The Admiral wrote:Hypnotic Blaze - I've always played that this only effects monsters, but a reading of the card suggests Heroes as well (figures). How do others play this?
Just as Geofonos explained, it may also affect other Heroes.
The Admiral wrote:Timestop - ...What happens if the Elf casts this on another Hero? Does that Hero immediately take a free turn, or, on that Hero's next turn does he/she get two turns? The "current turn" bit is confusing me, as the current player taking a turn would be the Elf.
I figure on that Hero's (the spell target's) next turn he/she gets two turns. Think of the spell as a magical, time-warping "bomb" that's triggered by the target Hero finishing his regular turn.
Timestop
This spell may be cast on the Spellcaster or any one Hero the Spellcaster chooses. It temporarily stops time for everyone else on the gameboard, enabling the Hero to take another turn immediately after his current turn. |
"The spell may be cast on...any one Hero the Spellcaster chooses...." As I see it, that allows for casting on any Hero without restriction, whether he takes takes his turn before or after the Elf.
"...enabling
the Hero to take another turn immediately after
his current turn." Through proximity in the same phrase, grammar convention dictates both "the Hero" and "his" are understood to apply to the same Hero--the spell target. For the Hero to get his extra turn immediately (just after the Elf's turn), the text would need to be rewritten "...enabling the Hero to take another turn immediately after
the Spellcaster's current turn." However, as the spell is worded, it's meant to take effect after the turn of the Hero it was cast on.
Another reason the spell isn't restricted to only working immediately after the Spellcaster's turn is because then it could only function for a Hero that takes his turn before the Spellcaster. It isn't possible for a Hero whose turn is after the Spellcaster to "take
another turn immediately" (after the Spellcaster's turn) if he hasn't taken a turn yet.