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You know what ? I've preparred this post before the image appeared, because if this wasn't a Giovanni I didn't know who it could be !! :-) Lorenzo Detuono Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT Independent. Red List : If Lorenzo is ready at the end of combat and the opposing minion is not, Lorenzo may burn 5 blood to move the opposing minion to your ready region (with 1 life for an ally with no life) instead. Comments follow... -- Orpheus ---------------- Top of Ban / Fix List : PTO, Champion, Memories of Mortality.

> Lorenzo Detuono First, I've never heard of the Detuono, not even as faraway cousins. Where does that come from ?? > Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT Inferior Aus has never been a catch on a minion with DOM. Dem is interesting if we get other minions with Dem / Nec or Dem / DOM (I don't really believe in Dem / Pot, but who knows ?). > Independent. Red List : Ok, so that's the end of this. If he's Red List and without a real combat discipline / ability besides Pot, he won't be playable at all in a straightforward Giovanni deck. One wasted 7-Cap, great ! So let's see if his special makes him worthwhile, as per Ambrogino Adv : > If Lorenzo is ready at the end of combat and the opposing minion is not, > Lorenzo may burn 5 blood to move the opposing minion to your ready region > (with 1 life for an ally with no life) instead. Incorporated Graverobbing is nice. 5 blood is 3 more than usual, not so nice. On a minion not built for combat and usable only in combats involving him (and not, for example, as a follow-up to Ignazio's combat) it becomes so cornercase I'm in pain just thinking about it. What will we do, give him For ? Hope that our opponents don't play fight and are vulnerable to Pot fight ? Still, with his superior disciplines he would fit in any Gio deck if he wasn't Red List. But he is. So, one wasted Family slot. Nice job. Not. Makes me wonder about Grouping. The justification for creating Groupin, apart from the obvious commercial reason, is to avoid "perfect crypts" and yet make new, interesting vamps. Now we do have grouping, and yet the game conceptors seem to behave as if we didn't (especially for the indies) : they make vamps that are useless in main clan strategies, but open new strategies (some of which are viable, others not) : Ravnos Pre, Giovanni For etc. ; and they also give us vampires full of disciplines and specials, but with such big downsides that we'll never play them : Red Lists, Sonja Blue, Hector Trelane, Rabbat... What are they thinking of ?!? ---------- Disappointed Orpheus

>> Lorenzo Detuono Wait, I thought he was 7-Cap but he's 9-Cap !! Really, really not worth it then. except of course if there is a new, non-expensive NEc card that prevents like hell. > First, I've never heard of the Detuono, not even as faraway cousins. Where > does that come from ?? > >> Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT > > Still, with his superior disciplines he would fit in any Gio deck if he > wasn't Red List. Forget that, at 9-Cap I wouldn't play him in a deck not built around him, even without his Red List. Wow, that one is so useless it's hard to even begin describing it... ---------- Very Disappointed Orpheus

On 7 Sep., 13:06, "Orpheus" <orpheus...@free.fr> wrote: > > Lorenzo Detuono > > First, I've never heard of the Detuono, not even as faraway cousins. Where > does that come from ?? > > > Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT > > Inferior Aus has never been a catch on a minion with DOM. Dem is interesting > if we get other minions with Dem / Nec or Dem / DOM (I don't really believe > in Dem / Pot, but who knows ?). > > > Independent. Red List : > > Ok, so that's the end of this. If he's Red List and without a real combat > discipline / ability besides Pot, he won't be playable at all in a > straightforward Giovanni deck. One wasted 7-Cap, great ! So let's see if his > special makes him worthwhile, as per Ambrogino Adv : > > > If Lorenzo is ready at the end of combat and the opposing minion is not, > > Lorenzo may burn 5 blood to move the opposing minion to your ready region > > (with 1 life for an ally with no life) instead. > > Incorporated Graverobbing is nice. 5 blood is 3 more than usual, not so > nice. On a minion not built for combat and usable only in combats involving > him (and not, for example, as a follow-up to Ignazio's combat) it becomes so > cornercase I'm in pain just thinking about it. What will we do, give him For > ? Hope that our opponents don't play fight and are vulnerable to Pot fight ? Just one card: Fast Reaction. 'nuff said. :)

What will we do, give him For >> ? Hope that our opponents don't play fight and are vulnerable to Pot >> fight ? > > Just one card: Fast Reaction. 'nuff said. :) Are U ready to base your deck on intercept with a vampire with inf Aus just for that effect ? It could work sometimes, sure. But I wouldn't bet on its regularity. [ quoted text not captured ]

> Lorenzo Detuono > Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT > Independent. Red List : If Lorenzo is ready at the end of combat and the > opposing minion is not, Lorenzo may burn 5 blood to move the opposing minion > to your ready region (with 1 life for an ally with no life) instead. I like him. Deadhand/Disarm built in graverob. Sure he doesn't have fortitude, or any other ability to prevent built in, but the graverob is nice. Expensive, but nice. Maybe in a Proxy Kissed deck. I'll definately be trying to do something with him. --> J grail_pbem "at" hotmail.com

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 13:06:50 +0200, Orpheus <orphe...@free.fr> wrote: > Still, with his superior disciplines he would fit in any Gio deck if he > wasn't Red List. But he is. > > So, one wasted Family slot. Nice job. Not. Ok, I know it isn't the greatest combo on earth, but I do see some good synergy with, say, Heidelberg Castle + Fast Reaction + Ivory Bow / Breath of Thanatos / Coma. Basically, you do 1 aggro or send to torpor, take control, and transfer the blood to fuel your passion. If you have good surprise combat Red List can actually be a benefit. Of course this guy won't go into the DOM NEC powerbleed deck but I really think that he could be used for a deck of his own. That said he probably could've been an 8-cap, though, with his special costing only 4 blood, without seriously breaking the game. -- Regards, Daneel

> So, one wasted Family slot. Nice job. Not. If anything I think this is not a wasted slot. It would have been a wasted slot if he was just more of the same. [ quoted text not captured ]

J skrev: [ quoted text not captured ] How would he work with Rötschreck? //Alex

>> So, one wasted Family slot. Nice job. Not. > > If anything I think this is not a wasted slot. It would have been a > wasted slot if he was just more of the same. What you're saying would be right if there was no grouping. As there is grouping, we need in every group two sorts of vamps : - core vamps, that you can use in most decks involving the right clan / disciplines - vamps opening to new strategies with new discipline combos (like Ravnos Pre) When I made that comment I thought the guy was 7-Cap, which is the capacity of the biggest "core" vamps of a clan, usually, and among the lowest to have potentially all the clan disciplines at superior. As such, it would have been a wasted "slot". Now I can only say that we just got a very cornercase and marginally playable 9-Cap, which could also have been a slot used for some other useful strategy, say a PRE Giovanni with 2 votes. But the "slot" part isn't the core of my argument anymore, I'm more thinking "wasted paper". [ quoted text not captured ]

[ quoted text not captured ] Rötschreck ends the combat with both minions ready. Still.

On Sep 7, 6:06 am, "Orpheus" <orpheus...@free.fr> wrote: > > Lorenzo Detuono > > First, I've never heard of the Detuono, not even as faraway cousins. Where > does that come from ?? They don't all have Giovanni as a last name, silly! > > Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT > > Inferior Aus has never been a catch on a minion with DOM. Dem is interesting > if we get other minions with Dem / Nec or Dem / DOM (I don't really believe > in Dem / Pot, but who knows ?). Dem/Pot is strong! > > Independent. Red List : > > Ok, so that's the end of this. If he's Red List and without a real combat > discipline / ability besides Pot, he won't be playable at all in a > straightforward Giovanni deck. One wasted 7-Cap, great ! So let's see if his > special makes him worthwhile, as per Ambrogino Adv : Right, Have you heard of Obedience. I hear it does wonders for large caps. > > If Lorenzo is ready at the end of combat and the opposing minion is not, > > Lorenzo may burn 5 blood to move the opposing minion to your ready region > > (with 1 life for an ally with no life) instead. > > Incorporated Graverobbing is nice. 5 blood is 3 more than usual, not so > nice. On a minion not built for combat and usable only in combats involving > him (and not, for example, as a follow-up to Ignazio's combat) it becomes so > cornercase I'm in pain just thinking about it. What will we do, give him For > ? Hope that our opponents don't play fight and are vulnerable to Pot fight ? Have you heard of Taste of Vitae? I hear it is a good combo for potence decks. Have you heard of Disarm? I also hear it is good for potence decks. I don't want to call your oppinion just a silly rant. Everyone is vulnerable to Potence combat. The only thing that stops it is prevent. I don't see very much of that in the general metagame. Do you? > Still, with his superior disciplines he would fit in any Gio deck if he > wasn't Red List. But he is. So, are you going to be the first one to "voluteer" your minion to join his side because that is what it is going to consist. The first guy who rushes him is going to get spontaneously graverobbed. Hope you playing with a JImmy Dunn deck, because otherwise entering combat with Lorenzo "Tutti Fruitti" Detuono is going to do actual POOL DAMAGE to yourself in the form of a lost minion. > So, one wasted Family slot. Nice job. Not. I'll take this orphan that you don't want in your family, Orpheus. :) > Makes me wonder about Grouping. The justification for creating Groupin, > apart from the obvious commercial reason, is to avoid "perfect crypts" and > yet make new, interesting vamps. Now we do have grouping, and yet the game > conceptors seem to behave as if we didn't (especially for the indies) : they > make vamps that are useless in main clan strategies, but open new strategies > (some of which are viable, others not) : Ravnos Pre, Giovanni For etc. ; and > they also give us vampires full of disciplines and specials, but with such > big downsides that we'll never play them : Red Lists, Sonja Blue, Hector > Trelane, Rabbat... What are they thinking of ?!? I hate to be the one to tell you but there are all good decks based around the "problem areas" you just mentioned. Just because they are not showing up in the TWDA isn't because they don't exist, but is really more about "the Swiss School of Thought" being much bigger than Switzerland. I see it a lot at the NAC, and I don't see a lot of Swiss citizens there. I see a lot of predictable decks at high levels which bothers that innovation isn't for the competitive player. Comments Welcome, Norman S. Brown, Jr XZealot Archon of the Swamp

LSJ skrev: [ quoted text not captured ] Exellent, was abit unsure there for a sec. Thanks //Alex

Orpheus <orphe...@free.fr> wrote: > Lorenzo Detuono > Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT > Independent. Red List : If Lorenzo is ready at the end of combat and the > opposing minion is not, Lorenzo may burn 5 blood to move the opposing minion > to your ready region (with 1 life for an ally with no life) instead. Coma cost: 8 blood [dem] Strike: Take control of the opposing vampire. This strike costs 5 fewer blood if it does not resolve. ;) With a skillcard and another blood, he can add Thoughts Betrayed, for a sure-thing steal that only costs 10! :) Real Questions about his ability though: Can he steal Shambling Hordes that are burning empty (does it count as them gaining a life)? Can he steal Jake Washington (is Jake still a minion long enough for Lorenzo's ability to kick in)?

