Ravnos tricks.

Hello :) I'm beginning to play with Ravnos and I found some of their neat tricks a little confusing (yeah, I know, that's what they're supposed to be...) - The "fortune teller" retainer gives the ability to look at a card from your prey's hand during your minion phase. Is this cumulative? If so, can I look at X cards at the same time (without risking seeing the same one)? At what point can this ability be used? Can I use it during Darius Styx's "gimme that" ability? (by saying "I'm checking your hand for eq. or retainers. <action passes> Ok, let me see this through the fortune teller. Flame thrower? I'll take it!", or "<any other card> is no good, so Darius is actually getting this other card" (asuming I had only 1 FTeller) - Strike: steal equipment (like blessing of Durga Syn) allows you to steal things that are used after the strike phase (such as flak jackets). If I steal a flack jacket, is it useable on the round it is stolen, or is this true only if it is stolen with first strike? If you reply, please do it to my account also. Thanks :) David Pontes 8[

David Pontes <l41...@alfa.ist.utl.pt> writes: > - The "fortune teller" retainer gives the ability to look at a >card from your prey's hand during your minion phase. Is this cumulative? >If so, can I look at X cards at the same time (without risking seeing the >same one)? No. You get to look at one card (at random). You may do this X times during your minion phase - risking seeing the same "random" card. The best way to do this is to roll a 7-sided die (or reasonable equivalent :-) to determine which card to look at each time. (This will prevent you from "randomly" choosing the one with the AH yellow back, for instance). > At what point can this ability be used? Can I use it during >Darius Styx's "gimme that" ability? (by saying "I'm checking your hand >for eq. or retainers. <action passes> Ok, let me see this through the >fortune teller. Flame thrower? I'll take it!", or "<any other card> is no >good, so Darius is actually getting this other card" (asuming I had only >1 FTeller) There is no "during" Darius' Ability. You may peek at a random card with the Teller before deciding to use Darius, but Darius will still pick a random card - which may or may not be the card you just looked at. You cannot force Darius' ability to choose a particular card - it is random (card text). > - Strike: steal equipment (like blessing of Durga Syn) allows you >to steal things that are used after the strike phase (such as flak >jackets). If I steal a flack jacket, is it useable on the round it is >stolen, or is this true only if it is stolen with first strike? VtES rulebook, section 8.3: "The stolen equipment may not be used by the minion stealing it until the next round of combat." -- L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.sc.edu) | One single fact can ruin a http://www.math.sc.edu/cgi-bin/sjohnson/home | perfectly good argument. Graphics Specialist and V:tES Rulemonger. |