Pippin, Mr Took and Prancing Pony

[Mythdracon]

In FOTR, let's say I have Pippin, Mr Took in my fellowship, and add a burden to play a ranger from Prancing Pony. Will Aragorn, if I play him, be twilight cost 2 with Pippin's ability if drawn from the draw deck?

[Faelach]

Yes.  Pippin's text comes into effect when you "play Aragorn".  Even though you it's from your Draw Deck, you are still PLAYING Aragorn.

It's a nice chain, I must admit.

[Elessar's Socks]

No, phase actions can't be combined; one must be completely performed before another can be performed.

[Sam, Great Elf Warrior]

No, phase actions can't be combined; one must be completely performed before another can be performed.

This is correct. You must complete the action on The Prancing Pony before you can use Pippin's action. The only exception is responses, which can interrupt other actions.

[Faelach]

:O  Looks like my friend cheated me out in quite a few games!

[Marcoliboar]

both actions are fellowship, so action by action, so pippins text does not apply.

pippin game text is

Fellowship: Play Gandalf or Aragorn; his twilight cost is -2.

but if his text would be just,

 Play Gandalf or Aragorn; his twilight cost is -2.

whit out Fellowship, then it would cost -2

[Witchkingx5]

Ahem, Ahem.

It was me who posted these Beginner's articles which should help the players understand the rules, and as I remember, I wrote "read this before asking any questions" on the thread. However, maybe you should just take a look at this article (Bidding and the Starting Fellowship) where the exactly same example is given.

I must complain that there are many questions which can be taken directly from a certainrulebook. So everyone, if you're not sure, first look into the Rulebook, then ask the community.

[Mythdracon]

But it's too long for someone as busy and impatient for me to read!

How about this: Castamir of Umbar exerts in Shadow phase to play Corsair Marauder to add 2 tokens to a possession that already has a Corsair token on it. Corsair Marauder reads, "When you play this minion, if you can spot another corsair, you may discard a possession to add 2 Corsair Tokens to a card that already has a Corsair Token on it. Can you effectively play the Marauder, add 2 tokens, then discard a possession to add 2 further tokens? I'm assuming it's yes, since both are not the same phase of action, i.e. "Shadow:".

[simplegarak]

Can you effectively play the Marauder, add 2 tokens, then discard a possession to add 2 further tokens? I'm assuming it's yes, since both are not the same phase of action, i.e. "Shadow:".

You are correct for the right reasons.  If something says "when" or "each" or "every" then it would apply whenever those conditions occur.

So with Corsair Marauder, you get to discard a possession no matter HOW he's played, just as long as he is.

[Witchkingx5]

Agree, that's correct.