This information can be found at http://village.vossnet.co.uk/g/gacrowe/faq.htm General Q: Can I unready the only Weapon on a Dude; for example, if Josef Nicolai Rocescu were about to take on a Maze Dragon and wanted to unready his Winchester? A: Sure. Don't forget that you can't ready and unready the same Weapon in a single shootout, but if the Winchester is unready when the shootout starts, Josef can get his +4 Bullet bonus and then ready the Winchester to take him up to +5. Q: If I have no cards left in my deck or discard pile, does a skill pull automatically succeed? Does it automatically fail? A: No to both. For a skill pull, you add the pull to the skill rating, and if the total exceeds the Difficulty, the skill succeeds. If you cannot pull, add 0 to the skill rating. A Dude with a high enough skill rating can still succeed at a simple skill. Q: When am I supposed to make the Harrowed pull? A: The timing of the Harrowed pull occurs after all other Reactions to the Dude being aced. This is a reversal of a previous ruling. Note that the Harrowed pull is not a Reaction and cannot be prevented with No Funny Stuff. ACTIONS Q: Death's Head joker: Can I use a card effect (such as that of Ace in the Hole) to move my Death's Head joker to my discard pile so that it doesn't go off? Alternatively, can I move my Death's Head joker into my Draw hand in order to have it go off? A: Yes to both. Apply Reactions to your Draw hand before the Death's Head joker resolves. Q: Death's Head joker: When this appears in my lowball hand, do I replace it before or after Cheatin'! cards are played? A: For lowball (only), replace it immediately, then play Cheatin'! cards. Q: Jackelope Stampede: Do I discard cards I own or cards I control? A: Cards you control. Q: Jackelope Stampede: If my opponent ends up discarding all of his cards, does he use the Draw hand he had before he discarded his last card, or does he draw a new hand? A: When he discards his last card, the hand he just drew is his final hand. Q: Takin' Precautions: If an Action or Event card is cancelled without effect, can I still ace it with this card? A: Yes. because the Action card has resolved, even if its effect cancelled. Q: Unlucky Charm: What exactly is a card effect? Does this card affect a Harrowed pull? A: A card effect is simply any effect generated by a card. So Unlucky Charm negates Human Shield and prevents the use of the Elixir. It overrides Tombstone Frank's and the non-Experienced Tioga Joe's abilities. If there were a trait that prevented a Dude from being aced, Unlucky Charm would override that, too. As for Harrowed Dudes, when a Harrowed Dude gets aced, the Harrowed trait doesn't prevent the acing; it just changes the Dude's destination. When the Harrowed Dude goes to Boot Hill, the discard pile, or Home, the Dude has still been aced. An Unlucky Charm, therefore, has no effect on the Harrowed trait. DEEDS Q: Iron Gate: Can my Dude do a job against the Deed protected by the Iron Gate, even if the job requires the Dude to boot? A: Yes, no problem. The Gate basically says, "If you didn't have to boot to move to this Deed before, you do now." Q: The Lode/New Town Hall: If there is a tie for Influence this Deed, who controls it? A: If no player has more Influence here than another, use the normal rules to determine who controls it; i.e., the owner has control. DUDES Q: Joseph Eyes-Like-Rain: From where does he pull cards when the Circus Sideshow is in effect? A: He selects from the cards going to his discard pile. The sarr thing happens if he has Double Dealin' played against him. Q: Katie Karl (Experienced): So I can play Shootout action even after my opponent has played No Funny Stuff? A: Correct you can. Q: Lukas Owens: In what order should I apply the "discounts" for Gadget Weapons when Owens is building them and I am playing Nate Hunter's Office? A: Like Deed Production, it's addition/subtraction first, then multiplication/division. Q: Marcus Perriwinkle (Experienced): Can I save the aced Gadget using Bob's Fixit Shop? A: Yes. Q: Philip Goodson: Do I get the bonus if I play four different 7s in a Draw hand? A: No, it must be three different 7s only (plus another two non-7 cards, of course!). Q: Robert Northrop (Experienced): What happens