Forwarded from Robert Goudie (V:EKN Chairman):
Hesha's hands continued their artful chiseling as he muttered
encouragement to himself. "After all, haven't I proven myself strong enough
to resist the Eye's temptations by burying it in the first place?" He stood
more upright as he continued his soliloquy. "If I were to unearth the Eye",
he rationalized, "it would not be a sign of weakness but rather a great
testament to my discipline." Hesha ceased his carving and stood back from
his work. "I just need a few more days of study. That's all."
* * *
Hector Rivera had just returned from a successful assignment and looked
forward to letting his master know of his accomplishment. He also snatched
an interesting bauble from his victim before sending him to the final death.
As Hector withdrew the Eye from his pocket, he was startled by the sounds of
what seemed like an explosion from the far side of the room. Hector was
afforded enough time to turn his head and obtain a close-up view of the
rocket-propelled grenade just before it impacted with him.
San Diego's Camarilla population would have suffered greater losses that
day had the Sabbat animals been more patient. Most of the extensive guest
list had not yet arrived and the overeager Sabbat pack failed to secure even
the most obvious exits. Later, Prince Tara spoke with those who survived in
an attempt to track down the source of the attack. Of course, not all of
the eyewitnesses were known to Tara.
***The powerful Eye of Hazimel is loose in San Diego and you have the
power to determine which clan will receive it.***
* * *
Throughout the month of November, the results of select Vampire: the
Eternal Struggle tournaments from around the world will be recorded and used
to determine the clan that will next receive the powerful artifact, the Eye
of Hazimel. Attend a designated storyline Tournament and bring a clan-based
deck representing the clan you'd like to receive the Eye. At least
eighty-percent of your deck's crypt is to be comprised of a single-clan.
Complete the rest of your crypt in any way you please. The Tournament
Historian will make a record of key battles and of the winning deck at your
event. White Wolf will then use these results as inspiration for completing
the next chapter of the unfolding mystery of the Eye of Hazimel.
EVENT INFO: This event will also mark the first official distribution of
the new promo-only card, the Eye of Hazimel. Each player attending a
Storyline Event will receive a copy of the card.
Keep checking the V:TES page at http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes for updates
on the locations and dates of Storyline Events near you.
FORMAT: Players will bring decks that follow the regular V:EKN Constructed
Format rules (60-90 card libraries, No Repeat Actions in effect, etc.)
except that at least 75% of each player's crypt must be comprised of a
single-clan. The rest
of their crypt and their entire library may be completed in any manner the
player chooses.
Some additional rules will be in effect for each game.
1. Each game begins with the Eye of Hazimel card uncontrolled, in center of
the table.
2. Burn the Edge during your untap phase to place the uncontrolled Eye of
Hazimel on one of your vampires.
3. Any minion may take a D action to enter combat with any vampire who
possesses the Eye of Hazimel.
4. Any vampire committing diablerie against a vampire with the Eye of
Hazimel must take the Eye of Hazimel. No blood hunt may be called against
the diablerizing vampire.
-Robert
Robert Goudie
Chairman, V:EKN
rob...@vtesinla.org
--
LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc.
Links to V:TES news, rules, cards, utilities, and tournament calendar:
http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/
LSJ wrote:
> Throughout the month of November, the results of select Vampire: the
> Eternal Struggle tournaments from around the world will be recorded and used
> to determine the clan that will next receive the powerful artifact, the Eye
> of Hazimel. Attend a designated storyline Tournament and bring a clan-based
> deck representing the clan you'd like to receive the Eye. At least
> eighty-percent of your deck's crypt is to be comprised of a single-clan.
That should be "75%", not "80%".
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LOL. I was just about to post something about this. Us poor, non-Princes feel
so deprived of info sometimes!
Good job on getting another Storyline arranged! (Though it might be confusing
because now there are *two* "2002 Storylines".
> ***The powerful Eye of Hazimel is loose in San Diego and you have the
>power to determine which clan will receive it.***
Um...is this necessarily a good thing? Control of Baltimore was more or less a
good thing. But control of the Eye of Hazimel? (which may very well make you
the pawn of a Methusaleh/Antediludivan/ or whatever). So just to make sure, we
should be playing a clan we like (as opposed to L5R foolishness of playing
clans we hate so that they win the booby prize)?
