Possessions/artifacts question

[whitewarrior11]

Hello guys,

Last day, in a multiplayer game, we had a situation:

- Frodo had a Hobbit Sword equipped. In Fellowship, thje Freeps player discarded a Hobbit Sword from hand, saying he would put it on Frodo but since you can only have one possession of each class on a given character, one would get discarded right away so he just does this and add 1 twilight in the pool. I told him he can't do that. One other player argued you can do it to replace a version of a unique weapon by another (e.g., Sting with Sting, Bane of the Eight-Legs). This player claimed he did it the other day on Gemp. Who is right?

The starter rulebook from The Hunters mentions this: "You cannot play a card from hand to replace another card in play, even if those cards have the same card title or represent the same personality."

I thought that, the moment you have a possession of a given class on a character, you cannot actually replace it or discard it unless you use a card that specifically does so. Am I right?

[Ringbearer]

You are right, there should be no way into replacing a possession or character.

[bibfortuna25]

The only way you can do that is if you transfer the Hobbit Sword to another hobbit so you can put Sting on Frodo.

[whitewarrior11]

So basically, what are the ways the Freeps player have to replace a possession on a character?

- Transferring
- Having a possession discarded by a Shadow card
- Anduril, Flame of the West, Shadowfax

Otherwise, I am stuck with the possession in my hand, right?

[bibfortuna25]

You are never "stuck" with a card in your hand. When you reconcile, just discard it.