if Northop saves the Sweetrock Deed from Undead Miners? A: You have a nice little combo. The Strike doesn't get aced, but the other Strike gets double Production for the rest of the game. Q: Wrath (Experienced): If this fella aces a Harrowed Dude, does the Dude get to make the Harrowed pull? A: No. Traits are part of the text box. Q: Wrath (Experienced): Okay, but what about if the Dude had a Harrowed ability; does she keep that? A: Nope. All permanent changes are considered printed on the card, so the Harrowed Dude loses the use of her Harrowed ability during a shootout against the new Wrath. HOMES Q: Law Dogs: Hunter's Office: Can one of my booted Dudes call out a Wanted Dude using the Home ability? A: Yes. Q: Sioux Union: If I had to borrow ghost rock from the Bank for the Gambling Phase, and then lose lowball, can I still use the Sioux Home ability? If so, when do I pay back the Bank? A: If you borrow from the Bank for lowball, you must pay it back during your following Upkeep Phase. If you receive Production from at least one Deed and can therefore pay back the Bank this turn, you can use the Home ability. Otherwise, you can't. Q: Sweetrock: Western Corporate Office: Does a job count as movement from a card effect? Can I use Arson to move my posse to a Deed that the Home starts with? A: No, the card itself does not cause the movement: the rules tell you to move. The card just tells you the result of the job if it succeeds. This is a reversal. Q: Sweetrock: Western Corporate Office: Can I use a Roan to move to the Strike? A: No. You must use an action that actually moves the Dude, not an action that prevents the Dude from booting or otherwise negates any movement costs. Shortcut does not work, but Shadow Walk does. Q: The Coalition: If I play Deputize, who joins what Outfit? A: Any of your Dudes that are neither Agency or Texas Rangers would become both when you play Deputize. Q: Whateleys: Extended Family: If the Fear level is under 6, does this mean the Whateleys have negative Control Points? A: No. The Home should say "minimum zero," so you won't have negative Control Points. SPELLS Q: Kentucky Windage: What exactly is an acing restriction? A: It's a card effect that prevents a Dude being aced. Effects that "u ace" a Dude are not acing restrictions, as these don't prevent acing, just reverse it. But Tombstone Frank has one, and Human Shield has another. Q: Phantom Fingers: If my Huckster with Phantom Fingers is in the Town Square, can he use Phantom Fingers to steal a Goods from anyone in town? A: No. Since you need to be in a location you control to attach a card you can't use Phantom Fingers from the Town Square, as nobody ever controls it. ERRATA and CLARIFICATIONS Buffalo Chip Saloon: This should have the Saloon trait. Burnt Offering: This just gives 1 Victory Point regardless of the Control Points of the target Deed. Coyote's Laugh has a Difficulty of 6. Delores Whateley (Experienced) is the same Dude as Dolores Whateley; her name is spelled incorrectly. Double-Barrelled Shotgun is a Weapon. Flock: All Flock Dudes in the Pine Box set except Elijah, are missing their Outfit symbol. They can be identified by their card border, which matches Elijah's, and are considered Flock, not Drifters. Lay on Hands: This should read, "...this Blessed cannot unboot this turn...' Mirror, Mirror: The new Hex in the Reaping of Souls set does not replace the action in the Mouth of Hell set by the "most recent printed rule. Sawn-Off Shotgun is a Weapon. Sheriff's Watchin': This card should read as follows: "Reaction: Play this card immediately before one or more Dudes take an action that could make them Wanted or begin a job at another player's Private action. Cancel the action without effect." Takin' Precautions refers to Action cards, not actions on cards. Tioga Joe (Experienced): He has the Maze Rats background instead of the Sioux Union background. This is a misprint. You're with Me should be a Reaction, not a Noon action. Back to The DoomTown Epitath Issue 3 Table of Contents Back to The DoomTown Epitath List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Alderac Entertainment Group This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. 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