Jozxyqk wrote: > Orpheus <orphe...@free.fr> wrote: >> Lorenzo Detuono >> Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT >> Independent. Red List : If Lorenzo is ready at the end of combat and the >> opposing minion is not, Lorenzo may burn 5 blood to move the opposing minion >> to your ready region (with 1 life for an ally with no life) instead. > > Coma > cost: 8 blood > [dem] Strike: Take control of the opposing vampire. This strike costs 5 fewer > blood if it does not resolve. > > ;) > With a skillcard and another blood, he can add Thoughts Betrayed, for a sure-thing > steal that only costs 10! :) > > > Real Questions about his ability though: > > Can he steal Shambling Hordes that are burning empty (does it count as them > gaining a life)? Anything that adds life to the SH counts as adding life. So he can steal them and a SH empty, and then, since it is still empty, it dies. > Can he steal Jake Washington (is Jake still a minion long enough for Lorenzo's > ability to kick in)? Yes. "instead"

On 7 sep, 12:54, "Orpheus" <orpheus...@free.fr> wrote: > You know what ? I've preparred this post before the image appeared, because > if this wasn't a Giovanni I didn't know who it could be !! :-) > > Lorenzo Detuono > Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT > Independent. Red List : If Lorenzo is ready at the end of combat and the > opposing minion is not, Lorenzo may burn 5 blood to move the opposing minion > to your ready region (with 1 life for an ally with no life) instead. > Timing question (for Norm;) ) There is a window for getting trophies on Lorenzo before using his ability, right? Hunting ground seems a prime candidate.

[ quoted text not captured ] on second thought: probably not. it's instead. Bummer.

>> > Lorenzo Detuono >> >> First, I've never heard of the Detuono, not even as faraway cousins. >> Where >> does that come from ?? > > They don't all have Giovanni as a last name, silly! Now you're the Giovanni specialist, uh ? Well, most of them do. Very few families outside the Giovanni have been allowed into the clan. They are the Dunsirn, the Pisanob, the Milliners, and among the minor families the laibon Ghiberti, the Della Passaglia, the Rossellini, the Putanesca, and no one else is mentionned in the Clanbook. I think there are lots of names for variety in these to pick from, and I'm curious to know if there's a special reason to include a new name while all the minor families haven't been mentionned yet in VTES. So, who are you calling silly, paesano ? B) >> > Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT >> >> Inferior Aus has never been a catch on a minion with DOM. Dem is >> interesting >> if we get other minions with Dem / Nec or Dem / DOM (I don't really >> believe >> in Dem / Pot, but who knows ?). > > Dem/Pot is strong! Mention a combo ? >> > Independent. Red List : >> >> Ok, so that's the end of this. If he's Red List and without a real combat >> discipline / ability besides Pot, he won't be playable at all in a >> straightforward Giovanni deck. One wasted 7-Cap, great ! So let's see if >> his >> special makes him worthwhile, as per Ambrogino Adv : > > Right, Have you heard of Obedience. I hear it does wonders for large > caps. Ok, I won't take into account your "have you heard" crap, and pretend that you were courteous in your remarks, as should be the case between two adult players who know this game well. Obedience is totally counter-intuitive if we want to use this guy's special. And if we don't, why use a rushable 9-Cap ? If we want to go that way Ambrogino is good. Also, Obedience has a narrow window of opportunity, you have to be able to react, if your other guys are midcap they'll be able to use it only against younger, as you well know, so it's not a miracle solution, you know ! There are other defense solutions, I usually include 3 Haven Uncovered in any deck with a Red List, but it has to be well worth it. Enkidu doesn't need that because he's a combat beast. Lorenzo should be one, except that his discipline spread is disappointingon that account. >> > If Lorenzo is ready at the end of combat and the opposing minion is >> > not, >> > Lorenzo may burn 5 blood to move the opposing minion to your ready >> > region >> > (with 1 life for an ally with no life) instead. >> >> Incorporated Graverobbing is nice. 5 blood is 3 more than usual, not so >> nice. On a minion not built for combat and usable only in combats >> involving >> him (and not, for example, as a follow-up to Ignazio's combat) it becomes >> so >> cornercase I'm in pain just thinking about it. What will we do, give him >> For >> ? Hope that our opponents don't play fight and are vulnerable to Pot >> fight ? > > Have you heard of Taste of Vitae? I hear it is a good combo for > potence decks. > Have you heard of Disarm? I also hear it is good for potence decks. You mean for Potence decks which are sure that their 9-Cap will still be ready at the end of the round ? See, that is the problem. With neither For nor Cel nor Pro, my 9-Cap will be vulnerable to a whole lot of things, from Cel-Pot to aggropock (and yes, I know there is Chill of Oblivion, it is far from an easy solution), not to mention Ani LR fight ; so I'm not worried that much about non-combattants, see, he's Red List, and any dedicated combat deck will own him. > I don't want to call your oppinion just a silly rant. You'd better not if you like your redfish uncoocked. > Everyone is > vulnerable to Potence combat. The only thing that stops it is > prevent. I don't see very much of that in the general metagame. Do > you? I see some, but that isn't the problem. You might have heard of a Nec card that goes right through prevent. What I do see a lot in the general metagame is deck with more offensive combat, some of which will be very happy to get a free rush when they want (others, like the Tupdogs, won't care but will still destroy Lorenzo any day). >> Still, with his superior disciplines he would fit in any Gio deck if he >> wasn't Red List. But he is. > > So, are you going to be the first one to "voluteer" your minion to > join his side because that is what it is going to consist. The first > guy who rushes him is going to get spontaneously graverobbed. Hope > you playing with a JImmy Dunn deck, because otherwise entering combat > with Lorenzo "Tutti Fruitti" Detuono is going to do actual POOL DAMAGE > to yourself in the form of a lost minion If I have any well-built combat deck, I think I'll volunteer Lorenzo to join MY side. Of course if he had FOR it would be quite different. >> So, one wasted Family slot. Nice job. Not. > > I'll take this orphan that you don't want in your family, Orpheus. :) Take him and use him, I love to make silly decks too but when I play I want to have a serious chance at winning, even with something original. While I believe it is feasible with Lorenzo, it would require a very heavy setup (like putting For Masters on him, or lots of equip, making him able to seriously intercept and / or rush, etc) which just doesn't seem worth it when other Giovanni are much more dangerous (Ignazio, Sylvia...) and have cards that allow the same effects (Graverob, Daemonic Possession) in a deck where cycling shouldn't be a problem due to Necromancy cards. His special would be a welcome bonus in a real fighty deck, I'm just saying it is on the wrong vampire. >> Makes me wonder about Grouping. The justification for creating Groupin, >> apart from the obvious commercial reason, is to avoid "perfect crypts" >> and >> yet make new, interesting vamps. Now we do have grouping, and yet the >> game >> conceptors seem to behave as if we didn't (especially for the indies) : >> they >> make vamps that are useless in main clan strategies, but open new >> strategies >> (some of which are viable, others not) : Ravnos Pre, Giovanni For etc. ; >> and >> they also give us vampires full of disciplines and specials, but with >> such >> big downsides that we'll never play them : Red Lists, Sonja Blue, Hector >> Trelane, Rabbat... What are they thinking of ?!? > > I hate to be the one to tell you but there are all good decks based > around the "problem areas" you just mentioned. Lots of winning Sonja Blue decks ? Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice ! Where ? > Just because they are > not showing up in the TWDA isn't because they don't exist, but is > really more about "the Swiss School of Thought" being much bigger than > Switzerland. I see it a lot at the NAC, and I don't see a lot of Swiss > citizens there. I see a lot of predictable decks at high levels which > bothers that innovation isn't for the competitive player. You mix things and people up, Norman. If the Swiss School is white and your endless sub-optimal decks are black, then I'm grey. What I like is neither to play what everyone does nor to make decklists that will get pawned more often than not, but to find nice and innovative concepts that can actually work with a bit of tuning. Everyone gets his kicks from where he can. I'll never understand the swiss PoV because to me it's utterly boring, but I still don't have to applaud every time a cornercase vampire hits the lists (especially not when it's in my favourite clan, for which I always entertain high hopes of playable novelties, because I've already tried all the viable strategies available for it). [ quoted text not captured ]

"Orpheus" <orphe...@free.fr> wrote in news:46e150fb$0$21872$426a...@news.free.fr: >>> > Lorenzo Detuono >>> >>> First, I've never heard of the Detuono, not even as faraway cousins. >>> Where >>> does that come from ?? >> >> They don't all have Giovanni as a last name, silly! > > Now you're the Giovanni specialist, uh ? > > Well, most of them do. Very few families outside the Giovanni have > been allowed into the clan. They are the Dunsirn, the Pisanob, the > Milliners, and among the minor families the laibon Ghiberti, the Della > Passaglia, the Rossellini, the Putanesca, and no one else is > mentionned in the Clanbook. I think there are lots of names for > variety in these to pick from, and I'm curious to know if there's a > special reason to include a new name while all the minor families > haven't been mentionned yet in VTES. So, who are you calling silly, > paesano ? B) > Because VTES pwns your backstory now, Bitch. We're writing new canon, here. Deal with it :-) DZ AW

atomweaver wrote: > Because VTES [...]. We're writing new canon, > here. Deal with it :-) Nah. He's not new with his appearance in VTES.

[ quoted text not captured ] Lol. Could be. Or could be they just don't care about background anymore. I'd like to hear that it is some character mentionned somewhere before and that I didn't know about yet. BTW, your house just burned down. Bitch. B) --------- Orpheus, Enzo Giovanni's best friend from college.

