(LSJ): Corruption, Nakhthorheb, Rabbat

My prey controls Smudge with on of my corruption counters. Rabbat hunts, Smudge blocks via medialoc, Nakkie M1Ks. Is smudge still eligible to block, or does the block fail?

[ quoted text not captured ] Nakhthorheb cannot play Mask of 1,000 faces because an effect (Smudge attempting to block) has been used that could not have been used if Nakhthorheb were the acting minion. # Mask cannot be used to mask an action if the Masking vampire is not capable of taking that action, nor if any action modifiers, reactions, or other effects (including inherent stealth) have been played on this action that could not have been played/used if the Masking vampire were the acting minion. (Not counting blood that has already been spent.) [RTR 19980623] [RTR 20030519] [RTR 20041202] -witness1

[ quoted text not captured ] If Nakhthoreb played Mask before the block against Rabbat succeeded, then the block is not yet successful. Smudge can no longer continue the attempt. If Mask is played after the block is successful, then the block is successful.

witness1 wrote: > On Sep 4, 10:47 am, Blooded Sand <sandm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> My prey controls Smudge with on of my corruption counters. Rabbat >> hunts, Smudge blocks via medialoc, Nakkie M1Ks. Is smudge still >> eligible to block, or does the block fail? > > Nakhthorheb cannot play Mask of 1,000 faces because an effect (Smudge > attempting to block) has been used that could not have been used if > Nakhthorheb were the acting minion. Yeah, that too. Disregard my previous answer.

[ quoted text not captured ] Yeah its better to do it the other way around (have Nak do the action first and then the other guy mask after blocks are declined)

[ quoted text not captured ] Which is also not allowed. It sucks, but Nakhthorheb basically can't be used with Mask. He can play Mask, but only in situations where it won't be particularly useful. When Nakhthorheb acts, another vamp cannot play Mask at all. Ever. Even if there are no vampires in play with corruption counters. It doesn't make sense, but that's what was ruled.