Not to beat this subject to death but I propose the following house
rule/ fix for Fame:
Allow Fame to be STOLEN from the famous vampire by any other ready
minion, as long as the famous vampire is not currently in torpor.
This would allow several things. First off, it is realistic in the
sense that someone else can steal the limelight, and thus the benefits, of
the Fame. Also it provides a way to get rid of Fame ie. an ally stealing
it, whereby it becomes useless, and then sooner or later getting burned
himself. Lastly, its still a really powerful card but you'll think twice about putting it out when your predator can steal it from you (Hell, he could
even steal it with a Day Op of his own and then go to torpor). Anyway,
I haven't played with this Rule yet, just an idea.
Eryn
PS-that'd be a (D) action.
The way our group has been playing is that Fame can remove 6 blood from the vampires prey then the vampire losses his fame. It still gives the card a lot of power but not the overwhelming power it once had.
I do however really like your idea.
Paul
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Paul Burton Kehler (x...@yar.cs.wisc.edu) wrote:
: The way our group has been playing is that Fame can remove 6 blood from the vampires prey then the vampire losses his fame. It still gives the card a lot of power but not the overwhelming power it once had.: I do however really like your idea.
: Paul
6 blood is a lot in my books.... we play it similarly (it is burned after
one use) but aside from that we read it as the card... consider it's a master
that doesn't cost any blood to put on. I think those wacky designers (closet
monsters) meant for it to be used to keep a vampire out of torpor... not
to put them in :'>
In article <3micsb$9...@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>,
Thomas R Wylie <aa...@cats.ucsc.edu> wrote:
>For the record, the official fix for Fame is to make it unique.
Well, that kinda works. Though it seems silly to say that only
one person can be famous, it does balance the card out.
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aa...@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie) writes:
>For the record, the official fix for Fame is to make it unique.
Should be a good fix. Let's play it for a while and see how it works.
Curt Adams (curt...@aol.com)
In <3mjnl7$7...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> curt...@aol.com (CurtAdams) writes:
>aa...@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie) writes:>>For the record, the official fix for Fame is to make it unique.>Should be a good fix. Let's play it for a while and see how it works.
I missed the original post. Is this 'official fix' a design team ruling, or
is it going to go into effect when the cards are reprinted?
Pat
For the record, the official fix for Fame is to make it unique.
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Eryn Gabriel Surprenant writes
> Not to beat this subject to death but I propose the following house
> rule/ fix for Fame:
>
> Allow Fame to be STOLEN from the famous vampire by any other ready
> minion, as long as the famous vampire is not currently in torpor.
>
To each his own, but I don't care for it. Seems like a simpler
fix to have the fame loss only occur if the torpor was the result of combat
with another Meth's minions. Optionally, that Meth could suffer the fame
losses, also.
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Patrick M. O'Malley (oma...@convex.com) wrote:
: In <3mjnl7$7...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> curt...@aol.com (CurtAdams) writes:: >aa...@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie) writes:: >>For the record, the official fix for Fame is to make it unique.: >Should be a good fix. Let's play it for a while and see how it works.: I missed the original post. Is this 'official fix' a design team ruling, or
: is it going to go into effect when the cards are reprinted?
The single line attributed to Tom Wylie was all there _was_ to the
original post (in this thread); there is a much fuller ewording saying
basically the same thing in the new FAQ.
This fix _is_ a DTR, but will probably be implemented on the card when
the next edition comes out.
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