On Sep 7, 8:24 am, "Orpheus" <orpheus...@free.fr> wrote: > >> > Lorenzo Detuono > > >> First, I've never heard of the Detuono, not even as faraway cousins. > >> Where > >> does that come from ?? > > > They don't all have Giovanni as a last name, silly! > > Now you're the Giovanni specialist, uh ? It's the only clan that I own both the novel and the clanbook. So yes, I know more than most, like Lorrie Dursirn was sired by a Giovanni., but no, I don't spend every waking moment obsessing about them. > Well, most of them do. Very few families outside the Giovanni have been > allowed into the clan. They are the Dunsirn, the Pisanob, the Milliners, and > among the minor families the laibon Ghiberti, the Della Passaglia, the > Rossellini, the Putanesca, and no one else is mentionned in the Clanbook. I > think there are lots of names for variety in these to pick from, and I'm > curious to know if there's a special reason to include a new name while all > the minor families haven't been mentionned yet in VTES. So, who are you > calling silly, paesano ? B) Don't make me go there, or I will take it to the next level. > >> > Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT > > >> Inferior Aus has never been a catch on a minion with DOM. Dem is > >> interesting > >> if we get other minions with Dem / Nec or Dem / DOM (I don't really > >> believe > >> in Dem / Pot, but who knows ?). > > > Dem/Pot is strong! > > Mention a combo ? Blessings of Chaos + Thrown Sewer Lid. > >> > Independent. Red List : > > >> Ok, so that's the end of this. If he's Red List and without a real combat > >> discipline / ability besides Pot, he won't be playable at all in a > >> straightforward Giovanni deck. One wasted 7-Cap, great ! So let's see if > >> his > >> special makes him worthwhile, as per Ambrogino Adv : > > > Right, Have you heard of Obedience. I hear it does wonders for large > > caps. > > Ok, I won't take into account your "have you heard" crap, and pretend that > you were courteous in your remarks, as should be the case between two adult > players who know this game well. :P, I'm playing a children's game! > Obedience is totally counter-intuitive if we want to use this guy's special. > And if we don't, why use a rushable 9-Cap ? If we want to go that way > Ambrogino is good. Also, Obedience has a narrow window of opportunity, you > have to be able to react, if your other guys are midcap they'll be able to > use it only against younger, as you well know, so it's not a miracle > solution, you know ! Ambrogino is a Snowplow mounted on the front of a Steamroller. I put my 60 card Ambrogino deck in the hands of someone who has never played a Giovanni deck before, didn't know what the cards did, and made it to the finals of our local qualifier to tie for 3rd place. > There are other defense solutions, I usually include 3 Haven Uncovered in > any deck with a Red List, but it has to be well worth it. Enkidu doesn't > need that because he's a combat beast. Lorenzo should be one, except that > his discipline spread is disappointingon that account. How can you say that? Aura Reading, Blessings of Chaos, Thrown Sewer Lid, Torn Signpost, Earth Shock, Thought Betrayed. These are all top tier combat cards (or cards that affect combat). What about Rebirth and Daemonic Possession? > >> > If Lorenzo is ready at the end of combat and the opposing minion is > >> > not, > >> > Lorenzo may burn 5 blood to move the opposing minion to your ready > >> > region > >> > (with 1 life for an ally with no life) instead. > > >> Incorporated Graverobbing is nice. 5 blood is 3 more than usual, not so > >> nice. On a minion not built for combat and usable only in combats > >> involving > >> him (and not, for example, as a follow-up to Ignazio's combat) it becomes > >> so > >> cornercase I'm in pain just thinking about it. What will we do, give him > >> For > >> ? Hope that our opponents don't play fight and are vulnerable to Pot > >> fight ? > > > Have you heard of Taste of Vitae? I hear it is a good combo for > > potence decks. > > Have you heard of Disarm? I also hear it is good for potence decks. > > You mean for Potence decks which are sure that their 9-Cap will still be > ready at the end of the round ? See, that is the problem. With neither For > nor Cel nor Pro, my 9-Cap will be vulnerable to a whole lot of things, from > Cel-Pot to aggropock (and yes, I know there is Chill of Oblivion, it is far > from an easy solution), not to mention Ani LR fight ; so I'm not worried > that much about non-combattants, see, he's Red List, and any dedicated > combat deck will own him. See, I can see a potential aus/NEC Smiling Jack wall deck that pairs up with Harbingers with Society of Leopold/Vampiric Disease/ Graverobbing/Crematorium. > > I don't want to call your oppinion just a silly rant. > > You'd better not if you like your redfish uncoocked. I don't know what that means? It's like a rooster with socks. > > Everyone is > > vulnerable to Potence combat. The only thing that stops it is > > prevent. I don't see very much of that in the general metagame. Do > > you? > > I see some, but that isn't the problem. You might have heard of a Nec card > that goes right through prevent. What I do see a lot in the general metagame > is deck with more offensive combat, some of which will be very happy to get > a free rush when they want (others, like the Tupdogs, won't care but will > still destroy Lorenzo any day). Tupdogs are problematic. Let's hear it for a metagame with more combat! Yeah! > >> Still, with his superior disciplines he would fit in any Gio deck if he > >> wasn't Red List. But he is. > > > So, are you going to be the first one to "voluteer" your minion to > > join his side because that is what it is going to consist. The first > > guy who rushes him is going to get spontaneously graverobbed. Hope > > you playing with a JImmy Dunn deck, because otherwise entering combat > > with Lorenzo "Tutti Fruitti" Detuono is going to do actual POOL DAMAGE > > to yourself in the form of a lost minion > > If I have any well-built combat deck, I think I'll volunteer Lorenzo to join > MY side. Of course if he had FOR it would be quite different. > > >> So, one wasted Family slot. Nice job. Not. > > > I'll take this orphan that you don't want in your family, Orpheus. :) > > Take him and use him, I love to make silly decks too but when I play I want > to have a serious chance at winning, even with something original. While I > believe it is feasible with Lorenzo, it would require a very heavy setup > (like putting For Masters on him, or lots of equip, making him able to > seriously intercept and / or rush, etc) which just doesn't seem worth it > when other Giovanni are much more dangerous (Ignazio, Sylvia...) and have > cards that allow the same effects (Graverob, Daemonic Possession) in a deck > where cycling shouldn't be a problem due to Necromancy cards. ....and how does his special prevent you from playing with those cards? > His special would be a welcome bonus in a real fighty deck, I'm just saying > it is on the wrong vampire. His special is going to be nasty. I would seriously consider replacing Ambrogino with this guy in my power/stealth/bleed deck as he has that nasty special ability and swap out the Spiritual Interventions with Breath of Thanatos. > >> Makes me wonder about Grouping. The justification for creating Groupin, > >> apart from the obvious commercial reason, is to avoid "perfect crypts" > >> and > >> yet make new, interesting vamps. Now we do have grouping, and yet the > >> game > >> conceptors seem to behave as if we didn't (especially for the indies) : > >> they > >> make vamps that are useless in main clan strategies, but open new > >> strategies > >> (some of which are viable, others not) : Ravnos Pre, Giovanni For etc. ; > >> and > >> they also give us vampires full of disciplines and specials, but with > >> such > >> big downsides that we'll never play them : Red Lists, Sonja Blue, Hector > >> Trelane, Rabbat... What are they thinking of ?!? > > > I hate to be the one to tell you but there are all good decks based > > around the "problem areas" you just mentioned. > > Lots of winning Sonja Blue decks ? Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice ! Where ? How many Sonja Blue decks have you built? She is the new Jimmy Dunn, but with way, way better ousting disciplines. > > Just because they are > > not showing up in the TWDA isn't because they don't exist, but is > > really more about "the Swiss School of Thought" being much bigger than > > Switzerland. I see it a lot at the NAC, and I don't see a lot of Swiss > > citizens there. I see a lot of predictable decks at high levels which > > bothers that innovation isn't for the competitive player. > > You mix things and people up, Norman. > > If the Swiss School is white and your endless sub-optimal decks are black, > then I'm grey. Bird crap is grey too. :P > What I like is neither to play what everyone does nor to make decklists that > will get pawned more often than not, but to find nice and innovative > concepts that can actually work with a bit of tuning. Everyone gets his > kicks from where he can. I'll never understand the swiss PoV because to me > it's utterly boring, but I still don't have to applaud every time a > cornercase vampire hits the lists (especially not when it's in my favourite > clan, for which I always entertain high hopes of playable novelties, because > I've already tried all the viable strategies available for it). Try harder. Comments Welocme, [ quoted text not captured ]

Orpheus schrieb: >> Independent. Red List : > > Ok, so that's the end of this. If he's Red List and without a real combat > discipline / ability besides Pot, he won't be playable at all in a > straightforward Giovanni deck. One wasted 7-Cap, great ! So let's see if his > special makes him worthwhile, as per Ambrogino Adv : I don´t think Red List is such a big problem. I have played Mata Hari Decks with 0 combat cards and still nobody cared to rush me most of the time. They will think double-twice (ha!) when you have POT/NEC. And those who can fight can also rush so they don´t even need the Red List. Probably the worst situation could be an Embrace deck coming in with 10 guys, but the players seem to never think of that. The guy should be brutal with Grapple + Dead Hand + Disarm (plus an eventual Signpost if opponent has hitback). -- Johannes Walch

---------------- Top of Ban / Fix List : PTO, Champion, Memories of Mortality. "LSJ" <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message news:tCcEi.8342$924....@newssvr23.news.prodigy.net... > atomweaver wrote: >> Because VTES [...]. We're writing new canon, here. Deal with it :-) > > Nah. He's not new with his appearance in VTES. So, can we have a link to his previous appearance, and if possible know why he was chosen unto the Family ? ------- Orpheus, Family Archivist

Wow, why we hatin'? Quick rant: I've noticed that a lot of people have stated that the new vamps are just not as good as "old" vamps. Well... duh. Throughout the years, this game has been played and played and played. The earlier vamps were created, and guess what, the designers did not have all the answers and made some cards overpowered. No new 11-cap is as good as Arika? Good. That means they learned their lesson. This game is all about diversity, many desks are playable and more importantly fun. If someone ONLY has fun in this game by running around the table with Group 1 Malks Stealth Bleed... then I think its time for new hobby. (At least play the new Assamites / Gangrel Antitribu for god's sake. How the hell did they end up with OBF-DOM??? LOL ) The game designers make new cards to innovate and make us think of new tactics. That's one of the best things of this game. All these types of card games have deck design. VTES has the most diversity in deck design because so many factors have to be taken into consideration. 4-5 players. Offense. Defense. Metagame. Table talk. Just to name a few. Okay, enough on that. End rant. Continuing on: Here's a stupid deck that I made in a couple of minutes with vamp in question: Lorenzo Detuono Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT 9-cap Independent. Red List : If Lorenzo is ready at the end of combat and the opposing minion is not, Lorenzo may burn 5 blood to move the opposing minion to your ready region (with 1 life for an ally with no life) instead. Deck Name: Damned if you do, damned if you don't Created By: Description: A wallish deck. If they tap to attack you, you block and try to get off Lorenzo's special. If they don't, you spirit marionette steal. Obviously needs work but this is to make a point. Enjoy! Crypt: (4 cards, Min: 44, Max: 44, Avg: 11) ------------------------------------------- 4 Saulot dai AUS FOR OBE THA VAL11 Salubri 4 Lorenzo Detuono aus dem DOM NEC POT 9 Giovanni 4 small guys Library: (90 cards) ------------------- Master (19 cards) 3 Dreams of the Sphinx 3 Zillah`s Valley 3 Information Highway 1 Giant`s Blood 2 Blood Doll 4 Heidelberg Castle, Germany 1 Rotschreck 1 Fortitude 1 Vast Wealth Action (14 cards) 7 Spirit Marionette 1 Biothaumaturgic Experiment 3 Renewed Vigor 3 Magic of the Smith Action Modifier (16 cards) 2 Repulsion 7 Freak Drive 7 Neutral Guard Reaction (20 cards) 4 Telepathic Misdirection 2 On the Qui Vive 3 Wake with Evening`s Freshness 2 Fast Reaction 3 Spirit`s Touch 2 Precognition 1 Eagle`s Sight 3 Enhanced Senses Combat (15 cards) 4 Martyr`s Resilience 2 Eye of Unforgiving Heaven 4 Soak 2 Disarm 1 Shared Strength 2 Rolling with the Punches Equipment (3 cards) 1 Flak Jacket 1 Ivory Bow 1 Blow Torch Combo (3 cards) 3 Breath of Thanatos This deck was last saved at 10:11:27 AM on 9/7/2007

