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On VTES-L, Robert Goudie wrote:
> So, say that Iliana bleeds and plays an Uncontrollable Rage. She is
> then blocked. At superior she gets +2 Aggravated Hand Damage for the
> duration of the combat. If she then strikes with her hands the damage
> would be 3 aggravated damage. But what if she chose Scorpion Sting as
> her strike? Does it become a total of 4 Aggravated Hand Damage or is
> it 2 regular and 3 Agg or what? I guess the real question is does
> Uncontrollable Rage change the nature of Iliana's base hand damage to
> aggravated? If it does then we know that all of the damage from a
> hand strike (like Scorpion Sting) is aggravated because of the past
> rulings on Basilia.
UC modifies Iliana's hand damage, just as Ritual Challenge would.
Iliana's hand damage is now 1+2agg.
She plays Scorpion Sting for her strike, which deals hand damage
plus one. The plus one inherets the aspects of the base strike,
which is (1+2agg).
So... you have to make something up, right? :-).
The only ruling for this case that is still acceptable for the
case of a Bastard Sword is that UC works like Wolf Claws - that is,
it modifies the damage done by the vampire's hand strike (it doesn't
change the base hand damage itself). This isn't exactly what the
card text says, but it follows logically when you try to figure out
what a Bastard Sword strike will do. (*)
So, you get 1 (base) +2 agg (UC) +1 (SS) = 2 + 2 agg. (*)
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