The sensitive topic of an illegal character (points wise)

[Urgat]

I just wanted to note that an alternative is to get a third party involved who can take a look at each army's list before/during the game. So long as they're impartial, like a store staff member or whatever, then they can double-check if an item combo sounds right or not, particularly if they're familiar with the army involved.

Gotta trust the staff member... last time (literally) I played in a GW store, I had agreed with my opponent not to use magic items for whatever reason, the guy fielded a special character, and the staff members said it was fine.

[Haravikk]

Gotta trust the staff member...

Okay, so your staff-member mileage may vary, but the point was to try and find someone willing to give the lists a look over, as it's an alternative to seeing your opponent's list (so you can still keep stuff hidden for tactical reasons).