Combat effects

On VTES-L, Cesar Pinto writes: > Hi, i have two questions. > > 1.- If your vampire play Carrion Crows and the opposing minion plays Combat > Ends. He suffers damage from Carrion Crows or avoids it? Avoids it. Combat ends before strike resolution, which is when Carrion Crows would have dealt damage. > 2.- Other combat. [My] vampire plays strike: Steal Blood and the opposing > miniom crunches him with his bare hands. What happens? Can my vampire use the > blood stolen to [heal] the damage [done by] the other minion or to play cards > before prevent damage or does he get the blood after the damage resolution? The stolen blood is moved from the opponent to him when it resolves, before the "heal/prevent damage" phase. He can use the stolen blood to heal damage or to pay for cards that prevent the damage (like Skin of Steel). > In the second case, if the opposing minion burns all his blood (e.g., to deal > aggravated damage) [does my vampire] get the blood? If the opposing minion burned all of his blood before strike resolution (e.g., by paying the cost of a strike card or a strike modifier - like Burning Wrath or Claws of the Dead), then your minion gets no blood. > The other day i heard the stealing of blood was instantaneous but you can use > it to prevent the damage dealt by the opposing minion. Is it true? It is not "instantaneous" in that the effects of the strike don't occur until strike resolution. But the effects of the strike do occur before the "heal/prevent damage" phase. See the revised rulebook (link in my .sig below) for more detailed explanations. > Pd: sorry for my english. Don't apologize - better your English than my Spanish. :-) I've taken the liberty of correcting the grammar in your post. Where I wasn't completely sure of the meaning, I put my assumed meaning in [brackets]. If my translation is incorrect, please let me know. -- 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 -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own

LSJ wrote in message <7bk3co$kn8$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>... >> 2.- Other combat. [My] vampire plays strike: Steal Blood and the opposing >> miniom crunches him with his bare hands. What happens? Can my vampire use the >> blood stolen to [heal] the damage [done by] the other minion or to play cards >> before prevent damage or does he get the blood after the damage resolution? > >The stolen blood is moved from the opponent to him when it resolves, before >the "heal/prevent damage" phase. He can use the stolen blood to heal damage >or to pay for cards that prevent the damage (like Skin of Steel). > I still have a doubt on a specific situation: My vampire has FULL capacity, let's say 8. As a strike he steals 2 blood and the opponent deals 3 hand damage. How much blood does he has at the end of combat? 5 or 7? (assuming combat at close range and no presses). (i personnaly think he has 7).

In article <36dde...@news.ip.pt>, Luis P. Duarte <Luis....@ip.pt> wrote: >I still have a doubt on a specific situation: > >My vampire has FULL capacity, let's say 8. >As a strike he steals 2 blood and the opponent deals 3 hand damage. >How much blood does he has at the end of combat? 5 or 7? >(assuming combat at close range and no presses). >(i personnaly think he has 7). It's 5. Blood Theft is handled before damage, with any excess blood over capacity draining away. In short, draining blood when you're at full capacity doesn't get you any blood. -- /\ Jasper Phillips /VVVVVVVVVVVVVV|~"~"~"~"~"~"----------........____ jaz j^^^^^^^^^^^^^\/"~"~"~"~-----------........._____ ~"~--. * http://www.engr.orst.edu/~philljas/ "~"~'--`

"Luis P. Duarte" <Luis....@ip.pt> wrote: > My vampire has FULL capacity, let's say 8. > As a strike he steals 2 blood and the opponent deals 3 hand damage. > How much blood does he has at the end of combat? 5 or 7? > (assuming combat at close range and no presses). > (i personnaly think he has 7). 5. Blood in excess of capacity drains off immediately, as usual. See the rulebook, section 6.4.5. [ quoted text not captured ]