d...@dlep1.itg.ti.com (Dick Johnson) writes:
>These are questions for Tom Wylie, or any one that has seen a ruling
>on them.
Tom has been replaced by Shawn Carnes, who responds only infrequently
to earnest questions.
>1. The Temptation cards says, "Each master phase,..........
> put a temptation counter on this card."
>
>Is this each methuselah's master phase, or each acting player's phase?
<This wording is necessary because of the lack of errata governing
who controls the Temptation card>:
It refers to the Master Phase of the methuselah who controlled the
vampire who put the Temptation card into play.
("Each Master Phase of the acting Player" is correct if it means the above)
>2. The Talaq, The Immortal cards says, ".....may play cards
> that require.......thaumaturgy, as a vampire."
>If Burst of Sunlight is played by Talaq, doing "......1R, aggravated
>to all vampires in combat"; does Talaq go to torpor since he is
>acting as a vampire?
No ruling has been given on this - so it means that Talaq takes no
damage from the Burst, since he is not "playing ... a vampire" by
the time the strike's effect resolves.
A close second (but not correct, IMHO) is that he does indeed take
the 1 agg damage since he is treated "as a vampire" when the
strike is chosen, and targets are determined at that point. He would
not go to torpor, however - he would just burn one life.
I believe the first is correct because, since he is no longer a valid
target when the effect resolves (a la Steal Equipment), the strike has
no effect on him.
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