>Throughout the month of November, the results of select Vampire: the
>Eternal Struggle tournaments from around the world will be recorded and used
>to determine the clan that will next receive the powerful artifact, the Eye
>of Hazimel. Attend a designated storyline Tournament and bring a clan-based
>deck representing the clan you'd like to receive the Eye.
Any details on how to set up a designated storyline tournament?
>At least
>eighty-percent of your deck's crypt is to be comprised of a single-clan.
Why the change? I thought 75% was a good number. Especially since standard
crypt size is 12, 75% creates a nice integer (9) as opposed to a nasty 9.6.
>EVENT INFO: This event will also mark the first official distribution of
>the new promo-only card, the Eye of Hazimel. Each player attending a
>Storyline Event will receive a copy of the card.
>
Will players be allowed to add the card into their decks (like Meddling), in
addition to the Eye already starting in play.
>(60-90 card libraries, No Repeat Actions in effect, etc.)
>except that at least 75% of each player's crypt must be comprised of a
>single-clan.
Now 75%? Or is it 80%? I'm confused...
>1. Each game begins with the Eye of Hazimel card uncontrolled, in center of
>the table.
Can the Eye of Hazimel still be targeted even if it's uncontrolled (can't think
of anything that could though). Who "owns" the Eye? (in case it goes to the ash
heap).
>2. Burn the Edge during your untap phase to place the uncontrolled Eye of
>Hazimel on one of your vampires.
Can you place the Eye on Beast?
>3. Any minion may take a D action to enter combat with any vampire who
>possesses the Eye of Hazimel.
Ha ha. So if Tutu steals the Eye, then he's safe? =)
Also, is there any mechanism to bring the Eye back into play if it's burned
(which seems like an easy and likely thing to happen?).
So...do you still want to win VP's and TW's, or is it more important to control
the Eye at the end of the game? And does it particularly mean anything if you
destroy it (or choose to destroy it)?
Halcyan 2
Halcyan 2 wrote:
> Any details on how to set up a designated storyline tournament?
Storyline tournaments are coordinated through the princes.
Contact your local prince (or become a prince yourself).
>
> >At least
> >eighty-percent of your deck's crypt is to be comprised of a single-clan.
>
> Why the change? I thought 75% was a good number. Especially since standard
> crypt size is 12, 75% creates a nice integer (9) as opposed to a nasty 9.6.
75 is the number. Sorry for the typo above.
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>> Any details on how to set up a designated storyline tournament?>
>Storyline tournaments are coordinated through the princes.
>Contact your local prince (or become a prince yourself).
So whereas most sanctioned tournaments do not require a Prince (just an
organizer/judge), Storyline tournament do require a Prince then?
Also, I take it that the Prince (who is considered the Organizer) cannot play
in the storyline tournament (unless the Multi-Judge thingy is used)?
Halcyan 2
LSJ wrote:
> Some additional rules will be in effect for each game.
>
> 1. Each game begins with the Eye of Hazimel card uncontrolled, in center of
> the table.
> 2. Burn the Edge during your untap phase to place the uncontrolled Eye of
> Hazimel on one of your vampires.
> 3. Any minion may take a D action to enter combat with any vampire who
> possesses the Eye of Hazimel.
> 4. Any vampire committing diablerie against a vampire with the Eye of
> Hazimel must take the Eye of Hazimel. No blood hunt may be called against
> the diablerizing vampire.
So how many turns does a minion have to own the Eye of Hazimel before he
or she turns into a ringwraith?
Fred
> > Some additional rules will be in effect for each game.
> >
> > 1. Each game begins with the Eye of Hazimel card uncontrolled, in
center of
> > the table.
> > 2. Burn the Edge during your untap phase to place the uncontrolled Eye
of
> > Hazimel on one of your vampires.
> > 3. Any minion may take a D action to enter combat with any vampire who
> > possesses the Eye of Hazimel.
