Hello! Matt said that he was wrong. You are right! Thank you and sorry!
On 2/20/2018 at 3:46 PM, Assussanni said:Could you post the question and response you received? I don't see how that can be the case and would be interested to know why I am wrong.
My reasoning: to switch roles as Lola Hayes you must either use the free triggered ability on her character card or use Improvisation ("Fast. Play only during your turn.").
Free triggered abilities: "does not cost an action and may be used during any player window." (Rules Reference pg. 20)
Fast: "if the instructions specify a duration or period of time, the card may be played during any player window within that period." (Rules Reference pg. 11)
Skill test timing (Rules Reference pg. 26):
- Determine skill of test. Skill test of that type begins.
- Player Window.
- Commit cards from hand to skill test.
- Player Window.
- Reveal chaos token.
Therefore, it would seem to me that as soon as you commit a card you have passed the first player window and are into step 2 of the skill test. Since you need a player window to trigger the ability on Lola's investigator card or play Improvisation, you cannot do this during step 2. The next opportunity to use these is after step 2 has finished, at which point no further cards can be committed to the skill test. Since Lola "can only play, commit, or trigger abilities on Neutral cards or cards of your role" I would have expected that because of the timings she could only ever commit cards of one role (+ neutral) to any given skill test.
Can anyone see where I've made a mistake? I didn't look through the FAQ again, so there may be something in there that I've missed. Or there is meant to be an arrow that loops between the two player windows in the skill test timing sequence which is missing (at least from the online version of the Rules Reference).