[LSJ] Lunatic Eruption question

If a minion with Lunatic Eruption played on it has no legal targets, is it forced to do nothing that turn, or is it free to act as it wishes? I've ruled in the past that the minion is free to do as it wishes. As much as the cases of Lunatic Eruption and hunting are similar, the rules for compulsory hunting are specific to hunting and not a generalized rule, and Lunatic Eruption makes no statement about being unable to act if the attack action cannot be performed. However, this doesn't sit right with me and my players (and my players keep bugging me about it), so I figured I'd ask. - Ben Peal, Prince of Boston fu...@mindstorm.com

Ben Peal wrote: > > If a minion with Lunatic Eruption played on it has no legal targets, > is it forced to do nothing that turn, or is it free to act as it > wishes? Must do X and cannot do X => do nothing. -- LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc. Links to revised rulebook, rulings, errata, and tournament rules: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/

"LSJ" <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message news:3B7420A3...@white-wolf.com... > Ben Peal wrote: > > > > If a minion with Lunatic Eruption played on it has no legal targets, > > is it forced to do nothing that turn, or is it free to act as it > > wishes? > > Must do X and cannot do X => do nothing. Were that this were so with taxes: Must pay taxes and cannot pay taxes => do not pay taxes. Mike Ooi

[ quoted text not captured ] It is. You just have it transcribed wrong. Must pay taxes and cannot pay taxes => go to jail...therefore, do nothing. :-P Fred

>>> "LSJ" <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message >>> Must do X and cannot do X => do nothing. >> >> Mike Ooi wrote: >> Were that this were so with taxes: >> Must pay taxes and cannot pay taxes => do not pay taxes. > > Frederick Scott wrote: > It is. You just have it transcribed wrong. > Must pay taxes and cannot pay taxes => go to jail...therefore, do nothing. > :-P As one who owed over $2700 in federal taxes this year because of my employer had mistakenly withdrawn all my taxes at Married, 1 dependent instead of Single, 1 dependent, I'm aware that this isn't quite right either. So... Must pay taxes and cannot pay taxes => pay what taxes you can, make payments to IRS, change withdrawal rate to Single, 0 dependents to pay back as quickly as possible => sit at home, broke as a 3 legged chair...therefore do nothing. Let this be a lesson to everyone, thoroughly go over your pay stub and verify that your employer is taking out enough taxes. Regards, Noal

[ quoted text not captured ] I actually read this as Must pay X and cannot pay X => pay nothing. Good for getting into Texan games, or nightclubs, or really whatever. -- chris shorb <www.vtesinla.org> (A V:TES site in development) prince of torrance, california Ultimate Disc - Hockey - Vampire the Eternal Struggle Ebay page <http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/vtessingles/>