>> >> > Lorenzo Detuono >> >> >> First, I've never heard of the Detuono, not even as faraway cousins. >> >> Where >> >> does that come from ?? >> >> > They don't all have Giovanni as a last name, silly! >> >> Now you're the Giovanni specialist, uh ? > > It's the only clan that I own both the novel and the clanbook. Wow, I'm impressed ! Then you already knew that what you were saying was stupid. Not to mention that I never said "he shouldn't exist", I said "where does that come from", meaning I wanted info. So > yes, I know more than most, like Lorrie Dursirn was sired by a > Giovanni., but no, I don't spend every waking moment obsessing about > them. Sure, you already spend every waking moment on this newsgroup or making decks you can't possibly have the time to play. FYI I love Giovanni but have much more important things to do than VTES in my life. I hope for your sake that you do too. >> Well, most of them do. Very few families outside the Giovanni have been >> allowed into the clan. They are the Dunsirn, the Pisanob, the Milliners, >> and >> among the minor families the laibon Ghiberti, the Della Passaglia, the >> Rossellini, the Putanesca, and no one else is mentionned in the Clanbook. >> I >> think there are lots of names for variety in these to pick from, and I'm >> curious to know if there's a special reason to include a new name while >> all >> the minor families haven't been mentionned yet in VTES. So, who are you >> calling silly, paesano ? B) > > Don't make me go there, or I will take it to the next level. You have to be kidding. You begin that stuff by calling me silly, I answer with a joke, and you threaten me to go into a flame war ? Go die and rot somewhere. >> >> > Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT >> >> >> Inferior Aus has never been a catch on a minion with DOM. Dem is >> >> interesting >> >> if we get other minions with Dem / Nec or Dem / DOM (I don't really >> >> believe >> >> in Dem / Pot, but who knows ?). >> >> > Dem/Pot is strong! >> >> Mention a combo ? > > Blessings of Chaos + Thrown Sewer Lid. Great. Making an action that won't twart any combat strategy and then hit for 2 at LR if you're not outmaneuvered and grappled, what a great combo ! Jozxyqk's joke (wow, type that fast 10 times !) about a 10-blood coma + Thoughts Betrayed + instant Graverob is almost more viable ! >> Ok, I won't take into account your "have you heard" crap, and pretend >> that >> you were courteous in your remarks, as should be the case between two >> adult >> players who know this game well. > > :P, I'm playing a children's game! Yes, useless teasing is a child's game. VTES is just a game. >> Obedience is totally counter-intuitive if we want to use this guy's >> special. >> And if we don't, why use a rushable 9-Cap ? If we want to go that way >> Ambrogino is good. Also, Obedience has a narrow window of opportunity, >> you >> have to be able to react, if your other guys are midcap they'll be able >> to >> use it only against younger, as you well know, so it's not a miracle >> solution, you know ! > > Ambrogino is a Snowplow mounted on the front of a Steamroller. I put > my 60 card Ambrogino deck in the hands of someone who has never played > a Giovanni deck before, didn't know what the cards did, and made it to > the finals of our local qualifier to tie for 3rd place. I have no doubt about that. >> There are other defense solutions, I usually include 3 Haven Uncovered in >> any deck with a Red List, but it has to be well worth it. Enkidu doesn't >> need that because he's a combat beast. Lorenzo should be one, except that >> his discipline spread is disappointingon that account. > > How can you say that? Aura Reading, Blessings of Chaos, Thrown Sewer > Lid, Torn Signpost, Earth Shock, Thought Betrayed. > > These are all top tier combat cards (or cards that affect combat). How often have you played with those cards against a real dedicated combat deck ? My guess would be : not often enough. Or if you did, you forgot how painfully you died to Cel/Pot, For/Pot, Pot/Pro, Cel/guns or even just plain Tha. > What about Rebirth Rebirth is good if not directed and no Carlton is in play. Would be great on a real fighter. > and Daemonic Possession? Either you like Lorenzo's special or you don't. Its only advantage is to spare card slots, and for that you have to fight with that vamp. I'd put not DP in a Lorenzo deck, while an Ignazio deck might want one or two (but again : Graverob is better most of the time). >> > Have you heard of Taste of Vitae? I hear it is a good combo for >> > potence decks. >> > Have you heard of Disarm? I also hear it is good for potence decks. >> >> You mean for Potence decks which are sure that their 9-Cap will still be >> ready at the end of the round ? See, that is the problem. With neither >> For >> nor Cel nor Pro, my 9-Cap will be vulnerable to a whole lot of things, >> from >> Cel-Pot to aggropock (and yes, I know there is Chill of Oblivion, it is >> far >> from an easy solution), not to mention Ani LR fight ; so I'm not worried >> that much about non-combattants, see, he's Red List, and any dedicated >> combat deck will own him. > > See, I can see a potential aus/NEC Smiling Jack wall deck that pairs > up with Harbingers with Society of Leopold/Vampiric Disease/ > Graverobbing/Crematorium Great. You don't need Lorenzo for that. And if you go the Pot way the Harbingers will just get in the way. It just won't work more often than not. >> > Everyone is >> > vulnerable to Potence combat. The only thing that stops it is >> > prevent. I don't see very much of that in the general metagame. Do >> > you? >> >> I see some, but that isn't the problem. You might have heard of a Nec >> card >> that goes right through prevent. What I do see a lot in the general >> metagame >> is deck with more offensive combat, some of which will be very happy to >> get >> a free rush when they want (others, like the Tupdogs, won't care but will >> still destroy Lorenzo any day). > > Tupdogs are problematic. Let's hear it for a metagame with more > combat! Yeah! >> > I'll take this orphan that you don't want in your family, Orpheus. :) >> >> Take him and use him, I love to make silly decks too but when I play I >> want >> to have a serious chance at winning, even with something original. While >> I >> believe it is feasible with Lorenzo, it would require a very heavy setup >> (like putting For Masters on him, or lots of equip, making him able to >> seriously intercept and / or rush, etc) which just doesn't seem worth it >> when other Giovanni are much more dangerous (Ignazio, Sylvia...) and have >> cards that allow the same effects (Graverob, Daemonic Possession) in a >> deck >> where cycling shouldn't be a problem due to Necromancy cards. > > ....and how does his special prevent you from playing with those > cards? It prevents you from nothing. Just : if you waste the deckslots, don't waste your time on a so-so vampire and go for a fighting beast like Ignazio or Sylvia !! >> His special would be a welcome bonus in a real fighty deck, I'm just >> saying >> it is on the wrong vampire. > > His special is going to be nasty. I would seriously consider > replacing Ambrogino with this guy in my power/stealth/bleed deck as he > has that nasty special ability and swap out the Spiritual > Interventions with Breath of Thanatos. Great. So you'd swap a guy who once merged will have 3 bleed, 1 stealth and eventually access to Tha for lots of nice things, for another 9-cap with no bleed or stealth bonus, the same weakness, and a combat-oriented special when non-combattants will avoid combat with you and fighters will destroy you ? Fine, I wouldn't ever make such a choice. Lorenzo could work only in very dedicated decks, and it wouldn't be eays either. >> >> Makes me wonder about Grouping. The justification for creating >> >> Groupin, >> >> apart from the obvious commercial reason, is to avoid "perfect crypts" >> >> and >> >> yet make new, interesting vamps. Now we do have grouping, and yet the >> >> game >> >> conceptors seem to behave as if we didn't (especially for the indies) >> >> : >> >> they >> >> make vamps that are useless in main clan strategies, but open new >> >> strategies >> >> (some of which are viable, others not) : Ravnos Pre, Giovanni For etc. >> >> ; >> >> and >> >> they also give us vampires full of disciplines and specials, but with >> >> such >> >> big downsides that we'll never play them : Red Lists, Sonja Blue, >> >> Hector >> >> Trelane, Rabbat... What are they thinking of ?!? >> >> > I hate to be the one to tell you but there are all good decks based >> > around the "problem areas" you just mentioned. >> >> Lots of winning Sonja Blue decks ? Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice ! Where ? > > How many Sonja Blue decks have you built? None, despite the fact that I love the novels she stars in, because her special is wayyyyyyyy too hindering. > She is the new Jimmy Dunn, > but with way, way better ousting disciplines. Sure, and with lots of Diamond Thunderbolts if you ever hope to see here among your own guys. >> > Just because they are >> > not showing up in the TWDA isn't because they don't exist, but is >> > really more about "the Swiss School of Thought" being much bigger than >> > Switzerland. I see it a lot at the NAC, and I don't see a lot of Swiss >> > citizens there. I see a lot of predictable decks at high levels which >> > bothers that innovation isn't for the competitive player. >> >> You mix things and people up, Norman. >> >> If the Swiss School is white and your endless sub-optimal decks are >> black, >> then I'm grey. > > Bird crap is grey too. :P So are some cells of your brain, in theory. The non-rotted ones too. >> I've already tried all the viable strategies available for it). > > Try harder. You sanctimonous prick, go tell someone else what to do. What I said means that I succesfully played more Nec or Giovanni decks than most players out there, so I won't take any lesson from you. ------------ -- Orpheus ---------------- Top of Ban / Fix List : PTO, Champion, Memories of Mortality, X-Zealot.

>>> Independent. Red List : >> >> Ok, so that's the end of this. If he's Red List and without a real combat >> discipline / ability besides Pot, he won't be playable at all in a >> straightforward Giovanni deck. One wasted 7-Cap, great ! So let's see if >> his special makes him worthwhile, as per Ambrogino Adv : > > I don´t think Red List is such a big problem. I have played Mata Hari > Decks with 0 combat cards and still nobody cared to rush me most of the > time. I know, and that's just incredible !! But good players won't forget about it. > They will think double-twice (ha!) when you have POT/NEC. They will if they're not fighters. > And those who can fight can also rush so they don´t even need the Red > List. You always can use a good cardless rush ! > Probably the worst situation could be an Embrace deck coming in with 10 > guys, but the players seem to never think of that. Ani wall / fight ? > The guy should be brutal with Grapple + Dead Hand + Disarm (plus an > eventual Signpost if opponent has hitback). I'd rather play a better combattant and some good cards. -- Orpheus ---------------- Top of Ban / Fix List : PTO, Champion, Memories of Mortality.

On Sep 7, 11:34 am, "Orpheus" wrote: >"LSJ" wrote > > > atomweaver wrote: > >> Because VTES [...]. We're writing new canon, here. Deal with it :-) > > > Nah. He's not new with his appearance in VTES. > > So, can we have a link to his previous appearance, and if possible know why > he was chosen unto the Family ? FWIW, I made a quick Google search and I found a Lorenzo Detuono Rage Tribal War card (from a fan set, I believe): Ally, 4 Lorenzo Detuono Unique. Giovanni Vampire. Mobster. Male. Rage 3, Gnosis 2, Health 4. Requires: Glass Walker Main: Play an Ally from your hand regardless of the requirements on that card. "He was released on his own recognizance. There were no survivors." Abraço, Luiz Mello

Orpheus schrieb: >>>> Independent. Red List : >>> Ok, so that's the end of this. If he's Red List and without a real combat >>> discipline / ability besides Pot, he won't be playable at all in a >>> straightforward Giovanni deck. One wasted 7-Cap, great ! So let's see if >>> his special makes him worthwhile, as per Ambrogino Adv : >> I donŽt think Red List is such a big problem. I have played Mata Hari >> Decks with 0 combat cards and still nobody cared to rush me most of the >> time. > > I know, and that's just incredible !! But good players won't forget about > it. It´s just some Jedi Mind Tricks. You I can teach, if patience you have, my young friend :) Johannes

