[LSJ] Masochism & Awe

If the acting vampire has a Masochism on her, and is voting, and uses Awe, should you be allowed to run Masochism counters through the Awe to reduce Awe's blood "cost"? If not, could you explain how Masochism & Awe interact? Thanks. Kevin M., Prince of Madison, WI (remove PLEASENOSPAMME for direct reply) "Know your enemy, and know yourself; in one-thousand battles you shall never be in peril." -- Sun Tzu, _The_Art_of_War_ "Contentment... Complacency... Catastrophe!" -- Joseph Chevalier

On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 05:34:29 GMT, "Kevin M." <kjme...@PLEASENOSPAMMEhome.com> wrote: >If the acting vampire has a Masochism on her, and is voting, and uses Awe, >should you be allowed to run Masochism counters through the Awe to reduce Awe's >blood "cost"? Nope. Awe's effect isn't a card cost; it's a burn-blood effect set up by the card itself. Awe's actual COST is free, and you can play it for free and burn 0 blood to gain 1 vote. It's when you want to gain MORE than one vote for it that you need to start burning blood. That isn't a "cost" in and of itself, it's just some blood you burn. >If not, could you explain how Masochism & Awe interact? Thanks. The actual cost of cards is in the blood drop on the left border. This is the only thing Masochism counters can affect. If, as in Hidden Strength or Kindred Coercion, the cost is "X", then whereever X is referenced in card text is part of the cost of the card, and can be paid for with Masochism counters. Which is lovely in Trap/Undead Persistence decks *if* you can ever get the poor bastard back out of torpor once he's loaded up to full with counters... However, in Awe's case, X is only referenced in the card text itself, and the lack of a blood drop indicates that the card's cost is zero, or free. =) -- Derek do you have stairs in your house?

[ quoted text not captured ] Correct. -- LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc. Links to revised rulebook, rulings, errata, and tournament rules: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE web-based e-mail and newsgroup access at: http://MailAndNews.com