rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad

Torpor Rescue Questions

9 messages from 6 participants · 01 March 2002 – 05 March 2002
original thread on Google Groups

Nystulc

Miriam Beyonye attempts to rescue a vampire from her prey's torpor region. She declares (as the action is announced, as per the rules) that the rescued vampire will pay the entire cost of the action. Is the cost to the rescued vampire still reduced (even if Miriam's controller does not wish this)? Card text says the action costs Miriam 1 less blood, but it is unclear if that applies in this case. It is Miriam's cost in one sense, because it is the cost of her action, but she is not the one planning to pay it. Wording on Catacombs and Humanitas vary slightly from Miriam, saying that the rescuer "burns one less blood if successful". Is this merely considered a different way of saying the exact same thing? For instance, I cannot attempt an action whose cost I cannot pay. If I have Humanitas, can I attempt to rescue an empty vampire when I have only one blood (as I presume Miriam could), on the grounds that the cost has been reduced, or is the cost still 2 for the purpose of determining the requirement to attempt the action? Similarly, can a vampire with Catacombs and Humanitas, as above, rescue a vampire in such a manner that the rescued vampire still burns two blood?

LSJ

Nystulc wrote: > > Miriam Beyonye attempts to rescue a vampire from her prey's torpor region. She > declares (as the action is announced, as per the rules) that the rescued > vampire will pay the entire cost of the action. Is the cost to the rescued > vampire still reduced (even if Miriam's controller does not wish this)? Card > text says the action costs Miriam 1 less blood, but it is unclear if that > applies in this case. It is Miriam's cost in one sense, because it is the cost > of her action, but she is not the one planning to pay it. Yes. It applies, since she is rescuing, and rescuing costs her 1 less. > Wording on Catacombs and Humanitas vary slightly from Miriam, saying that the > rescuer "burns one less blood if successful". Is this merely considered a > different way of saying the exact same thing? Yes. > For instance, I cannot attempt an action whose cost I cannot pay. If I have > Humanitas, can I attempt to rescue an empty vampire when I have only one blood > (as I presume Miriam could), on the grounds that the cost has been reduced, or > is the cost still 2 for the purpose of determining the requirement to attempt > the action? Yes. > Similarly, can a vampire with Catacombs and Humanitas, as above, rescue a > vampire in such a manner that the rescued vampire still burns two blood? No. -- 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/

Henrik

LSJ skrev i meddelandet <3C80006D...@white-wolf.com>... >Nystulc wrote: >> >> For instance, I cannot attempt an action whose cost I cannot pay. If I have >> Humanitas, can I attempt to rescue an empty vampire when I have only one blood >> (as I presume Miriam could), on the grounds that the cost has been reduced, or >> is the cost still 2 for the purpose of determining the requirement to attempt >> the action? > >Yes. > >> Similarly, can a vampire with Catacombs and Humanitas, as above, rescue a >> vampire in such a manner that the rescued vampire still burns two blood? > >No. > >-- Not sure what's asked and answered here, but for clarification: Can Miriam with Humanitas and Catacombs resque a vampire from torpor and declare that the rescued vampire pays two blood? Useful in fame-loops... -- /Henrik Isaksson

The Lasombra

"Henrik" <henrik.isa...@spray.se> wrote in message news:a5tgt4$a2ed2$1...@ID-99227.news.dfncis.de... > Can Miriam with Humanitas and Catacombs resque a vampire from > torpor and declare that the rescued vampire pays two blood? No. If the cost of the action is reduced for the acting minion, it is reduced, period. If Miriam acquires Humanitas or the Catacombs, then it costs her zero blood to rescue a vampire from torpor. Either Miriam or the vampire in torpor can pay that zero blood cost, at Miriam's controller's discretion, but the cost is zero. Carpe noctem. Lasombra http://www.TheLasombra.com -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG

Henrik

The Lasombra skrev i meddelandet <851ac6f05aafce22938...@mygate.mailgate.org>... >"Henrik" <henrik.isa...@spray.se> wrote in message >news:a5tgt4$a2ed2$1...@ID-99227.news.dfncis.de... > >> Can Miriam with Humanitas and Catacombs resque a vampire from >> torpor and declare that the rescued vampire pays two blood? > >No. > >If the cost of the action is reduced for the acting minion, >it is reduced, period. If Miriam acquires Humanitas or >the Catacombs, then it costs her zero blood to rescue a >vampire from torpor. Either Miriam or the vampire in torpor >can pay that zero blood cost, at Miriam's controller's discretion, >but the cost is zero. > The way I figure, the cost is allways 2 blood, which can be split between the two vampires. Humanitas says: "this vampire burns 1 less blood if successful". If the vampire with humanitas chooses to pay 1 blood, that cost is reduced by one to zero, if he/she chooses to let the other vampire pay two blood, her own cost is reduced from 0 to -1, thus being 0. Humanitas reduces the cost for the acting minion, not for the action!? -- /Henrik Isaksson Prins av Halmstad

James Coupe

In message <a5tkb5$a0jc2$1...@ID-99227.news.dfncis.de>, Henrik <henrik.isak DELET...@spray.se> writes: >The way I figure, the cost is allways 2 blood, which can be split between >the two vampires. LSJ, in this thread: Question: > Similarly, can a vampire with Catacombs and Humanitas, as above, rescue a > vampire in such a manner that the rescued vampire still burns two blood? LSJ: No. -- James Coupe but I lust after the raw pow0r of c. PGP 0x5D623D5D together with the humping great EBD690ECD7A1FB457CA2 elephant arse of gnome. 13D7E668C3695D623D5D - Vashti

LSJ

The Lasombra wrote: > > "Henrik" <henrik.isa...@spray.se> wrote in message > news:a5tgt4$a2ed2$1...@ID-99227.news.dfncis.de... > > > Can Miriam with Humanitas and Catacombs resque a vampire from > > torpor and declare that the rescued vampire pays two blood? > > No. > > If the cost of the action is reduced for the acting minion, > it is reduced, period. If Miriam acquires Humanitas or > the Catacombs, then it costs her zero blood to rescue a > vampire from torpor. Either Miriam or the vampire in torpor > can pay that zero blood cost, at Miriam's controller's discretion, > but the cost is zero. Correct. [ quoted text not captured ]

Hannigan

LSJ <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message news:<3C80006D...@white-wolf.com>... > > For instance, I cannot attempt an action whose cost I cannot pay. If I have > > Humanitas, can I attempt to rescue an empty vampire when I have only one blood > > (as I presume Miriam could), on the grounds that the cost has been reduced, or > > is the cost still 2 for the purpose of determining the requirement to attempt > > the action? > > Yes. > Yes to which? Yes, she can attempt to rescue an empty vampire with only one blood? Or yes, the cost is still 2 for the purpose of determining the [ quoted text not captured ]

LSJ

[ quoted text not captured ] As made explicit in the rest of my post (snipped), the former. (In general any "yes" answer to a "is it A or not A?" question means that is is A and I merely stopped reading the question too soon). [ quoted text not captured ]