> > 4. Any vampire committing diablerie against a vampire with the Eye of
> > Hazimel must take the Eye of Hazimel. No blood hunt may be called
against
> > the diablerizing vampire.
Question : do you pay the pool cost for the eye everytime you gain control
of it ?
--
Black MetamOrpheus
>Question : do you pay the pool cost for the eye everytime you gain control
>of it ?
No. You are not playing it from your hand so you don't need to pay the pool
cost. During your untap though, you have to pay a pool and burn the Eye (due to
the Eye's card text).
Halcyan 2
> Some additional rules will be in effect for each game.
>
> 1. Each game begins with the Eye of Hazimel card uncontrolled, in center of
> the table.
> 2. Burn the Edge during your untap phase to place the uncontrolled Eye of
> Hazimel on one of your vampires.
> 3. Any minion may take a D action to enter combat with any vampire who
> possesses the Eye of Hazimel.
> 4. Any vampire committing diablerie against a vampire with the Eye of
> Hazimel must take the Eye of Hazimel. No blood hunt may be called against
> the diablerizing vampire.
This makes it very interesting... I wonder if people will field any
wierd discipline combo decks (CHI/POT) to take advantage of the
card...?
Also I have a question to clarify these rules:
What happens to the Eye if the methuselah who controls the minion that
posseses the eye is ousted? Does it return to the center of the table
or does the ousting methuselah get it and place it on one of his
minions?
Ped Xing wrote:
> What happens to the Eye if the methuselah who controls the minion that
> posseses the eye is ousted? Does it return to the center of the table
> or does the ousting methuselah get it and place it on one of his
> minions?
It is burned.
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LSJ wrote:
> Ped Xing wrote:>> What happens to the Eye if the methuselah who controls the minion
>> that posseses the eye is ousted? Does it return to the center of the
>> table or does the ousting methuselah get it and place it on one of
>> his minions?>
> It is burned.
And same happens when minion with the eye is burned?
-JTP
LSJ wrote:
|| 1. Each game begins with the Eye of Hazimel card uncontrolled, in
|| center of the table.
|| 2. Burn the Edge during your untap phase to place the
|| uncontrolled Eye of Hazimel on one of your vampires.
|| 3. Any minion may take a D action to enter combat with any
|| vampire who possesses the Eye of Hazimel.
|| 4. Any vampire committing diablerie against a vampire with the
|| Eye of Hazimel must take the Eye of Hazimel. No blood hunt may be
|| called against the diablerizing vampire.
with all those conditions in mid :
Who will be stupid enough to want to take control of the Eye ??
a item that makes a personal antedlivian awakening, a personal blood hunt
with free absolution of the diabolist for the enemy...
I'd rather equip with a laptop computer or a hand of conrad =)
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I had the same thought. However, March Halcyon with the Eye of Hazimel
could be pretty ferocious. Apparition and Skin of Steel for free to avoid
damage. Signpost, Fists of Death (free), Grapple, Pushing the Limit
(free) for lots of damage would be pretty nice for a 1 cap. A long-range
Canine Horde would spoil that pretty quick, though. Cailean, anyone?
Maybe you need to give it to Ingrid Russo, so she can play superior
Thoughts Betrayed and then Taste to regain the lost blood.
Yeah. Probably best to just be prepared to burn the thing or play with
Obedience to avoid the 1 cap Eye rush.
-Matt
Cross-posting from another list as these questions may be of interest.
>
> Am i missing something here? I have some questions regarding the
> additional
> rules of the Storuline Tournament:
>
> 1. What kind of inlfuence does the Eye of Hazimel have on the storyline
> results? I mean, does the controller of the card wins the game, or the
> card
> is just to be fitted in the normal game?
Just fitted to the normal game.
Victory conditions (ousting, VPs, etc.) do not change.
The event historian will be asked to chronicle the movement of the eye in
particular in regards to what story bits make it from the tournaments to
card texts and future cards, but the victory conditions for playing are not
changed.
>
> 2. If the controler of the EoH is ousted or the EoH burned, does it have
> any impact in the victory decision on that game?
No.
