In article <40961q$a...@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au>,
ml32...@student.uq.edu.au (Kevin Lowe) writes:
>I am quite a bit confused by the Hidden Lurker card.
>
>So is this just to re-tap a vampire who has untapped using Majesty, Earth
>Meld or Cat's guidance? I'm asking because Hidden Lurker seems a _lot_
>like Fast Reaction (?), the auspex reaction card that does the same job,
>more or less, but Fast Reaction cannot be intercepted. From the wording
>of Hidden Lurker, it seems possible it is supposed to be an action
>modifier or something, and it is establishing that the Lurking vampire is
>tapped.
>
>How exactly is Hidden Lurker a) meant to be played, b) played by most
>people, c) played by the WOTC rules-rewriters?
>
I don't have the card in front of me, but I seem to recall Hidden Lurker
as being a lot like Fast Reaction but with one difference:
Hidden Lurker brings the acting vampire into a new combat with a vampire
that was blocking one of yours....
and Fast Reaction brings the REACTING vampire into a new combat with
a vampire that had been BLOCKED.
So I seem to remember that Hidden Lurker and Fast Reaction do basically
the same things but in different situations: reaction or action.
If I remebered incorrectly, then just play that way anyway.
I am quite a bit confused by the Hidden Lurker card. It _seems_ to be an
action card, with no stealth attached, that works a bit like a modified
Bum's Rush. However, halfway through, for no apparent reason, it says
"This vampire is tapped", but it can only be played to attack a vampire
that has just blocked...
So is this just to re-tap a vampire who has untapped using Majesty, Earth
Meld or Cat's guidance? I'm asking because Hidden Lurker seems a _lot_
like Fast Reaction (?), the auspex reaction card that does the same job,
more or less, but Fast Reaction cannot be intercepted. From the wording
of Hidden Lurker, it seems possible it is supposed to be an action
modifier or something, and it is establishing that the Lurking vampire is
tapped.
How exactly is Hidden Lurker a) meant to be played, b) played by most
people, c) played by the WOTC rules-rewriters?
Hoping someone can help, Kevin Lowe.
(who does a fair bit of lurking himself)
In article <40961q$a...@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au>,
Kevin Lowe <ml32...@student.uq.edu.au> wrote:
>I am quite a bit confused by the Hidden Lurker card. It _seems_ to be an
>action card, with no stealth attached, that works a bit like a modified
>Bum's Rush. However, halfway through, for no apparent reason, it says
>"This vampire is tapped", but it can only be played to attack a vampire
>that has just blocked...
The "this vampire" is the vampire playing the Hidden Lurker card.
Hidden Lurker should be an action modifier, which is why the text has
to tell you to tap the vampire playing the card. (As an action, the
vampire playing the card would be tapped by default.)
>So is this just to re-tap a vampire who has untapped using Majesty, Earth
>Meld or Cat's guidance? I'm asking because Hidden Lurker seems a _lot_
>like Fast Reaction (?), the auspex reaction card that does the same job,
>more or less, but Fast Reaction cannot be intercepted. From the wording
>of Hidden Lurker, it seems possible it is supposed to be an action
>modifier or something, and it is establishing that the Lurking vampire is
>tapped.
Yes. And actually, the DT rules-rewiters agreed with such inescapable
logic for a time. But then they escaped and are once again logic-free
on this card (They overturned the errata and re-cast the card to an action).
>How exactly is Hidden Lurker a) meant to be played, b) played by most
>people, c) played by the WOTC rules-rewriters?
a) As an action modifier (IMNSHO)
b) As an action modifier (IMHO)
c) As an action, easily blocked and unweildily :-) worded.
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