LSJ#
On VTES-L, RAUL ROJO wrote:
>
> Hi to all VTES players. I've been enjoying this game since the very
> first, and limited, edition called Jyhad, but this is the first time
> (and I hope not the last) I post something to an electronic mailing
> list. I suppose that makes of me a clumsy neonate. Anyway, I have one or
> two questions ready to be solved (I've written my own answer -if any- in
> brackets). Thanks to all (specially to LSJ).
Welcome aboard.
> 1. Despite the fact that almost every ally doesn't worth its cost,
> they may seem useful in a "weenie madness" deck. I'll pay attention to a
> single one ally: Hell Hound.
>
> As it's noted on the card text, Hell hound cannot take any
> actions, although he still may block and thus enter combat. In
> such combats, he may play certain combat cards without any
> discipline requirements and, well...that's the point where
> problems begin. I don't know if someone has realized that, in a
> combat where at least one Hell Hound is involved, the controller
> of this ally may play combat cards such as Zip Gun (he may indeed
> play ammo cards, like Dragon's Breath Rounds)
>
> Problems? It sounds ridiculous to me that a dog, even a
> ghoulized one, could handle a gun, aim or pull the trigger
> without vicissitude improvements (at best). That's all. Any
> suggestion?
It is allowed. As a card game, reality sometimes has to take
second place to the rules in order to keep the game playable.
> 2. Is Toreador Grand Ball burned when the second Toreador
> you've chosen (the one that doesn't untap as normal) is as well
> burned or sent to torpor? If that vampire has zero blood on it,
> is he commited to hunt if any opportunity is given? (i.e. am I
> forced to untap via Alexandra's ability in order to hunt)
No and no. If he finds himself untapped (and ready and not otherwise
prevented from hunting), he'll have to hunt - but you are under no
obligation to untap him in the first place.
> [On one hand, I have to think that this master card only
> works when both Toreadors chosen are "ready", which means that
> it will be burned in the first case, but not in the second. On
> the other hand, the effect of untapping avoids the obligation to
> hunt, but if that vampire untaps by any means, he must do so]
The card places no restriction on the "readiness" or "in playness"
of the vampire, it simply prevents the vampire from untapping.
If the vampire is burned to torporized, the Ball continues to
function normally.
Good call on the untap-hunting point, though.
> 3. Can Telepathic Vote Counting basic level cancel a
> political action before (or during) blocking attempts or do I
> have to wait 'til it's unblocked and thus begins the referendum
> step?
>
> [I think this action modifier only cancels unblocked
> political actions, during the referendum step]
Correct.
> 4. Let's suppose that I call a vote and I play some action
> modifiers like Awe or Telepathic Vote Counting (at superior
> level) and after tallying the votes, this vote passes (it's
> succesful), but I have no Voter Captivation in my hand. So, when
> the vote is resolved, I have to replenish my hand. Does the
> effects of the Voter Captivation take place if I draw it when the
> political action has just finished (and I play it, of course)?
>
> [I'm not quite sure about the answer of this one]
No. None of the cards played during the referendum are replaced until
after the referendum, which is after the time that Voter Captivation
can be played.
> 5. If by any means a vampire is reduced to zero blood and
> has one, or more, copies of Pulled Fangs on it, is he forced to
> take one of the actions provided by this card to burn it?
>
> [I think not, because in such cases only hunt is mandatory
> and that vampire cannot hunt because of Pulled Fangs effect]
He neither hunts nor can take the action to burn a Pulled Fangs -
he goes to torpor (as soon as he has to hunt and cannot).
> 6. I've heard some rumours about a "Black Hand" expansion. Is it
> true?
No.
Some new cards are set to be released late this year, but they are not
related to the (more than a year old) rumors of the (still non-existent)
Black Hand expansion.
--
L. Scott Johnson (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
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