How does the Casting Couch work?
A. Casting Couch gives you the option to have all the benefits and penalties to being a Wizard along with any other Class(es) you might be. It is, in effect, an optional extra Class card. If you decide to use it, you may use Wizard only Items in combat, you may use the Wizard’s flight spell and charm spell, you get any bonuses/penalties against Monsters that are sensitive to Wizards, and, if you are playing an Epic game, you may use the Wizard’s Epic feat if you are Level 10 and up. No matter what, you must decide whether you are using it at the start of combat (i.e., right after you Open A Door and find a Monster, or when you Look For Trouble) and, if you do choose to use it, you are -1 to Run Away.
