LSJ,
If I am bleeding Player A, and he declines to block, Can I ask Player
B, who is playing Eagle Sights (but hasn't played one yet), if he is
going to block? Does he have to answer?
Comments Welcome,
Norman S. Brown, Jr
XZealot
Archon of the Swamp
On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:45:53 -0700 (PDT), XZealot <xze...@cox.net> wrote:
> LSJ,
> If I am bleeding Player A, and he declines to block, Can I ask Player
> B, who is playing Eagle Sights (but hasn't played one yet), if he is
> going to block? Does he have to answer?
IANLSJ, but yes you can and yes he has to (but you may need to insist).
You announce the action, play whatever effects you want, and then ask
for blockers. You MUST ask the normally eligible blockers - normally
target for (D) action, prey&predator for non-(D) action - then you
MAY ask for all other methuselahs (clockwise) whether they wish to
attempt to block or produce an effect that enables them to attempt
to block. Decline is normally final (except changing the target of a
bleed resets the blocking window).
At tournaments people playing Eagle's Sight will normally try to stall,
and not give you a straight answer, because they will try to wait for
you to play all modifiers before they play the Eagle's Sight. The only
way for you to avoid this is to insist on a definite decline from
every single player (who is normally eligible or appears to be capable
of producing an effect that allows them to attempt to block).
If you are playing in a more friendly environment, you can have a
reasonable convention like whoever plays Eagle's Sight stops you if
they are thinking about blocking; otherwise it's a pain in the ass
but you need to do it like this (or risk players jumping in Eagle's
Sights on your bleed for 6 after a 20 minute discussion about who will
scratch whose back for what and vice verse).
--
Regards,
Daneel
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Why couldn't you ask? And why wouldn't they have to declare blocking
or not? At some point all the players would have to declare whether
they are blocking or not, or the game would be held in limbo. Usually,
cross-table players declining to block is implied, due to only a few
cards allowing attempts in the first place. But much like voting, you
can call to see if any blocks by anyone are to be made, then go ahead
an whack on your bleed modifier.
Chris, Thrall of Arika
Daneel wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:45:53 -0700 (PDT), XZealot <xze...@cox.net> wrote:
>>> LSJ,
>> If I am bleeding Player A, and he declines to block, Can I ask Player
>> B, who is playing Eagle Sights (but hasn't played one yet), if he is
>> going to block? Does he have to answer?>
> IANLSJ, but yes you can and yes he has to (but you may need to insist).
Correct.
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