Tavern Maid drink pouring ability

[Joki the Disco Bandit]

I filed a bug report via the form, but I'm not sure myself whether it's actually a bug or simply unclear text.

The Maid's character description says she *may* pour a drink for any character she lands on, but for me 100% of the time that's the *only* option I get. I can't encounter the space, only pour a drink.

So either the text is misleading and should read that she *must* pour a drink for any character she lands on, to the exclusion of other options, or the functionality is bugged. I'm not familiar enough with the game to know which answer is correct but I'm guessing other people do.

So is the text misleading/wrong/unclear or is the game bugged for me?

*lmao the very same game, as the Maid, with 4 lives, the Reaper was sent to me. I rolled a 2, which said lose a follower or a life if you have no followers. Instead of losing one life I was instantly killed. Nice.

[sanityismyvanity]

I believe there is both a bug and some misunderstanding going on here.

1) I recall that a bug exists when the Tavern Maid teleports after defeating the Eagle King (possibly other teleports as well?) to a space with another character on it, it is forcing them to pour a drink without other options. You should be able to choose if you want encounter the space or character, and if you choose the character, you should get the choice of pouring a drink or battle.

2) Where you might be misunderstanding is when you have the option to stop on a space that has another character that isn't a part of your full movement. If you roll a 5 to move, and there is a character 3 spaces away and another 5 spaces away, you can choose to move to either space per the character's ability (or other spaces that are 5 away without characters at all of course).

If you choose to end your movement early to land on the character 3 spaces away, you must pour a drink for that character only, as that is how that ability works. Stopping early cannot be used to instead encounter the space or initiate battle.

If you choose to move your full movement value and happen to land on a character, you can choose to encounter the space or character and initiate battle just as any other character can. The key difference is in if you stopped your movement early or not, per the special ability.

[Joki the Disco Bandit]

Gotcha.
There was no Eagle King or teleporting involved, and I don't *think* I stopped short the few times it happened during the game, but since I can't be 100% sure I'll just try again w/her and see how it goes. Thanks a bunch for the details, either way. :)

[john.christopher74]

Did you happen to have Danse Macabre as the ending? In that case a 2 WOULD kill you immediately - subtracting one from the die roll and all.

[vidal22]

Ever since the newest update-the barmaid appears to be able to stop on a character and choose to attack or encounter the space instead of pouring a drink

[Don Julio]

Originally posted by vidal22:

Ever since the newest update-the barmaid appears to be able to stop on a character and choose to attack or encounter the space instead of pouring a drink

I just tested and can confirm that. It's definitely a new bug.