First Strike question

If my first strike (from say, Backstab) puts the opposing vampire in torpor, do they get a strike? How does this work with the combat resolution timing rules, etc? -- Tom Doehne doe...@cse.ogi.edu

doe...@church.cse.ogi.edu (Thomas Doehne) writes: >If my first strike (from say, Backstab) puts the opposing >vampire in torpor, do they get a strike? How does this >work with the combat resolution timing rules, etc? If the opposing vampire is no longer ready after a strike dealt with first strike, then the opposing vampire's strike will not resolve (they still announce their strike, of course, since that occurs before any strike resolution). For a complete discourse of the timing rules, see my Complete Rules Outline, posted here evry month and available from my VtES page http://Rulemonger.Home.ML.Org -- L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.sc.edu) | Virtue is the failure to http://www.math.sc.edu/cgi-bin/sjohnson/home | achieve vice. Graphics Specialist and V:tES Rulemonger. |

In article <53cn2c$n...@reuter.cse.ogi.edu>, Thomas Doehne <doe...@church.cse.ogi.edu> wrote: >If my first strike (from say, Backstab) puts the opposing >vampire in torpor, do they get a strike? How does this >work with the combat resolution timing rules, etc? Nope; First Strike resolves first (barring Combat Ends or Dodge), and if that resolution includes torpor, well, too bad. The opposing minion's strike just sucks. It's the only reason the Muddled Vampire Hunter gets to survive -- he delivers his 4 points of first strike damage and the vamp falls down before getting in a return shot. gomi -- 'spend a day and a half dead and the lettuce runs amok.' -babs woods