Rules Questions: Anyone?

I have a few questions regarding the rules, if anyone would like to answer them. 1) In the section regarding Stealing Blood, it says if all blood counters are stolen from a vampire, then that vampire is burned. Yet, in the example given immediately after, Cassandra does not burn after she has all her blood stolen; she merely must go hunting. We've been assuming the vampire is burned, because the vampire has absolutely nothing left in him/her to continue living. 2) In the section regarding Combat Ends, we're unsure if the opposing minion can play a press to continue combat. For instance, if a minion plays Strike:Combat Ends, can the opposing minion play a press to continue combat? We've been assuming once combat ends, that's it. Presses, begin another round of combat, as opposed to an entirely new combat. Is this correct? 3) In a two-player game, what if both Methuselas are ousted at the same time? 4) Is Francois Villon the most powerful vampire in the game (Prince of Paris: Capacity 10, several powers, can steal up to 2 blood from any younger vampire as a +1 stealth directed action)?

Boon Sian Chang wrote: > > I have a few questions regarding the rules, if anyone would like > to answer them. > > 1) In the section regarding Stealing Blood, it says if all blood > counters are stolen from a vampire, then that vampire is > burned. Yet, in the example given immediately after, Cassandra > does not burn after she has all her blood stolen; she merely must > go hunting. > > We've been assuming the vampire is burned, because the vampire > has absolutely nothing left in him/her to continue living. You cannot burn a vampire by stealing all of its blood in the advanced (full) game. The rulebook has errata: Section 8.3, Special Combat Effects/Steal Blood The example should say that Cassandra starts the round with 4 blood (otherwise she would be burned by Eliza's strike). Section 21, Advanced combat/check damage In the advanced game, if a vampire steals more blood from a vampire than it has blood to give, do not burn the second vampire. Simply transfer all of its blood to the first vampire. > 2) In the section regarding Combat Ends, we're unsure if the > opposing minion can play a press to continue combat. For > instance, if a minion plays Strike:Combat Ends, can the opposing > minion play a press to continue combat? No, combat ends when the strike resolves. You never get to the Press step. > We've been assuming once combat ends, that's it. Presses, begin > another round of combat, as opposed to an entirely new combat. Is > this correct? Yes. > 3) In a two-player game, what if both Methuselas are ousted at > the same time? They each get a victory point, resulting in a tie game. > 4) Is Francois Villon the most powerful vampire in the game > (Prince of Paris: Capacity 10, several powers, can steal up to 2 > blood from any younger vampire as a +1 stealth directed action)? Debatable. -- L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.sc.edu) | Washington, DC: http://www.math.sc.edu/cgi-bin/sjohnson/home | America's work-free Graphics Specialist and V:tES Rulemonger. | drug place

> 4) Is Francois Villon the most powerful vampire in the game > (Prince of Paris: Capacity 10, several powers, can steal up to 2 > blood from any younger vampire as a +1 stealth directed action)? Well, I've got a friend who built a deck around him and Toreador Grand Balls, but it probably wouldn't work as well if he didn't somehow get an Info Highway, a Parthenon, a Francois, a Heidelburg and two Blood Dolls in his first 7 cards and 4 vamps. --- Liam Burke "Only a Malkavian would attack Cthulhu with laughing gas..." -overheard

There appears to be an error on the Jyhad version of Tragic Love Affair. The Jyhad version does not need a Toreador to play it, while the VTES version needs a Toreador. Please clarify. Thanks.

Boon Sian Chang (bsc...@acs3.acs.ucalgary.ca) wrote: : There appears to be an error on the Jyhad version of Tragic Love : Affair. The Jyhad version does not need a Toreador to play it, : while the VTES version needs a Toreador. Please clarify. Thanks. The error is in the VtES version. You need not control a Toreador to play Tragic Love Affair. -- L. Scott Johnson (vte...@regency.wizards.com) Official VtES Net.Rep for Wizards of the Coast. (*) - Subject to review by Rules Team