Alan Flesch wrote:
> My predator declares his bleed; I decline to block. He plays a
> Bleed modifier (Conditioning, I think). I play a Deflection.
>
> His argument at this point was that, with me declining to block, he had played
> his modifier, and that that indicated a 'successful action'. My argument
> was that if he was allowed to play action modifiers I was allowed to
> play reaction cards, but not to retroactively block. Could we get a clear
> ruling here? I would also appreciate something official that I could
> print out and bring to him (I am the only net-enabled player at this
> game, so I need to bring printouts of rulings with me.) If there is a
> site with this already covered, that would be excellent.
From: aa...@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad
Subject: Revised Jyhad FAQ: 4/18/95 version
Date: 18 Apr 1995 23:01:44 GMT
Message-ID: <3n1gco$7...@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
Q: Can you play a Reaction after your opponent plays an
Action Modifier, or only directly after they play the
Action? (Specific situation: Rob bleeds Roy. Roy
declines to block, but plays the reaction Telepathic
Counter. Rob plays the action modifier Conditioning. Roy
plays the reaction Telepathic Misdirection. Rob claims
that this is illegal, that Roy passed his chance to play
additional Reactions and so can't play one now.)
A: It is legal to play reaction cards both before and after action
modifiers.
> On the side, could I also have confirmed that Wolf Claws/Claws of the
> Dead may be played after strikes have been determined. The Duelist
> Listing is a little vague; he interpreted that it must be declared after
> declaring the strike, I maintained that it may be played after the blocking
> player has declared his strike, but not during strike resolution.
Again, you are right:
From: aa...@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad
Subject: Rules Team Rulings: 1/12/96
Date: 14 Jan 1996 00:11:10 GMT
Message-ID: <4d9hmu$p...@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
2) Wolf Claws, and related cards, must be played before the end of the Choose
Strike phase if they are to count for the current strike. For example, playing
them during the Check Damage phase won't affect strikes already played.
If this is too vague for your friend, try Tom's clarification to a followup question:
From: aa...@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad
Subject: Re: Rules Team Rulings: 1/12/96
Date: 15 Jan 1996 09:29:19 GMT
Message-ID: <4dd6pf$j...@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
>: 2) Wolf Claws, and related cards, must be played before the end of the
>: Choose Strike phase if they are to count for the current strike. For
>: example, playing them during the Check Damage phase won't affect strikes
>: already played.
>Must one now declare at the time of strike declaration, or is it still
>legal to wait until the other vampire has decided not to dodge (if you
>are the acting vampire) and _then_ declare Claws?
You still get to wait to find out whether the blocking minion dodges, since
they decide before the end of the Choose Strikes phase.
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