<p>I think the rest of this cards text is relevant:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Pass a Luck (-1) check or the book is a prison. If you fail, roll a
  die. On a failure, a monster appears from the book. On a success, you
  are drawn into the book for a time. Stay here next turn.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So, you basically only deal with the consequences if you fail the luck check (due to the book being a prison). The consequences of failing are either bad or worse.</p>

<p>If you pass the first roll, good for you! If not, roll and then if you fail again, you have to face a monster, otherwise, you just get delayed for one turn.</p>

<p>I don't think you can extract some hard and fast rule regarding the sentence structures without looking at them in context.</p>

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<p>Here is the text in question from the Celeano world:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>On a failure, a monster appears from the book. On a success, you are drawn into the book for a time. Stay here next turn. </p>
</blockquote>

<p>I know the last sentence sort of seems to follow from being drawn in for a time, but I'm used to considering separated sentences as always being applied (pass or fail). What is the ruling here?</p>

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In Arkham Horror, does a third separate instruction after a pair of pass/fail clauses imply that it occurs in both cases?
Joey
# In Arkham Horror, does a third separate instruction after a pair of pass/fail clauses imply that it occurs in both cases?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-03)

Here is the text in question from the Celeano world:

> On a failure, a monster appears from the book. On a success, you are drawn into the book for a time. Stay here next turn.

I know the last sentence sort of seems to follow from being drawn in for a time, but I'm used to considering separated sentences as always being applied (pass or fail). What is the ruling here?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-03. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

I think the rest of this cards text is relevant:

> Pass a Luck (-1) check or the book is a prison. If you fail, roll a
> die. On a failure, a monster appears from the book. On a success, you
> are drawn into the book for a time. Stay here next turn.

So, you basically only deal with the consequences if you fail the luck check (due to the book being a prison). The consequences of failing are either bad or worse.

If you pass the first roll, good for you! If not, roll and then if you fail again, you have to face a monster, otherwise, you just get delayed for one turn.

I don't think you can extract some hard and fast rule regarding the sentence structures without looking at them in context.


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