I have a question about cards you opponent has which state something like:
Any minion can attempt to burn this card as a (D) action, or on a card
like Powerbase Chicago: Your opponents minion can attempt to steal all
blood on card as a (D) action.
We decided this must mean that as my minions action I can use the statement on
that card for my action and if unblocked, either burn that location or steal
the blood ( or whatever, depending on text. ) But Another thought occurred
that this might mean you need a card with a (D) action, where you wouldn't
perform the (D) action on the card, but use it as described above. We were
thinking the first solution was the correct one, but it is better to ask and
get it straight.
Thanks,
Stephan
<cleaves@ctron.com> wrote:
>I have a question about cards you opponent has which state something like:
> Any minion can attempt to burn this card as a (D) action, or on a card
> like Powerbase Chicago: Your opponents minion can attempt to steal all
> blood on card as a (D) action.
>We decided this must mean that as my minions action I can use the statement on
>that card for my action and if unblocked, either burn that location or steal
>the blood ( or whatever, depending on text. ) But Another thought occurred
>that this might mean you need a card with a (D) action...
The card that you want to burn/steal from is what's providing the directed
action; you don't have to, and can't, use another action card to go over
and romp on that location. Similarly, if a card says it can be burned with
a vote, you don't need a political action card to call that vote; the card
to be burned is what provides you with that action.
Tom Wylie rec.games.deckmaster Network Representative for
aahz@hal.com Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
Before I could do anything to stop it, cleaves@ctron.com wrote:
> We decided this must mean that as my minions action I can use the statement on
> that card for my action and if unblocked, either burn that location or steal
> the blood ( or whatever, depending on text. ) But Another thought occurred
> that this might mean you need a card with a (D) action, where you wouldn't
> perform the (D) action on the card, but use it as described above. We were
> thinking the first solution was the correct one, but it is better to ask and
> get it straight.
I had a little trouble with (D) actions at first, too. I think a good way
to think of (D) actions has more to with who can block them than with who
can take them. Any minion can take a directed action. Bleeding is a
directed action that requires no card, burning a Power Base is a directed
action that uses the Power Base itself as the card. The key is that
*only* the methuselah affected by the directed action can block it. This
is as opposed to a non-directed action like acquiring equipment, calling
a vote, etc., which can be blocked first by the prey, then by the
predator, but no one else.
Some people in my circle are argueing that Army of Rats cannot be burned
without a card with a (D) on it because it says "with a (D) action"
instead of "as a (D) action." I suppose the owner of the rats is the
affected Methuselah, who can attempt to block to keep them in play.
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Brian Wilson <bwilson@gate.net> wrote:
>Some people in my circle are argueing that Army of Rats cannot be burned
>without a card with a (D) on it because it says "with a (D) action"
>instead of "as a (D) action." I suppose the owner of the rats is the
>affected Methuselah, who can attempt to block to keep them in play.
Attempts to burn a card in play are always blocked by the controller
of that card. Since the controller of Army of Rats never changes,
its owner is the one who blocks (or doesn't). For a location that
changes controllers, like The Rack, it might be someone other than
the owner defending it.
Tom Wylie rec.games.deckmaster Network Representative for
aahz@hal.com Wizards of the Coast, Inc.