LSJ Some questions

LSJ- Some new questions: Carthage Remembered - If I have two in play, do my Brujah royalty receive +2 stealth? Innocent Bystander - When a vampire is burned off the top of the crypt, do we get to see what that vampire is? General Questions - If a Methuselah chose to, could they play with an open hand? Could they choose to show their hand continuously to only one other player? This happens all the time: someone else is playing with the Nosferatu who lets you look at the top card of your library/crypt/prey's library. I ask them what the card is. Can they announce what it is? Can they tell just me? Thanks as always for your replies. Chris -- Chris, Tammy and Alex ino...@ix.netcom.com "It was Thursday, November 19th. That meant have a baby at the Martin/Shorb residence... On the whole, Chris reflected, it couldn't have been a heck of a lot better." Castellino

Chris Shorb & Tammy Martin <ino...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >LSJ- >Some new questions: >Carthage Remembered - >If I have two in play, do my Brujah royalty receive +2 >stealth? Yes Yes Yes <grin> The Princes of Carthage are a sneaky lot ;-) >Innocent Bystander - >When a vampire is burned off the top of the crypt, do we get >to see what that vampire is? Anyone may inspect the ash heap of another player at any time, so...yes, (but not before the action resolves.) >General Questions - >If a Methuselah chose to, could they play with an open >hand? Could they choose to show their hand continuously to >only one other player? I'd say No and No. >This happens all the time: someone else is playing with the >Nosferatu who lets you look at the top card of your >library/crypt/prey's library. I ask them what the card is. >Can they announce what it is? Can they tell just me? Any questions posed to another player may be answered (truthfully or not) or ignored, unless the cards or the rules compel that player to respond. I believe that if the response is not made public, that I would issue a warning, were this a tounament I was judging... As always IANALSJ (at times, thankfully so...) Regards, R. David Zopf guenh...@mindspring.com Atom Weaver and V:EKN Prince of Charlotte, NC

Chris Shorb & Tammy Martin wrote: > > LSJ- > > Some new questions: > > Carthage Remembered - > If I have two in play, do my Brujah royalty receive +2 > stealth? IANLSJ but I'll give it a go. Yes. > Innocent Bystander - > When a vampire is burned off the top of the crypt, do we get > to see what that vampire is? Yes. Discard piles are free game for viewing. > > General Questions - > If a Methuselah chose to, could they play with an open > hand? Could they choose to show their hand continuously to > only one other player? No secrets in this game. Open hand means lay it all on the table. > This happens all the time: someone else is playing with the > Nosferatu who lets you look at the top card of your > library/crypt/prey's library. I ask them what the card is. > Can they announce what it is? Can they tell just me? I think players are free to announce anything they want. Even information that they are privy to. Whether you believe them or not is another issue. They certainly couldn't show the card to you. Also, I don't think they can tell you individually. Players can make deals but everything must be done above board. No secret pacts. -- Robert Goudie rrgo...@earthlink.net http://madnessnetwork.hexagon.net

Richard D. Zopf wrote: > Chris Shorb & Tammy Martin <ino...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > >Some new questions: > > >Carthage Remembered - > >If I have two in play, do my Brujah royalty receive +2 > >stealth? > > Yes Yes Yes <grin> The Princes of Carthage are a sneaky lot ;-) Correct. > >Innocent Bystander - > >When a vampire is burned off the top of the crypt, do we get > >to see what that vampire is? > > Anyone may inspect the ash heap of another player at any time, > so...yes, (but not before the action resolves.) Yes, although the card is not in the ash heap (it is removed from the game) - cards removed from the game may be inspected just as cards in the ash heap can be. Also note that Innocent Bystander isn't played until the bleed is successful (card text), so the top vampire is removed (and can be inspected) immediately. > >General Questions - > >If a Methuselah chose to, could they play with an open > >hand? Could they choose to show their hand continuously to > >only one other player? > > I'd say No and No. Correct. > >This happens all the time: someone else is playing with the > >Nosferatu who lets you look at the top card of your > >library/crypt/prey's library. I ask them what the card is. > >Can they announce what it is? Can they tell just me? > > Any questions posed to another player may be answered (truthfully or > not) or ignored, unless the cards or the rules compel that player to > respond. I believe that if the response is not made public, that I > would issue a warning, were this a tounament I was judging... Players are free to talk as they wish, so long as they do not "misrepresent cards" or "misrepresent public information (pool totals, number of cards in library, and so on)" (DCI Rules, 1.3.6), and do not "use profanity" or act "beligerently" toward or "harass" otherplayer (1.3.7). I believe the "misrepresent cards" part means "misrepresent the effects (i.e., card text) of a named card or a card in play" and would not include misrepresenting the nature (names) of the cards in your hand (unless you are forced to play with an open hand, of course) or in your library (or in other players' hands or libraries, if you happen to have that knowledge). > As always IANALSJ (at times, thankfully so...) :-) -- L. Scott Johnson (vte...@wizards.com) VTES Net.Rep for Wizards of the Coast. Links to revised rulebook, rulings, errata, and DCI (tournament) rules: http://www.wizards.com/VTES/VTES_Rules.html