> Questioner wrote:
> if i play a political action card, can i use reaction cards to increase my vote count i.e. (surprise influence) or can i only increase my votes by using an action modifier?
>
If you control the acting minion, you can only use action modifiers, you
cannot react to your own actions.
> Questioner wrote:
> can a political action be played for the sake of playing it, i.e. could you play, disputed territory (Political Card - Worth 1 Vote. Called by any vampire at +1 stealth. Choose a location and a Methuselah. Successful referendum means the chosen Methuselah takes control of the chosen location), if there was no location on the table being controlled by anyone?
>
No.
Cards that target other things must have valid targets in order to be played.
You could play a Disputed Territory to take a location from yourself and give it to yourself though.
> Adonai wrote:
>
> > Questioner wrote:
> > if i play a political action card, can i use reaction cards to increase my vote count i.e. (surprise influence) or can i only increase my votes by using an action modifier?
> >
> If you control the acting minion, you can only use action modifiers, you
> cannot react to your own actions.
>
Correct. Rulebook 1.6.3.6 : "A ready untapped minion can play a reaction card in response to an action taken by another Methuselah's minion (an action taken by one of a Methuselah's minions cannot be reacted to by any of her own minions)."
> Adonai wrote:
>
> > Questioner wrote:
> > can a political action be played for the sake of playing it, i.e. could you play, disputed territory (Political Card - Worth 1 Vote. Called by any vampire at +1 stealth. Choose a location and a Methuselah. Successful referendum means the chosen Methuselah takes control of the chosen location), if there was no location on the table being controlled by anyone?
> >
> No.
> Cards that target other things must have valid targets in order to be played.
>
> You could play a Disputed Territory to take a location from yourself and give it to yourself though.
>
Correct. [LSJ 20021108] .
Also notice that, if you choose a location you control on one of your minions and you for Disputed Territory, the location can't be moved to another minion (per the same ruling as above).