rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad

Create a Clan question,lsj

12 messages from 7 participants · 19 February 2006 – 21 February 2006
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andrea....@infinito.it

Hi the Create a Clan rule:"No more than two different vampires of the clan can have the same capacity. (Whole Set)" means that for a given capacity no more than 2 vampires can have that capacity (means 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 10 is a valid spread) or that the capacities should be 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 and 1 extra of those? Thanks Andrea

tobiasopdenbr...@notsocoldmail.com

andrea....@infinito.it schreef: [ quoted text not captured ] Note that it's always legal to make less than 12 and double up on some. T

Ben Peal

[ quoted text not captured ] That rule should be changed to read: "For each capacity, your clan may have up to two different vampires." You're also allowed to have 2 copies of each unique vampire in your crypt, so you could have a crypt that's 3, 4a, 4a, 4b, 4b, 5a, 5a, 5b, 5b, 6, 7, 8. - Ben Peal

Fabio 'Sooner' Macedo

Ben Peal escreveu: [ quoted text not captured ] Wouldn't it allow for easy mono-discipline weenie crypts? 1a (Caitiff), 1a, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 3c (Bloodline), 3d (Bloodline), 3e (Bloodline), 3f (Bloodline). 11 different vampires within 1-4 cap range. Maybe "For each capacity, your ***crypt*** may have up to two different vampires". Or I missed something and the bloodline and Caitiffs created count as members of "your clan" for capacity and discipline spread purposes? Fabio "Sooner" Macedo

Ben Peal

Fabio 'Sooner' Macedo wrote: > Ben Peal wrote: > > That rule should be changed to read: > > "For each capacity, your clan may have up to two different vampires." > > You're also allowed to have 2 copies of each unique vampire in your > > crypt, so you could have a crypt that's 3, 4a, 4a, 4b, 4b, 5a, 5a, 5b, > > 5b, 6, 7, 8. > > Wouldn't it allow for easy mono-discipline weenie crypts? > 1a (Caitiff), 1a, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 3c (Bloodline), 3d > (Bloodline), 3e (Bloodline), 3f (Bloodline). > 11 different vampires within 1-4 cap range. I haven't sat down to update my (very strict) CaC rules to include Bloodlines, Black Hand, Anarchs, Laibon, etc. LSJ opted to include Bloodlines in his rules, and yeah, mono-discipline weenie decks might be one of the ways you can abuse his rules. Though remember that no two unique vampires may share the same discipline spread, so it's a bit challenging to go mono-discipline weenie. > Maybe "For each capacity, your ***crypt*** may have up to two different > vampires". > > Or I missed something and the bloodline and Caitiffs created count as > members of "your clan" for capacity and discipline spread purposes? That appears to be ambiguous in LSJ's rules. *shrug* - Ben Peal

LSJ

[ quoted text not captured ] The former -- since no more than two different vampires have the same capacity as each other. -- That is my story, be it bitter or be it sweet. Keep a little and let a little come back to me. LSJ (vtesr...@TRAPwhite-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep (remove spam trap to reply) http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/

Fabio 'Sooner' Macedo

Ben Peal wrote: > > Wouldn't it allow for easy mono-discipline weenie crypts? > > 1a (Caitiff), 1a, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 3c (Bloodline), 3d > > (Bloodline), 3e (Bloodline), 3f (Bloodline). > > 11 different vampires within 1-4 cap range. > > I haven't sat down to update my (very strict) CaC rules to include > Bloodlines, Black Hand, Anarchs, Laibon, etc. LSJ opted to include > Bloodlines in his rules, and yeah, mono-discipline weenie decks might > be one of the ways you can abuse his rules. Hm, I see. I wasn't aware of how the rules evolved. Had access to them only when they got sort of "official". > Though remember that no two unique vampires may share the same > discipline spread, so it's a bit challenging to go mono-discipline > weenie. Fair enough. Though it's still possible, even if you end up with some unused disciplines. I know you don't need an example, but for those who could be wondering... [pre] [for] [aus] clan, bloodline [pre] [mel] [dom] 1 cap: caitiff with [for] and a drawback 2 cap A: [pre] 2 cap B: [pre] [aus] Red List or whatever gives 1 extra point 3 cap A: [pre] [for] 3 cap B: [PRE] 4 cap A: [PRE] [aus] 4 cap B: [PRE] [for] 3 cap C: Bloodline, [pre] [mel] [dom] 3 cap D: Bloodline, [MEL] [pre] 4 cap C: Bloodline, [DOM] [pre] 4 cap D: Bloodline, [PRE] [dom] 11 weenies, 4 with [PRE], 6 with [pre]. It even has a good splash of [dom] for bouncing. Double up on the [PRE] 4-cap and you're good to go... It's not like that one can't find a similar crypt (with DOM, per example) in the actual vampires released for the game, I just thought that CaC tournaments could use up the opportunity to disencourage such crypts... Even if it was not the original intention. > > Maybe "For each capacity, your ***crypt*** may have up to two different > > vampires". > > > > Or I missed something and the bloodline and Caitiffs created count as > > members of "your clan" for capacity and discipline spread purposes? > > That appears to be ambiguous in LSJ's rules. *shrug* > - Ben Peal I don't believe it will be abused. In fact, I was just wondering about the original question - I always thought it related to whole crypt, i.e., you can't have 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7 only 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 at most. We're close to a CaC tournament in here and all players were already instructed to follow the second pattern, not the first. :-/ I know, we can have it the way the organizer wants, but I'd like to follow the rules to the letter since it's first time we run such a tourney in my city. best, Fabio "Sooner" Macedo Giovanni Newsletter Editor