> Wow, why we hatin'? > > Quick rant: I've noticed that a lot of people have stated that the new > vamps are just not as good as "old" vamps. Well... duh. As far as I'm concerned, the main factor is "good" or "not good enough", sometimes there are better vamps in other groups, sometimes not, that's not the main point. > Okay, enough on that. End rant. I could agree with your rant, mostly : new cards add variety. Now, we don't have to love them without condition, do we ? > Continuing on: Here's a stupid deck that I made in a couple of minutes > with vamp in question: I'm sorry to say that the example you chose is the epithome of what I'm talking about : vamps and cards that have so little synergy together that it's a suicide playing them. I'll point out the cards that you can't play with one of your 20-pts 2-men crypt (yes, I know all about Saulot's special... It's still expensive). > Crypt: (4 cards, Min: 44, Max: 44, Avg: 11) > ------------------------------------------- > 4 Saulot dai AUS FOR OBE THA VAL11 > Salubri Now, if you could play a G2 Matthias would be an infinitely better choice here (I already advocated for no grouping for scarce vamps...). > 4 Lorenzo Detuono aus dem DOM NEC POT 9 Giovanni > 4 small guys > > Library: (90 cards) > ------------------- > Master (19 cards) > 3 Dreams of the Sphinx > 3 Zillah`s Valley > 3 Information Highway > 1 Giant`s Blood > 2 Blood Doll > 4 Heidelberg Castle, Germany > 1 Rotschreck > 1 Fortitude 1 or nothing is the same. > 1 Vast Wealth For 3 equipements, and with 3 Magic of the Smith ? > Action (14 cards) > 7 Spirit Marionette > 1 Biothaumaturgic Experiment > 3 Renewed Vigor > 3 Magic of the Smith All 14 are Saulot only. > > Action Modifier (16 cards) > 2 Repulsion > 7 Freak Drive > 7 Neutral Guard All 16 are Saulot only. > Reaction (20 cards) > 4 Telepathic Misdirection > 2 On the Qui Vive > 3 Wake with Evening`s Freshness > 2 Fast Reaction > 3 Spirit`s Touch > 2 Precognition > 1 Eagle`s Sight > 3 Enhanced Senses > > Combat (15 cards) > 4 Martyr`s Resilience Saulot only, to protect Lorenzo. > 2 Eye of Unforgiving Heaven > 4 Soak 6 more Saulot only. > 2 Disarm > 1 Shared Strength 1 more, to help Lorenzo's absence of For. > 2 Rolling with the Punches 2 more Saulot only. > > Equipment (3 cards) > 1 Flak Jacket > 1 Ivory Bow > 1 Blow Torch > > Combo (3 cards) > 3 Breath of Thanatos 3 Lorenzo only. Looks to me like it's a Saulot deck with a 9-Cap added in the hope to graverob a guy once in a while. I'd rather play better complements to the Big Guy. Now, I'm not saying that no deck can be made around Lorenzo !! What I'm saying is that it requires a very heavy setup, that it would be much easier with a better discipline spread, and that his Red List is the drop that makes the cup spill. -------- Orpheus

Thanks for that Luiz. :-) [ quoted text not captured ]

I have played Mata Hari >>> Decks with 0 combat cards and still nobody cared to rush me most of the >>> time. >> >> I know, and that's just incredible !! But good players won't forget about >> it. > > It´s just some Jedi Mind Tricks. > You I can teach, if patience you have, my young friend :) > > Johannes My Master you are, Master ! -------- Orpheus Padawan

[ quoted text not captured ] I am kidding. That was the Sylvester Stallone quote from Get Carter. Sorry you missed the joke. I hear rotting is not so bad if you have necromancy. > >> >> > Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT > > >> >> Inferior Aus has never been a catch on a minion with DOM. Dem is > >> >> interesting > >> >> if we get other minions with Dem / Nec or Dem / DOM (I don't really > >> >> believe > >> >> in Dem / Pot, but who knows ?). > > >> > Dem/Pot is strong! > > >> Mention a combo ? > > > Blessings of Chaos + Thrown Sewer Lid. > > Great. Making an action that won't twart any combat strategy and then hit > for 2 at LR if you're not outmaneuvered and grappled, what a great combo ! > Jozxyqk's joke (wow, type that fast 10 times !) about a 10-blood coma + > Thoughts Betrayed + instant Graverob is almost more viable ! You asked for a good combo, but apparently in your world everyone plays Cel Pot and Lids are 3 damage at long with a press. Also this combo is immune to Presence/Dominate/Chimerstry/Dementation cards or Action Modifers!!!! or.... Lunatic Eruption, Torn Signpost/IG to play batter-up with your predator's soft targets. or.... Smash and Grab at both pot and dem or.. Kindred Spirits, Conditioning, and Tangle Atropos Hand or... Use Fabrizia Conterez, smallest titled vampire in the game, to Priority Shift so he isn't red list any more or.... The list goes on and on. Damn shame you can't see it > >> Ok, I won't take into account your "have you heard" crap, and pretend > >> that > >> you were courteous in your remarks, as should be the case between two > >> adult > >> players who know this game well. > > > :P, I'm playing a children's game! > > Yes, useless teasing is a child's game. VTES is just a game. Now your getting the idea. > >> Obedience is totally counter-intuitive if we want to use this guy's > >> special. > >> And if we don't, why use a rushable 9-Cap ? If we want to go that way > >> Ambrogino is good. Also, Obedience has a narrow window of opportunity, > >> you > >> have to be able to react, if your other guys are midcap they'll be able > >> to > >> use it only against younger, as you well know, so it's not a miracle > >> solution, you know ! > > > Ambrogino is a Snowplow mounted on the front of a Steamroller. I put > > my 60 card Ambrogino deck in the hands of someone who has never played > > a Giovanni deck before, didn't know what the cards did, and made it to > > the finals of our local qualifier to tie for 3rd place. > > I have no doubt about that. Be Live it. > >> There are other defense solutions, I usually include 3 Haven Uncovered in > >> any deck with a Red List, but it has to be well worth it. Enkidu doesn't > >> need that because he's a combat beast. Lorenzo should be one, except that > >> his discipline spread is disappointingon that account. > > > How can you say that? Aura Reading, Blessings of Chaos, Thrown Sewer > > Lid, Torn Signpost, Earth Shock, Thought Betrayed. > > > These are all top tier combat cards (or cards that affect combat). > > How often have you played with those cards against a real dedicated combat > deck ? My guess would be : not often enough. Or if you did, you forgot how > painfully you died to Cel/Pot, For/Pot, Pot/Pro, Cel/guns or even just plain > Tha. > > > What about Rebirth > > Rebirth is good if not directed and no Carlton is in play. Would be great on > a real fighter. you can sack Carton and Daemonically Possess him too. > > and Daemonic Possession? > > Either you like Lorenzo's special or you don't. Its only advantage is to > spare card slots, and for that you have to fight with that vamp. I'd put not > DP in a Lorenzo deck, while an Ignazio deck might want one or two (but again > : Graverob is better most of the time). I like him. I wouldn't base a deck around his special, but rather use his special to rip some player's key vampire out of their deck. How can you run an Arika deck without Arika, or Beast rush without Beast or Saulot juicebox without Saulot? He can stealth rush fairly easily. You could even use him with the intercept allies and Fast Reaction.... Carlton, Harzamatouli, High Top > >> > Have you heard of Taste of Vitae? I hear it is a good combo for > >> > potence decks. > >> > Have you heard of Disarm? I also hear it is good for potence decks. > > >> You mean for Potence decks which are sure that their 9-Cap will still be > >> ready at the end of the round ? See, that is the problem. With neither > >> For > >> nor Cel nor Pro, my 9-Cap will be vulnerable to a whole lot of things, > >> from > >> Cel-Pot to aggropock (and yes, I know there is Chill of Oblivion, it is > >> far > >> from an easy solution), not to mention Ani LR fight ; so I'm not worried > >> that much about non-combattants, see, he's Red List, and any dedicated > >> combat deck will own him. > > > See, I can see a potential aus/NEC Smiling Jack wall deck that pairs > > up with Harbingers with Society of Leopold/Vampiric Disease/ > > Graverobbing/Crematorium > > Great. You don't need Lorenzo for that. And if you go the Pot way the > Harbingers will just get in the way. It just won't work more often than not. Potence is easy to get... Hand of Conrad, skill cards, Zygodat? [ quoted text not captured ] You can do that too... I hear Govern the Unaligned does wonders for getting large vampires out into play. > >> His special would be a welcome bonus in a real fighty deck, I'm just > >> saying > >> it is on the wrong vampire. > > > His special is going to be nasty. I would seriously consider > > replacing Ambrogino with this guy in my power/stealth/bleed deck as he > > has that nasty special ability and swap out the Spiritual > > Interventions with Breath of Thanatos. > > Great. So you'd swap a guy who once merged will have 3 bleed, 1 stealth and > eventually access to Tha for lots of nice things, for another 9-cap with no > bleed or stealth bonus, the same weakness, and a combat-oriented special > when non-combattants will avoid combat with you and fighters will destroy > you ? Fine, I wouldn't ever make such a choice. ...and you would never learn from making such a choice. > Lorenzo could work only in very dedicated decks, and it wouldn't be eays > either. Lorenzo would work in lots of decks. Especially the uber popular pot- dom decks I see floating around. [ quoted text not captured ] If someone steals her then you just influence out another, watch the old copy burn, and during your untap collect 4 pool when you gain control of her. Havent' you heard she is better than Jimmy Dunn. > >> > Just because they are > >> > not showing up in the TWDA isn't because they don't exist, but is > >> > really more about "the Swiss School of Thought" being much bigger than > >> > Switzerland. I see it a lot at the NAC, and I don't see a lot of Swiss > >> > citizens there. I see a lot of predictable decks at high levels which > >> > bothers that innovation isn't for the competitive player. > > >> You mix things and people up, Norman. > > >> If the Swiss School is white and your endless sub-optimal decks are > >> black, > >> then I'm grey. > > > Bird crap is grey too. :P > > So are some cells of your brain, in theory. The non-rotted ones too. My grey matter is a splatter of tatters like the Mad Hatter's cookie batter. > >> I've already tried all the viable strategies available for it). > > > Try harder. > > You sanctimonous prick, go tell someone else what to do. What I said means >that I succesfully played more Nec or Giovanni decks than most players out >there, so I won't take any lesson from you. You haven't tried one with Lorenzo.... Comments Welcome, Norman S. Brown, Jr XZealot Archon of the Swamp And you are a

On Sep 7, 7:13 am, "Orpheus" <orpheus...@free.fr> wrote: > >> Lorenzo Detuono > > Wait, I thought he was 7-Cap but he's 9-Cap !! > > Really, really not worth it then. except of course if there is a new, > non-expensive NEc card that prevents like hell. > > > First, I've never heard of the Detuono, not even as faraway cousins. Where > > does that come from ?? > > >> Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT > > > Still, with his superior disciplines he would fit in any Gio deck if he > > wasn't Red List. > > Forget that, at 9-Cap I wouldn't play him in a deck not built around him, > even without his Red List. Wow, that one is so useless it's hard to even > begin describing it... > > ---------- > Very Disappointed Orpheus Agreed. Gaining control of oposing minions is strong, but this is a 9 Cap Red List here. He has 8 points in disciplines, so we're claiming that his ability is worth the extra capacity and the redlist trait... um... that's a stretch...

Orpheus wrote: >> Lorenzo Detuono > > First, I've never heard of the Detuono, not even as faraway cousins. Where > does that come from ?? > >> Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT > > Inferior Aus has never been a catch on a minion with DOM. Nose of the Hound. best - chris -- Super Fun Cards http://stores.ebay.com/superfuncards/ auct...@superfuncards.com

"Orpheus" <orphe...@free.fr> wrote in news:46e1566d$0$18284$426a...@news.free.fr: >> Because VTES pwns your backstory now, Bitch. We're writing new >> canon, here. Deal with it :-) > > Lol. > > Could be. Or could be they just don't care about background anymore. > > I'd like to hear that it is some character mentionned somewhere before > and that I didn't know about yet. > He's Emerson Wilkishire's gardener... What? Well that's what i heard... > BTW, your house just burned down. Bitch. B) Damn you, Google Earth!!! Now, everybody can nuke me house. DaveZ

>>> Because VTES pwns your backstory now, Bitch. We're writing new >>> canon, here. Deal with it :-) >> >> Lol. >> >> Could be. Or could be they just don't care about background anymore. >> >> I'd like to hear that it is some character mentionned somewhere before >> and that I didn't know about yet. >> > > He's Emerson Wilkishire's gardener... What? Well that's what i heard... Re-lol. >> BTW, your house just burned down. Bitch. B) > > Damn you, Google Earth!!! Now, everybody can nuke me house. > > DaveZ Re-re-lol. Orphelol.

