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On VTES-L, Eric Liu <el...@EMAIL.CSUN.EDU> writes:
> 1) Shadow Court Satyr
>
> Per card text: "During combat, Satyr may use the ability of that card
> as if that card had been played from your hand."
>
> Is the combat card placed on the Shadow Court Satyr burned when used ("as
> if that card had been played from your hand" in the normal fashion)? For
> instance, if Flash were put on the Satyr and then used in combat to
> provide a maneuver, is Flash burned after the first use of its effect?
> It sounds as if the combat card should NOT be burned, but clarification
> would be helpful.
The card is kept (not burned). Note that the card's effect can only be
used once per combat.
> 2) Sabbat Exhausted Deck Ousting vs. Withdrawal Rules using DCI Rules
>
> Sabbat rules state that if a Methuselah exhausts his or her library, then
> that Methuselah is immediately and automatically ousted.
No. Sabbat rules say:
If you've exhausted your library and begin your turn with less than a
full hand, you must withdraw from the game.
> For a player to withdraw, however, an exhausted library is a prerequisite.
As is having fewer cards in hand than hand size.
> Therefore, by Sabbat rules, it is not possible for a Methuselah to withdraw.
Sabbat rules force withdrawal. Under Sabbat rules, it is impossible for
a Methuselah to choose not to withdraw, and the withdrawal is immediate
and unstoppable.
> In a DCI Tournament setting where Sabbat are used, should the Sabbat
> exhausted-library-ousting rule be used despite the fact that it precludes
> one's ability to withdraw?
DCI tourneys do not use the optional withdrawal rule from the Sabbat set.
(And it doesn't preclude withdrawal - it forces withdrawal.)
> One could argue that Sabbat rules override withdrawal rules in the same
> way that V:TES rules override Jyhad rules. Is this the case?
The Sabbat rule is optional. It overrides other rules when it is used,
naturally.
> 3) Regarding Contested Fame
>
> Situation: Fame is already in play for Methuselah C.
> Methuselah A attempts to play an additional Fame on
> a vampire controlled by Methuselah B.
> Fame therefore becomes contested.
>
> Which Methuselahs pay the costs of contention?
>
> Is it A and C (sounds most reasonable) or B and C?
The ones who would control the Fame cards: A and C.
> It would seem that the basic question is which Methuselah controls the
> second Fame, is it A (because he or she played it) or is it B (because it
> is on his or her controlled minion)?
A (because it is a master card and A is the master who played it)
> 4) DCI No-Repeat-Action-Type Rule vs. Mask of 1000 Faces
>
> How does the DCI No-Repeat-Action-Type Rule affect the use of Mask of
> 1000 faces?
>
> Here's the text from the DCI rules:
>
> "Repeat Action rule: No single vampire can repeat an action in a turn.
> This refers to the particular action type. For example, a vampire which
> successfully bleeds its prey via Computer Hacking, then untaps via Freak
> Drive, cannot perform any bleeding action again whatsoever that turn,
> regardless of whether or not it is a Computer Hacking action."
>
> Also from the RTR 9/30/97:
>
> "The acting minion when the acting is finished (blocked or successful)
> becomes unable to preform the same type of action again this turn.
> [RTR 970320]"
>
> If Vampire A initiates a bleed and Vampire B (who has obf) uses Mask of
> 1000 Faces to take over that action, which vampire(s) are not allowed to
> take another bleed action during this turn (per DCI rules)?
The acting vampire at the time the action is finished: B.
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