rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad

Camarillia (or however you spell it!)

15 messages from 8 participants · 14 August 1995 – 29 August 1995
original thread on Google Groups

EZGoldmann

In article <40ooo8$f...@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au>, Michael Whitbread <mwhit> writes: >Can a vampire with no blood block another vampire that has camarillia >exemplary? No. The card says that the vampire must pay a blood to attempt to block. If you can't pay, you can't block. Just like any other card where you have to pay blood, if you don't have the blood, you can't accomplish the effect. Ana Na'thraw Urthvas Bethut Dohi'er Vyende EZ

jAMES e. lIN

In article <40ooo8$f...@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au>, Michael Whitbread <mwhit> wrote: >Can a vampire with no blood block another vampire that has camarillia >exemplary? > As an action, no blood vamps can only hunt. As a reaction, I think you can, IF it's not in torpor, but I thought a vamp in torpor is automatically unable to do anything except trying to get out of torpor. If you're blocking a vamp while you're in torpor, that basically means this vamp is after your ass, and I wish you good luck....*grin* Along with camarillia exemplary, you should get ready to call the bloodhunt vote (hopefully he doesn't have the archon on him/her). ---jAMES---

L. Scott Johnson

Michael Whitbread <mwhit> writes: >Can a vampire with no blood block another vampire that has camarillia >exemplary? A vampire with no blood cannot do anything that requires him to pay a blood, and this includes attempting to block a camarilla exemplary. No blood loans for minions. :-) -- L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.sc.edu) | These opinions are mine and http://www.math.sc.edu/~sjohnson | are subject to card text. Graphics Specialist and Jyhad Rulemonger. |

jAMES e. lIN

In article <40p2b7$d...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, >If you can't pay, you can't block. Just like any other card where you >have to pay blood, if you don't have the blood, you can't accomplish the >effect. That's not true, you can block if the vampire is attacking you in torpor. You just die, that's all. That's pretty much the only situation this will happen. Goooood luck...*grin* ---jAMES---

Gord Culleton

[ quoted text not captured ] Uh, when can you block while in torpor? Last I checked, you can only _be_ blocked. Not the same thing. If I block your Diablerie attempt, the blocking vampire is not burned... unless, of course, too much aggro...or that damned Ritual of the Bitter Rose... Behind the Beauty, Jere Cracks Appear... Culleton

L. Scott Johnson

In article <40pbk9$m...@agate.berkeley.edu>, jAMES e. lIN <je...@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: >In article <40p2b7$d...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, >>If you can't pay, you can't block. Just like any other card where you >>have to pay blood, if you don't have the blood, you can't accomplish the >>effect. > >That's not true, you can block if the vampire is attacking you in torpor. >You just die, that's all. That's pretty much the only situation this will >happen. Goooood luck...*grin* Eh? You can't block at ALL from torpor. And even if you could, you couldn't block a CamarExemp without paying a blood for the attempt. The attempt to encounter V in torpor to Diablerize can be blocked - but only by ready minions. -- ----- L. Scott Johnson (lsc...@crl.com) | The opinions expressed are mine Graphics Specialist and Jyhad Rulemonger | and subject to card text

James R. McClure Jr.

je...@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (jAMES e. lIN) wrote: >In article <40p2b7$d...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, >>If you can't pay, you can't block. Just like any other card where you >>have to pay blood, if you don't have the blood, you can't accomplish the >>effect. > >That's not true, you can block if the vampire is attacking you in torpor. >You just die, that's all. That's pretty much the only situation this will >happen. Goooood luck...*grin* Peace jAMES, False. Vampires in torpor can not block. Nil carborundum illigitimi, James R. McClure Jr. The OS/2 Apostle <insert disclaimer here>

Stephen Beaulieu

In article <40qm4q$a...@agate.berkeley.edu>, je...@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (jAMES e. lIN) wrote: : You're right guys. Vamps in torpor cannot do anything else but trying to get : out of torpor. But now I have a few questions since I'm a bit confused now. : : 1. So vampires in torpor cannot block when a vampire is attacking it? Then : diablerizing is much easier than I thought. So the attacking vampire will : not lose any blood? Even when attacking a torpored vampire with aggravated : damage or +hand damage? : : 2. Does this mean the torpored vampire automatically gets killed? What if : the attacking vampire is only doing 1 normal damage and the torpored vamp : still has 2 blood on him? Does the torpored vampire just lose one blood : and stay in torpor? : : Thanks in advance. : : ---jAMES--- A Vamp in torpor cannot attacked. There is no combat in torpor. The action is to diablerize a vamp in torpor is directed and at 0 stealth. It can be blocked like any normal action by a ready vampire of the Meth being acted against. If the action goes through unblocked, the vamp is diablerized. There is no combat, no damage done. Nothing. The vamp in torpor is burned and the diablerizing vamp gets all of the benefits (and consequences) of the diablerie. If the action is blocked, combat ensues as normal between the acting minion and the blocking minion. The key thing to remember is that a vamp in torpor cannot be involved in a combat and cannot block or play reaction cards. If a vamp in torpor tries to rescue itself and is blocked, there is no combat. The blocking vamp can chose to diablerize or not. Either way there is no damage or combat. I hope this is clear stephen

