No, Dark Agents are only the minions of the Shadow.

Yes, assuming it is the Priests turn. Although the Necromancer would not have to make this assumption if he used his normal ability to cancel the Priest's resurrection. Remember a hunter can use both abilities as long as the ability cost can be paid.

Yes, the Royal Bodyguard can prevent the Demagog from putting an extra share on one of his hunters. This is also true of the Royal Bodyguard's Breastplate.

The Witch-Bard combo is completely free, but can only be done once per round because of the Witch's ability cost.

A player can equip the Court Jester's Hat on any player's hunter, but only during their turn, only to a hunter without a headgear, and not the Monk (since he cannot have items).

Correct. The Thief hero/champion has no fear of the Court Jester's Hat.

Thief-Paladin-Ranger combo is a good 2 gold per turn generator.

A summoned hunter by the Summoner's normal ability stays on top of the stack. This is also a good way of finding out who is at a particular place before hiring.

A party with the Gladiator and the Gladiator's Net on different hunter would result in 8 gold. You could take this even further with Dwarven Blacksmith's Pack copying the Net for a plus 12.

Taking an extra turn does not reset once-per-round abilities. However, it does reset fatigue (once per turn cost), since fatigue resets at the beginning of a player's turn (page 13).

The Royal Bodyguard gets upset if his Princess dies and costs two more shares, even if he was a volunteer before she joined the party. It cuts down on the memory issue, and supports the theme.

What would happen if you hired the Paladin for 1 share and then hired the Princess? Would the Paladin be worth 0 shares or is there some way to represent -1? Furthermore, if the Paladin goes to 0 instead of -1 and then someone uses the Demagog's potion to add a share, does the Paladin go up to 1 share or stay at 0 because he was really at -1?

There is no such thing as negative shares. If you bring someone below zero in whatever way, they remain at zero. Thus, if you then bring them above zero again in whatever way, then add to their shares from zero. Thus, to use your example, the Paladin would go to 1 share after the Demagog's potion. In fact, if you then lose the Princess, he would then gain another 2 shares, making him at 3.

The result would be a Party Disband as explained on page 15. A Party Disband is where you have to lose every member of your party, all your gold, silver, items, and your turn and is required if you owe more shares than you have at the beginning of your turn. However, if you can disband or kill someone to pay the needed shares, you can avoid a party disband.

Yes, you would take a turn after the player's whose turn it is now. This will result in you taking a turn out of turn.

No, you can not use a "once per round" ability again, even if you rehire him. Also, if you steal a hunter from a player who has use a hunter's "once per round" ability then you cannot use it again until your turn.

It is added to the act of adding the equipment, so no destroying the equipment will not remove a share. Also note adding equipment of the type that hunter needs to be a champion puts salt in the wound.

Right, equip a hunter with an equipment in the slot that their Item goes so that they can't turn them into a champion. The funniest thing to do with this ability is equip someone like the Oracle with the Jester's Hat. The Oracle then costs an additional share, is always fatigued, and cannot be made into a champion since her item is also a headgear.

Can you disband during hiring on someone else's turn to bid more shares for the hunter?

How does the Sorceress work in a 4/5 player game?

For all logistic purposes the player you are sharing prophecy cards with is not in the thwarting rotation while you are hunting and you thwart your own hunt last. She can still make you start with the player on your right or her right.

Is the Amazon's second combat skill an additional Range or any skill? IE, can the Amazon beat the Chimera (range and magic)?

The Amazon's second fighting skill can be anything.

When a hunter is killed do his items go back to the deck, out of the game, or can they be assigned to other hunters in the party?

Items follow the fate of the hunter they are on, see page 9. If a hunter is killed then all the cards (hunter & items) go back under their respective stack.

At the end of the game, after killing the Shadow, you get the bounty of 40 gold to be divided into the shares. Why would you buy anything after that point? Do you need X amount of gold to win? Why do you bother getting anything right when the game ends?

