Mask of a Thousand Faces questions

There are some interactions with Mask of a Thousand Faces that are not clear to me. So I would like to ask about them: How does this card interact with Nergal (ADV) ? Nergal makes reactions cost 1 more blood when he is acting. If Nergal declares a bleed, then my prey plays a wake (paying 1 more blood because of Nergal) and tries to block, can I play a Mask with any other minion I control? Or I am not able to do it because of the "Nergal effect" already applied? Similar as above, but with Giotto Verducci . If Giotto is acting and a vampire pays 1 blood to try to block, can I then play a Mask with another minion? If the acting vampire is blocked and then in combat he plays Form of Mist at superior to continue the action. Can then I play a Mask with another vampire? Does that vampire playing the Mask need to have Protean (I guess so)? And could that "new" acting vampire play another Form of Mist at superior? Thank you!

> Nosk wrote: > There are some interactions with Mask of a Thousand Faces that are not clear to me. So I would like to ask about them: > Don't paste images for reference, they can be lost and don't permit to quote text. > Nosk wrote: > How does this card interact with Nergal (ADV) ? Nergal makes reactions cost 1 more blood when he is acting. If Nergal declares a bleed, then my prey plays a wake (paying 1 more blood because of Nergal) and tries to block, can I play a Mask with any other minion I control? Or I am not able to do it because of the "Nergal effect" already applied? > You can't Mask. > Nosk wrote: > Similar as above, but with Giotto Verducci . If Giotto is acting and a vampire pays 1 blood to try to block, can I then play a Mask with another minion? > You can't Mask. > Nosk wrote: > If the acting vampire is blocked and then in combat he plays Form of Mist at superior to continue the action. Can then I play a Mask with another vampire? Does that vampire playing the Mask need to have Protean (I guess so)? > The masking vampire must have superior Protean. > Nosk wrote: > And could that "new" acting vampire play another Form of Mist at superior? > No, cardtext. Prince of Paris, France Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director

> > Nosk wrote: > > And could that "new" acting vampire play another Form of Mist at superior? [/li] > > > No, cardtext. > But Form of Mist says "A vampire can play only one Form of Mist at superior each action." In this case, it will be another vampire. Why not?

Even though it originally SEEMED that someone else started the action it was the "new" vampire all along... Finnish Politics!

> Lönkka wrote: > Even though it originally SEEMED that someone else started the action it was the "new" vampire all along... > But with action modifiers does not work that way. The original acting can play a Lost in Crowds and then the "new" acting can play a Lost in Crowds again.

> Ankha wrote: > > > Nosk wrote: > > If the acting vampire is blocked and then in combat he plays Form of Mist at superior to continue the action. Can then I play a Mask with another vampire? Does that vampire playing the Mask need to have Protean (I guess so)? > > > The masking vampire must have superior Protean. > > > Nosk wrote: > > And could that "new" acting vampire play another Form of Mist at superior? > > > No, cardtext. > Is the latter answer a reversal of this ruling. > So could the masking vampire also play superior Form of Mist if blocked and > combat ensues? > > Relevant card text: > > Strike: combat ends. If this vampire is acting, he or she may burn 1 blood > to continue the action at +1 stealth as if unblocked (this action can still > be blocked). A vampire may play only 1 Form of Mist at superior each action. Yes. The Masking vampire could also play a Lost In Crowds even if the original vampire had played Lost In Crowds, for instance.

> inm8 wrote: > > > Ankha wrote: > > > > > Nosk wrote: > > > If the acting vampire is blocked and then in combat he plays Form of Mist at superior to continue the action. Can then I play a Mask with another vampire? Does that vampire playing the Mask need to have Protean (I guess so)? > > > > > The masking vampire must have superior Protean. > > > > > Nosk wrote: > > > And could that "new" acting vampire play another Form of Mist at superior? > > > > > No, cardtext. > > > Is the latter answer a reversal of this ruling. > > > So could the masking vampire also play superior Form of Mist if blocked and > combat ensues? > > Relevant card text: > > Strike: combat ends. If this vampire is acting, he or she may burn 1 blood > to continue the action at +1 stealth as if unblocked (this action can still > be blocked). A vampire may play only 1 Form of Mist at superior each action. Yes. The Masking vampire could also play a Lost In Crowds even if the original vampire had played Lost In Crowds, for instance. > No, sorry, it isn't. > Nosk wrote: > > > > Nosk wrote: > > > And could that "new" acting vampire play another Form of Mist at superior? [/li] > > > > > No, cardtext. > > > But Form of Mist says "A vampire can play only one Form of Mist at superior each action." In this case, it will be another vampire. Why not? > So, the answer is: yes, cardtext. That's precisely why the cardtext must be included in the question. Prince of Paris, France Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director

I think that FoM should read: "Only one Form of Mist can be played at superior each action." to bypass this MoTF "workaround" - then again, I don't think this change is needed.