| saessi |
Hey everyone,
I've attempted this post before, but it didn't show up in the message boards after, so if it's no doubled, I'm sorry. My friends and I have the German Rise of the Ruinlords Game (since we are German), and the rule book is rather terrible. So although we have played a few times, there are still some things we are confused about, especially after I've been reading through these threads.
1. How to defeat a monster?
When fighting a monster/henchman/bad guy is it true that only Strength and Melee can be used? Would Seoni be able to use Melee, which is not one of her listed skills, with a d4 and then play a Mercenary to add another d4 to her check? Why can Seoni for example not use her Arcane trait? What about her using a spell like "energy projectile" (probably not correct translation). It reads: "Discard this card during a combat check, to add 2d4 to your die on Arcane as well as the trait Energy." Doesn't this mean Seoni would have to use her Arcane skill on a combat check already, to add this one? Or does her Arcane magic only become eligible for a combat check because of adding the energy projectile?
2. If a skill is not listed a character can still use it with 1d4?
A few examples:
a) Someone who has neither the Divine nor the Arcane skill could play a spell with 1d4 + whatever the spell adds, but ban it after, because the skills aren't listed?
b) When using the Snake, for example, who adds 1d10 to Secrecy/Sneakiness (not sure about transl.), can it be played by someone who doesn't have the Secrecy trait using 1d4 + 1d10?
c) Can then a potion that lets e.g. "a character in your location have a successful check on Diplomacy" be used by anyone, even if this skill is not listed?
3. Could you die at the end of your turn?
Seoni has 3 cards in her hand, because she used some to help other players during their turns. Now she loses a combat check and has to suffer four pain. She only has to discard the three cards in her hand, correct? So if she had enough cards in her deck still, to refresh her hand at the end of her turn, she is safe? But if she had only four cards in her deck and had to refresh to six, which she can't, would she then die?
I'm sorry if these questions are frustratingly amateur for you, it is really hard to understand our rule book, and I'm sorry if I haven't translated/used all the terms right. Thank you for your help and patience.