Aggravated damage

DO you have to use the special cards to prevent aggravted damage? I.e. Does Flak Jacket, Resplendent protector, etc. not stop aggr.?

Charles Richard Robb (cr...@Ra.MsState.Edu) wrote: : DO you have to use the special cards to prevent aggravted damage? : I.e. Does Flak Jacket, Resplendent protector, etc. not stop aggr.? Anything that can prevent normal damage can also prevent aggravated damage (unless it specifically says so, i.e. Flesh of Marble). If two types of damage are dealt simultaneously (i.e. Wolf Claws and a Wolf Retainer) and the recipient is protected by (for example) a flak jacket, then it is the choice of the person preventing the damage as to which (if any) is prevented. Shane Travis | A man who carries a cat by the tail learns sht...@duke.usask.ca | something he can learn no other way. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | -- Mark Twain

The flak jacket, etc. will prevent aggro damage, but only one point. If you take two points of aggro damage, the flak-jack will prevent one, but your vamp will still eat the other and, thus, still take a trip to torpor.

From article , by sht...@duke.usask.ca (Shane Hamish William Travis): > Charles Richard Robb (cr...@Ra.MsState.Edu) wrote: > : DO you have to use the special cards to prevent aggravted damage? > : I.e. Does Flak Jacket, Resplendent protector, etc. not stop aggr.? > > the recipient is protected by (for example) a flak jacket, then it is the > choice of the person preventing the damage as to which (if any) is prevented. I thought you had to prevent the normal damage first, I believe it said so in hte rule book some where but I don't remember to sure ... Jason --

In article <3lrcnn$6...@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk>, jha...@news.axion.bt.co.uk.axion.bt.co.uk wrote: > I thought you had to prevent the normal damage first, I believe it said > so in hte rule book some where but I don't remember to sure ... I think that I agree with you here, although the rules are not specific. In the Reslove Strike section of the combat rules it states that damage prevention cards can be played in that sub-phase, and that "you may play these cards one at a time until all damage is prevented or until you don't wish to play anymore". Nowhere does it say that a Meth can choose which damage to prevent. The DT has ruled that normal damage is applied first, and then aggravated damage. It might follow from this that a Meth has to prevent all normal damage before any aggravated damage was prevented. I really don't know what the official ruling on this is. Of course, I would much rather be able to specify which damage I was going to prevent. i just don't know if I have a choice. Anyone else agree? stephen

Jason Hawes (jha...@news.axion.bt.co.uk.axion.bt.co.uk) wrote: : From article , by sht...@duke.usask.ca (Shane Hamish William Travis): : > Charles Richard Robb (cr...@Ra.MsState.Edu) wrote: : > : DO you have to use the special cards to prevent aggravted damage? : > : I.e. Does Flak Jacket, Resplendent protector, etc. not stop aggr.? : > : > the recipient is protected by (for example) a flak jacket, then it is the : > choice of the person preventing the damage as to which (if any) is prevented. : I thought you had to prevent the normal damage first, I believe it said : so in hte rule book some where but I don't remember to sure ... I gave this same answer about 2 months ago (when Tom Wylie still graced this newsgroup with his presence occasionally). He followed-up my post to say that I had explained it correctly. Official enough for me... (You are probably confusing the DTR that normal damage is _applied_ before aggravated damage. Or so I guess...) [ quoted text not captured ]

hi...@mail.utexas.edu (Stephen Beaulieu) writes: >In article <3lrcnn$6...@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk>, >jha...@news.axion.bt.co.uk.axion.bt.co.uk wrote: >> I thought you had to prevent the normal damage first, I believe it said >> so in hte rule book some where but I don't remember to sure ... >I think that I agree with you here, although the rules are not specific. >In the Reslove Strike section of the combat rules it states that damage >prevention cards can be played in that sub-phase, and that "you may play >these cards one at a time until all damage is prevented or until you don't >wish to play anymore". Nowhere does it say that a Meth can choose which >damage to prevent. The DT has ruled that normal damage is applied first, >and then aggravated damage. It might follow from this that a Meth has to >prevent all normal damage before any aggravated damage was prevented. >I really don't know what the official ruling on this is. Of course, I >would much rather be able to specify which damage I was going to prevent. >i just don't know if I have a choice. >Anyone else agree? No. Anytime you prevent any damage, you get to choose which damage is prevented. (DT)

In article <3m0k7p$m...@redwood.cs.scarolina.edu>, sjoh...@math.scarolina.edu (L. Scott Johnson) wrote: > No. Anytime you prevent any damage, you get to choose which damage is > prevented. (DT) Well, that makes me a happy camper. I would much rather stop aggravated damage than normal, any day of the week. Thanks for the official word. stephen

Shane Hamish William Travis <sht...@duke.usask.ca> wrote: >: I thought you had to prevent the normal damage first, I believe it said >: so in hte rule book some where but I don't remember to sure ... >I gave this same answer about 2 months ago (when Tom Wylie still graced >this newsgroup with his presence occasionally). He followed-up my post to >say that I had explained it correctly. Well, here's the post you seem to have in mind. The answer is still correct. Shane Hamish William Travis <sht...@duke.usask.ca> wrote: >To the best of my knowledge of Tom's rulings, the holder of the Flak >Jacket gets to decide when (or if) they want to use the jacket's >protective abilities. Thus, they could choose to stop the aggravated or >the regular damage - whichever they felt would benefit them more. That is correct. Tom Wylie rec.games.trading-cards.* Network Representative for aa...@cats.ucsc.edu Wizards of the Coast, Inc.