| The Masquerade FAQ | |||
| Type | Card | Question | Answer |
| General | General | Can I look Spell tomb at any time ? | Yes. |
| General | General | Can I look at the face of other players' VP counters ? Can I count them ? | No, you cannot look at the face of them. You can look the face of your VP counters. You can count the number of each player's VP counter at any time. |
| Order | Guarding 3 | I'm in the TOWER with Guarding 3 and I'm not the highest VP player. On Guarding 3, it is written "cannot challenge" but on TOWER it is said "must challenge". Which should I follow ? | You canot challenge. If something is prohibited, it precede any rule that says "you may" or "you must" do so. |
| Order | Guarding 3 | If the player with Guarding 3 is one of the highest VP but not the only one, can the Dancer challenge ? | All players with the highest VP are "the highest VP player". For example, if all player have 0 VP, nobody can get the effect from Guarding 3. |
| Order | Guarding 3 | "The highest VP" includes VP on the hidden Mask ? | No. |
| Stage | General | If I have several number of effects happen in Stage Phase, which comes first ? | Each player choose which effect happens first. First, the player send his or her Dancer to the Stage, then apply any effects from Dancer, Order, Stage and Treasure in any order. Then the next player do the same. |
| Stage | TOWER | The Dancer in TOWER has 0 life. Rule says "the Dance with 0 life cannot challenge" but on TOWER it is said "must challenge". Which should I follow ? | You canot challenge. If something is prohibited, it precede any rule that says "you may" or "you must" do so. |
| Stage | ARENA | If challenged Dancer win that challenge, can that Dancer get the bonus for winning ? | Yes. |
| Stage | ARENA | Can I challenge to the Dancer with Guarding 3 or in FOUNTAIN ? | No, if that is not the highest VP player's. |
| Stage | ARENA | When the Dancer won the challenge, if that player has max number of Spell, I now that player cannot draw. Can that player make VP counter from the Spell he or she has ? | Yes. |
| Stage | FOUNTAIN | If the Dancer in FOUNTAIN is one of the highest VP but not the only one, can the Dancer challenge ? | All players with the highest VP are "the highest VP player". For example, if all player have 0 VP, nobody can challenge while the Dancer is in FOUNTAIN |
| Stage | FOUNTAIN | "The highest VP" includes VP on the hidden Mask ? | No. |
| Stage | Circle | A Dancer with 0 life goes to CIRCLE. Can the player draw 2 cards. | No. |
| Stage | CIRCLE | A Dancer with Watching 5 or Orb of Time goes to CIRCLE with 2 life. How the life changes ? | Each player choose the order of the effects happen in Stage Phase. So, If that player chooses the CIRCLE effect first, paying 1 life and draw 2 cards, then chooses the effect from Watching 5, the dancer goes back to 2 life. |
| Spell | Prelude Fugue |
What is "Spell tomb" ? | Discard pile of used or discarded Spell. |
| Spell | Fugue | Can I look at the card that chosen by the player played Fugue ? | Yes. |
| Spell | Serenade | "The highest VP" includes VP on the hidden Mask ? | No. |
| Spell | Serenade | Can I play Serenade then get other player's Tresure or Emblem ? | No. Serenade gives you only VP counters. |
| Spell | Serenade | I played Serenade but highest VP player doesn't have any VP counters. What happens ? | Nothing. |
| Spell | Nocturne | I played Serenade while nobody have Emblem of Roses. What Happens ? | Nothing. You have to get Emblem of Roses from any other player by Nocturne. |
| Spell | Rhapsody | Player A played Rhapsody while Player B is in CHAPEL. What happens ? | In the Event phase, Player B chooses an Event and it happens. Then, Player A chooses. |
| Spell | Rhapsody | Player A played Rhapsody, and after in the same turn, player B also played Rhapsody. What happens ? | In the Event phase, Player A (first player played Rhapsody) chooses an Event and it happens. Then, Player B chooses. |
