Chris Shorb & Tammy Martin wrote:
> So I control a vamp holding Talbot's Chainsaw, with a Memories of
> Mortality on him. I also control an ally. Can the 3 damage I do with
> Talbot's target my ally and the ally take no damage?
No, since Memories reduces only the "damage the vampire inflicts on allies",
whereas Talbot just says "a minion you control takes 3 damage". And
* Damage is only considered to have come from a minion if the damage is
from a strike or if an effect specifically states that the damage is
dealt by the minion. Damage from other effects is considered
"environmental," and has no particular source. [RTR 30-JUN-1997]
> We think no, because the wording on MoM says "reduce damage to 0", and
> I think somewhere (please cite if possible LSJ - thanks) it says that
> "reduce" is treated exactly the same as "prevent", and you can't
> prevent damage outside of combat except with Blood Tears.
Reduce is not the same as prevent - unpreventable damage could be reduced.
You're probably thinking of Flesh of Marble. In the Jyhad version it
"reduced" damage, but in the V:TES printing it prevents damage.
BTW:
There is no rule against preventing damage outside of combat - it's just
that Blood Tears is currently the only prevention effect that can be
applied outside of combat.
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