L. Scott Johnson

In article <40qm4q$a...@agate.berkeley.edu>, jAMES e. lIN <je...@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: >You're right guys. Vamps in torpor cannot do anything else but trying to get >out of torpor. But now I have a few questions since I'm a bit confused now. > >1. So vampires in torpor cannot block when a vampire is attacking it? Then > diablerizing is much easier than I thought. So the attacking vampire will > not lose any blood? Even when attacking a torpored vampire with aggravated > damage or +hand damage? > The vampire encountering the torpored vampire to diablerize will not lose any blood, correct. There is not combat - only diablerie. A torpor'ed vampire cannot fight back! (There's no such thing as 'attacking' a vampire in torpor. You can only encounter one there - either to rescue or to diablerize). >2. Does this mean the torpored vampire automatically gets killed? What if > the attacking vampire is only doing 1 normal damage and the torpored vamp > still has 2 blood on him? Does the torpored vampire just lose one blood > and stay in torpor? The torpored vamp is "automatically" burned if the encountering vampire's action is not blocked (by some ready minion). Blood on the target vamp has nothing to do with it since there is no combat. If the action is blocked, combat occurs normally. [ quoted text not captured ]

jAMES e. lIN

In article <DDCpq...@freenet.carleton.ca>, Gord Culleton <bg...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote: > >Uh, when can you block while in torpor? Last I checked, >you can only _be_ blocked. Not the same thing. If I block >your Diablerie attempt, the blocking vampire is not burned... >unless, of course, too much aggro...or that damned Ritual of >the Bitter Rose... > >Behind the Beauty, Jere >Cracks Appear... Culleton > Oh, I think the original posting was something like he asked if a vampire with no blood on can block a vampire with the camarilla exemplary vote on it. What I meant is that since the vampire without any blood can block the vampire, and since he will have to lose 1 blood by blocking, he would go into torpor, and obviously from what he said, seems like his opponent is trying to diablerize that vampire.... So the blocking is meant by self-defense. ---jAMES--- .

jAMES e. lIN

You're right guys. Vamps in torpor cannot do anything else but trying to get out of torpor. But now I have a few questions since I'm a bit confused now. 1. So vampires in torpor cannot block when a vampire is attacking it? Then diablerizing is much easier than I thought. So the attacking vampire will not lose any blood? Even when attacking a torpored vampire with aggravated damage or +hand damage? 2. Does this mean the torpored vampire automatically gets killed? What if the attacking vampire is only doing 1 normal damage and the torpored vamp still has 2 blood on him? Does the torpored vampire just lose one blood and stay in torpor? Thanks in advance. ---jAMES---

James R. McClure Jr.

je...@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (jAMES e. lIN) wrote: >You're right guys. Vamps in torpor cannot do anything else but trying to get >out of torpor. But now I have a few questions since I'm a bit confused now. > >1. So vampires in torpor cannot block when a vampire is attacking it? Then > diablerizing is much easier than I thought. So the attacking vampire will > not lose any blood? Even when attacking a torpored vampire with aggravated > damage or +hand damage? Peace jAMES, Yes, a vampire in torpor may not block. The encounter vampire in torpor action could be blocked by some other minion of the defending Meth, though. The acting vampire, if unblocked, can only gain blood from diablerizing the torpd vamp. The torpored vamp cannot deal damage. >2. Does this mean the torpored vampire automatically gets killed? What if > the attacking vampire is only doing 1 normal damage and the torpored vamp > still has 2 blood on him? Does the torpored vampire just lose one blood > and stay in torpor? Yes, the torpd vamp burns if the encountering vamp so chooses [diablerie!]. The damage of the acting vamp is totally irrelivent (sp). No combat occurs. If the acting vamp chooses to diablerize the torpored minion, the torpd minion burns and the acting vamp gains all of the torpd vamps equipment & blood. [ quoted text not captured ]

Gord Culleton

jAMES e. lIN (je...@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU) writes: > Oh, I think the original posting was something like he asked > if a vampire with no blood on can block a vampire with the > camarilla exemplary vote on it. What I meant is that since > the vampire without any blood can block the vampire, and > since he will have to lose 1 blood by blocking, he would go > into torpor, and obviously from what he said, seems like > his opponent is trying to diablerize that vampire.... So the > blocking is meant by self-defense. > ---jAMES--- A vampire that has no blood on it cannot block a vampire endowed with Camarilla Exemplary. You have to meet the conditions of CamEx. As well, if a vampire with 1 blood blocked, it wouldn't go to torpor right away, as the blood loss was not a result of combat. [ quoted text not captured ]

rit...@cruzio.com

In article <40qm4q$a...@agate.berkeley.edu>, je...@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (jAMES e. lIN) writes: > You're right guys. Vamps in torpor cannot do anything else but trying to get > out of torpor. But now I have a few questions since I'm a bit confused now. > > 1. So vampires in torpor cannot block when a vampire is attacking it? Then > diablerizing is much easier than I thought. So the attacking vampire will > not lose any blood? Even when attacking a torpored vampire with aggravated > damage or +hand damage? > > 2. Does this mean the torpored vampire automatically gets killed? What if > the attacking vampire is only doing 1 normal damage and the torpored vamp > still has 2 blood on him? Does the torpored vampire just lose one blood > and stay in torpor? > > Thanks in advance. > > ---jAMES--- What? If you visit a Vampire in Torpor, it is a directed action, and one which can be blocked by any of that player's Ready Vampires (ie, not in Torpor). If you are unblocked, you have the option of either diablery, or rescuing the Vampire. If you commit diablery, the target is burned, the diablerizing Vampire gets all the Blood, all the equipment, and you get to put a skill card on the diablerizing Vampire if you can, and want to, and the burned Vampire is older than the Diablerizing Vampire. Of course, a Blood Hunt can then be called... but the Diablery itself is fairly simple. Ritaxis

Mask Lives

When you encounter a vampire in torpor, you are come inot his resting place while he/she is attempting to recover from to much damage or aggravated damage. Therefore the vampire in torpor is unconsious and cannot engage in combat with the vampire that is encountering it. Masklives "Perish in your mortality."