Darby Keeney#
I control 3 ready, untapped Sabbat Blood Brothers of the same circle
(Huey, Dewey and Louie) all with [SAN]
Huey attempts a [san] Unwholesome Bond action, playing [SAN] Shell
Game as the action is announced and I choose to tap both Dewey and
Louie for an additional 2 stealth. The eligable blockers decline,
the action is now successful and ready to resolve
There are 2 things waiting to happen:
1) gaining X+1 blood, where X is zero and
2) untapping Dewey and Louie.
Q: May I untap Dewey and Louie BEFORE resolving [san] Unwholesome
Bond?
I believe the answer is yes. The action must be successful to resolve
and the timing window for Shell game is "if the action is successful,"
not "after a successful action," "at the end of a successful action"
or "after resolving a successful action." Therefore, I should untap
those two minions, X becomes 2 instead of zero and Huey gains 3
blood.
Q: Were I calling a Domain Challenge using the same minions, I could
obviously untap Dewey and Louie after passing blocks, but before the
referendum. I assume that, if I wished to be sneaky, I could proceed
through the referendum and most or all of the vote tallying, then
untap Dewey and Louie just before either closing the vote window or
before counting tapped vampires for the Domain Challenge (thereby
taking only 1 pool loss instead of 3).
The upshot of that is the "if the action is successful" window
stretches from the instant all blocks are declined all the way a "end
of the action" hardpoint (practically defined by either beginning
another minion action or passing into the influence phase.)
Shell Game
Type: Action Modifier
Requires: Sanguinus
Only usable when the action is announced.
[san] Tap X other ready Blood Brothers you control of the same circle
as this one to give this Blood Brother +X stealth (even if stealth is
not yet needed). If the action is successful, you may untap one of
those Blood Brothers.
[SAN] As above, but untap an additional one of those Blood Brothers if
the action is successful.
Unwholesome Bond
Type: Action
Requires: Sanguinus
+1 stealth action.
[san] This vampire gains X+1 blood, where X is the number of ready,
untapped Blood Brothers of the same circle as the acting vampire.
[SAN] Add 1 blood from the blood bank to each Blood Brother in your
uncontrolled region of the same circle as the acting vampire.
Domain Challenge
Type: Political Action
Successful referendum means each Methuselah burns 1 pool for each
tapped minion he or she controls.