rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad

Questions from last nights game

2 messages from 1 participant · 13 May 1999
original thread on Google Groups

LSJ

On VTES-L, Matthew Albritton wrote: > > A few questions for anyone so kind as to answer... > > Two Meths are left in the game. Me (Gangrel) and my prey/pred (Tremere). > > Situation (1): > > The Tremere have grave-robbed Ricky Van Dempsy who earlier in the game > committed diablerie. At a point later on, my prey has three ready minions - > one untapped tremere, one tapped tremere, and Ricky who is untapped. I play > Haven Uncovered on the untapped tremere, attack, and send him to torpor. I > then attempt to diablerize with another minion. My prey chooses to attempt to > block with Ricky. Can I now call a blood hunt against Ricky and burn him? (I > have voting dominance on the table w/edge) If so, am I still continuing my > diablerie attempt - at which point he must wake the other vamp to do anything? No. The Blood Hunt must be called when the diablerie is committed, or not at all. > Situation (2): > > We're in combat. He's acting. He moves to long. I have to like it. He plays > Theft of Vitae. I play Wolf Claws and then Rotschreck. Alright combat ends, > he goes to torpor and all that but, do I still lose the blood from Theft since > it happens before damage resolution? You cannot play Rotschreck. Your stike is not effective at long range, so you are not "attempting to use aggravated damage against" your opponent. If you were at close range, then Rotschreck would end combat before strike resolution (as you say), so you would not lose blood from the Theft of Vitae strike. -- LSJ (vte...@wizards.com) VTES Net.Rep for Wizards of the Coast. Links to revised rulebook, rulings, errata, and DCI (tournament) rules: http://www.wizards.com/VTES/VTES_Rules.html --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- ---Share what you know. Learn what you don't.---

LSJ

On VTES-L, Matthew Albritton wrote: > > "LSJ" <vte...@WIZARDS.COM> Wrote: > > > You cannot play Rotschreck. Your stike is not effective at long range, > > so you are not "attempting to use aggravated damage against" your > > opponent. > > > > What about the "whether successful or not clause"? I wasn't sucessful because > he moved to long... No, his moving to long resulting in you *not* attempting to use aggravated damage *against him* (but rather, against the air in front of you). If someone had played a Direct Intervention to cancel the Claws at close range, you would not be able to play Rotschreck since you are not attempting to use aggravated damage against an opposing vampire. It is not that your attempt is unsuccessful, it is that there is no attempt. [ quoted text not captured ]