Ahmotep Discard + / - 2 card ability = more than once on a check?

[Cheez]

Hi guys,

For Ahmotep's ability:
"On your check, after the roll, you may discard a card to add or subtract 2 from the result."

My question is: let's say she misses a check by 3, can she discard two cards in order to get +4 so that she would then succeed at the check? Or, is she limited to just discarding a single card and getting a max of +2?

We've been playing it where she has been able to discard multiple cards.

Thanks in advance for the help,

Ben

[skizzerz]

No, you can use any individual card or power only once per check.

MM rulebook p11: "Each player may not play more than 1 card of each type or use any 1 power more than once during each check, other than powers that can be used each time something particular happens."

The exception refers to powers that begin with the word "When", which Ahmotep's power is not. As such, you may only use it once per check.

[Malcolm_Reynolds]

Howdy! The general rule is any power may be used once per check or step. If Ahmotep's power were meant to allow you to discard multiple cards it would have been written something like this: "On your check, after the roll, you may discard any number of cards. For each card discarded, you may add or subtract 2 from the result."

Hope that helps!