by GeckoTH
I think there's a clarification that needs to be made...Yes, you can play actions and events after any step of the Quest Phase. However, you can only Commit characters to the quest during Step 1 of the Quest Phase. So, during this step, you can play Sneak Attack to bring in an Ally and commit him to the quest. But if you wait until after Step 2: 'Staging', where you draw encounter cards, then you can no longer Commit characters to the quest. Technically speaking, you still can play Sneak Attack to bring in an Ally, but that Ally does not have the opportunity to Commit to the quest at this point. On the other hand, you still can take advantage of other Actions or Events such as Eowyn's ability to discard cards to boost her Willpower, etc.