In article <nNI56.60479$f36.2...@news20.bellglobal.com>,
"Jason" <no...@here.com> wrote:
> Can I get confirmation of this?
Of course.
See the LSJ quoted here:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=665991807
"> as far as the agg/regular question, normal damage is handled first
> when you're actually TAKING the damage, but when you're preventing it
> you can choose to prevent whichever you want. If you have a FoM in
> play, I suspect you actually could choose to take the 1 normal
> instead.
Correct.
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LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc.
Links to revised rulebook, rulings, errata, and tournament rules:
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and here:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=611152426
"The only restriction on damage prevention is that you can't play it
unless you have (preventable) damage left to prevent.
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LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc.
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http://www.geocities.com/vtesrep"
But perhaps most relevantly, the LSJ quoted here:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=577886426
"> In this case, can the vampire first prevent agg. damage?
In any case, if the vampire can prevent damage, he is free to prevent
whichever point(s) of damage he chooses. But the prevention is handled
before the healing or burning blood to prevent destruction.
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LSJ (vte...@wizards.com) V:TES Net.Rep for Wizards of the Coast.
Links to revised rulebook, rulings, errata, and tournament rules:
http://www.wizards.com/VTES/rules.asp"
> My group has been playing since the beginning and we were under the
> impression that regular damage had to be healed first before
> aggravated damage was healed..
Sorry you had the wrong impression.
> > > if a vampire inflicts succesfully aggravated and no-aggravated
> > > damage in combat to a minion can this minion select what kind
> > > of damage absorvs first? for example 2 aggravated and 2 non-
> > > aggravated, i play a skin of rock to absorv the 2 aggravated
> > > and only lost 2 blood from the normal one.
> >
> > All of the damage resolves at the same time, with non-aggravated
> > damage applied first to maximize the chances of burning the vampire.
> > You may prevent any of the damage with appropriate cards, you do
> > not have to prevent the non-aggravated damage before the
> > aggravated damage.
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