Definition of "All Other Characters"

By Musavo, in CoC Rules Discussion

Dear All,

Apologies if this has already been asked, but does...

"All Other Characters" effect cards in your dicard pile & hand as well?

E.g. 'Spell-bound Shoggoth' - "All other characters get -1 skill", was in play and as a Response I sacrifice 'Open Grave' to put into play from your discard pile a character with skill 3 or lower; could I put into play a card with a printed value of 4? (as this would now be 3).
Or does it still have a value of 4 in the discard pile, and only when it is in play does the -1 come into effect.

Thanks for any replies.

Cheers
Rick

Musavo said:

Dear All,

Apologies if this has already been asked, but does...

"All Other Characters" effect cards in your dicard pile & hand as well?

"All other characters" only affects other characters in game. Characters in discard pile and hand are not in game.

Regards