An encounter at the Unvisited Isle (from The King in Yellow expansion) reads:

A monster is attacking a huddled figure in the shadows. If you pass the first Combat check you make against the monster, you may draw a random Ally or Spell.

How exactly should I resolve that encounter?

Should I draw a monster from the monster cup and treat it as "A monster appears" encounter?

If so - what happens if it exceeds the monster limit? Is it just going to the Outskirts and prevents me from gaining the Ally or Spell?

Or - should I draw a monster, make one combat check against it and return it to the cup regardless of the outcome? Can the monster do damage to me? And should I do a Horror check against it? What happens if I choose to flee? Do I even have that option?

Or - should I just make a Combat (+0) check once without drawing a monster from the monster cup?

I've read a few unofficial opinions about this encounter, but I'd really like to get an official one, since this encounter is unclear.

Thanks!!!

First of all, monsters appearing as result of "a monster appears" encounter are not subject to the monster limit, since they do not stay on the board after the encounter resolves (regardless of wheather you pass the combat check or not).

Then, as for your query, you drw a monster from the cup, you resolve the combat encounter and if the monster is defeated on the first combat check you resolve, then you gain the extra reward. Keywords here are against the monster : if you didn't have to draw from the cup, then it'd be worded "pass a Combat check (+ modifier) to trigger [effect]"

Combat is resolved as always, so first horror, then combat

Hope this helps

Helps a lot!

Thanks. :-)

Julia,

All the way from the mountaintop ~ dispensing her Arkhamy wisdom! Stay warm, my friend.

Ciao,

Joe

LOL. Free wi-fi in the hotel and now more or less every device you have has a browser, so... *whistle*

Hotel?!?! I thought when you said you were taking to the mountains, I figured a tent, small burner for cooking the fish you caught in a fast-running stream, and enjoying the great outdoors

Well, I'm not sure there is such a thing like the great American outdoors here in Italy, lol. Basically, we just have one-day hikes. Today being the last one, Andrea slipped and broke a bone in his shoulder :-///////

You can break a bone from sleeping!?!? -1 Sanity.

Jokes aside, at least now the international AH-community sympathises with him. Give him a hug from me! On second thought, a hug might not be welcome when you have a broken shoulder. Spiritual hug?

Thanks, Philippe, much appreciated And I fixed the typo in my previous post

Julia,

I'm so sorry! Please give Andrea a "Borealian Hug" ~ he's a big guy, thou, he can take the pain. Me, I'd be crying.

Ciao,

Joe

Thanks, Joe

broken shoulder? well i guess he has more time to play arkham then!

No time! Draw an injury card and back to work!

LOL. We're actually engaged in a 1860 game. It's... long. 2 hours done, 25% of the game completed

Whoa! That's war game level of commitment!