rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad

Rule Question - LSJ

8 messages from 6 participants · 11 October 2000 – 14 October 2000
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Alex Harmon

Card - Clan Impersonation Question - If a titled vamp successfully plays a Clan Impersonation and becomes a member of a different clan, do they lose the title? Do they lose the title only if they would contest with another vampire? i.e. Leandro plays CI to become Ventrue while Arika is in play. What about titled vampires playing CI and going from Camarilla to Sabbat and vice versa? What happens to the title? Thanks in advance for the clarification. Alex

LSJ

[ quoted text not captured ] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Please post in text-only, not in HTML (esp. not with images). The answers to your queries are found in section 10 of the rules: If a vampire with a title changes clans or sects (by means of Clan Impersonation, for example) to a clan or sect inappropriate for his title, he loses the benefit of the title until his clan or sect changes appropriately. If he receives a new title, or if his title is contested (see Contested Titles, sec. 4.2), he immediately yields the old title. Note: IC titles are *not* clan-based, they are just sect-based, so Leandro would still have the title "IC" if he impersonates a Ventrue. -- 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/

Rafid Armani

On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 07:56:34 -0400, LSJ <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote: >Note: IC titles are *not* clan-based, they are just sect-based, so >Leandro would still have the title "IC" if he impersonates a Ventrue. So what`s the clan-based titles ? Justicar in Camarilla ? What about Sabbat Titles ? Thanks Remy

LSJ

[ quoted text not captured ] Only the title of Justicar is clan-based in the CCG, as indicated in section 10 of the rules. In the CCG, unlike in the RPG, the titles of IC, Priscus, and Primogen are not clan-based. [ quoted text not captured ]

Alex Harmon

Woops, sorry. That's what I get for using these free Web goodies. Thanks for the answer. Alex LSJ wrote: [ quoted text not captured ] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > Please post in text-only, not in HTML (esp. not with images). > > The answers to your queries are found in section 10 of the rules: > > If a vampire with a title changes clans or sects (by means of Clan > Impersonation, for example) to a clan or sect inappropriate for his title, > he loses the benefit of the title until his clan or sect changes > appropriately. If he receives a new title, or if his title is contested > (see Contested Titles, sec. 4.2), he immediately yields the old title. > > Note: IC titles are *not* clan-based, they are just sect-based, so > Leandro would still have the title "IC" if he impersonates a Ventrue. > [ quoted text not captured ]

Halcyan 2

>Only the title of Justicar is clan-based in the CCG, as indicated in >section 10 of the rules. In the CCG, unlike in the RPG, the titles >of IC, Priscus, and Primogen are not clan-based. ?? I'm fairly familiar with the RPG and I didn't think IC or Primogen were clan-based. Technically, the Prince gets to choose the Primogen and can choose whoever they want regardless of clan (there have even been non-Camarilla Setites for Primogen!). And the IC is much more complicated than the simple "each clan gets one IC" that seems to exist in VTES. IC is more or less a title for any powerful elder (there are like 40+ members) and thus there can be multiple IC members of the same clan. I don't know too much about the Sabbat so I can't say anything for Priscus though. Halcyan 2

Xian

"Halcyan 2" <halc...@aol.com> wrote in message news:20001014023306...@ng-md1.aol.com... > ?? I'm fairly familiar with the RPG and I didn't think IC or Primogen were > clan-based. Technically, the Prince gets to choose the Primogen and can choose Actually, I would be surprised if IC is *not* clan-based, as the IC chooses the Justicars, and if one clan was over-represented, then the others would get all pissy. Or whatever the vampiric equivalent is. I admit that I can't remember off the top of my head, though. The Camarilla sourcebook indicates that "It is known that [the IC] are supposedly 'the eldest' of their clans, but that definition is open to debate." It lists no numbers or clan-quota. > whoever they want regardless of clan (there have even been non-Camarilla > Setites for Primogen!). And the IC is much more complicated than the simple Hmm. I think primogen depend on how you read the rules. In most of the sourcebooks, it indicates that the primogen are simply a council of the most powerful vampires in the city, and makes no mention of clan. However, the way most people play the RPG is that it is a council of the most powerful vampire from each clan in the city. (Most powerful being taken to mean in a political sense...) Also, the LARP version supports this, and the 3rd edition rules state that "each clan usually has at least one representative primogen." Then, the primogen support the prince (or manipulate him), and the prince doesn't exactly select the primogen. He may or may not have a say in who is included on the council...and he should be able to take any one of them on in any arena, but if they stand against, him, he will generally lose. I do believe you are in error, though, stating that the prince selects the primogen. > "each clan gets one IC" that seems to exist in VTES. IC is more or less a title > for any powerful elder (there are like 40+ members) and thus there can be > multiple IC members of the same clan. I don't know too much about the Sabbat so > I can't say anything for Priscus though. My understanding of the Sabbat suggests that Priscus is not clan-affiliated. Not to mention, if the Sascha Vykos appears as on the warghoul site, that would make 2 (or 3?) Tzimisce Prisci. Whee. Xian -- I'd tell the world and save my soul, But rain falls down and I feel cold. A cold that sleeps within my heart, It tears the earth and sun apart. --_Shellshock_, New Order www.waste.org/~xian

James Coupe

On 14 Oct 2000, Halcyan 2 wrote: > >Only the title of Justicar is clan-based in the CCG, as indicated in > >section 10 of the rules. In the CCG, unlike in the RPG, the titles > >of IC, Priscus, and Primogen are not clan-based. > > ?? I'm fairly familiar with the RPG and I didn't think IC or Primogen were > clan-based. 2nd edition, certainly, generally implied that each clan had an Inner Circle member who selected the Justicar on the Inner Circle council type affair. At least, how I read it. My copy is at home so I can't cite. > Technically, the Prince gets to choose the Primogen and can choose > whoever they want regardless of clan In a number of cities, giving one to each of the major clans there is generally good. It is rare, in my experience, to see two Ventrue Primogen on a council, for example. > (there have even been non-Camarilla > Setites for Primogen!). I know. I can see why it was done in V:TEs, but I do like the fact that you can have weird clans as Primogen. -- James Coupe | PGP Key 0x5D623D5D "And all the while I'm thinking things that I can never share with him. I'm a bundle of confusion, yet it has a strange appeal. Did it all begin with him and the way he makes me feel?"