by wallydubbs » Sunday January 7th, 2024 12:52pm
So I noticed something quite disappointing when going over restrictions on armor for characters. The Barbarian, Dwarf and Elf have no restrictions, while the Knight has even less restrictions revoking the movement penalty on Plate Mail. But then we have all these other heroes:
The Bard can wear armory,but it impedes his extra defence dice.
The Druid can't wear metal armor, but that doesn't say anything about bracers or a shield, so I imagine she's able to use those.
The Monk refuses to wear armor, so that's a restriction on all armor.
The Rogue can't wear metal armor or carry shields, so that means the Bracers are the only thing acceptable to him/her.
The Warlock is supposed to follow the same guidelines as the Wizard.
But here's my problem as the Wizard's card reads "You are the Wizard. You have the ability to cast many different spells. However, you cannot wear armor or use large weapons..." His restrictions on the card are plain as day.
But all cards generally say if the Wizard can't use something. In fact there's only 3 armor cards that don't say "May not be used by the Wizard." Those are Bracers, Crown of Shadows and Scales of Elthorn. In fact Scales of Elthorn says it can be combined with Wizard's Cloak. However if the Wizard can't wear armor, as her card says, all of this would be off limits to him.
The point is we're holding the Wizard to different standards then the newer characters and it's a bit disappointing if you're trying to introduce new people to Hero Quest. The restrictions to other heroes are written on their cards while the Wizards' restrictions are on all other cards.