L. Scott Johnson#
If you're not TOMW, please read the whole post before
responding. I think we've already used enough bandwidth
*not* answering this question.
Parity Shift - Political Action
Prince or Justicar
Select a Methuselah who has more pool than you.
Divide up to X of that pool among all of the
Methuselahs as you see fit. X is the number
of Methuselahs in the game. Successful vote
means that the pool is distributed as
stated.
I (the acting player) have 5 pool.
My prey (the target) has 8 pool.
There are four Methuselahs in the game.
The "X of that pool" can be read as
-- A --
" X of that Methuselah's pool" (as in X of the
whole pot which is more than yours)
So I could distibute *4* (8, not more than 4,
yields 4) pool as I wished.
-- B --
"X of that excess pool" (as in X of the pool
which is more than yours, or X of the
difference)
So I could distibute *3* (8-5, not more than
4, yields 3) pool as I wished.
Which is official?
I'm not interested in how individual groups have
interpretted the card. I'm interested in the
*official* interpretation. If you have this
information, by all means respond. I understand
that almost everybody interprets the card as
described in (A), so if you do as well and would
like to say so here, please give a rationale as to
why (B) is not correct rather than simply stating
that you think (A) is correct. They are both
valid English interpretations, and all I need is
some official word.
Thank You.
L. Scott Johnson