rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad

Question Re: Spying Mission

4 messages from 4 participants · 12 November 1995 – 13 November 1995
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PDB6

Ok, say Chester Dubuois goes to to bleed someone. He has a Lap Top, so he will bleed for 2 if he is succesful. He stealths in, but his bleed is Telepathically Countered to zero. Can he then play Spying Mission for the superior benefit, even though his bleed was not succesful? The card says: " Only usable when bleeding. Instead of removing pool from the Methuselah you are bleeding, put this card on the acting vampire... " It says nothing about the bleed being successful or not. It says " Instead of removing pool ", so could I not say " I was not going to remove the pool you countered anyway. "? What if I played Spy Mission and then my prey played Telepathic Counter? This seems like one of those timing questions that plagues MT$ and is generally avoided in Jyhad. What do you all think? -Peter D Bakija

Biomech8

In article <4869st$4...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, pd...@aol.com (PDB6) writes: >" Only usable when bleeding. Instead of removing pool from the >Methuselah you are bleeding, put this card on the acting vampire... " > >It says nothing about the bleed being successful or not. It says " >Instead of removing pool ", so could I not say " I was not going to remove >the pool you countered anyway. "? I don't think you could/should be able to play it in this instance since you couldn't have removed pool if you wanted so you are not declining to remove it. >What if I played Spy Mission and then >my prey played Telepathic Counter? This is a valid point (IMHO), I think if you decline to remove pool than they couldn't telepathic counter it because it's too late. One of my friends though likes to say "I'll take the bleed and reduce it by X amount" all in one breath so that having a chance to do anything in between is practically impossible. Acting minion goes first don't they (or is that only in combat?) ~Biomechanoid

L. Scott Johnson

In article <4869st$4...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, PDB6 <pd...@aol.com> wrote: >Ok, say Chester Dubuois goes to to bleed someone. He has a Lap Top, so he >will bleed for 2 if he is succesful. He stealths in, but his bleed is >Telepathically Countered to zero. Can he then play Spying Mission for the >superior benefit, even though his bleed was not succesful? The card says: > >" Only usable when bleeding. Instead of removing pool from the >Methuselah you are bleeding, put this card on the acting vampire... " > >It says nothing about the bleed being successful or not. It says " >Instead of removing pool ", so could I not say " I was not going to remove >the pool you countered anyway. "? What if I played Spy Mission and then >my prey played Telepathic Counter? > >This seems like one of those timing questions that plagues MT$ and is >generally avoided in Jyhad. This has flip-flopped due to it's resemblance to a timing issue: From: aa...@hal.COM (Tom Wylie) Newsgroups: rec.games.deckmaster Subject: NEW: Rulings summary for Jyhad Date: 9 Nov 1994 13:11:24 -0800 Message-ID: <39rdts$s...@perv.hal.COM> Spying Mission: When used to add the card to the vampire, will beat Telepathic Counter since the acting player gets to use modifiers before other players can use reactions. From: aa...@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie) Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad Subject: Revised Jyhad FAQ: 4/18/95 version Date: 18 Apr 1995 23:01:44 GMT Message-ID: <3n1gco$7...@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> Q: If I want to use Telepathic Counter against my opponent's bleed and he wants to use Spying Mission, who wins? A: Telepathic Counter would win, because the card reduces the bleed to 0, therefore Spying Mission would have no effect. -- ----- L. Scott Johnson (lsc...@crl.com) | The opinions expressed are mine Graphics Specialist and V:tES Rulemonger | and subject to card text

T.J. Hull

biom...@aol.com (Biomech8) wrote: >In article <4869st$4...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, pd...@aol.com (PDB6) writes: >>What if I played Spy Mission and then >>my prey played Telepathic Counter? > >This is a valid point (IMHO), I think if you decline to remove pool than >they couldn't telepathic counter it because it's too late. One of my >friends though likes to say "I'll take the bleed and reduce it by X >amount" all in one breath so that having a chance to do anything in >between is practically impossible. Then you get to see a card in their hand. Take your time :) > ~Biomechanoid TJH