LSJ

Ben Peal wrote: > Fabio 'Sooner' Macedo wrote: >>Maybe "For each capacity, your ***crypt*** may have up to two different >>vampires". >> >>Or I missed something and the bloodline and Caitiffs created count as >>members of "your clan" for capacity and discipline spread purposes? > > That appears to be ambiguous in LSJ's rules. *shrug* It is not. "Whole set" is explicitly stated in that rule. [ quoted text not captured ]

Fabio 'Sooner' Macedo

LSJ wrote: > Ben Peal wrote: > > Fabio 'Sooner' Macedo wrote: > >>Maybe "For each capacity, your ***crypt*** may have up to two different > >>vampires". > >> > >>Or I missed something and the bloodline and Caitiffs created count as > >>members of "your clan" for capacity and discipline spread purposes? > > > > That appears to be ambiguous in LSJ's rules. *shrug* > > It is not. "Whole set" is explicitly stated in that rule. > LSJ (vtesr...@TRAPwhite-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep (remove spam trap to reply) Oh, so that's what "Whole set" refers to. The niceties of a language... We live, we learn. Fabio "Sooner" Macedo

wumpus

Howdy Fabio, > Fair enough. Though it's still possible, even if you end up with some > unused disciplines. > I know you don't need an example, but for those who could be > wondering... > > [pre] [for] [aus] clan, bloodline [pre] [mel] [dom] > 1 cap: caitiff with [for] and a drawback > 2 cap A: [pre] > 2 cap B: [pre] [aus] Red List or whatever gives 1 extra point > 3 cap A: [pre] [for] > 3 cap B: [PRE] > 4 cap A: [PRE] [aus] > 4 cap B: [PRE] [for] Ignoring the Bloodline bits for now, just this part is illegal. Here's the rule you're missing: "No two different vampires of 5-cap or less may share the same superior Discipline. (Whole Set)" So only one of your vampires with capacity less than 6 can have superior PRE. I consider this to be a tad harsh - it makes it hard to make decent 5-caps - but it certainly makes weenie-munchkinism (TM) very difficult in CaC. Hope that helps, Alex

Raille

"wumpus" <wum...@comcast.net> wrote in message news:1140473490.2...@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [ quoted text not captured ] Also each vampire must have more points in IN clan disciplines that out of clan disciplines, so you need to watch that also. Raille *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com ***

Fabio 'Sooner' Macedo

wumpus wrote: > Howdy Fabio, Hooooooooooowdy-ho! > Ignoring the Bloodline bits for now, just this part is illegal. Here's > the rule you're missing: > "No two different vampires of 5-cap or less may share the same superior > Discipline. (Whole Set)" > So only one of your vampires with capacity less than 6 can have > superior PRE. I consider this to be a tad harsh - it makes it hard to > make decent 5-caps - but it certainly makes weenie-munchkinism (TM) > very difficult in CaC. > Hope that helps, > Alex It's been a while since I've read it carefully. Good call! Now I can reason why weenie crypts can be made to any player that complains about other people's crypts to our CaC "organization comitee". ;-) Thanks! Fabio "Sooner" Macedo