The Coven

I've been thinking about ways to use the Coven effectively. It seems clear that the blood gain can be used at various stages during combat to gain enough blood to play additional cards or absorb damage. I'm wondering about a specific case. Assume I have a 2 cap vampire with two blood. The opposing minion strikes for four damage. Can I spend two blood for the first two points of damage, tap the Coven to gain two more and then spend these two for the final points, thus avoiding torpor? Tom ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------

Tom Kassel wrote: > > I've been thinking about ways to use the Coven effectively. It seems clear > that the blood gain can be used at various stages during combat to gain > enough > blood to play additional cards or absorb damage. I'm wondering about a > specific case. Assume I have a 2 cap vampire with two blood. The opposing > minion strikes for four damage. Can I spend two blood for the first two > points of damage, tap the Coven to gain two more and then spend these two > for > the final points, thus avoiding torpor? No. Damage is all handled in the same instant. As in the case of Renegade Garou taking three damage and Vagabond Mystic attempting to save him. Also, you can't tap coven to allow a 2-capacity vampire to pay for a card that costs 4 blood - the cost of a card is also paid all at once. -- 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/

"LSJ" <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message news:3A9E3392...@white-wolf.com... > Tom Kassel wrote: > > > > I've been thinking about ways to use the Coven effectively. It seems clear > > that the blood gain can be used at various stages during combat to gain > > enough > > blood to play additional cards or absorb damage. I'm wondering about a > > specific case. Assume I have a 2 cap vampire with two blood. The opposing > > minion strikes for four damage. Can I spend two blood for the first two > > points of damage, tap the Coven to gain two more and then spend these two > > for > > the final points, thus avoiding torpor? > > No. Damage is all handled in the same instant. As in the case > of Renegade Garou taking three damage and Vagabond Mystic > attempting to save him. > > Also, you can't tap coven to allow a 2-capacity vampire to pay for > a card that costs 4 blood - the cost of a card is also paid all at > once. Can you tap the Coven after choose strike phase but before strike/damage resoltion phase? It may lead to the oposing Meth miscalculating the amount of damage that he has to do to send my vamp to torpor.

jeroen rombouts wrote: > Can you tap the Coven after choose strike phase but before strike/damage > resoltion phase? It may lead to the oposing Meth miscalculating the amount > of damage that he has to do to send my vamp to torpor. Yes. You could also burn the Blood Tears of Kephram at that time. [ quoted text not captured ]