rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad

question on Malk. Derrangement....

8 messages from 7 participants · 07 February 1996 – 08 February 1996
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Thomas R Wylie

GC <gac...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >1. I have a question on the Malk. Derrangement card. It is the master >card where the meth. of the minion affected must flip a coin to see >whether or not his malk. will perform the action successfully or not. >Must the meth. flip a coin if the affected minion is performing a >reaction like a block, or voting (if it is a prince, prim. or just.), >etc. Or does the meth. only flip the coin when he is using the affected >minion on his turn, i.e. only when he is preforming ACTIONS not >REACTIONS, VOTING etc. It only applies when the Malkavian takes an action, not when it reacts, casts votes, and so on. >2. If you have the blood doll or palatial estate that lets your >vampire get blood, can you still use it if your vampire is in torpor? Yes, since they don't say it has to be ready to get the blood. >3. Can you call a bloodhunt against a vampire you control? I know >this sounds weird, but it actually came up in a game when someone >gained controll of another methsula's vamp. and then went and >diabelerized a vamp. in torpor and then called a bloodhunt against the >vampire he was controling. I think the card used was Malk. Demetia to >gain control of the vampire. This is a time-honored tactic, yes :) Tom Wylie rec.games.trading-cards.* Network Representative for aa...@cats.ucsc.edu Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

GC

just a few questions: 1. I have a question on the Malk. Derrangement card. It is the master card where the meth. of the minion affected must flip a coin to see whether or not his malk. will perform the action successfully or not. Must the meth. flip a coin if the affected minion is performing a reaction like a block, or voting (if it is a prince, prim. or just.), etc. Or does the meth. only flip the coin when he is using the affected minion on his turn, i.e. only when he is preforming ACTIONS not REACTIONS, VOTING etc. 2. If you have the blood doll or palatial estate that lets your vampire get blood, can you still use it if your vampire is in torpor? 3. Can you call a bloodhunt against a vampire you control? I know this sounds weird, but it actually came up in a game when someone gained controll of another methsula's vamp. and then went and diabelerized a vamp. in torpor and then called a bloodhunt against the vampire he was controling. I think the card used was Malk. Demetia to gain control of the vampire. -Rhee

Joost Hage

GC wrote: > > just a few questions: > > 1. I have a question on the Malk. Derrangement card. It is the master > card where the meth. of the minion affected must flip a coin to see > whether or not his malk. will perform the action successfully or not. > Must the meth. flip a coin if the affected minion is performing a > reaction like a block, or voting (if it is a prince, prim. or just.), > etc. Or does the meth. only flip the coin when he is using the affected > minion on his turn, i.e. only when he is preforming ACTIONS not > REACTIONS, VOTING etc.Indeed, it's only used when a Malk takes an ACTION. > 2. If you have the blood doll or palatial estate that lets your > vampire get blood, can you still use it if your vampire is in torpor?Sure, no problem (the cards state nothing about being ready). In a game I played, I was even able to convince my group I could play a skill card on a vampire in torpor. > 3. Can you call a bloodhunt against a vampire you control? I know > this sounds weird, but it actually came up in a game when someone > gained controll of another methsula's vamp. and then went and > diabelerized a vamp. in torpor and then called a bloodhunt against the > vampire he was controling. I think the card used was Malk. Demetia to > gain control of the vampire.No. It states in the rulebook that, after a vampire diablerises all OTHER methuselahs can call for a bloodhunt. > -Rhee -- Hmm...let me think (Kohonen) ~~~| |oost Hage (ha...@cs.utwente.nl) \_/

James Hamblin

Joost Hage wrote: > > > 3. Can you call a bloodhunt against a vampire you control? I know > > this sounds weird, but it actually came up in a game when someone > > gained controll of another methsula's vamp. and then went and > > diabelerized a vamp. in torpor and then called a bloodhunt against the > > vampire he was controling. I think the card used was Malk. Demetia to > > gain control of the vampire. > > No. It states in the rulebook that, after a vampire diablerises all OTHER > methuselahs can call for a bloodhunt. Although, I don't think it would be too hard to find someone else at the table who was outraged that Zebulon went and diablerized Muriel, Lady Thunder.... James -- James Hamblin | jham...@sunlab.cit.cornell.edu -------------------------------------------------------------- "Don't worry; base 8 is just like base 10, if you're missing two fingers." -- Tom Lehrer, "New Math"

