Clarendon#
Paul Schaaf <sch...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
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> Okay, let's say I have a vampire that gets blocked by a vampire who has a
> retainer. I play a ranged strike. My oponent plays a dodge. Do I have
> to announce whether I am striking the retainer before or after the dodge
> is played? I am assuming that it is still the attacking minion that
> chooses who he strikes and not the blocking one (It says this in the
> rules, but some have said this was reversed.) I am also assuming that
> the rule that says retainers are not affected by dodges is still valid.
>
Does it matter if you declare before or after the retainer's player. I
would have thought that if the retainer's player dodges, the same card applies
to the retainer, otherwise it make retainers really crappy. ie. Get into
combat - maneuver with gate and throw it at the retainer - probably dead
retainer.
As far as I know it is still the vampire without the retainers who gets to
say who takes the shot. If it was the retainer's owner it would make retainers
extremely powerful, a bit like thick flak jackets with attitude.
I've always assumed you could dodge either the vampire or the retainer
in a round as you have one dodge with the strike dodge card. There
aren't many times when you would want to dodge the retainer instead of the vampire
though but if at range you could certainly choose to dodge the retainer
instead of the vampire if the vampire had no ranged weapon. Lets face it,
if you can dodge a bullet, you should be able to dodge a ghoul or a
bunch of crows. :-)
Of course I might be wrong on all the above points, but they all make
sense to me.
Clarendon.