I've been playing quite a bit lately and henceforth a lot of questions keep arising. When drawing your standard 2 cards during the draw phase with a prism of many views in play, do you have to reveal both cards to your opponent or are the two cards drawn at once so the second card is never considered "the top card of your deck"? Next, If the active player manages to uncommit all of his committed characters at a story after the inactive player has already committed characters to that story, does that story resolve? Therefor allowing the inactive player to gain a succes token from any investigation struggles and unexhaust via arcane struggles or does the story simply not resolve? Finally, I apologize for not having this card in front of me but it's called Pose Mundane. Can this card be played if it's "then" cannot be fulfilled. Or either part of it for that matter. I remember reading something in one of the FAQ's about a Yog card that returns a creature from both players discard piles and if both players don't have characters in their discard piles you cannot play it. Somewhere in here along with the "if" "then" stuff and what is valid and not I get confused.
Drawing 2 cards in the draw phase
With a Prism in play, your top card is revealed already. You draw that card, and the next card becomes revealed to your opponent prior to drawing it. It's a single event with regards to cards like the ST Senator (can't remember his name), but since Prism is really a passive effect every time that top card of your deck changes, your opponent unfortunately gets to see what it is.
For your second issue, if the active player has no characters committed to a story, then nothing can be resolved at that story. I can't remember what page of the rule book it's on, but I know it's in there. Jhaelen, back me up here!
As for Pose Mundane... I can't remember what that card is, so I can't help with that one.
RE: Pose Mundane
From the FAQ, page 7 section 2.13 (Multiple Effects and the word "Then"):
"Any time two effects are linked by the word "then", the first effect must resolve in order for the second effect to occur."
Therefore, in order to use Pose Mundane's second effect to put a Silver Twilight character into play from your hand, you must first destroy a Monster or Creature character.
Awesome guys, thanks for the help.
You have to look beyond the rulebook for the story resolution issues. The rulebook, on Page 9, tells us:
During the story phase, in the order determined by the active player, each story card (that contains committed characters) must be resolved.
But the FAQ changes this rule (v 2.1, section 3.1)
Stories will resolve only if the active player has characters at that story.
Dr. Jeffrey Wills said:
Finally, I apologize for not having this card in front of me but it's called Pose Mundane. Can this card be played if it's "then" cannot be fulfilled. Or either part of it for that matter. I remember reading something in one of the FAQ's about a Yog card that returns a creature from both players discard piles and if both players don't have characters in their discard piles you cannot play it. Somewhere in here along with the "if" "then" stuff and what is valid and not I get confused.
The first part of the Action is a separate sentence, so if you can target a Monster or Creature character, you can play the card. As has already been mentioned, the second part can only be used if the first part successfully resolved (because of the keyword 'then').
The keyword 'choose' is used to for targeted effects; i.e. if you cannot choose a valid target, you cannot play the card.
This is the reason why you can only play 'Opening the Limbo Gate' if every player hasa character card in their discard pile.