| hojaytee |
That's interesting... his card says:
Oloch's Character Card wrote:When another character attempts any check, you may display any number of blessings and weapons; for each card displayed, add 1 (□ 2) to the check. Return the displayed cards to your hand before you reset it (□and at the start of your turn).The most literal reading would allow you to display some number of cards and apply the check bonus to every subsequent check, making him the most powerful support character ever. Breaking it down.
Damiel attempts a check. Oloch displays 3 cards (2 blessings and 1 weapon) giving Damiel a +3 on his check. On 's next check, Oloch displays any number of cards (0 in this case) and gives Damiel +3 for his 3 displayed cards. He repeats on every other character's check until his turn ends and he picks up his cards.
Naturally this isn't what is intended as that is bonkers powerful. You just get the boost for the cards actively being displayed at that time, not cards still being displayed from last time. But the wording leaves this interpretation out there.
Page 10 of the rules states "If you are instructed to play, reveal, display, discard, recharge, bury, banish, or otherwise manipulate a card, that card must come from your hand unless otherwise specified."
I think the intention is that a card displayed by Oloch's power doesn't do anything on it's own; it is the ACT of displaying which provides help. So when the second check comes along, and you can't display those cards FROM YOUR HAND (because they've already been displayed), you can't add to the check. Furthermore, those displayed cards don't provide any "power", because you didn't play those cards as themselves; they were played as generic cards in Oloch's "Display" action.