Blessing of the Gods question

[Thrump]

If I have another player at m location....can they play "Blessing of the Gods" so I can add another die to my check?

i.e. I have Merisiel and Amiri at the same location. I am trying ot close the location with an intelligence check....Merisiel was the one who defeated the henchmen and is trying to close the location. Can Amiri play Belssing of the Gods to add a die to Merisiels check? What if I am having Merisiel also playing a blessing of the Gods card?

[Andrew K]

Yes, each player can play one of each card type per check. So, if you had 6 players, all 6 could each play a Blessing on the check.

Also note that unless stated otherwise, you could play a card on someone at any location. You don't need to be at the same location to play a card on their check.

[Hawkmoon269]

Yes, but being at the same location makes no difference. Blessing of the Gods says "to add a die to a check." It makes no reference to what kind of check, where the character making the check is, or who the character is.

If a card wants to limit you to being that same location, it will say so. Allying Dart +1, for example has such a limit, as does Potion of Gracefulness.

Allying Dart +1 wrote:

You may recharge this card to add 1d4+1 to a combat check made by another character at your location.

Potion of Gracefulness wrote:

Banish this card and choose a character at your location to succeed at an Acrobatics check.

Keep in mind this important guidance in the back of the rulebook:

RotR Rulebook p22 wrote:

Cards Do What They Say. Read any card as it is encountered or played, and do whatever it says as soon as it makes sense to do so. Let the card tell you what to do, and don’t impose limitations that aren’t there. You can play an armor card even if there isn’t one in your deck list. You can play a Cure spell even if it’s not your turn. You can play a blessing on a check even if someone else has played one. Cards say everything they need to say.

On Blessing of the Gods, there is no limitation about whose check or where it is. So don't impose one. (But also don't feel bad about asking. It has come up multiple times. And I'm pretty sure everyone that has ever posted on this forum has asked a question about something.)

And during each check (or step of an encounter, of which a check is one step) each character can play one card of each type. So each character can play 1 blessing per check.

RotR Rulebook p10 wrote:

Each player may play no more than 1 card of each type during each step; for example, no one player may play more than 1 blessing while attempting a check, though multiple players could each play 1 blessing during that check.

You might find this guide useful. It attempts to explain such things.

[Ashram316]

Also, in Skull and Shackles, blessings and such have been update to say "Add blah blah to any check" for the sake of clarity.