>>> Lorenzo Detuono >> >> First, I've never heard of the Detuono, not even as faraway cousins. >> Where does that come from ?? >> >>> Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT >> >> Inferior Aus has never been a catch on a minion with DOM. > > > Nose of the Hound. Ok, that's a valid point. I'll remember that for Baldesar Rosselini. ;-) [ quoted text not captured ]

Orpheus wrote: > You know what ? I've preparred this post before the image appeared, because > if this wasn't a Giovanni I didn't know who it could be !! :-) > > Lorenzo Detuono > Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT > Independent. Red List : If Lorenzo is ready at the end of combat and the > opposing minion is not, Lorenzo may burn 5 blood to move the opposing minion > to your ready region (with 1 life for an ally with no life) instead. > > Comments follow... Deck Name: Lorenzo's Gold Created By: shorb Description: New deck with new Giovanni. Lorenzo Detuono Group 5 Capacity 9 Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT Independent. Red List : If Lorenzo is ready at the end of combat and the opposing minion is not, Lorenzo may burn 5 blood to move the opposing minion to your ready region (with 1 life for an ally with no life) instead. Auspex block deck. I am considering putting in some Fast Reactions for Lorenzo to use. Maybe better to put in a bunch of maneuvers and throw lids instead? Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 11, Max: 36, Avg: 5.83) ---------------------------------------------- 2 Lorenzo Detuono aus dem DOM NEC POT 9 Giovanni 1 Marge Khan aus for DEM OBF POT7 Malkavian Antitribu 1 Persephone Tar-Anis cel pot AUS DEM OBF8 Malkavian Antitribu 2 Harold Zettler vic AUS DEM OBF POT9 Malkavian Antitribu 2 Alicia Barrows AUS DEM OBF POT PRE9 Malkavian Antitribu 2 Fabrizia Contreraz dem pot 4 Malkavian Antitribu 1 Kamaria aus pot 3 Osebo 1 Ismitta aus cel pot 4 Osebo Library: (90 cards) ------------------- Master (15 cards) 2 Trophy: Hunting Ground 3 Blood Doll 2 Fame 1 KRCG News Radio 1 WMRH Talk Radio 1 Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The 1 Direct Intervention 1 Rack, The 1 Smiling Jack, The Anarch 2 Minion Tap Action (15 cards) 3 Nose of the Hound 2 Bum`s Rush 2 Blessing of Chaos 3 Red List 2 Priority Shift 3 Kindred Spirits Action Modifier (3 cards) 3 Eyes of Chaos Reaction (34 cards) 10 Forced Awakening 7 Telepathic Misdirection 8 Spirit`s Touch 3 Eagle`s Sight 3 Enhanced Senses 3 Precognition Combat (22 cards) 3 Coma 5 Taste of Vitae 7 Torn Signpost 7 Earthshock Event (1 cards) 1 Uncoiling, The This deck was last saved at 10:33:36 AM on 9/7/2007 [ quoted text not captured ]

>> > Don't make me go there, or I will take it to the next level. >> >> You have to be kidding. You begin that stuff by calling me silly, I >> answer >> with a joke, and you threaten me to go into a flame war ? Go die and rot >> somewhere. > > I am kidding. That was the Sylvester Stallone quote from Get Carter. > Sorry you missed the joke. Sorry too. Not a big Stallone fan. And that sort of put me on the edge for the rest of the post, so next time be sure to add a smiley. > I hear rotting is not so bad if you have necromancy. It isn't bad for the one with necromancy, never too good for the rotting one though... It's so hard to find a good body nowadays ! >> >> > Dem/Pot is strong! >> >> >> Mention a combo ? >> >> > Blessings of Chaos + Thrown Sewer Lid. >> >> Great. Making an action that won't twart any combat strategy and then hit >> for 2 at LR if you're not outmaneuvered and grappled, what a great combo >> ! >> Jozxyqk's joke (wow, type that fast 10 times !) about a 10-blood coma + >> Thoughts Betrayed + instant Graverob is almost more viable ! > > You asked for a good combo, but apparently in your world everyone > plays Cel Pot and Lids are 3 damage at long with a press. No, but the ones who play combat in my world don't play half-combat. If you go the "Dem anti-discipline" way, I'd much prefer Mind of a Child, wouldn't you ? Of course, it would require an action probably in the same turn, can I can see something emerging here (nothing too shocking). > Also this > combo is immune to Presence/Dominate/Chimerstry/Dementation cards or > Action Modifers!!!! Not my biggest worry if I play Pot / Dom. > or.... > > Lunatic Eruption, Torn Signpost/IG to play batter-up with your > predator's soft targets. You might as well use rushes, it costs 2 less blood, gives more options (maneuveur, press)... > or.... > > Smash and Grab at both pot and dem Feasible, knowing that Gear Up is one of the best reasons to become Anarch, but if I go the Dem bleed way it would be for the D bleed (a rush in itself). > or.. > > Kindred Spirits, Conditioning, It was fine until then ;-) > and Tangle Atropos Hand As you can only use it at Pot, might as well play Change of Target ; and there is stealth available in Dem, plus you say he's a bruiser, so I wouldn't go that way. > or... > > Use Fabrizia Conterez, smallest titled vampire in the game, to > Priority Shift so he isn't red list any more Lots of trouble because of that Red List, just as I said : you can get rid of it but it is immensely bothersome, so the vamp has to be very wel worth it. > or.... > > The list goes on and on. Damn shame you can't see it I see infinite possibilities ; just very few that wouls actually work either in a friendly environment (usually lots of fighters) or in a competitive environment (optimised decks, even the original ones). (cut teasing crap) (cut Ambrogino's well-deserved eulogy) >> > What about Rebirth >> >> Rebirth is good if not directed and no Carlton is in play. Would be great >> on >> a real fighter. > > you can sack Carton and Daemonically Possess him too. lol. Sure. >> > and Daemonic Possession? >> >> Either you like Lorenzo's special or you don't. Its only advantage is to >> spare card slots, and for that you have to fight with that vamp. I'd put >> not >> DP in a Lorenzo deck, while an Ignazio deck might want one or two (but >> again >> : Graverob is better most of the time). > > I like him. I wouldn't base a deck around his special, but rather use > his special to rip some player's key vampire out of their deck. I think in order to work he needs a lot of focusing in the deck, and that's exactly my point : he's too expensive and risky for that. Of course, if you have no desire to win you can try almost anything. > How > can you run an Arika deck without Arika, or Beast rush without Beast > or Saulot juicebox without Saulot? Granted, obviously. If / when you succeed with Lorenzo it even goes farther, because not only does your opponent not have his vamp, but you have him instead ! Of course, Beast will have every chance to disarm you first, but that's exactly what I've been talking about the whole time (oh, and Saulot might get you too or just pawn your IG). > He can stealth rush fairly easily. You could even use him with the > intercept allies and Fast Reaction.... Yes, that's one of the best ideas yet on this thread. > Carlton, Harzamatouli, High > Top >> >> > Have you heard of Taste of Vitae? I hear it is a good combo for >> >> > potence decks. >> >> > Have you heard of Disarm? I also hear it is good for potence decks. >> > See, I can see a potential aus/NEC Smiling Jack wall deck that pairs >> > up with Harbingers with Society of Leopold/Vampiric Disease/ >> > Graverobbing/Crematorium >> >> Great. You don't need Lorenzo for that. And if you go the Pot way the >> Harbingers will just get in the way. It just won't work more often than >> not. > > Potence is easy to get... Hand of Conrad, skill cards, Zygodat? Sure, everything can be done. I can run a Cel/Pot deck with Nik and Nedal and lots of Master cards, it just won't work (easily). The difference between a good and a bad deck is just the amount of setup it requires. See, most Anarch decks were bad before Powerbase LA, because setting up Anarchs requires lots of cards and that you needed something more than usual to discard them. Anarchs are still pretty rough to play, but some concepts are now viable because they are worth the setup. I just don't believe, on the whole, that most of the concepts you present us with are worth the setup. >> > ....and how does his special prevent you from playing with those >> > cards? >> >> It prevents you from nothing. Just : if you waste the deckslots, don't >> waste >> your time on a so-so vampire and go for a fighting beast like Ignazio or >> Sylvia !! > > You can do that too... I hear Govern the Unaligned does wonders for > getting large vampires out into play. So you heard. Me, I've played decks with Dom and big fighting vamps, and it's always hard to get 2 of them out (like Ignazio and Baldesar) and fare well in the game. Besides, Lorenzo's special works only when *he* is in combat, and that's a big part of my point too. >> Great. So you'd swap a guy who once merged will have 3 bleed, 1 stealth >> and >> eventually access to Tha for lots of nice things, for another 9-cap with >> no >> bleed or stealth bonus, the same weakness, and a combat-oriented special >> when non-combattants will avoid combat with you and fighters will destroy >> you ? Fine, I wouldn't ever make such a choice. > > ...and you would never learn from making such a choice. Man, I've played so many crappy decks you wouldn't believe it. I've even made some finals with decks which shouldn't have had a chance of the smallest VP. Still, I know a crappy deck when I see one (I just might be tempted to try it out anyway, as you seem to be). So I learn what I can, let's each keep our house the way we want it (mine is messy). >> Lorenzo could work only in very dedicated decks, and it wouldn't be eays >> either. > > Lorenzo would work in lots of decks. Especially the uber popular pot- > dom decks I see floating around. The Pot-Dom decks usually involve midcaps so that when they fly around it's no big deal ; or they have For and it's not the same at all. You should try them out, you would see what I mean. Especially in a fighty environment. >> >> > I hate to be the one to tell you but there are all good decks based >> >> > around the "problem areas" you just mentioned. >> >> >> Lots of winning Sonja Blue decks ? Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice ! Where ? >> >> > How many Sonja Blue decks have you built? >> >> None, despite the fact that I love the novels she stars in, because her >> special is wayyyyyyyy too hindering. >> >> > She is the new Jimmy Dunn, >> > but with way, way better ousting disciplines. >> >> Sure, and with lots of Diamond Thunderbolts if you ever hope to see here >> among your own guys. > > If someone steals her then you just influence out another, watch the > old copy burn, and during your untap collect 4 pool when you gain > control of her. Havent' you heard she is better than Jimmy Dunn. She has very good disciplines, and a nifty special. Trouble is that without the DT in hand you can't even act once with her before she gets stolen (your pred will surely do it knowing that you built the deck around her, while the rest of the table probably won't so you won't see her again and will have to burn her the way you said). A good vamp that you can't use is no use. >> >> If the Swiss School is white and your endless sub-optimal decks are >> >> black, >> >> then I'm grey. >> >> > Bird crap is grey too. :P >> >> So are some cells of your brain, in theory. The non-rotted ones too. > > My grey matter is a splatter of tatters like the Mad Hatter's cookie > batter. That was actually funny. (snip the part where it gets to my nerves) >> What I said means that I succesfully played more Nec or Giovanni decks >> than most players out >>there, so I won't take any lesson from you. > > You haven't tried one with Lorenzo.... Not yet, sure, he isn't out ! I just don't allow you to judge what I've played until now in Nec (I'll spare you the list and the results). His special makes it tempting to try something out, for the sake of trying, but it just won't work as well as a good deck should. And anyway I've got a good excuse not to play him : he's not even Family ! B) > And you are a Sure I am ! -- Orpheus ---------------- Top of Ban / Fix List : PTO, Champion, Memories of Mortality.

