The Swashbuckler's card reads: "When you win a battle during your turn, you may take an extra turn. You may only do this once per turn."

A friend pointed this out to me yesterday, and I'm pretty sure he is right, that with that wording, technically the Swashbuckler could take unlimited turns in a row. Is that right?

For example, Swashbuckler takes his turn, wins a battle, so gets an extra turn. Then he takes his extra turn, which is a new turn, so he could win another battle & get ANOTHER free turn. And so on.

Basically the way it's worded I think that ability only prevents him from earning multiple free turns on a single turn. But it doesn't seem like it stops him from getting an infinite number of turns, one by one, as long as he can keep winning battles.

Is this correct? I'm thinking FFG's intention was probably for him to only ever get 2 turns in a row max, but the way he is currently worded is broken, yes?

Yeah, it should be 2 turns in a row max, when using his ability. I think all would be solved if the card said "once per round" (turn is individual to each char, round, even though you won't find the description in the rules, only on some Spells, in a 3-player game for example, includes a turn by each character).

Hmm, ok.

How do we send official rules questions to John Goodenough? Maybe we should send this to him so we can get an official clarification (that way players won't be able to argue using him the abusive way ).

I am sure that you can use the extra turn only one time.

This is how the swashbuckler must be played..

Otherwise the last sentence of the text on his character card makes no sense

Velhart said:

Well, like I said, you can CLEARLY see that FFG's intent was to make it limited to one extra turn, so you are right in that regard. However, technically speaking, as of that wording, and with no FAQ existing yet, his text doesn't seem to work that way.

I'm hoping that will change once we get a FAQ, or get official word from John Goodenough.

Since it is possible to win more than one battle in a single turn, there is the (very small) chance that the card is actually written as intended. I doubt it, tho.

Ok, just got an official ruling on this straight from John Goodenough:

"The Swashbuckler should be worded "you may only do this once per round".

For example, the Swashbuckler wins a battle and takes an extra turn. If the Swashbuckler wins another battle during this extra turn, he does not gain another extra turn.

Happy gaming!

-John Goodenough"

So there we have it!

<- tries to keep the smug look from his face

fails

Dam said:

lol.