Wish I had it in front of me, but there's this line or two
in the Duelist's Convocation (revised) printing of the rules
that really baffled me. I didn't go back to the original book
to see if that said something different.
Anyway, in the section on Paralysis, there's this little sentence
in there that implies (to me) that rescuing a paralyzed vampire
from torpor is a free action - it costs no blood. However,
since the rules on encountering a vamp in torpor make no mention
of it, I'm wondering if I'm misinterpreting.
I could see it making sense either way - to get a staked
vampire going again, all you do is just pull out the stake
and he's good as new (though tapped, and short a couple of
blood from the combat where he was staked). Or that all
you have to do is take the Rowan Ring off of someone and
they wake up. I could also understand that the act of
coming up out of hibernation burns some blood regardless of
whether some gadget like a stake or ring had been involved.
Wanted to make sure I understood this before I try out a
Brujah/Toreador combat/intercept deck (with some Stakes).
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Jeremy (bea...@netcom.com, bea...@delphi.com)
hi...@mail.utexas.edu (Stephen Beaulieu) writes:
>Rescuing a paralyzed vamp costs no blood. It takes an action by another
>vamp, but costs nothing. Note, however, that if the paralyzed vamp
>manages to untap itself, that the free cost goes away, and it must pay 2
>to get out, or another vamp may help, but the blood must be payed.>stephen
Rescuing an untapped, paralyzed vampire still costs no blood.
Self rescue costs two pool, regardless of paralyzed status.
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L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.scarolina.edu) | These opinions are mine and
Graphics Specialist and Jyhad Rulemonger. | are subject to card text.
In article <3onnfn$b...@redwood.cs.scarolina.edu>,
sjoh...@math.scarolina.edu (L. Scott Johnson) wrote:
: Rescuing an untapped, paralyzed vampire still costs no blood.: Self rescue costs two pool, regardless of paralyzed status.
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: L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.scarolina.edu) | These opinions are mine and
: Graphics Specialist and Jyhad Rulemonger. | are subject to card text.
Thanks Scott-
I had understood Tom's ruling on the matter to mean that once a paralyzed
vamp untapped, it was just a vamp in torpor. I thought that the paralyzed
marker was solely to mark which vamp should not untap as normal, and that
it disappeared if the vamp untapped. I will take it on faith that your
ruling is correct.
thanks again.
stephen