Noal McDonald#
Introduction:
These last few months have been rather grim. The war that Konstantin has
not brought us the most fortunate of circumstances. If we were a
persecuted clan before, it is a hundred fold worse now. While we have
secured Montreal and Toronto, we have resources to draw upon and we go
into battle with crude weapons fashioned from wood and plastic. Were it
not for our ability to enhance the effectiveness of these weapons with
illusions, we would all have perished long ago.
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Exerpt from the Narrative of the Groundhog's Day Massacre
While the reporters were setting up to record the festivities in
Punxsutawney 75 miles away, Sarisha Veliku was engaging Alvaro, the
Archbishop of Pittsburgh, in combat for the second time that night.
She had earlier given him the bum's rush in the middle of the street as
he got out of a limo. Despite being pecked at by a flock of carrion
crows, he managed to dodge the shots from the two assault rifles she had
leveled at him. Had he known that in reality, she was only shooting at
him with a single zip gun, a crude pistol carved from wood and plastic,
he might not have bothered. In any event, he disappeared into the
shadows beyond her reach.
Having earlier uncovered his haven, she merely awaited his arrival and
this time he had no defenses prepared. She had created the illusion of
his estate burning down around him and he began to frenzy from terror.
Unable to defend himself, she blasted him with the zip gun and illusions
again while the carrion crows attacked. As he crashed to the ground, she
set on him and drained the rest of his vitae, but did not destroy him.
She wanted him to be a warning to the Sabbat.
Meanwhile, in other parts of the city, Lazar Dobrescu and Salbatore
Bokkengro were leaving similar warnings.
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Card of the Month: Mass Reality
Well, this month features the one card in the game that makes Zip Gun
worth playing. All other clans have to be satisfied with 1R damage.
Well, the Ravnos can not only get enough Mass Reality cards in play to
make an Assault Rifle look wimpy in comparison, but they can use Terror
Frenzy to make sure the opponent stays at long and doesn't use that
Assault Rifle or Leather Jacket.
I initially had planned on using Mass Reality with Wooden Stakes, but
found that getting the stakes was either too unwieldy (an equip action)
or too expensive (Horrid Reality). Zip Guns turned out to be much each
easier to use.
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Deck of the Month: Another Mass Reality of Zip Guns
Lasombra's web site already has a deck called "The Mass Reality of Zip
Guns," (http://lasombra.tripod.com/zip_reality.htm) but I wanted to do
something a little more focussed. Since the Ravnos only have one way of
dealing with S:CE...keep attacking them until they run out. That's why
Freak Drive is extremely important. If you don't get them with the Bum's
Rush, Freak Drive and get them with the Haven Unconvered.
One caveat, this deck hasn't yet been tested, so when I built the deck I
stole some from Lasombra's deck and some from Peter Bakija's Potence
Weenie rush combat deck. I've got 12 Bum's Rush cards and 5 Haven
Uncovered cards. I might shave a few off of the Bums Rush and Carrion
Crows if I find that I need more damage prevention, but if ranged damage
isn't used very often, you probably won't need it. As it is, the Skin of
Night will at least keep your vampires from being burned or nailed by a
Dawn Op/Skin of Night/Weather Control combo. If I find that, as usual,
the blood costs of cards are a bit high (big suprise there), I'll try to
fit in some Masochism cards to make the Zip Gun damage work for me.
Anyway, here it is:
--Vampires (12)
Lazar Dobrescu (x2)
Salbatore Bokkengro (x2)
Vaclav Petalengro (x2)
Sarisha Veliku (x2)
Joaqunia Amaya (x2)
Natalia
Konstantin, Baro of the Caravan
--Library (90)
--Master Cards (14)
Haven Uncovered (x5)
Fame (x2)
Inbase Discotek, Frankfurt
Park Hunting Ground
Powerbase: Montreal
Blood Doll (x4)
--Actions (20)
Mass Reality (x8)
Bum's Rush (x12)
--Action Modifiers (7)
Freak Drive (x7)
--Reactions (10)
Cats' Guidance (x5)
Wake with Evening's Freshness (x5)
--Combat Cards (39)
Carrion Crows (x7)
Terror Frenzy (x8)
Taste of Vitae (x8)
Skin of Night (x6)
Zip Gun (x10)
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Next month will feature a Ravnos version of the Gangrel Juggernaut deck
as I show that the Ravnos are capable of being a decent bleed deck
without losing tons of blood in the process.
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If you want to send me deck ideas or other comments and questions, feel
free to e-mail me at dhar...@yahoo.com. I would also enjoy reading
feedback on usenet.
Regards,
Noal McDonald
Prince of Metro Detroit
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"I was probably pretty young, when I realised that I had come from
what you might call a family, a clan, a race, maybe even a species,
of pure sons of bitches."
--Faulkner, "The Mansion"
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