Hi folks! I'm running an event today where there is a restriction on Relics used during the tournament. One of my players wants to use a figure who starts play with two relics (Mandarin), but the those particular relics are not allowed during this event. How do I deal with this? Does he get to use the figure WITH the relics even though they aren't allowed?

For clarification, I'm running a AvX tournament, where only Relics/Resources from AvX are allowed.

I would say they are not allowed then. The Mandarin's trait permits the use of those relics in lieu of including any other resources/objects on your force. However, if the force construction parameters never would permit the inclusion of those relics as part of the force, then they were never legitimate to include as part of his build. Just my thoughts.

If they aren't allowed then they aren't. I would rule that he could use the character but without the rings.

Thank you for the help, folks! He decided to substitute it for a different character altogether.

For future reference, any scenario-specific questions that originate at the venue level should be taken up with your judge, as that's who has the final call.

And since it sounds like OP is the judge, I'll just add that when you make a scenario, you can make any ruling you want to keep something in line with the scenario. I just ran an event yesterday that said damage value can't be over 3 and it can't be modified to go over 3... for the couple resources that boost all stats, I said that they wouldn't boost the damage because it goes against the scenario guidelines and that's what we stuck with.

To follow up the follow up on the follow up I'd like to add that you can support this with the ruling on Tactics.

It was ruled that in an No Tactics event characters who bring in Relics/Bystanders cannot use those abilities for that event.