Strikes - Are They Ever Optional?

Greets, During strike resolution, are strikes ever optional (i.e. can you decide not to strike your opponent)? This would be handy when coming up against a vamp with fame on her who is at zero blood. Cheers, Jason

[ quoted text not captured ] No. You must strike. If you have no other strike to play, your default strike is a hand strike (inflicting stregth damage on your opponent if at close range). Note: Fame has errata: when the famous vampire goes to torpor, his controller (not his prey) loses 3 pool. -- 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/

In article <ozO45.541192$p73....@news2.mts.net>, "Jason Mowat" <jmo...@attglobal.net> wrote: > Greets, > > During strike resolution, are strikes ever optional (i.e. can you > decide not to strike your opponent)? This would be handy when coming > up against a vamp with fame on her who is at zero blood. You always strike your opponent in combat, with a hand strike, minus any strike cards being played your minion. V:TES Rulebook 6.4.5. Strike Effects Hand Strike. The default strike is a hand strike. When a minion strikes with a hand strike at close range, he does an amount of damage equal to his strength* to the opposing minion. Vampires have a default strength of one, while allies have a default strength of zero. * Strength is typically referred to as “hand damage” on vampire and ally cards as well as on strike cards and weapons. This can be confusing, however, since “hand damage” is really just the type of damage done by a hand strike. Damage from a weapon strike is never “hand damage”, even when it is based on the minion’s strength. For instance, if a weapon says “+1 hand damage”, then it will deal an amount of damage equal to the striking minion’s strength plus one, but it is not a “hand strike”, so the damage done is not “hand damage”. Joe Churchill V:EKN Prince of Columbia, SC www.warghoul.com Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.