Real easy question, Can you use both a weapon and cast a spell to defeat a monster?
For example a quarterstaff and scorching ray?
Not on the same check. And for regular monsters, you only get to attempt 1 combat check. Both those cards define your combat check with the words "For your combat check..." So its one or the other.
If you fought a villain that required 2 combat checks to defeat, you could use the quaterstaff for the first combat check and scorching ray for the second (or the other way around).
Some cards may allow you to replace the required skill for a check with a different one; as part of this action, you may play only 1 card or use only 1 power that changes the skill you are going to use.
Not on the same check. And for regular monsters, you only get to attempt 1 combat check. Both those cards define your combat check with the words "For your combat check..." So its one or the other.
If you fought a villain that required 2 combat checks to defeat, you could use the quaterstaff for the first combat check and scorching ray for the second (or the other way around).
Some cards may allow you to replace the required skill for a check with a different one; as part of this action, you may play only 1 card or use only 1 power that changes the skill you are going to use.
...although there are spells which enchant weapons and obviously can be used to augment your weapon ham-fistedness.
Right. So you could play your quaterstaff for the the combat check and cast fiery weapon on it to give it some more damage. But in that case the fiery weapon spell doesn't define the combat check and doesn't set the skill being used for the combat check, the quaterstaff does and fiery weapon just adds to it.
Thanks guys.