on page 33 of the V:tES starter-deck instruction booklet, "THE GOLDEN RULE
FOR CARDS" reads:
"Whenever the cards contradict the rules, the cards take precedence."
how many people use this concept? whose rules does this apply to: just
the booklet's or everything else from wotc?
this in mind, two questions about cat burglary (my appologies if the V:tES
version answers my questions -- i would appreciate if someone could post
the V:tES wording...). jyhad version with errata correction: cat
burglary, action, celerity, +1 stealth (D) Bleed, but if more than 1 pool
is bled with this action, ignore the excess. +1 stealth (D) Bleed any
Methuselah, but if more than 1 pool is bled with this action, ignore the
excess. question one: wouldn't this imply that bleeds can only be
directed at one's prey? question two: can i bleed myself with the
superior version?
according to mr. wylie, (D) actions cannot be directed against yourself,
or cards under your control, unless apparent from card text. "any
Methuselah" doesn't explicitly exclude me but it's not quite apparent
either...
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Murcalumis <murca...@aol.com> wrote:
>"Whenever the cards contradict the rules, the cards take precedence."
>how many people use this concept? whose rules does this apply to: just
>the booklet's or everything else from wotc?
This applies to rules released in rules team rulings as well as those
in the rulebook.
This should be applied whenever applicable. The trick is to not reading
something into a card that isn't there. The most common mistake in this
area is to assume that because a card isn't reminding you of something,
that something isn't true for that card. In general, cards that break
the rules will do so explicitly.
>this in mind, two questions about cat burglary (my appologies if the V:tES
>version answers my questions -- i would appreciate if someone could post
>the V:tES wording...). jyhad version with errata correction: cat
>burglary, action, celerity, +1 stealth (D) Bleed, but if more than 1 pool
>is bled with this action, ignore the excess. +1 stealth (D) Bleed any
>Methuselah, but if more than 1 pool is bled with this action, ignore the
>excess. question one: wouldn't this imply that bleeds can only be
>directed at one's prey? question two: can i bleed myself with the
>superior version?
The ideal Cat Burglary wording, which never card has as printed, is
something like:
(D) Bleed your prey with +1 stealth. If you bleed for more than 1 pool,
ignore the excess.
* (D) Bleed with +1 stealth. If you bleed for more than 1 pool,
ignore the excess.
>according to mr. wylie, (D) actions cannot be directed against yourself,
>or cards under your control, unless apparent from card text. "any
>Methuselah" doesn't explicitly exclude me but it's not quite apparent
>either...
(D) actions can be directed against any player other than yourself, unless
the card limits its scope. In the case of the corrected Cat Burglary text,
the basic versions is a (D) action that says it can only be directed against
your prey, so that's the only person you can bleed. In the superior text,
that stipulation is lifted, so you can bleed anyone (other than yourself).
Tom Wylie rec.games.trading-cards.* Network Representative for
aa...@cats.ucsc.edu Wizards of the Coast, Inc.