Lini and recharging animals

[Caniggia]

I seem to have issues when I want to use Beast Form with an Animal ally. I'm only able to discard the animal, but shouldn't I be allowed to recharge it instead given the Wild Empathy ability?

[ArchSenex]

No, empathy only works on animals discarded for their effect. When using her power it doesn't trigger. She's still insanely good though.

[da_mayor]

When I discard an animal to explore, I have to actually explore first, and THEN it pops the animal up on top of the encountered card with "Recharge" and "Discard" buttons.  I was kinda startling at first.

 

Side note: The Rogue Ape is NOT an Animal.  This is by design, and not an error.

[Brainwave]

Right, and this is an overall rule that's not really explained in the tutorial. When using a card for a character power in general (like recharging or discarding a card for Merisiels sneak attack) youre not considered to be "playing" that card. So for example if you are in a location or fighting a villain that doesn't allow allies to be played, you could a still discard an ally to activate Meri's or Lini's abilities, you just couldn't use the ally for the actual card abilities of that ally card.

[Hannibal_PJV]

Yes, this should be in the tutorial, because if you don't know it it may be difficult to figure it out.