A few questions...

Here's a few questions I have, sorry if some of most of them have been answered before. Please tell me where to look if that is the case....thanks. Thought's Betrayed: if two vampires want to use TB, does the acting vampire's TB prevent the reacting vampire from using TB, or since both happen before combat begins, do they both take effect and prevent each other from using cards? (superior version of the card, of course). One group I've played in, uses the former and another group uses the latter (which I prefer), but is there any official ruling/errata on this? Heart of Darkness: the regular version of HoD does not specifically mention combat as the source of the aggravated damage to be changed, so can, for example, Kementiri play HoD and then on a subsequent action play the regular version of Rutor's Hand and use HoD to change that aggravated damage to normal? Delaying Tactics (reaction cards in general): say that a Kine Resources has been played and the votes have been counted, could a Delaying Tactics then be played to cancel that political action or must this reaction card be played prior to the counting of votes? Since the card itself only states 'during a political action' , my preference would be that DT could be played right up to the point where it would be implemented. blocking: if a minion fails to successfully block an action, can other minions of the same Methuselah attempt to block? e.g., Guido Lucciano (Lasombra) attempts to block a bleed, the acting minion then increases stealth, which Guido can match with an 'Eyes of the Night' from the current hand. The card that is drawn to replace Eyes is a master card. The acting minion then increases stealth again, to which Guido cannot match with anything in hand or in play, however, Angelica, The Canonicus (also Lasombra) would then like to use her special ability to intercept by burning master cards in hand, say for example one that was already in hand before Guido used Eyes for intercept and the one drawn after Eyes was played allowing her to at least match the current stealth of the acting minion. So, is there a single blocking attempt per action or can multiple minions from the same Methuselah attempt to block? If the latter, does intercept begin anew with each new blocker or does it carry over from the previous attempts? The example I gave implies that it does not carry over. If there is no official ruling/errata on this type of situation, please give me an opinion as to how it should be played and why. I like the multiple minions without carry-over intercept, since with each minion attempt, it more than likely becomes impossible to match stealth. thanks.... Vick

In article <57o3vo$802$1...@news1.slip.net> Joseph Dixon <cke...@slip.net> writes: >Thought's Betrayed: >if two vampires want to use TB, does the acting vampire's TB prevent the >reacting vampire from using TB, or since both happen before combat begins, do >they both take effect and prevent each other from using cards? (superior >version of the card, of course). One group I've played in, uses the former and >another group uses the latter (which I prefer), but is there any official >ruling/errata on this? I'd say whoever played it first would prevent the other player from playing anything* - another Thoughts Betrayed, a Trap, whatever. Loki | once sysop of TWWOL | f3...@unb.ca (preferred) Brynjolfr Myrkjartanarson | now law student | d_fl...@husky1.stmarys.ca http://husky1.stmarys.ca/~d_flemmi/

Joseph Dixon <cke...@slip.net> writes: >Thought's Betrayed: >if two vampires want to use TB, does the acting vampire's TB prevent the reacting vampire from using TB, or since both happen before combat begins, do they both take effect and prevent each other from using cards? (superior version of the card, of course). One group I've played in, uses the former and another group uses the latter (which I prefer), but is there any official ruling/errata on this? The former. The card prevents the opponent from playing cards, and that includes playing TB. The "before combat begins" actually means "as combat is entered", BTW. >Heart of Darkness: >the regular version of HoD does not specifically mention combat as the source of the aggravated damage to be changed, so can, for example, Kementiri play HoD and then on a subsequent action play the regular version of Rutor's Hand and use HoD to change that aggravated damage to normal? Yes. >Delaying Tactics (reaction cards in general): >say that a Kine Resources has been played and the votes have been counted, could a Delaying Tactics then be played to cancel that political action or must this reaction card be played prior to the counting of votes? Since the card itself only states 'during a political action' , my preference would be that DT could be played right up to the point where it would be implemented. After the votes are cast is fine. (You are correct). >blocking: >if a minion fails to successfully block an action, can other minions of the same Methuselah attempt to block? e.g., Guido Lucciano (Lasombra) attempts to block a bleed, the acting minion then increases stealth, which Guido can match with an 'Eyes of the Night' from the current hand. The card that is drawn to replace Eyes is a master card. The acting minion then increases stealth again, to which Guido cannot match with anything in hand or in play, however, Angelica, The Canonicus (also Lasombra) would t >hen like to use her special >ability to intercept by burning master cards in hand, say for example one that was already in hand before Guido used Eyes for intercept and the one drawn after Eyes was played allowing her to at least match the current stealth of the acting minion. So, is there a single blocking attempt per action or can multiple minions from the same Methuselah attempt to block? If the latter, does intercept begin anew with each new blocker or does it carry over from the previous attempts? The example I gave implies th >at it does not carry over. The latter - each potential blocker has a separate intercept score, so would have to begin anew. If a prior potential blocker re-attempted to block, he would retain his previous intercept. (Increased intercept and stealth only reset after the action is finished). -- L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.sc.edu) | Eschew http://www.math.sc.edu/cgi-bin/sjohnson/home | Obfuscation Graphics Specialist and V:tES Rulemonger. |