carambor's or Balrog's ability). Text on River says that if opponent does not tap a ranger, his company may not do nothing in his site phase. So, if I play River in first MH phase and opponent does not tap a ranger, but uses special ability to have second MH phase and his company is moving to another site, does the River played in the first MH phase have an affect in opponent's site phase (altough the River was played to another site then is now used)?

*** Text of River: "Playable on a site. If a company that has moved to this site this turn does not tap a ranger, it must do nothing during its site phase."

Because the River is played on a site, it won't affect your opponent's company if they end up stopping at a site other than the one you played the River on.

5. With cards that allow you to tap to prevent something from happening for the rest of the turn, like Promptings of Wisdom or Magical Harp, can you tap in response to the play of a hazard?

*** Yes.