jus...@ugcs.caltech.edu (Justin Fang) writes:
>If a vampire is both having its blood stolen and receiving damage form
>another source (say, from using a zip gun), which effect happens first?
>Example: Thomas Thorne, with 2 blood and a Murder of Crows, uses Theft of
>Vitae on Sarah Cobbler, with 1 blood, who responds with Theft of Vitae
>against Thomas. What happens?
OK, I'm getting tired of not answering questions (I think that point of
Mr. Wilkie's argument has been proven false over the past fortnight), so
allow me to field this one (since no one from WotC will):
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Since none of the strikes are done at first strike (nor are they Dodges
or S:CE), they all resolve simultaneously.
1) Thomas steals two blood from Sarah, who only has one. Move that one
from Sarah to Thomas.
1) Also, Thomas' Crows deal 1 damage to Sarah (she now has one damage).
1) Also, Sarah steals two from Thomas, who has two. Move those two from
Thomas to Sarah.
So, after this step, Thomas has one blood, Sarah has two. Also, Sarah has
one point of damage to heal.
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Then, any damage dealt is healed:
2) Sarah burns one blood to heal the damage from the Crows.
Now Sarah has one blood.
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So, this round ends with both vampires ready, and both having one blood.
For a complete breakdown of timing issues such as this, see my Complete
Rules Outline, available via Web (
http://Rulemonger.Home.ML.Org), or
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