Once the Shadow is defeated the game is over, and there is no time to purchase other items. I think the confusion comes from the fact that when players fail to hunt the Shadow correctly (i.e. wrong prophecy skills) they must fight a Dark Agent (minion of the Shadow). Some of these Dark Agents will have items, see page 17. Defeating Dark Agents however does not end the game.

Because the bounty on the Shadow is 40 gold, each share will be worth 5 gold. Therefore players can make it 1 share harder for every 5 gold they have more then their opponents.

When Thwarting a Hunt, what happens when I am the only ones with the skills declared in the hunt? Can I choose to not thwart the hunt and lose the hunt to the Shadow?

If any player can thwart the hunt then the Shadow isnot found, as stated on page 11. The active player would simply report to the other players that he can thwart the hunt and proceed to fighting a Dark Agent as usual. Thwarting the hunt is never a choice even if it is your own hunt you declared.

Do I have to resurrect a Hunter immediately upon dying, or can I wait until later in the turn? Can a hunter who is being resurrected use an ability while the resurrection is being resolved. For example, the Arch Mage dies and is resurrected by the Priest. Then after Necromancer stops the resurrection can the Arch Mage use his ability to nullify the Necromancer's ability?

Resurrection must be done while the hunter is dying and since it is while they are dying the Hunter can still use their abilities. It might help to think of it as more of a healing. The shares on a hunter resurrected will not change.

What is the conversion rate of silver to gold?

Four silvers equal one gold

Can Player B add a share using the Demagog's ability if Player A resurrects the Hunter?

The resurrection actually prevents the death. Thus, the character never died and the Demagog's ability doesn't apply. As mentioned before Heal would have been a better name for the Priest's ability.

Does the Shaman's ability remove hate from Hunter's attempting to hire or just the Hunter's in his party? Specifically can the Shaman bid two on the Amazon if he only has two shares?

The Shaman's champion ability allows you to ignore all hate.

Can the Royal Bodyguard and/or the Royal Bodyguard's Breastplate protect an item from being affected? Point in question: Hunter has bodyguard's breastplate and another item. Can Witch Hunter destroy the other item, or must the Royal Bodyguard's Breastplate be destroyed first?

The Royal Bodyguard's Breastplate states that the Hunter cannot be affected by other players or hunters. It does not say that the Hunter's items cannot be affected. So you can destroy the breastplate or any other item equipped on the hunter. However, the Royal Bodyguard's Champion ability would allow him to protect any item on a hunter once per round.

What is the deal with champion items that are potions? Once equiped, is the card a potion or an equipment? Can a champion's item potion be killed by the Arch Mage's potion because it's a potion? Can it be killed by the Witch Hunter's potion because it's an item? Can it be stolen by the Marauder's potion because it is equiped?

To be specific, potions and equipment are both considered "items". So, the Witch Hunter's potion can destroy champion potions but the Marauder's potion cannot steal them, since the Marauder's potion states "Steal an equipment". That was an intentional balancing difference. Also, the Arch Mage's potion cannot destroy a Potion equipped on a hunter, it can only nullify the effects of using a potion. Also, a potion equiped is not used, or can it be used by the hunter. For example the Priest cannot use the Priest's potion to save his life if it is equiped to make him a champion.

With the Royal Bodyguard's Breastplate Who is the hunter to be "male"? The one with the breastplate? Or the one attackin/affecting the wearer?. And, in the first case, what if you use the sex-changing potion on him?

As with the Knight's Shining Armor, Witch's Red Slippers, and the Princess' Glass Slippers the Hunter equipped must have the proper sex. They can still be equipped if they have the wrong sex, but this will not add the item's ability. If the Shapeshifter's potion is used then the ability will either stop or start working.

Does the Court Jester's Hat prevent the equipped Hunter from going hunting and using their fatigue ability?

Yes, assuming the Hunter isn't the Court Jester.

What does the Oracle's ability of read aloud the Prophecy mean?

On each Prophecy card there is a left page with the poem and the right page with the skill. The Oracle's ability and the Book of the Prophet would have the player read the left side.