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Wording inconsistency with "Tend the Flock"

7 messages from 4 participants · 11 March 2019 · vekn.net/forum
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drnlmza

Most of the various cards which add blood from the blood bank to uncontrolled minions have been reworded to say "Add X blood to a Y in your uncontrolled region" (Govern the Unaligned, Enchant Kindred, Dreams of the Sphinx, Thing, etc). However, Tend the Flock currently says "Add 3 pool to a younger infernal vampire in your uncontrolled region." It's the only card to use "pool" for this effect, which makes it a weird exception to this template for no apparent reason. Would it be possible to update the wording on Tend the Flock to match? Also, given how common the "Add X blood" effect is, a sentence or two in the rulebook explaining this seems like a sensible addition. -- National Coordinator South Africa

Ankha

> drnlmza wrote: > Most of the various cards which add blood from the blood bank to uncontrolled minions have been reworded to say "Add X blood to a Y in your uncontrolled region" (Govern the Unaligned, Enchant Kindred, Dreams of the Sphinx, Thing, etc). > > However, Tend the Flock currently says > "Add 3 pool to a younger infernal vampire in your uncontrolled region." > > It's the only card to use "pool" for this effect, which makes it a weird exception to this template for no apparent reason. Would it be possible to update the wording on Tend the Flock to match? > Indeed. > drnlmza wrote: > Also, given how common the "Add X blood" effect is, a sentence or two in the rulebook explaining this seems like a sensible addition. > It is planned. Prince of Paris, France Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director

LivesByProxy

Woah, wait, wait, wait. This is a huge errata (buff) to this card? Are you serious? Gangrel. Noddist. Camarilla. Once each turn, LivesByProxy may burn 1 blood to lose Protean until the end of the turn and gain your choice of superior Auspex , Obfuscate , or Potence for the current action.

thelonius reloaded

> LivesByProxy wrote: > Woah, wait, wait, wait. > > This is a huge errata (buff) to this card? Are you serious? > How? Lurking in the underground of Bologna, Italy

LivesByProxy

@thelonius: Add 3 blood from the blood bank to a younger infernal vampire in your uncontrolled region is waaay better than: Add 3 pool to a younger infernal vampire in your uncontrolled region. Gangrel. Noddist. Camarilla. Once each turn, LivesByProxy may burn 1 blood to lose Protean until the end of the turn and gain your choice of superior Auspex , Obfuscate , or Potence for the current action.

drnlmza

It would be a change in the power level except that Tend the Flock was always from the blood bank: The Heirs to the Blood printing said "Move 3 pool from the bank to a younger infernal vampire" That the current text can so easily be interpreted as not being from the blood bank is another reason to fix the wording. -- National Coordinator South Africa

Ankha

> LivesByProxy wrote: > @thelonius: Add 3 blood from the blood bank to a younger infernal vampire in your uncontrolled region is waaay better than: Add 3 pool to a younger infernal vampire in your uncontrolled region. > It's exactly the same. When you add a counter (whatever its nature), or when a counter is gained, it always come from the bank. This apply to: - adding a corruption counter - adding a counter on Dreams of the Sphinx each time it is locked - adding a blood from a Hunting Ground to a ready vampire (the vampire gains 1 blood) - etc. Also, blood/life counters and pool counters are equivalent when on uncontrolled vampires/Imbued. > drnlmza wrote: > It would be a change in the power level except that Tend the Flock was always from the blood bank: > > The Heirs to the Blood printing said > "Move 3 pool from the bank to a younger infernal vampire" > Correct. > drnlmza wrote: > That the current text can so easily be interpreted as not being from the blood bank is another reason to fix the wording. > Only if one doesn't read the words written: "add" is not the same term as "move". Prince of Paris, France Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director