more questions for rulemongers

I've run into a couple questions in that past few weeks: 1) Concerning the card Soul Stealing-- Who is eligible to play this card???? Is it only the Vampire doing the burning or can another vampire play this card??? In the latter case who recieves the blood??? The wording implies that the burning vampire does. Also can it be played in someone elses turn?? 2) This is kind of a dumb question but I haven't been able to locate the rules concerning it. When recieveing ranged damage, who decides if a retainer takes the damage?? ********************************************************************** "...I'm just a hard-working girl trying to make it in a man's world." -Catwoman (Issue #30) *************************************** Dharia McGrew damc...@mhc.mtholyoke.edu and of course.....(in other words, LOOK AT IT!!!!) http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~damcgrew **********************************************************************

Bastet <damc...@mtholyoke.edu> writes: >1) Concerning the card Soul Stealing-- Who is eligible to play this > card???? Is it only the Vampire doing the burning or can another > vampire play this card??? In the latter case who recieves the blood??? > The wording implies that the burning vampire does. Also can it be > played in someone elses turn?? Action Modifiers can only be played by the acting minion, unless otherwise stated on card text. Action modifiers can only be played on your own turn (even if you take an action during someone else's turn). >2) This is kind of a dumb question but I haven't been able to locate the > rules concerning it. When recieveing ranged damage, who decides if a > retainer takes the damage?? The damage dealer decides. (Retainers can only be targetted when the round is at long range). -- L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.sc.edu) | A one-bit brain with a http://www.math.sc.edu/~sjohnson | parity error. Graphics Specialist and V:tES Rulemonger. |

On 19 Aug 1996, L. Scott Johnson wrote: > Date: 19 AUG 1996 12:11:09 GMT > From: L. Scott Johnson <sjoh...@math.scarolina.edu> > Newgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad > Subject: Re: more questions for rulemongers > > Bastet <damc...@mtholyoke.edu> writes: > >1) Concerning the card Soul Stealing-- Who is eligible to play this > > card???? Is it only the Vampire doing the burning or can another > > vampire play this card??? In the latter case who recieves the blood??? > > The wording implies that the burning vampire does. Also can it be > > played in someone elses turn?? > > Action Modifiers can only be played by the acting minion, unless otherwise > stated on card text. > Action modifiers can only be played on your own turn (even if you take an > action during someone else's turn). > Thanks for clearing that up. > >2) This is kind of a dumb question but I haven't been able to locate the > > rules concerning it. When recieveing ranged damage, who decides if a > > retainer takes the damage?? > > The damage dealer decides. (Retainers can only be targetted when the > round is at long range). Is this a new rule from V:tES? I dredged up my old copy of "The Eternal Struggle: A players guide to Jyhad" and on a section about ranged combat it says: "Also, at ranged combat, you can allow your retainers to take the hit for you. . ." If it has been changed I'd like to know why. It seems straightforward enough and I can't imagine it being too degenerate. It'd certainly make ghoul escort more popular! > -- > L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.sc.edu) | A one-bit brain with a > http://www.math.sc.edu/~sjohnson | parity error. > Graphics Specialist and V:tES Rulemonger. | > > ********************************************************************** [ quoted text not captured ]

On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Bastet wrote: [Requiring Ranged damage _from_ range to target retainers] > Is this a new rule from V:tES? Yep. >I dredged up my old copy of "The Eternal > Struggle: A players guide to Jyhad" and on a section about ranged combat > it says: > "Also, at ranged combat, you can allow your retainers to take the hit for > you. . ." > If it has been changed I'd like to know why. I'm not sure. It certainly makes it damn difficult to kill retainers. > It seems straightforward > enough and I can't imagine it being too degenerate. It'd certainly make > ghoul escort more popular! Funny. I've only ever seen them in my defunct Gio/Tre "Corpses and Ghouls" deck. @ The Corrupter - Adrian Lee Sullivan @ GAT/CS/WS R+++* r(+)>++ # Gamer Coffee-Addict Scripter Author # C(+++)$ USX+$ N++ e+* @#$ Comments ? sull...@cslab.uwlax.edu $#@ tv(+)> X++ b++(+++) @#$ <http://cslab.uwlax.edu/~sulli_al/jyhad> $#@ PS+&-+ PE&-&++ z*+?

L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.scarolina.edu) wrote: : >2) This is kind of a dumb question but I haven't been able to locate the : > rules concerning it. When recieveing ranged damage, who decides if a : > retainer takes the damage?? : : The damage dealer decides. (Retainers can only be targetted when the : round is at long range). Is this a revision? I thought that the damage had to be ranged, not that the combat had to be at long and the damage ranged. In other words, can't I throw a sewer lid at a faithful retainer even though her boss is clawing at my face? Joe -- Joe Helfrich, Managing Editor, CPI | Personally, I think Billy Martin j...@dimensional.com | said it best when he said, "Hey, http://www.dimensional.com/~jbh | I can drive!" [x] CDA [X] Amendment 2 [ ] HR 342-67 | --Dennis Leary, "No Cure For Cancer

j...@dimensional.com (Joe Helfrich) writes: >L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.scarolina.edu) wrote: >: >2) This is kind of a dumb question but I haven't been able to locate the >: > rules concerning it. When recieveing ranged damage, who decides if a >: > retainer takes the damage?? >: >: The damage dealer decides. (Retainers can only be targetted when the >: round is at long range). >Is this a revision? I thought that the damage had to be ranged, not that >the combat had to be at long and the damage ranged. In other words, can't >I throw a sewer lid at a faithful retainer even though her boss is clawing >at my face? Well, you can't throw a sewer lid at close range to begin with (card text on Sewer Lid prevents this). But, yes, it is a change in the way things are handled (from Jyhad to VtES). You can't shoot (or throw a gate, or have bats attack) a retainer whose employer is standing in your face. (Idea being that you're too concerned with HTH combat that you can't properly target the retainer). [ quoted text not captured ]

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L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.scarolina.edu) wrote: : Well, you can't throw a sewer lid at close range to begin with (card text : on Sewer Lid prevents this). Sorry, brain fart. : But, yes, it is a change in the way things are handled (from Jyhad to VtES). : : You can't shoot (or throw a gate, or have bats attack) a retainer whose : employer is standing in your face. (Idea being that you're too concerned : with HTH combat that you can't properly target the retainer). Well, that's silly. [ quoted text not captured ]