rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad

a few card questions

3 messages from 3 participants · 01 March 1999 – 02 March 1999
original thread on Google Groups

Scott Halvorson

1) How does the "Goodnight Sweet Prince" card work exactly? Is it a one-time use, usable once per turn, or once for each untapped Ravnos you have? When during your turn can it be used? 2) A clarification on Anathema. I remember reading that blood spent to pay for combat cards reducing the vampire to zero blood does not activate Anathema, rather the vampire has to take damage that reduces it from a non-zero number down to zero for Anathema to kick in. Correct? 3) If a vampire has a weapon and announces a strike with it, and the opposing vampire either steals it or destroys it, does the first vampire just strike with hands (if at close range)? Even if the weapon was a gun that gave the vampire a maneuver, if this is so? Thanks in advance. Once again, email replies are appreciated. Scott Halvorson halv...@cptc.wisc.edu

LSJ

halv...@cptc.wisc.edu wrote: > 1) How does the "Goodnight Sweet Prince" card work exactly? Is it a > one-time use, usable once per turn, or once for each untapped Ravnos you > have? When during your turn can it be used? One-time use. It is used when played (during your Master phase). > 2) A clarification on Anathema. I remember reading that blood spent to > pay for combat cards reducing the vampire to zero blood does not > activate Anathema, rather the vampire has to take damage that reduces it > from a non-zero number down to zero for Anathema to kick in. Correct? Your memory is correct, but that ruling has been overturned - any reduction to zero blood (in combat) is sufficient (the "reduction" from a non-zero amount to zero is still important, but the cause of the reduction is not). [RTR 23-JUN-1998] > 3) If a vampire has a weapon and announces a strike with it, and the > opposing vampire either steals it or destroys it, does the first vampire > just strike with hands (if at close range)? Even if the weapon was a > gun that gave the vampire a maneuver, if this is so? The vampire still uses his chosen strike. The weapon strike will resolve as normal even if the weapon is simultaneously stolen or destroyed. If the weapon is stolen or destroyed with First Strike (and the weapon striker does not have First Strike himself), then the weapon striker loses his strike altogether [6.4.5] - he cannot change to a "usable" strike. > Thanks in advance. Once again, email replies are appreciated. > > Scott Halvorson > halv...@cptc.wisc.edu > -- 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

Dhar...@yahoo.com

> 2) A clarification on Anathema. I remember reading that blood spent to > pay for combat cards reducing the vampire to zero blood does not > activate Anathema, rather the vampire has to take damage that reduces it > from a non-zero number down to zero for Anathema to kick in. Correct? To my knowledge. damage is irrelevant...it kicks in if the vampire is reduced to zero for any reason during combat. For example, if the vampire with Anathema has only 1 blood and he spends it on a dodge, he's still burned. LSJ may have a different take on it, but I'm not aware of any official clarifications to the contrary. Noal -- "Excuse me. Are you a yuppie?" -woman at a gas station in Detroit [ quoted text not captured ]