[LSJ] Q: Rapid Healing cost

Howdy, I'm certain I know the answer to this, but the other player involved was certain he did too, so it's a job for LSJ... How much blood does it cost to leave torpor using Rapid Healing? Rapid Healing [Jyhad, V:TES, SW, FN, CE] Cardtype: Action Discipline: Fortitude +1 stealth action. Only usable by a vampire in torpor. [for] The acting vampire leaves torpor. If the vampire is blocked, there is no combat. If the blocking minion is a vampire who can commit diablerie, that vampire may diablerize the acting vampire. [FOR] As above, and the vampire leaving torpor gains 1 blood from the blood bank. My answer: no blood at inferior, no blood and gain 1 at superior. The other player's answer: two blood at inferior, two blood and gain 1 at superior. His reasoning: Rapid Healing has been ruled to be a 'leave torpor' action (Rapid Healing is a type of "leave torpor" action. [LSJ 19980126]), and the rulebook says (6.5.2 Leave Torpor action), "...This action costs the acting vampire two blood...." Checking the ruling, it appears to me to have been made to keep people from using Rapid Healing to leave torpor without 'leaving torpor', and thus getting around Mummify. It would also appear to have (old) NRA implications. But I'm pretty sure it's not meant to suddenly make it cost two blood and thus wallpaper the card at inferior. Thanks, Alex

Alex Broadhead wrote: :: Howdy, :: :: I'm certain I know the answer to this, but the other player :: involved was certain he did too, so it's a job for LSJ... :: :: How much blood does it cost to leave torpor using Rapid Healing? rapid healing has no cost. So it costs no blood. Else a reminder text like "this vampire pays the leave torpor cost as usual " would have been there.

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