Rule mistake with lost equipped items during a fight

[emi94w italia]

my experience, during a fight I was a Cleric with 2 only cleric items. A player cursed me with "lose your class!". I lost my class and automatically my cleric only items were unequipped. The problem is that i had another cleric cards in my hand, so i played it but i didn't get back my cleric items.

In the real game i would have got back my cleric only items because if you lose the condition to equip an item during a fight, you don't unequip that item but simply remove the bonus.

sources: Important Note #2 of https://munchkin.game/gameplay/faq/

[Abe Froman]

Here is the ruling. I am on the fence on this one even if it is on the official faq.

Important Note #2: Playing/Equipping/Switching Items During Combat
This is all covered in the rules, but not all in the same place.

You can't switch Items during combat. In other words, you can't choose to equip a different Headgear or different Armor once combat has started. You also can't unequip one Item that uses Hands and equip another in its stead. Basically, all your Items must remain in their current states . . . even if some of them become unusable.
An example of such a case: An Elf has equipped the Bow with Ribbons and is carrying the Chainsaw of Bloody Dismemberment unequipped, since the Bow is using both of the Hands he has available. The Elf then goes into combat and is subsequently Cursed by another player to lose his Race. He loses the bonus for the Bow, and since he can't unequip the Bow and equip the Chainsaw, he gets no bonus from that, either. If the player has another Elf card, then – assuming it is his turn – he could play that and continue counting his bonus from the Bow.
You may not play new Items during combat, whether it is your turn or not, except for any one-shot Item (one of those that say "usable once only") that says it can be used in any combat. These one-shot Items can be played by any player during any combat, from the hand or from the cards in play. Playing one-shots does not count as "helping" in the combat, however; you must actually join the fight (and risk suffering the Bad Stuff) to be considered the helper.

[emi94w italia]

Originally posted by Abe Froman:

Here is the ruling. I am on the fence on this one even if it is on the official faq.

Important Note #2: Playing/Equipping/Switching Items During Combat
This is all covered in the rules, but not all in the same place.

You can't switch Items during combat. In other words, you can't choose to equip a different Headgear or different Armor once combat has started. You also can't unequip one Item that uses Hands and equip another in its stead. Basically, all your Items must remain in their current states . . . even if some of them become unusable.
An example of such a case: An Elf has equipped the Bow with Ribbons and is carrying the Chainsaw of Bloody Dismemberment unequipped, since the Bow is using both of the Hands he has available. The Elf then goes into combat and is subsequently Cursed by another player to lose his Race. He loses the bonus for the Bow, and since he can't unequip the Bow and equip the Chainsaw, he gets no bonus from that, either. If the player has another Elf card, then – assuming it is his turn – he could play that and continue counting his bonus from the Bow.
You may not play new Items during combat, whether it is your turn or not, except for any one-shot Item (one of those that say "usable once only") that says it can be used in any combat. These one-shot Items can be played by any player during any combat, from the hand or from the cards in play. Playing one-shots does not count as "helping" in the combat, however; you must actually join the fight (and risk suffering the Bad Stuff) to be considered the helper.

i don't get your comment, are you ok with mine?

[Maientau]

to summarize: "you can`t equip items during combat", just at the beginning of the turn, before you open the door.

[emi94w italia]

Originally posted by Desiderati:

to summarize: "you can`t equip items during combat", just at the beginning of the turn, before you open the door.

the problem is that you can't even unequip

[Maientau]

yes u can if you have class related items and you lost your class afaik
or race
or hilering equiped and hireling is killed
actually u don't unequip it voluntarily, u are forced to do it

[emi94w italia]

Originally posted by Desiderati:

yes u can if you have class related items and you lost your class afaik
or race
or hilering equiped and hireling is killed
actually u don't unequip it voluntarily, u are forced to do it

@Desiderati read note #2 posted by Abe froman, you cannot unequip also if you lose the condition to equip it
"An example of such a case: An Elf has equipped the Bow with Ribbons and is carrying the Chainsaw of Bloody Dismemberment unequipped, since the Bow is using both of the Hands he has available. The Elf then goes into combat and is subsequently Cursed by another player to lose his Race. He loses the bonus for the Bow, and since he can't unequip the Bow and equip the Chainsaw, he gets no bonus from that, either. If the player has another Elf card, then – assuming it is his turn – he could play that and continue counting his bonus from the Bow."

[emi94w italia]

also kill an hireling make you discard the item, not unequipping it