librarian <auct...@superfuncards.com> wrote in news:EZfEi.31417$L_7....@newsfe16.phx: [ quoted text not captured ] Where's the Giant's Blood? Cannot imagine a Lorenzo deck without one, meself... DZ AW

On Sep 7, 6:59 pm, "Orpheus" <orpheus...@free.fr> wrote: > And anyway I've got a good excuse not to play him : he's not even Family ! Says you? Shlomo Rothstein <9> (:1911) Progeny of Julietta Putanesca. Capo of Las Vegas. [NoP] Dr. Oliver Genet <11> (1939:1987) Progeny of Lucretia. [CbN2] Paul DiCarlo <12> (:1930) [GC4] Luisa Calabria <?> [RaAu] Those are all examples that not every Giovanni's name is... well, Giovanni :P

On Sep 7, 12:59 pm, "Orpheus" <orpheus...@free.fr> wrote: > >> > Don't make me go there, or I will take it to the next level. > > >> You have to be kidding. You begin that stuff by calling me silly, I > >> answer > >> with a joke, and you threaten me to go into a flame war ? Go die and rot > >> somewhere. > > > I am kidding. That was the Sylvester Stallone quote from Get Carter. > > Sorry you missed the joke. > > Sorry too. Not a big Stallone fan. And that sort of put me on the edge for > the rest of the post, so next time be sure to add a smiley. Very Giovanni, but totally B-grade movie (like all Stalone movies) > > I hear rotting is not so bad if you have necromancy. > > It isn't bad for the one with necromancy, never too good for the rotting one > though... It's so hard to find a good body nowadays ! ...but a hard body is good to find! > >> >> > Dem/Pot is strong! > > >> >> Mention a combo ? > > >> > Blessings of Chaos + Thrown Sewer Lid. > > >> Great. Making an action that won't twart any combat strategy and then hit > >> for 2 at LR if you're not outmaneuvered and grappled, what a great combo > >> ! > >> Jozxyqk's joke (wow, type that fast 10 times !) about a 10-blood coma + > >> Thoughts Betrayed + instant Graverob is almost more viable ! > > > You asked for a good combo, but apparently in your world everyone > > plays Cel Pot and Lids are 3 damage at long with a press. > > No, but the ones who play combat in my world don't play half-combat. I do and it works. > If you go the "Dem anti-discipline" way, I'd much prefer Mind of a Child, > wouldn't you ? Of course, it would require an action probably in the same > turn, can I can see something emerging here (nothing too shocking). > > > Also this > > combo is immune to Presence/Dominate/Chimerstry/Dementation cards or > > Action Modifers!!!! > > Not my biggest worry if I play Pot / Dom. > > > or.... > > > Lunatic Eruption, Torn Signpost/IG to play batter-up with your > > predator's soft targets. > > You might as well use rushes, it costs 2 less blood, gives more options > (maneuveur, press)... Why when you can have Arika/Queen Anne/Etrius or any other bleedzooka rush your fighters, every turn. > > or.... > > > Smash and Grab at both pot and dem > > Feasible, knowing that Gear Up is one of the best reasons to become Anarch, > but if I go the Dem bleed way it would be for the D bleed (a rush in > itself). > > > or.. > > > Kindred Spirits, Conditioning, > > It was fine until then ;-) > > > and Tangle Atropos Hand > > As you can only use it at Pot, might as well play Change of Target ; and > there is stealth available in Dem, plus you say he's a bruiser, so I > wouldn't go that way. Except with Tangle you can bleed again > > or... > > > Use Fabrizia Conterez, smallest titled vampire in the game, to > > Priority Shift so he isn't red list any more > > Lots of trouble because of that Red List, just as I said : you can get rid > of it but it is immensely bothersome, so the vamp has to be very wel worth > it. don't hate him because he has a hot brazillian girlfriend! > > or.... > > > The list goes on and on. Damn shame you can't see it > > I see infinite possibilities ; just very few that wouls actually work either > in a friendly environment (usually lots of fighters) or in a competitive > environment (optimised decks, even the original ones). > >> > and Daemonic Possession? > > >> Either you like Lorenzo's special or you don't. Its only advantage is to > >> spare card slots, and for that you have to fight with that vamp. I'd put > >> not > >> DP in a Lorenzo deck, while an Ignazio deck might want one or two (but > >> again > >> : Graverob is better most of the time). > > > I like him. I wouldn't base a deck around his special, but rather use > > his special to rip some player's key vampire out of their deck. > > I think in order to work he needs a lot of focusing in the deck, and that's > exactly my point : he's too expensive and risky for that. Of course, if you > have no desire to win you can try almost anything. Then you can win without trying. It's called transcendence. [ quoted text not captured ] You too? I have one that is all Sewer Lids, Backsteps and 1 cap Panders where JImmy Dunn Sanguine Instructs Potence onto all the Panders. Nothing gets table hate like pancaking your first prey by turn 5. > The difference > between a good and a bad deck is just the amount of setup it requires. See, > most Anarch decks were bad before Powerbase LA, because setting up Anarchs > requires lots of cards and that you needed something more than usual to > discard them. Anarchs are still pretty rough to play, but some concepts are > now viable because they are worth the setup. I just don't believe, on the > whole, that most of the concepts you present us with are worth the setup. One word.... Anarch Revolt, its taking combat to a whole new level. > >> > ....and how does his special prevent you from playing with those > >> > cards? > > >> It prevents you from nothing. Just : if you waste the deckslots, don't > >> waste > >> your time on a so-so vampire and go for a fighting beast like Ignazio or > >> Sylvia !! > > > You can do that too... I hear Govern the Unaligned does wonders for > > getting large vampires out into play. > > So you heard. Me, I've played decks with Dom and big fighting vamps, and > it's always hard to get 2 of them out (like Ignazio and Baldesar) and fare > well in the game. Besides, Lorenzo's special works only when *he* is in > combat, and that's a big part of my point too. Not me, just drag as many minions onto the table as possible while bouncing as much bleed as possible to grind up your prey. > >> Lorenzo could work only in very dedicated decks, and it wouldn't be eays > >> either. > > > Lorenzo would work in lots of decks. Especially the uber popular pot- > > dom decks I see floating around. > > The Pot-Dom decks usually involve midcaps so that when they fly around it's > no big deal ; or they have For and it's not the same at all. You should try > them out, you would see what I mean. Especially in a fighty environment. All the Pot-Dom guy has to do is pull off one Govern at supeior and he has reduced his own cost by 3 pool. At that point in time you can just toss him into the fire. > >> >> > I hate to be the one to tell you but there are all good decks based > >> >> > around the "problem areas" you just mentioned. > > >> >> Lots of winning Sonja Blue decks ? Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice ! Where ? > > >> > How many Sonja Blue decks have you built? > > >> None, despite the fact that I love the novels she stars in, because her > >> special is wayyyyyyyy too hindering. > > >> > She is the new Jimmy Dunn, > >> > but with way, way better ousting disciplines. > > >> Sure, and with lots of Diamond Thunderbolts if you ever hope to see here > >> among your own guys. > > > If someone steals her then you just influence out another, watch the > > old copy burn, and during your untap collect 4 pool when you gain > > control of her. Havent' you heard she is better than Jimmy Dunn. > > She has very good disciplines, and a nifty special. Trouble is that without > the DT in hand you can't even act once with her before she gets stolen (your > pred will surely do it knowing that you built the deck around her, while the > rest of the table probably won't so you won't see her again and will have to > burn her the way you said). A good vamp that you can't use is no use. Do you not know the combo? Influence Sonya Blue into play- Gain 4 pool Your Predator steals Sonya Blue Influence another Sonya Blue into play Gain 4 pool Your Predator's Sonya Blue goes up in smoke Yours stays in play-contested. During your Untap- Sonya Blue is no longer contested Rinse Repeat until your predator gets sick of taking her. [ quoted text not captured ]

On Sep 7, 9:21 pm, XZealot <xzea...@cox.net> wrote: > Do you not know the combo? > > Influence Sonya Blue into play- Gain 4 pool > Your Predator steals Sonya Blue > Influence another Sonya Blue into play Gain 4 pool > Your Predator's Sonya Blue goes up in smoke > Yours stays in play-contested. > During your Untap- Sonya Blue is no longer contested > > Rinse Repeat until your predator gets sick of taking her. > I don't get it. Why does your predator get sick of taking her? Your predator can pay 1 pool to force you to pay 1 pool and prevent you from having any Vampires. Kevin Walsh

[ quoted text not captured ] So how many decks do you own that are capable of going through 26 pool (assuming 4 copies of Sonja Blue) from your first prey and still win the game? Don't you think your grandprey will be doing well as you have virtually eliminated his predator? [ quoted text not captured ]

>> And anyway I've got a good excuse not to play him : he's not even Family >> ! > > Says you? Yes, it's exactly what I meant, and what a Giovanni would mean : he's of the Clan (the family) but not of the original Giovanni (the Family) ! :-) > Shlomo Rothstein <9> (:1911) Progeny of Julietta Putanesca. Capo of > Las Vegas. [NoP] > > Dr. Oliver Genet <11> (1939:1987) Progeny of Lucretia. [CbN2] > > Paul DiCarlo <12> (:1930) [GC4] > > Luisa Calabria <?> [RaAu] Those are outbreed of the Putanesca line, a very minor and ill-considered branch of the giovanni. No surprise that they embrace just anyone they like. The mix between mortal and vampiric lines is typical of the original Giovanni line, although some more recent branches might keep it too (like the Dunsirn). > Those are all examples that not every Giovanni's name is... well, > Giovanni :P Yes, we already knew that. But what it shows about which lines do what is interesting. Still, I wonder who embraced Mr Detuono... ---------- Orpheus

