James Coupe wrote:
> Vampyr <lucio.m...@libero.it> writes
> >1) Is burning wrath playable by the Blood Brothers??
>
> Yes. They can play it and have the life for it.
>
> >- I think NOT, but the
> >guy there was playing with 12 BB and 12 BW in his "challenging" !Brujah deck
> >he "just completed yesterday night"... and HE was saying you remove costs at
> >the end, blah blah. Point is, I'm an ally, I've got 3 life, I spend 3, I
> >die. Right?
>
> When an ally has no life, it dies. In this case, you *can* play BW, but
> then the ally dies.
Right. You pay the cost *to* play the card - the "remove costs at the end"
is not supported anywhere in the rules, except for action cards (and you
still pay the cost *before* applying the effects of the successful action).
If a strike card costs the ally his last life, he burns (and combat ends)
before moving on to the "reolve strike" step.
> >2) Some chaotical things happened about vast wealth:
> > 2.1) I use my action to go through my deck and so on, I find, say, a
> >palatial estate while having just 1 blood on my vampire;
> > what's going to happen??
>
> "If the equipment cannot be legally placed on the vampire, it is burned
> without cost. [RTR] "
>
> Since you can't pay for it, you burn it.
True, but the ruling you cite isn't what covers that. That ruling covers
things like grabbing a second vehicle, a second Leather Jacket, or an
equipment that requires a clan other than the acting vampire's clan, etc.
If you cannot pay the pool cost, you're ousted. [RTR 06-OCT-1994]
If you cannot pay the blood cost, the equipment is burned and no blood is
lost. [LSJ 27-FEB-1997]
> > 2.1.1) Should I tap the vampire, burn the palatial and not being
> >victim of a possible intercept (I mean, they can't intercept me :-))
>
> That's not how Vast Wealth works.
>
> 1) Take action
> 2) Resolve blocking attempts
> 3) When action is successful, you *now* go and look for the card.
>
> "You only search your library if the action is successful. [TOM
> 19951107] "
Correct.
> So, in your case:
>
> 1) Take the action (tapping the vampire)
> 2) Action is successful, following any block attempts
> 3) Find the Palatial Estate
> 4) Burn it, because you have insufficient blood.
>
> > 2.2) I use vast wealth and the equipment that shows off costs more than
> >the pool I have...
> > 2.3) Can I choose to equip or not??
>
> No.
>
> "Paying for the equipment found is not optional. If paying the cost will
> oust the controlling Methuselah, then she is ousted. [RTR 19941109] "
>
> You *must* equip and *must* pay for it if you can. However, I can see a
> potential conflict between this and the cited RTR above, since you
> couldn't legally place the card on the vampire if you couldn't pay for
> it (e.g. you got a sub machine gun out when you only had 2 pool).
No conflict. The Submachine Gun can legally be played by any minion, so
the first RTR doesn't affect this. If you cannot pay the pool cost, you're
ousted.
> > 2.4) I use vast wealth, I find a leather jacket, I play it. I think I'm
> >not going to untap the vampire, as leather's wording clearly says when the
> >equipment
> > action etc.. with the leather is succesful.. blah blah; Am I
> >wrong?
>
> The action with Vast Wealth is considered an equip action, so I'd let
> you untap at the end of the phase.
Correct. [TOM 30-JAN-1996]
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