Pounce and Gestalt Question [LSJ]

is pounce a hand strike? does the reacting vampire have to pay one blood when playing gestalt? for me the phrase "including this vampire" is not totally clear. can i let 1, 2, or 3 other bloodbrothers pay 1 blood for intercept, while the blood brother actually playing the card doens'nt pay? regards pallando ------------------------ Pounce Combat, Flight Requires a ready minion with flight Strike: strength +2 damage, and the opposing minion cannot strike for the remainder of the round (this doesn't affect the current strike resolution). If this strike is dodged, this striking minion takes 1 damage during strike resolution and the opposing minion gets an optional press. ----------------------- Gestalt Reaction, Sanguinus Choose X ready Blood Brothers you control who belong to the same circle as this reacting vampire (including this vampire). Each chosen vampire must burn a blood, or this card has no effect. +X intercept +X intercept, and this vampire may play cards as if he or she possessed all of the chosen Blood Brother's disciplines for the remainder of the action

pallando wrote: > is pounce a hand strike? Yes. > does the reacting vampire have to pay one blood when playing gestalt? for me > the phrase "including this vampire" is not totally clear. can i let 1, 2, or > 3 other bloodbrothers pay 1 blood for intercept, while the blood brother > actually playing the card doens'nt pay? "including this vampire" should make it clear. You choose some vampires (including this one). The chosen vampires burn a blood each. Since the reacting vampire is explicitly included in the list of chosen vampires, he must burn a blood. > > regards > > pallando > > ------------------------ > Pounce > Combat, Flight > > Requires a ready minion with flight > > Strike: strength +2 damage, and the opposing minion cannot strike for the > remainder of the round (this doesn't affect the current strike resolution). > If this strike is dodged, this striking minion takes 1 damage during strike > resolution and the opposing minion gets an optional press. > ----------------------- > Gestalt > Reaction, Sanguinus > > Choose X ready Blood Brothers you control who belong to the same circle as > this reacting vampire (including this vampire). Each chosen vampire must > burn a blood, or this card has no effect. > > +X intercept > > +X intercept, and this vampire may play cards as if he or she possessed all > of the chosen Blood Brother's disciplines for the remainder of the action -- 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/

"LSJ" <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message news:3C163BDE...@white-wolf.com... > pallando wrote: > > does the reacting vampire have to pay one blood when playing gestalt? for me > > the phrase "including this vampire" is not totally clear. can i let 1, 2, or > > 3 other bloodbrothers pay 1 blood for intercept, while the blood brother > > actually playing the card doens'nt pay? > > "including this vampire" should make it clear. > You choose some vampires (including this one). > The chosen vampires burn a blood each. > > Since the reacting vampire is explicitly included in the list of chosen > vampires, he must burn a blood. I had read the "(including this vampire)" text as being a reminder that you can choose the reacting/modifying (for Walk of Caine) vampire if you want to. Apparently that's wrong. It would have been more clear to me if written to have 1 blood cost and "Choose X-1 ready Blood Brothers you control, other than this [reacting/acting] vampire ... +X [intercept/bleed]." ah well... Josh walk this way