>
> 3. Each player receives a copy of the Promo-card. Can it be added to their
> decks, just like it happened with the Meddling of the Semsith in the
> february Storyline?
>
Having not discussed this with Robert yet, I would suggest that...
Each player should receive a copy of the card AFTER the event. The only Eye
of Hazimel in play should be the one that starts uncontrolled in the middle
of the table.
> 4. Isn't it strange to think that probably most of the winning decks won't
> have the EoH? I know this is "futurology" or something but since any
> minion
> can enter combat with the vampire controlling the EoH, i don't want that
> "my Lasombra S&B cheesy deck" have it...
The strategy for winning with or without making use of the Eye is entirely
up to you.
Steve Wieck
White Wolf
>Who will be stupid enough to want to take control of the Eye ??
>a item that makes a personal antedlivian awakening, a personal blood hunt
>with free absolution of the diabolist for the enemy...
>I'd rather equip with a laptop computer or a hand of conrad =)
Well, one possible motivation is if you want your favorite clan to gain
possession of the eye in the RPG canon storyline. It could be a significant
power boost to them.
Halcyan 2
"Halcyan 2" <halc...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20020904151929...@mb-mu.aol.com...
> >1. Each game begins with the Eye of Hazimel card uncontrolled, in center
of
> >the table.
>
> Can the Eye of Hazimel still be targeted even if it's uncontrolled (can't
think
> of anything that could though). Who "owns" the Eye? (in case it goes to
the ash
> heap).
Good question. LSJ - where does the Eye go if it's burned? Just "out of
game", or does it go to the currently-controlling Methuselah's ash heap?
I think the other rules questions can be answered by applying the
standard rules, but this one's not clear since there is no player who
is the "owner" of the Eye.
Josh
eye eye cap'n
Joshua Duffin wrote:
>
> "Halcyan 2" <halc...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20020904151929...@mb-mu.aol.com...
>
> > >1. Each game begins with the Eye of Hazimel card uncontrolled, in center
> of
> > >the table.
> >
> > Can the Eye of Hazimel still be targeted even if it's uncontrolled (can't
> think
> > of anything that could though). Who "owns" the Eye? (in case it goes to
> the ash
> > heap).
>
> Good question. LSJ - where does the Eye go if it's burned? Just "out of
> game", or does it go to the currently-controlling Methuselah's ash heap?
Out of the game, since none of the players in the game are its owner.
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LSJ <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote:
: Halcyan 2 wrote:
:>
:> >> Any details on how to set up a designated storyline tournament?
:> >
:> >Storyline tournaments are coordinated through the princes.
:> >Contact your local prince (or become a prince yourself).
:>
:> So whereas most sanctioned tournaments do not require a Prince (just an
:> organizer/judge), Storyline tournament do require a Prince then?
:>
:> Also, I take it that the Prince (who is considered the Organizer)
:> cannot play
:> in the storyline tournament (unless the Multi-Judge thingy is used)?
: As stated, V:EKN rules will be used.
So if I become a Prince, and try to arrange a storyline tournament,
is even possible as there is only 4 Vampire players in my area (me
included)? With good luck I might get more players to attend.
How many players are needed to have a Storyline tournament?
I guess I am not able to play. Multi-Judge system is only usable
in tournament where are 8-20(?) players. Is this correct?
Cheers,
Jarkko
jth...@XXXpaju.oulu.fi.invalid wrote:
> So if I become a Prince, and try to arrange a storyline tournament,
> is even possible as there is only 4 Vampire players in my area (me
> included)? With good luck I might get more players to attend.
Yes.
> How many players are needed to have a Storyline tournament?
4
> I guess I am not able to play. Multi-Judge system is only usable
> in tournament where are 8-20(?) players. Is this correct?
Yes.
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>> 3. Each player receives a copy of the Promo-card. Can it be added to their
>> decks, just like it happened with the Meddling of the Semsith in the
>> february Storyline?
>>>
>Having not discussed this with Robert yet, I would suggest that...
>Each player should receive a copy of the card AFTER the event. The only Eye
>of Hazimel in play should be the one that starts uncontrolled in the middle
>of the table.