| Spell | Rhapsody | There's no Event left in Event deck when I played Phapsody. What happens ? | Nothing. |
| Spell | Rhapsody | It is a turn that nobody can go to CHAPEL because a Dancer goes to last turn. Then I played Rhapsody and an Event happens. Can a Dancer goes to CHAPEL next turn ? | No, because an Event happens. |
| Spell | AdagioBR> Moderato Allegro (Mask) |
Can I play Mask or Spell written as "Challenging or being Challenged" in Spell Phase ? |
No. |
| Spell | AdagioBR> Moderato Allegro (Mask) |
I played Mask or Spell written as "Challenging or being Challenged" and increased my Dancer's power. If another challenge happend in the same turn, the power is still increased ? | No. Mask and Spell changing Dancer's power change it "until end of the challenge". Even in a same Challenge Phase, the effects are gone at the end of that challenge and have no effects on next one. |
| Dancer | War Maiden | I have War Maiden and played Serenade to get a VP counter from other players. Can I draw Spell from War Maiden ability ? | No. War Maiden lets you draw a Spell when you make new VP Counter. |
| Dancer | Questing Knight | What is "Event tomb" ? | Discard pile for used Event card. |
| Dancer | Word Caster | Word Caster with 0 life goes to CIRCLE. How many Spell can I draw ? | One. You cannot draw from CIRCLE, but you can draw from Word Caster's effect. |
| Guardian | Doppelganger | Eternal Prisoner with Rabling 2 challenges Doppelganger. What is the power of Doppelganger ? | Five. At the beginning of that challenge, Eternal Prisoner's power is 5 (4+1), so the Doppelganger is. |
| Guardian | Doppelganger | A Dancer challenges to Doppelganger and played Mask or Spell. How the Doppelganger's power changes ? | Doesn't change. Doppelganger's power is determined at the beginning of the challenge, and Mask and Spell have no effect on Doppelganger. |
| Guardian | Cerberus | A Dancer with 1 life challenges to Cerberus. What happens. | The Dancer have to challenge with 0 power because of 0 life. At the time of challenging, that Dancer has 1 life so the Dancer can challenge. At the beginning of that Challenge, the Dancer's life down to 0, so the Dancer have to challenge with 0 power. |
| Tresure | Sunburst Ring | If I give Sunburst Ring to decline a challenge, does it means I lost the challenge ? | No. Challenge doesn't happens at all. Nobody won or lost, so no life is losed, no VP counter is made and Emblem of Sword stays in the same place. |
| Event | Changing Partners | I chose Changing Partner and changed my Dancer with other player's. Where are each of them after that Event. | They exchange the Stage each other. For example, player A has Eternal Prisoner in CHAPEL and player B has Word Caster in FOUNTAIN. Then player A chose Changing Partners and name Word Caster. After the event resolved, player A has Word Caster in CHAPEL and player B has Eternal Prisoner in FOUNTAIN. |
| Event | Picking Flowers | A player has Emblem of Roses and I chose Encore for Picking Flowers. What happens ? | You get Emblem of Roses. |
| Event | Wall Flowers | "The highest VP" includes VP on the hidden Mask ? | No. |
| Event | Affairs | If challenged Dancer win that challenge, can that Dancer get the bonus for winning ? | Yes. |
| Event | Affairs | Can I challenge to the Dancer with Guarding 3 or in FOUNTAIN ? | No, if that is not the highest VP player's. |
| Event | Affairs | Can I challenge with the Dancer with Guarding 3 or in FOUNTAIN ? | The Dancer with Guarding 3 cannot challenge, if that is not the highest VP player's. The Dancer in FOUNTAIN can challenge. |
| Event | Request the Note | After I resolve Request the Note, the numbers of the Treasures are the same. Does Emblem of Dragon moves to me ? | No. Emblem of Dragon only move to the player with the Treasure more than any others. |