>> > I am kidding. That was the Sylvester Stallone quote from Get Carter. >> > Sorry you missed the joke. > Very Giovanni, but totally B-grade movie (like all Stalone movies) Copland ? >> > I hear rotting is not so bad if you have necromancy. >> >> It isn't bad for the one with necromancy, never too good for the rotting >> one >> though... It's so hard to find a good body nowadays ! > > ...but a hard body is good to find! lol. >> > You asked for a good combo, but apparently in your world everyone >> > plays Cel Pot and Lids are 3 damage at long with a press. >> >> No, but the ones who play combat in my world don't play half-combat. > > I do and it works. Depends on the metagame then. >> > Kindred Spirits, Conditioning, >> >> It was fine until then ;-) >> >> > and Tangle Atropos Hand >> >> As you can only use it at Pot, might as well play Change of Target ; and >> there is stealth available in Dem, plus you say he's a bruiser, so I >> wouldn't go that way. > > Except with Tangle you can bleed again Ok. I still think the stealth way is better though, because if you leave the guy untapped your problem still lingers. >> > or... >> >> > Use Fabrizia Conterez, smallest titled vampire in the game, to >> > Priority Shift so he isn't red list any more >> >> Lots of trouble because of that Red List, just as I said : you can get >> rid >> of it but it is immensely bothersome, so the vamp has to be very wel >> worth >> it. > > don't hate him because he has a hot brazillian girlfriend! Lol. I prefer hot spanish gypsies (I met in Barcelona Joaquina Amaya's twin...). >> I think in order to work he needs a lot of focusing in the deck, and >> that's >> exactly my point : he's too expensive and risky for that. Of course, if >> you >> have no desire to win you can try almost anything. > > Then you can win without trying. It's called transcendence. Or 0 VP. ;-) >> > Potence is easy to get... Hand of Conrad, skill cards, Zygodat? >> >> Sure, everything can be done. I can run a Cel/Pot deck with Nik and Nedal >> and lots of Master cards, it just won't work (easily). > > You too? I have one that is all Sewer Lids, Backsteps and 1 cap > Panders where JImmy Dunn Sanguine Instructs Potence onto all the > Panders. Nothing gets table hate like pancaking your first prey by > turn 5. > >> The difference >> between a good and a bad deck is just the amount of setup it requires. >> See, >> most Anarch decks were bad before Powerbase LA, because setting up >> Anarchs >> requires lots of cards and that you needed something more than usual to >> discard them. Anarchs are still pretty rough to play, but some concepts >> are >> now viable because they are worth the setup. I just don't believe, on the >> whole, that most of the concepts you present us with are worth the setup. > > One word.... Anarch Revolt, its taking combat to a whole new level. That's two words. ;-) I have planned to try an Anarch Revolt rush deck, if only because it is among the rare things that the Imbued really fear, even crosstable (you don't need to rush them of course)... >> > You can do that too... I hear Govern the Unaligned does wonders for >> > getting large vampires out into play. >> >> So you heard. Me, I've played decks with Dom and big fighting vamps, and >> it's always hard to get 2 of them out (like Ignazio and Baldesar) and >> fare >> well in the game. Besides, Lorenzo's special works only when *he* is in >> combat, and that's a big part of my point too. > > Not me, just drag as many minions onto the table as possible while > bouncing as much bleed as possible to grind up your prey. I don't get what the "not me" refers too : you never played such decks, never had any trouble playing them ? If so, your metagame must be ways more cuddlebear than mine. >> The Pot-Dom decks usually involve midcaps so that when they fly around >> it's >> no big deal ; or they have For and it's not the same at all. You should >> try >> them out, you would see what I mean. Especially in a fighty environment. > > All the Pot-Dom guy has to do is pull off one Govern at supeior and he > has reduced his own cost by 3 pool. At that point in time you can > just toss him into the fire. Can you, really ? I wouldn't say so. There are lots of ways to manage your pool and minions, Govern is a pretty good one but it doesn't do miracles either. It must be part of a bigger strategy, and if you do Governs from your 9-Cap to your 8-cap while your pred does the same with his midcaps, you'll die fast enough. >>Sonja Blue > > Do you not know the combo? > > Influence Sonya Blue into play- Gain 4 pool > Your Predator steals Sonya Blue > Influence another Sonya Blue into play Gain 4 pool > Your Predator's Sonya Blue goes up in smoke > Yours stays in play-contested. > During your Untap- Sonya Blue is no longer contested > > Rinse Repeat until your predator gets sick of taking her. Is it all worth the bother ? I mean, Jimmy Dunn can do well enough without that type of problems... What bothers me more is that I'd like to include her in decks with her disciplines, but with other minions. From what you said it appears clearly enough that we're talking mono-minion decks. Will have to try that out one of those days, though. The major problem that I see, though, is that while you get stolen and contested you have no minion to act with, and that can't be good - except for your prey of course. [ quoted text not captured ]

On Sep 8, 10:34 am, "Orpheus" <orpheus...@free.fr> wrote: > >> > I am kidding. That was the Sylvester Stallone quote from Get Carter. > >> > Sorry you missed the joke. > > Very Giovanni, but totally B-grade movie (like all Stalone movies) > > Copland ? Different Movie... [ quoted text not captured ] Yep, weenie fortitude with Eye of Hazimel or skank-monkey imbued milk- suckers or Osebo Sewer Lid-Death of MY Consience HIgh Impact Intercept. Yep, we're having a big Care Bear Love Festival over here. > >> The Pot-Dom decks usually involve midcaps so that when they fly around > >> it's > >> no big deal ; or they have For and it's not the same at all. You should > >> try > >> them out, you would see what I mean. Especially in a fighty environment. > > > All the Pot-Dom guy has to do is pull off one Govern at supeior and he > > has reduced his own cost by 3 pool. At that point in time you can > > just toss him into the fire. > > Can you, really ? I wouldn't say so. There are lots of ways to manage your > pool and minions, Govern is a pretty good one but it doesn't do miracles > either. It must be part of a bigger strategy, and if you do Governs from > your 9-Cap to your 8-cap while your pred does the same with his midcaps, > you'll die fast enough. See here is where his special comes into play..... If they are governing out with someone, then you just grab him and toss him in the trunk. > >>Sonja Blue > > Rinse Repeat until your predator gets sick of taking her. > > Is it all worth the bother ? I mean, Jimmy Dunn can do well enough without > that type of problems... ...but Jimmy doesn't have dominate. > What bothers me more is that I'd like to include her in decks with her > disciplines, but with other minions. From what you said it appears clearly > enough that we're talking mono-minion decks. Nah, you use her in a crypt machine. with a bunch of 3 cap beat monkeys. > Will have to try that out one of those days, though. > > The major problem that I see, though, is that while you get stolen and > contested you have no minion to act with, and that can't be good - except > for your prey of course. That whole oust your prey thing is overrated anyway. I get alot more satisfaction watching my predator have a melt-down as I backoust him first then go on to win. Comments Welcome, Norman S. Brown, Jr XZealot Archono of the Swamp

[ quoted text not captured ] Here's another one. Kindred Spirits and Trochomancy to upstream bleed your Imbued predator to burn up his ash heap to remove his convictions from play. [ quoted text not captured ]

> Here's another one. > > Kindred Spirits and Trochomancy to upstream bleed your Imbued predator > to burn up his ash heap to remove his convictions from play. > > Comments Welcome, > Norman S. Brown, Jr > XZealot > Archon of the Swamp Prefer Night Moves. No need to bleed for two upstream and nec+obf is a bit more common than dem+nec.

On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:12:11 -0700, suolir...@gmail.com wrote: >Prefer Night Moves. Lorenzo doesn't have obfuscate. Try again, as he cannot play your proposed combo. Lorenzo Detuono Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT [ quoted text not captured ]

On Sep 9, 11:42 am, The Lasombra <TheLasom...@hotmail.com> wrote: [ quoted text not captured ] I took the Obf+Nec proposal to mean that the poster would prefer a different vampire, or even set of vampires, that DO have obf+nec.

On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:39:25 -0700, Wookie813 <veknp...@yahoo.com> wrote: >I took the Obf+Nec proposal to mean that the poster would prefer a >different vampire, or even set of vampires, that DO have obf+nec. Then he should have expressed that, as Norm's suggestion was for a specific use for the specific vampire under discussion. Learning how to follow a thread is an important skill. This was not the thread about Trochomancy, except as it applied to Lorenzo. [ quoted text not captured ]

[ quoted text not captured ] Not on Lorenzo Detuono [ quoted text not captured ]

>> >> > I am kidding. That was the Sylvester Stallone quote from Get >> >> > Carter. >> >> > Sorry you missed the joke. >> > Very Giovanni, but totally B-grade movie (like all Stalone movies) >> >> Copland ? > > Different Movie... I know, I just mean that it's a good, non-too-B Stallone movie. > That whole oust your prey thing is overrated anyway. I get alot more > satisfaction watching my predator have a melt-down as I backoust him > first then go on to win. That usually ends up in 1, 2 VPs tops. Some very good players with very good decks make the GW that way, but that means they also kill one other player before heads-up, usually their initial prey. [ quoted text not captured ]

> Here's another one. > > Kindred Spirits and Trochomancy to upstream bleed your Imbued predator > to burn up his ash heap to remove his convictions from play. Feasible with Gisela Harden too. Rafaele can also do it without any Dem and at+1 bleed. Not my favourite combo though, because Trochomancy will be more interesting combined with the Slaughterhouses, targetting prey only. [ quoted text not captured ]

On Sep 11, 6:09 am, "Orpheus" <orpheus...@free.fr> wrote: > >> >> > I am kidding. That was the Sylvester Stallone quote from Get > >> >> > Carter. > >> >> > Sorry you missed the joke. > >> > Very Giovanni, but totally B-grade movie (like all Stalone movies) > > >> Copland ? > > > Different Movie... > > I know, I just mean that it's a good, non-too-B Stallone movie. > > > That whole oust your prey thing is overrated anyway. I get alot more > > satisfaction watching my predator have a melt-down as I backoust him > > first then go on to win. > > That usually ends up in 1, 2 VPs tops. Some very good players with very good > decks make the GW that way, but that means they also kill one other player > before heads-up, usually their initial prey. The Combat Mantra of Victory Kill Your Predator. Kill your Prey. Kill whoever else is still left standing at that point in time. Comments Welcome, Norman S. Brown, Jr XZealot Archon of the Swamp

On Sep 7, 11:54 am, "Orpheus" <orpheus...@free.fr> wrote: > You know what ? I've preparred this post before the image appeared, because > if this wasn't a Giovanni I didn't know who it could be !! :-) > > Lorenzo Detuono > Aus / Dem / DOM / NEC / POT > Independent. Red List : If Lorenzo is ready at the end of combat and the > opposing minion is not, Lorenzo may burn 5 blood to move the opposing minion > to your ready region (with 1 life for an ally with no life) instead. > > Comments follow... This vampire is worth for the 5 disciplines for a "normal" usage. The ability is corner case and we won't see it much on play action. I think the ability could be worth to be explored if: 1)the vampire had fortitude and 2)the cost could be max 3 blood. > Orpheus > ---------------- > Top of Ban / Fix List : PTO, Champion, Memories of Mortality. Why won't you ask also to fix Govern the Unaligned and Conditioning together? It is the most powerful mix in the game since the beginning. They don't need a high-cap Inner Circle to be played and a small cap vampire with dominate can damage badly your pool...

On 9 syys, 22:45, The Lasombra <TheLasom...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:39:25 -0700, Wookie813 <veknpont...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > >I took the Obf+Nec proposal to mean that the poster would prefer a > >different vampire, or even set of vampires, that DO have obf+nec. > > Then he should have expressed that, as Norm's suggestion was for a > specific use for the specific vampire under discussion. > > Learning how to follow a thread is an important skill. Being polite on a public newsgroup even when one is having a bad day is an important social skill. So lets not start acting like dicks, ok? [ quoted text not captured ]

[ quoted text not captured ] My point was that Kindred Spirits+Trochomancy isn't enough to justify using Lorenzo over a minion with obf and otherwise similar disciplines. But now that I think about it you probably meant that a deck already focusing on Lorenzo might benefit from KS+Trochomancy. And I agree with that.

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:12:05 -0700, suolir...@gmail.com wrote: >So lets not start acting like dicks, ok? Who's acting?