Will there be extra Eyes for tables or will it just be someone's Eye borrowed
for the tables' uses?
People might want to actually possess it if the player who possessed it last at
the end of each game got to keep an extra copy.
cur...@aol.commetal (Curevei) wrote in message news:<20020906154820...@mb-mb.aol.com>...
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Not to mention the possibility that the table copy of the Eye will be
bent up and worn a bit from being handled, and some people may not
want it. You may end up sitting next to some slob with dirty hands
that grabs the Eye during the game and smudges it up, who's going to
want it then?
An outside possibility, and not one I'm personally worried about, but
some people are a little more anal with their cards, and might not
want to take a card that's been manhandled by everyone else at the
table.
JSpektr
jspektr wrote:
>
> cur...@aol.commetal (Curevei) wrote in message
> news:<20020906154820...@mb-mb.aol.com>...> > Will there be extra Eyes for tables or will it just be someone's Eye borrowed
> > for the tables' uses?
> >
> > People might want to actually possess it if the player who possessed it last at
> > the end of each game got to keep an extra copy.
>
> Not to mention the possibility that the table copy of the Eye will be
> bent up and worn a bit from being handled, and some people may not
> want it. You may end up sitting next to some slob with dirty hands
> that grabs the Eye during the game and smudges it up, who's going to
> want it then?
If it's really a problem, I'll take the table copy of the Eye they use in
Phoenix. Most of our guys use napkins between drooling on their sleeves
and throwing chairs at each other. Doubt it'll be too hacked up.
If it's a problem at your tournament, you guys can send your table copy to
me, too. :)
Fred
>Not to mention the possibility that the table copy of the Eye will be
>bent up and worn a bit from being handled, and some people may not
>want it. You may end up sitting next to some slob with dirty hands
>that grabs the Eye during the game and smudges it up, who's going to
>want it then?
>
>An outside possibility, and not one I'm personally worried about, but
>some people are a little more anal with their cards, and might not
>want to take a card that's been manhandled by everyone else at the
>table.
If you're interested in keeping the copy, bring along a spare sleeve. Use the
sleeve to make sure the Eye doesn't get all nasty and stuff.
Halcyan 2
a freaky neat freak myself
In message <196f2577.02090...@posting.google.com>,
jsp...@sprynet.com (jspektr) mumbled something about:
>cur...@aol.commetal (Curevei) wrote in message news:<20020906154820...@mb-mb.aol.com>...>>>> People might want to actually possess it if the player who possessed it last at
>> the end of each game got to keep an extra copy.>
>Not to mention the possibility that the table copy of the Eye will be
>bent up and worn a bit from being handled, and some people may not
>want it. You may end up sitting next to some slob with dirty hands
>that grabs the Eye during the game and smudges it up, who's going to
>want it then?
>
>An outside possibility, and not one I'm personally worried about, but
>some people are a little more anal with their cards, and might not
>want to take a card that's been manhandled by everyone else at the
>table.
I personally always carry about 20 or so loose card sleeves in my bag;
primarily for use when my cards might leave my own controlled area
(Powerbase: Montreal and the Rack always get sleeved the minute they
enter play, for example... as do Fame, Haven Uncovered, and Mark of
Damnation), but also for general-purpose use of anyone who happens to
need one for some reason.
Sleeving the Eye should be no problem at any table, really. There are
many more like me out there (and many more who are FAR more anal).
On a different note, if there's no visible benefit to possessing the Eye
at the end of the game, then you'll have little trouble picking my deck
out of the crowd -- it'll probably be the one with the Anarch
Troublemakers, Canine Hordes, and Shattering Blows.
This, of course, depends on the TRUE card text of the Eye. If the Eye
is a significant "plus" to have on your vampires, then I'll certainly be
playing a break-stuff deck... especially if it is of a nature that
requires a deck built around it to work best. If the Eye looks like a
big dead slot, though, then I won't bother.
--
"There's no gray. There's just white that's got grubby." -- T.P.
Free Eyes of Hazimel? I'd like to know how happy the guy that paid 37.50$ for an eye on ebay a few
days ago? Hurrah for ebay-spoiling! =)
/Henrik Isaksson