[UEP Accepted] Stinker playable after My Precious attack

[Thorsten the Traveller]

Well, Summer has ended and everybody has returned from their expeditions and frivolities, so time for another UEP!

Name: Stinker playable after My Precious attack

Status: Proposed

Proposal maintainer: Thorsten the Traveller

Categories: Play, Consistency, Theme, Fun

Errata:  My Precious, Scout Hobbit
[2/9; -1 kill MP; 4 mind; 0 direct influence; +4 corruption mod; Home Site: Mt. Doom, Shelob's Lair, Goblin-gate, Moria]
Unique. Manifestation of Gollum. Agent. May take an extra agent action (not counting against the hazard limit) each time he normally takes an agent action. If he attacks successfully against a company with a ring, he and a ring (attacker's choice) are discarded. If My Precious attacks and fails but is not defeated, the defender may tap a character in the target company to play Gollum or Stinker (My Precious is discarded). Any player whose character eliminates My Precious receives -1 kill MPs.
Problem:  If My Precious is in play by opponent, a minion has no chances to play Stinker.

Solution: Stinker may be played after an unsuccessfull strike by My Precious.

Pros: Consistency; it would be the same way for minions as for heroes. More probability for minion to play Stinker, and important ally for minions, who have few allies and ever fewer allies worth 2 MP. Minions have no way of discarding/removing agents, thus playing Stinker is a good way to avoid the nuisance of My Precious.

Cons: none that I can think of. The only issue at stake is whether an opponent would let My Precious attack a minion player at all and not just keep him face up and do nothing. Under current rules, his attack would just be detainment after all. But he might at least attack ring companies (odd as that may be: "Give it us precious, it is ours!"). Question then is, do you want to give these decks, especially One Ring decks, another thin line of defense.
Thematically, one might say that 'defeating' a detainment attack would not be enough to take My Precious into Stinker. nb. A detainment attack cannot be defeated, but the clause simply states that My Precious' attack must fail.

Rationale:
Consistency: see up, and see theme.
Gameplay: My Precious might not be a real threat to minions as detainment, but he might still be a nuisance, and there is no way to deal with him (can't kill or discard him). So now you could.
Theme: I think it's fair that minions can also tame Smeagol and play Stinker, in the same way heroes can with Gollum. Gollum was captured and brought before Sauron after all, and was also in league with Shelob, so he could very well be tamed by minions.

Voting started at: 09/10/09

Voting ends at: Roughly 10/10/09

[Vastor Peredhil]

you must add a poll thingy so people can vote on it, you noob  ;)

mfg Nicolai

[Thorsten the Traveller]

Keeping you sharp  
well you could have mentioned what you think either way, democracy is older than poll options in meccg....

[Bandobras Took]

Voted yes on this one; it's good from a consistency standpoint.

[Thorsten the Traveller]

Unanimity, how wonderful! Seems this is a very clear cut issue. Thanks to all who voted, now put this UEP to use people!

[Qapla]

The only con is the amount of cheese for a Balrog player.
That doesn't stop me from saying ok.

[Ringbearer]

Well, at a hazard player vs hog, you dont have to let it attack, you can just leave it plotting at shelobs lair or so