Emissary Q's.

Just a couple of questions about Emissary. Firstly, does the responding Camarilla have to tap as the card is played, or can they tap any time during the political action? Secondly, does tapping the Camarilla vampire just cancel the votes from the Emissary or does it cancel all votes that the Anarch has (e.g., inherent votes, Madrigal, etc)? Cheers, Anthony. Emissary [Anarchs:C] Cardtype: Action Modifier Requires a ready baron. Only usable during a referendum before votes are cast. Choose a ready untapped anarch you control. Tap the chosen anarch. That anarch gains 3 votes. Any Camarilla vampire older than that anarch can tap to cancel that anarch's votes.

Anthony Barker wrote: > Just a couple of questions about Emissary. > > Firstly, does the responding Camarilla have to tap as the card is > played, or can they tap any time during the political action? by card text : at any time. nothing explicits he must tap right away. > Secondly, does tapping the Camarilla vampire just cancel the votes > from the Emissary or does it cancel all votes that the Anarch has > (e.g., inherent votes, Madrigal, etc)? yes, by card text. "tap to cancel that anarch's votes" means all the votes this anarch may have. [ quoted text not captured ]

On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 03:18:54 +0200, "reyda" <true_...@hotmail.com> scrawled: >Anthony Barker wrote: >> Just a couple of questions about Emissary. >> >> Firstly, does the responding Camarilla have to tap as the card is >> played, or can they tap any time during the political action? > >by card text : at any time. nothing explicits he must tap right away. although, later in the referendum, there is no emissiary card around to tell you that the camarilla vampire can tap to cancel the votes. i am presuming it has to happen right away, like Mob Rule and Business Pressure must be resolved before you move on to other effects. They don't give you any lingering ability, and neither would Emissiary. Contrast with Rant, which has explicit "During this referendum..." text to give anarchs a lingering ability. Note also that Emissiary has a 'tap to do X' wording, which means the camarilla vampire needs to actually be untapped and then tap to cancel the votes, which is cool. :) >> Secondly, does tapping the Camarilla vampire just cancel the votes >> from the Emissary or does it cancel all votes that the Anarch has >> (e.g., inherent votes, Madrigal, etc)? > >yes, by card text. "tap to cancel that anarch's votes" means all the votes >this anarch may have. agreed. >> Emissary [Anarchs:C] >> Cardtype: Action Modifier >> >> Requires a ready baron. Only usable during a referendum before votes >> are cast. >> Choose a ready untapped anarch you control. Tap the chosen anarch. >> That anarch gains 3 votes. Any Camarilla vampire older than that >> anarch can tap to cancel that anarch's votes. salem domain:canberra http://www.geocities.com/salem_christ.geo/vtes.htm

salem wrote: > scrawled: >>Anthony Barker wrote: >>>Just a couple of questions about Emissary. >>> >>>Firstly, does the responding Camarilla have to tap as the card is >>>played, or can they tap any time during the political action? >>by card text : at any time. nothing explicits he must tap right away. > although, later in the referendum, there is no emissiary card around > to tell you that the camarilla vampire can tap to cancel the votes. > i am presuming it has to happen right away, like Mob Rule and Business > Pressure must be resolved before you move on to other effects. They > don't give you any lingering ability, and neither would Emissiary. Correct. >>>Secondly, does tapping the Camarilla vampire just cancel the votes >>>from the Emissary or does it cancel all votes that the Anarch has >>>(e.g., inherent votes, Madrigal, etc)? >>yes, by card text. "tap to cancel that anarch's votes" means all the votes >>this anarch may have. > agreed. Correct. -- LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc. Links to V:TES news, rules, cards, utilities, and tournament calendar: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/

salem_ch...@yahoo.com writes: >Note also that Emissiary has a 'tap to do X' >wording, which means the >camarilla vampire needs to actually be >untapped and then tap to cancel >the votes, which is cool. :) Yes, finally some value to Disarming Presence. Not a lot, but some. Curt Adams (curt...@aol.com) "It is better to be wrong than to be vague" - Freeman Dyson

"LSJ" <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message news:3EDB1AB9...@white-wolf.com... > salem wrote: > > scrawled: > >>Anthony Barker wrote: > >>>Just a couple of questions about Emissary. > >>> > >>>Firstly, does the responding Camarilla have to tap as the card is > >>>played, or can they tap any time during the political action? > >>by card text : at any time. nothing explicits he must tap right away. > > although, later in the referendum, there is no emissiary card around > > to tell you that the camarilla vampire can tap to cancel the votes. > > i am presuming it has to happen right away, like Mob Rule and Business > > Pressure must be resolved before you move on to other effects. They > > don't give you any lingering ability, and neither would Emissiary. > > Correct. > Wait a second. So if I play Mob Rule, I have to determine how much blood I burn at that point and can't wait to burn blood myself in order to respond to other cards that are played later? I guess it doesn't say "during this referendum..." but I thought the effect lasted the duration of the voting process. Odd...thought I must admit that I don't know that it will come up. As a side note, let's say I burn 2 blood from a Mob Rule to gain 4 votes with a vamp who's capacity is 8 or above...another vampire burns 3 blood to make the vote fail. Can I then burn another blood? Or is it too late at that point? Please clarify, as I am using this card in my Follows of Set anarch deck. Thanks!

Jon Stahler wrote: > As a side note, let's say I burn 2 blood from a Mob Rule to gain 4 votes > with a vamp who's capacity is 8 or above...another vampire burns 3 blood to > make the vote fail. Can I then burn another blood? Or is it too late at > that point? Please clarify, as I am using this card in my Follows of Set > anarch deck. Thanks! Yes. As with Business Pressure, there is no set order to the burning. There can be some "give and take", to use the phrasing of the prior ruling. [RTR 31-MAY-1996] http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=4onvr1%2484g%40darkstar.UCSC.EDU [ quoted text not captured ]

On 02 Jun 2003 19:47:51 GMT, curt...@aol.com (CurtAdams) scrawled: >salem_ch...@yahoo.com writes: > >>Note also that Emissiary has a 'tap to do X' >>wording, which means the >>camarilla vampire needs to actually be >>untapped and then tap to cancel >>the votes, which is cool. :) > >Yes, finally some value to Disarming Presence. >Not a lot, but some. not really. emissiary is before votes are cast. disarming presence won't tap you until you cast your votes. so you'd tap to cancel the emissary's votes, and then cast your votes (tapped vampires can tap redundantly under disarming presence). however, on subsequent votes you call......it get's better i guess. disarming on the first vote, let it fail or whatever, tapping people in the process, play emissary on the next vote....hmmm.. [ quoted text not captured ]