Joost Hage

Whoops, something went wron there...Well, here it is again: GC wrote: > > just a few questions: > > 1. I have a question on the Malk. Derrangement card. It is the master > card where the meth. of the minion affected must flip a coin to see > whether or not his malk. will perform the action successfully or not. > Must the meth. flip a coin if the affected minion is performing a > reaction like a block, or voting (if it is a prince, prim. or just.), > etc. Or does the meth. only flip the coin when he is using the affected > minion on his turn, i.e. only when he is preforming ACTIONS not > REACTIONS, VOTING etc. Indeed, it's only used when a Malk takes an ACTION. > 2. If you have the blood doll or palatial estate that lets your > vampire get blood, can you still use it if your vampire is in torpor? Sure, no problem (the cards state nothing about being ready). In a game I played, I was even able to convince my group I could play a skill card on a vampire in torpor. > 3. Can you call a bloodhunt against a vampire you control? I know > this sounds weird, but it actually came up in a game when someone > gained controll of another methsula's vamp. and then went and > diabelerized a vamp. in torpor and then called a bloodhunt against the > vampire he was controling. I think the card used was Malk. Demetia to > gain control of the vampire. No. It states in the rulebook that, after a vampire diablerises all OTHER methuselahs can call for a bloodhunt. > -Rhee [ quoted text not captured ]

REF

gac...@ix.netcom.com(GC ) wrote: >just a few questions: >1. I have a question on the Malk. Derrangement card. It is the master >card where the meth. of the minion affected must flip a coin to see >whether or not his malk. will perform the action successfully or not. >Must the meth. flip a coin if the affected minion is performing a >reaction like a block, or voting (if it is a prince, prim. or just.), >etc. Or does the meth. only flip the coin when he is using the affected >minion on his turn, i.e. only when he is preforming ACTIONS not >REACTIONS, VOTING etc. >2. If you have the blood doll or palatial estate that lets your >vampire get blood, can you still use it if your vampire is in torpor? Blood dolls says nothing about being ready and so I and others have used it to both put blood on and take it off a vampire in torpor. Also note the rack still gives you the blood. Palatial estate also says nothing about being ready. REF >3. Can you call a bloodhunt against a vampire you control? I know >this sounds weird, but it actually came up in a game when someone >gained controll of another methsula's vamp. and then went and >diabelerized a vamp. in torpor and then called a bloodhunt against the >vampire he was controling. I think the card used was Malk. Demetia to >gain control of the vampire. >-Rhee

Harry Smith

GC (gac...@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : 3. Can you call a bloodhunt against a vampire you control? I know : this sounds weird, but it actually came up in a game when someone : gained controll of another methsula's vamp. and then went and : diabelerized a vamp. in torpor and then called a bloodhunt against the : vampire he was controling. I think the card used was Malk. Demetia to : gain control of the vampire. Not only that, you can have the stolen vamp vote for his own bloodhunt! I one used Malk Dementia against another person's Lucian, used Lucian to diablorize one of that person's vampires, I called a blood hunt, and since Lucian was the only vampire out with votes, he burned himself. The victim was pissed. -- Modest, industrious, benevolent, temperate: is that how you would have men? Good men? But to me that seems only the ideal slave, the slave of the future. Modesty, industiousness, bevevolence, temperance are just so many hinderances to a sovereign disposition, great inventiveness, heroic purposefullness, noble being-for-oneself. --Friedrich Nietzsche, "The Will to Power" /------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | You don't get what you deserve, | Good people are good because they | | You get what you take. | are not strong enought to be evil.| |-----------------------------------+------------------------------------| | Conflicts between right and wrong | 'Conscience' is nothing more than | | are a sickness of the mind. | the fear of being caught. | \------------------------------------------------------------------------/

Mark Havener

In article <31187F...@cs.utwente.nl>, Joost Hage <ha...@cs.utwente.nl> wrote: >GC wrote: >> > >> 3. Can you call a bloodhunt against a vampire you control? I know >> this sounds weird, but it actually came up in a game when someone >> gained controll of another methsula's vamp. and then went and >> diabelerized a vamp. in torpor and then called a bloodhunt against the >> vampire he was controling. I think the card used was Malk. Demetia to >> gain control of the vampire. > >No. It states in the rulebook that, after a vampire diablerises all OTHER >methuselahs can call for a bloodhunt. Actually, on page 44 of the V:TES rulebook, it states: "When a vampire commits diablerie, *ANY* (emphasis mine) Methuselah may immediately call a vote among the other Methuselahs to decide whether a "blood hunt" will be called upon the Diabolist." If this is intended to mean that the controller of the Diabolist cannot call the Bloodhunt, then it is worded very poorly (in fact, that's NOT what it says at all). There's no rule saying you can't vote against your own minion in a Bloodhunt, in any case. If the intention is to keep you from burning your own minions this way, then the voting would seem the more important step to keep a Methuselah from doing. I've taken Gilbert Duane before and had him use his own votes to call a Bloodhunt on himself. He is, after all, insane. ;) You might also want to take this tactic if there was some nasty effect or retainer on the vamp that you wanted to burn or move (or some other effect you wanted to happen that would be triggered by the vampire being burned. -Elfholme -- ****************************************************************************** This bit of wisdom has been brought to you by: Mark Havener Lord of elfh...@netcom.com Wood Elf King (and Jyhad player extraordinaire!) ******************************************************************************