Bribes for pool

On VTES-L, Johnny Tullner wrote: > [Re: methods of gaining pool] > I'm not sure bribes even works- > It gives your opponents easy control over whether you get > the blood or not. You always get a pool when you play bribes (barring Direct Intervention). You gain one pool as soon as you play the card. The referendum doesn't have to pass - you don't even have to vote in favor of it (unlike everyone else who would gain a pool). -- LSJ (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 Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

On VTES-L, Johnny Tullner wrote: > LSJ divulged the following secret data: > > You always get a pool when you play bribes (barring Direct > > Intervention). You gain one pool as soon as you play the card. > > The referendum doesn't have to pass - you don't even have to > > vote in favor of it (unlike everyone else who would gain a > > pool). > > It sure sounds like you have to vote for it to get the 1 pool: > [Jyhad card text snipped] Not with the V:TES text. "You" gain 1 pool by playing the card: Only usable during a political action before any votes are cast. Gain 1 pool. Each player voting in your favor gains 1 pool from the blood bank as well. A player who has cast at least 1 vote for you without casting any votes against you has "voted in your favor." -- LSJ (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 [ quoted text not captured ]

> > [Jyhad card text snipped] > > Not with the V:TES text. "You" gain 1 pool by playing the card: > > Only usable during a political action before any votes are > cast. Gain 1 pool. Each player voting in your favor gains 1 > pool from the blood bank as well. A player who has cast at > least 1 vote for you without casting any votes against you > has "voted in your favor." Could that be interpreted to mean that if you, a player, cast only in favor you would get a pool from the blood bank in addition to the one gained for playing the card?It doesn't say "Each *other* player..." Just wondering if maybe the wording fuzzes up the intent, p.

[ quoted text not captured ] Right, but it means each other player (see Malkavian Prank). > Just wondering if maybe the wording fuzzes up the intent, Yeah. -- LSJ (vte...@wizards.com) V:TES Net.Rep for Wizards of the Coast. Links to revised rulebook, rulings, errata, and tournament rules: http://www.wizards.com/VTES/rules.asp