You can't banish an ally from your discard pile; it has to be from your hand. So you either have to wait to draw an ally, or send a character there that has an ally in their hand, in order to close the location.
For the record, the rules ARE specific about this: If you read the description given for the meaning of "Banish" you'll find that it very clearly states the card comes from your hand. In fact, discard, bury, display, banish, etc. ALL refer to using a card from your hand.
Will you also argue that you can discard a card from your deck instead of from your hand since the rules aren't explicit? E.g. do you play that Lini can discard a card from her deck to change her STR to 1d10?
Come on... you play cards from your hand. When you need to "banish an ally to do x" then you need to pay this cost from your hand, which means you need an ally in your hand.
Hi I cannot find where it says this. On p.10 of the Rulebook for Banish, it says;
Banish: put it back in the box, shuffling it in with the other cards of the same type (thus losing it for good).
As I said common sense suggests it's from your hand but I've yet to have anyone show me where it specifically states this, therefore the rule technically is up for dispute.
I'll admit I'm not technical and play within the spirit of the rules as Mike has suggested. However there are other players that I know of that could exploit this omission.
Can someone quote where this is said either from rulebook or FAQ to put this silly argument to rest.
Cheers Ray
The part on page 10 that you reference is found in the section titled, "playing cards". Since the rules make no mention of being able to play cards from anywhere other than your hand, I don't see why this should cause confusion.