Giotto Verducci Q

Can a Vampire with no blood attempt to block Giotto Verducci? Card text : Vampires must burn a blood to attempt to block Giotto Halcyan 2 said: Card text seems to indicate that a vampire must burn a blood to attempt it. So no, an empty vampire cannot attempt to block Giotto. Compare to Donal and Archon where burning a blood is just an effect (as opposed to burn a blood *to* do something). is this correct?

[ quoted text not captured ] It is. "must do X to do Y" means that Y cannot be done unless X is done. The key is in the "to" phrasing. Contrast with, for example, "A vampire who attempts to block Giotto must burn a blood". -- LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc. Links to revised rulebook, rulings, errata, and tournament rules: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/

On Sat, 04 May 2002 18:44:55 GMT, LSJ <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote: >Dave Brereton wrote: >> >> Can a Vampire with no blood attempt to block Giotto Verducci? >> >> Card text : Vampires must burn a blood to attempt to block Giotto >> >> Halcyan 2 said: >> >> Card text seems to indicate that a vampire must burn a blood to attempt it. So >> no, an empty vampire cannot attempt to block Giotto. Compare to Donal and >> Archon where burning a blood is just an effect (as opposed to burn a blood *to* >> do something). >> >> is this correct? > >It is. "must do X to do Y" means that Y cannot be done unless X is done. >The key is in the "to" phrasing. Contrast with, for example, "A vampire >who attempts to block Giotto must burn a blood". > > If it were that text, then a vampire with 0 blood could attempt the block, burning 1 blood to no affect? T