Two Questions

1) I play a Trap. Combat goes one round, with my opponent using Majesty to end combat. I play Telepathic Tracking (I presume I can play it even though there could be said to be an "uncanceled press" from the Trap). Does the press from Trap carry over? That is, is there an automatic press at the end of round 2?? And why does Telepathic Tracking have that "uncanceled press" wording, anyway? 2) Is there a way for a vampire to increase his/her strength permanently? Perhaps a piece of equipment (like the Hawg, which gives a press), or perhaps a "Shadow of the Wolf"-type card or a Master card? I don't know of any, but thought I'd ask. Thanks in advance, Madman ------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE web-based e-mail and newsgroup access at: http://MailAndNews.com Create a new mailbox, or access your existing IMAP4 or POP3 mailbox from anywhere with just a web browser. ------------------------------------------------------------

Madman wrote: > > 1) I play a Trap. Combat goes one round, with my opponent using Majesty to > end combat. I play Telepathic Tracking (I presume I can play it even though > there could be said to be an "uncanceled press" from the Trap). Does the Trap cannot provide a press until the press step. Therefore there will be no uncanceled press. > press from Trap carry over? That is, is there an automatic press at the end > of round 2?? Yes, since a card (several cards, in fact: Trap, Majesty, Telepathic Tracking) had been played in the previous round. > And why does Telepathic Tracking have that "uncanceled press" wording, > anyway? > > 2) Is there a way for a vampire to increase his/her strength permanently? > Perhaps a piece of equipment (like the Hawg, which gives a press), or > perhaps > a "Shadow of the Wolf"-type card or a Master card? I don't know of any, but > thought I'd ask. Depravity. Ritual Challenge (for Gangrel). Art of Pain (for Toreador antitribu). -- LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc. Links to revised rulebook, rulings, errata, and tournament rules: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/

-- "Madman" <Madma...@MailAndNews.com> wrote in message news:3B07...@MailAndNews.com... > 1) I play a Trap. Combat goes one round, with my opponent using Majesty to > end combat. I play Telepathic Tracking (I presume I can play it even though > there could be said to be an "uncanceled press" from the Trap). Yes you can. > Does the > press from Trap carry over? That is, is there an automatic press at the end > of round 2?? Yes since combat didn't end. > And why does Telepathic Tracking have that "uncanceled press" wording, > anyway? > Because if there's a press to continue you shouldn't be able to cycle cards by playing a TT to continue as well I guess? That kinda goes against the rule that you cannot play a press to continue if there's already an uncancelled one played. > 2) Is there a way for a vampire to increase his/her strength permanently? > Perhaps a piece of equipment (like the Hawg, which gives a press), or > perhaps > a "Shadow of the Wolf"-type card or a Master card? I don't know of any, but > thought I'd ask. > > Thanks in advance, > Madman There's a master card called Depravity that does this, for the gangrels there's a burnable master called Gangrel Revel, and also an action card called Ritual Challenge. Art of Pain gives + 2 strength for a !Toreador. Also the Caitiff Smudge gets +1 strength if he commits diablerie.

Madman wrote: > > 1) I play a Trap. Combat goes one round, with my opponent using Majesty to > end combat. I play Telepathic Tracking (I presume I can play it even though > there could be said to be an "uncanceled press" from the Trap). Does the > press from Trap carry over? That is, is there an automatic press at the end > of round 2?? I'm pretty sure the answer is "yes". > And why does Telepathic Tracking have that "uncanceled press" wording, > anyway? Not sure on that one. > 2) Is there a way for a vampire to increase his/her strength permanently? > Perhaps a piece of equipment (like the Hawg, which gives a press), or > perhaps > a "Shadow of the Wolf"-type card or a Master card? I don't know of any, but > thought I'd ask. Ritual Challenge, Depravity, and Gangrel Revel come to mind. I'm sure there are others. James -- James Hamblin ham...@math.wisc.edu "What drives you on can drive you mad. A million lies to sell yourself is all you ever had." -- Garbage

>2) Is there a way for a vampire to increase his/her strength permanently? >Perhaps a piece of equipment (like the Hawg, which gives a press), or >perhaps >a "Shadow of the Wolf"-type card or a Master card? I don't know of any, but >thought I'd ask. LSJ already mentioned Depravity, Ritual Challenge, and Art of Pain. Mr. Hamblin also added Gangrel Revel. In addition, there's also Brujah Debate. And in the special case of Smudge, he can diablerize for the first time. Halcyan 2

[ quoted text not captured ] I wouldn't count Brujah Debate or Gangrel revel as permanent, since they both have built-in burn options. Depravity and Art of Pain can be burned by contesting, but that leaves them in the "permanent" class, IMO. And the special case of Smudge, of course, is permanent. [ quoted text not captured ]

-- "LSJ" <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message news:3AD10AE6...@white-wolf.com... > Halcyan 2 wrote: > > > > >2) Is there a way for a vampire to increase his/her strength permanently? > > >Perhaps a piece of equipment (like the Hawg, which gives a press), or > > >perhaps > > >a "Shadow of the Wolf"-type card or a Master card? I don't know of any, but > > >thought I'd ask. > > > > LSJ already mentioned Depravity, Ritual Challenge, and Art of Pain. Mr. Hamblin > > also added Gangrel Revel. > > > > In addition, there's also Brujah Debate. And in the special case of Smudge, he > > can diablerize for the first time. > > I wouldn't count Brujah Debate or Gangrel revel as permanent, since they both have > built-in burn options. Yeah I agree, but it's hard to know what he meant with permanent since they're semi-permanent cards (they increase strength outside combat too). [ quoted text not captured ]