Ok, had a game last night with the family, and an interesting situation occured. I am up on the Crown laying waste to the rest of the family when the wife hits me with a spell, the name escapes me but result was I had to roll as if I was at the temple. Now, for question #1) If I had been enslaved, would I have had to roll a 4,5, or 6 in order to cast the command spell, otherwise lose a turn? Or, since I am not moving, simply stay there and cast unimpeded??? Which brings me to question #2) What happens if you cast a hex spell on the crown of command while someone is up there??? Since you don't move while up there, do you lose one life per turn for the full three turns that the spell is in effect???

The way we discussed #1 was that yes, you are in fact enslaved and can't cast the spell until you roll the 4,5, or 6, then reroll for the casting...

But wait, that brings up another point... While on the CoC, with the Reaper in play, should the person on the Crown roll to see if Death moves??? That could be just downright evil... Kill someone while up on the Crown with Death...

In any case, what a wonderful way to bring a family together, playing a game where the object is to kill the rest of the family...

padawanninja said:

If I'm correct this is the Invoke Favour Spell. At the Temple you're not allowed to encounter the space if you don't roll a 4,5,6 for moving; your turn ends, you cannot move and cannot do anything else. I would say that you have to roll each turn to break from enslavement and only when you're free you're able to cast Command Spell again.

Not very sure about this. This is an interesting question that deserves some discussion.

padawanninja said:

You have to cast Hex on a Space not occupied by another Character, so no casting on the Crown while someone is already there. But you can cast it just the turn before a Character moves from the Valley of Fire; in this case, I would say he'll lose a Life for each turn until Hex is in play. I see turns on the CoC as turns when you don't move but just encounter the space where you are. First you encounter the cards on it (Hex) and then the space (Cast the Command Spell).

padawanninja said:

In all cases when you're not able to roll exactly one die for movement (Toad, Poltergeist, Riding Horse, Inner Region movement, Crown of Command) you're not entitled to activate the Reaper. Moreover, the Reaper can't go in the Inner Region = when you're on the Crown you're safe from her.

Besides all this rule tricks, you must have had a great game with your family!

As to the Invoke Favor (I'm in the US and don't wish to cheat at Scrabble... ) that is what we decided on... Have to break free before you can cast the spell... A nice (if lucky) way to delay the inevitable and hope something breaks free...

With Hex, you are right, I didn't pay attention to the part of casting it on a space not currently occupied... Pulled that one on the wife who was coming after me with a load of craft, but not much strength... Pushed her into the crypts to avoid the loss of life and back down to the city... A fun game if you are good at math, as it turns out... A bonus to the kid!!!!

That's true about the Reaper, didn't think of it like that... You don't get to move him while in the Inner Region, why would you when on the Crown??? Fair point...

Concerning the family aspect of it, I think the money quote was from the wife: "Once you start to get some of the complexities of the game, and learn the rules, it's much better than Monopoly." Midlife crisis averted...

You cannot cast the Hex Spell in the Inner Region, only the Outer or Middle Region.

Ell.

talismanamsilat said:

hmm so which spell counts in the inner region?