Velhart said: The_Warlock said: Velhart said: I was just wondering about something from the dragon priestess. If she offer a sacrifice to a dragon, and she become enslaved, and there are more cards to be encountered, must she end her turn following the normal )missing turn rule' or can she finish her turn and miss her next turn instead? I remember that the Highlander has also a missing turn ability and he could finish his turn. But i don;t know if this exception can also be made with the dragon priestess.. Usually if you miss your next turn and you have other cards to encounter, the current turn counts as a missed turn. Is this rule applicable to the case, perhaps? It's like drawing the Evil Darkness and a Bag of Gold; if you're not Evil your Turn ends immediately and this counts as the missed turn. Highlander needed a FAQ in order to get around this rule, I think. He's an exception. I was just thinking about the Highlander, and it gave me some thoughts, if the priestess could finish her turn, even if she became enslaved. But i would use the normal missed turn rule too. I was wondering what other people would think about it. The rule about the Highlander was also not known in the beginning If the Highlander loses the battle he both ends the current turn and misses next turn. The sacrifice is a special that replaces battle (instead of attacking). If you fail sacrifice, I would interpret you lost battle so your turn ended and you still miss next turn from enslavement. The text clearly says "next turn" and not the rest of the turn. I think this was intention. It would be silly to expect the dragon to wait to enslave you while you run around picking up treasure.

The_Warlock said: Nidhögg said: Yes, but where does it state that I'll do the sacrifice before engaging in battle with other monsters? Sacrifice is made instead of attacking, so it should have precedence over combat. Otherwise, you would fight the Dragon and the other monsters at once, because if the sacrifice has to happen later, then the Dragon joins the other Enemies in battle. I don't see any other way to handle it that does not ignore the "instead of attacking" statement and the normal rules. There's no clear answer here but there are suggestions within the rules. The precedence of special abilities and battling has never been spelled out well. Imho, there's always been some errors in the rules that were never corrected from the Black Industries version. The basic rules under "Encountering another Character" pg9 says attack or use one of his special abilities. Firstly, it's not really "or". Let's take the Valkyrie as an example. "You may add 1 to your attack score during battle". You activate the special ability and then proceed to attack. Secondly the same rule applies to Creatures/(more so Enemies) though it is not mentioned anywhere (otherwise pretty much no character has a special ability). Using special abilities against Enemies is a foundation stone of the game. The FAQ implies this interpretation under "Attacking More Than One Enemy". It says "any Spells, special abilities, or effects that target one creature only affects one Enemy. The character chooses which Enemy is affected." This shows though you are fighting multiple creatures you still can launch a special at one of the group. Now as for a subsequent battle, in the example below it ends "The character then resolves a battle with the Goblin." We also have to keep in mind special ability text overrides rules pg 15. You use the sacrifice special ability "instead of attacking IT [the dragon/s]". So activate special, if you're not enslaved, proceed to battle the other Enemies.

Also remember the "Natural vs Modified Roll" from the base rule set pg 15. "If an effect or special ability refers to a die result, only the number appearing on the die is considered".

The Minotaur card says "add the result of your movement die" not roll. Modifiers are added to the die roll. As well, if you were riding a horse as you rolled two dice you wouldn't be able to use the ability. And I would guess abilities that permit you take the higher of two die rolls would be applicable. Just going with the spirit of the text.