GenCon '97 VtES report
Sealed Deck (draft) Tourney
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Format: 25 players, 5 players per table. 7 starter decks per table.
Players draft vampires first, then library.
The draft is conducted in rounds. Each round, ten cards are turned up,
and players take turns (clockwise) drafting one card. Five cards are
drafted (one for each player) then the draft is reversed and the last
player drafts his second card and the draft continues counter-clockwise.
Each round begins with the next player (clockwise) starting the draft.
Once all of the vampires have been drafted, the library is drafted (in
the same manner). Then players construct their decks from the cards that
they have drafted.
The winner from each table plays in the finals, using the same deck.
In the finals, Robert Dudock swept the table with his Gangrel deck.
Ousted, in turn, were: Jim Hogan, Michael Baswell's Ventrue/Gangrel vote
deck, Eric Foss's Gangrel/Nosferatu deck, and Christian King's
Toreador/Ventrue deck.
Constructed Deck Tourney
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Format: 27 players, three rounds, one final round.
Each round was two hours long, and only two games (out of the 17
games played during the three rounds) were closed by the time limit.
Five players went on to the final round, determined by their total
victory points in the first three rounds. The person with the most
victory points got select their position in the playing order first,
followed by the second and so on.
David Mestre's Malk Bleed deck was the first ousted, giving Christian King
a victory point. Chris Salvato's Brujah bruise and bleed deck, Andrew Wyatt's
Ventrue vote and bleed deck, and Christian King's Lasombra bleed and deflect
deck were all ousted in turn by Willie Clay's Ventrue blood gain deck called
'The Geezers', giving Willie the remaining four victory points.
Complete information will be published in a future issue of the Duelist.
--
L. Scott Johnson (vte...@regency.wizards.com)
Official VtES Net.Rep for Wizards of the Coast.
(*) - Subject to review by Rules Team
> David Mestre's Malk Bleed deck was the first ousted, giving
> Christian King
> a victory point. Chris Salvato's Brujah bruise and bleed deck,
> Andrew Wyatt's
> Ventrue vote and bleed deck, and Christian King's Lasombra bleed and
> deflect
> deck were all ousted in turn by Willie Clay's Ventrue blood gain
> deck called
> 'The Geezers', giving Willie the remaining four victory points.
>
Grr... the Geezer deck won. God, but that deck was annoying. I'm glad
I didn't stick around to watch that one. Although, if I would have
thought to add rush to my damned fortitude/disguised chainsaw deck, I
would have shown Democritus the business end of a few nice weapons.
("Is that a disguised RPG Launcher in my pocket, or am I just happy to
see you? Oops, looks like an RPG Launcher...")
-Chris
http://arkayn.dabney.caltech.edu/
Shaper wrote:
> >Grr... the Geezer deck won. God, but that deck was annoying. I'm
> glad
> >I didn't stick around to watch that one. Although, if I would have
> >thought to add rush to my damned fortitude/disguised chainsaw deck, I
>
> >would have shown Democritus the business end of a few nice weapons.
> >("Is that a disguised RPG Launcher in my pocket, or am I just happy
> to
> >see you? Oops, looks like an RPG Launcher...")
>> I was playing a gnagrel vote deck, and rushed him twice when I had the
> ag
> damage cards to put him away. he played obedience both times...
> Sorry,
> but when Arika says "GO," Camille asks "how far?"
>
Yeah, well... never mind me. I was just blowing off steam because I
didn't bother to test my deck before playing it in the tournament. I
still think I might have been able to hit good ole' Democritus once or
twice...
Do melee weapons inflict "hand damage"?
Many melee weapons (bang nagh tiger claws, etc) state specifically
in the game text that the weapon increases hand damage. However, some
do not (Kali's Fang). Is it a general rule that damage inflicted by
melee weapons is considered to be hand damage?
I'd tend to think yes, because "melee" means "held in hand." But
then when Rake plays Immortal Grapple against Abd Al-Rashid with Kali's
Fang, then Rake is still toast...
Thanks,
Jim
In article <InyFmZu00...@andrew.cmu.edu>, James A Ignatuk
<igna...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes
> Do melee weapons inflict "hand damage"?
>
> Many melee weapons (bang nagh tiger claws, etc) state specifically
>in the game text that the weapon increases hand damage. However, some
>do not (Kali's Fang). Is it a general rule that damage inflicted by
>melee weapons is considered to be hand damage?
No, it is a categoric rule that weapons inflict weapon damage, which
might be based on the vampire's hand damage (or not), but it is
considered weapon damage. Otherwise, Thetmes holding that Bang Nakh
inflicts three aggro damage (enough to burn vamps a lot of the time).
>
> I'd tend to think yes, because "melee" means "held in hand." But
>then when Rake plays Immortal Grapple against Abd Al-Rashid with Kali's
>Fang, then Rake is still toast...
No, weapons never count as hand strikes. Damage from a weapon is not a
hand strike. Damage from a vampire's innate hand damage, Scorpion
Sting, Undead Strength (not on a weapon), Lucky Blow and so forth are
hand damage.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Jim
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seems more likely.
>Grr... the Geezer deck won. God, but that deck was annoying. I'm glad
>I didn't stick around to watch that one. Although, if I would have
>thought to add rush to my damned fortitude/disguised chainsaw deck, I
>would have shown Democritus the business end of a few nice weapons.
>("Is that a disguised RPG Launcher in my pocket, or am I just happy to
>see you? Oops, looks like an RPG Launcher...")
I was playing a gnagrel vote deck, and rushed him twice when I had the ag
damage cards to put him away. he played obedience both times... Sorry,
but when Arika says "GO," Camille asks "how far?"
MB
"The difference between the Enlightened and the terminally confused is
apparent only to the latter."
- The Enlightened One