Ahrimanes Newsletter #4 08 05 05 (LONG)
Jazzbeaux
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==================================================== 1.0 - Editorial -
1.1 Word From the Editor- 1.2 Next Issue 2.0 - Concepts -
2.1 Crypt Card Focus- 2.1.1 All in Favor, Howl "Yea" deck-
2.1.2 All In favour MOD deck- 2.2 Library Card Focus 3.0 - Deck -
3.1 Ahrimane Howling deck- 3.2 Sign Off --[1.1 - Word from the
Editor]----------------------- Hello, this is my first newsletter, and as
such I thought I would copy the format of the previous Ahrimanes newsletters
to provide some sort of continuity between those and this - I hope that
Alexander Gyhlesten doesn't mind too much. I am Sam Marsh (Jazzbeaux),
Prince of Bath, and have been playing this game since September 1994 in the
bad rulebook days of Jyhad. --[1.2 -Next
Issue]--------------------------------- Well the next issue will be later in
the year, once Legacies of Blood arrives. This set promises new Ahrimanes,
and hopefully new and reprinted Spiritus cards. Ideally it would include a
reworded The Wildebeest, where you could still use Animal Retainers - you
know it makes sense. I mean with Pack Alpha, and the various Retainer
seeking and stealing cards available The Wildebeest is currently sidelined
in most Ahrimane decks. --[2.1 - Crypt Card Focus]------------- Una. Now
most players can see the use of Una in an Ahrimane deck, as she has the
common in-clan skills, votes and a nice special. Plus for those that like
to keep to the background she is a she - and all Ahrimanes are meant to be
female.
Una
Clan: Gangrel antitribu (group 3)
Capacity: 9
Disciplines: ANI FOR PRE PRO dem
Sabbat Archbishop of Dublin: Cards that require Fortitude [for] cost Una 1
less blood to play.
Rarity: Gehenna:U A Sabbat vote deck with ANI PRE and SPI could be quite
powerful as all three disciplines have a wide scope of abilities, which will
make it difficult for your opponents to guess what your deck will do. You
will need to build up your voting power with a few Cardinal Benedictions,
but these can be forced through with Swiftness of the Stag and Chameleon's
Colors or even a Día de los Muertos! Below is a deck that follows a similar
concept, although it would require some tweaking to lever in Una and any of
the cards that have come out since this deck was created. Name of
tournament: QC Championship Qualifier: Gatineau 2004Location: Gatineau,
Québec, CanadaDate: September 26, 2004Number of players: 14Number of rounds:
3 + F Charles Lechasseur's Tournament Winning Deck Here is my winning deck.
This deck was built before Anarchs came out and I didn't have time to tweak
it before the tournament. It doesn't have a lot of permanent votes, so I was
lucky to not face any dedicated political decks. Deck Name: All in Favor,
Howl "Yea"Created By: Charles Lechasseur Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 24, Max: 38,
Avg: 7.67)----------------------------------------------3 Cailean ANI dom
OBF POT PRE 10, Nosferatu Antitribu:2, Archbishop3 Howler ANI obf PRE SPI 8,
Ahrimanes:23 Siamese ani PRE pro SPI 7, Ahrimanes:22 Cynthia Ingold ani for
pre SPI 6, Ahrimanes:21 Nettie Hale ani cel pre pro spi 5, Ahrimanes:2
Library: (85 cards)-------------------Master (12 cards)1 Blood Doll1
Creepshow Casino2 Dreams of the Sphinx1 Giant's Blood1 Golconda: Inner
Peace1 Legendary Vampire4 Minion Tap1 Powerbase: Madrid Action (6 cards)4
Enchant Kindred2 Engling Fury Action Modifier (14 cards)1 Awe5 Bewitching
Oration4 Forgotten Labyrinth4 Voter Captivation Political Action (18 cards)1
Ancient Influence2 Ancilla Empowerment1 Banishment3 Cardinal Benediction1
Conservative Agitation1 Crusade: Mexico City2 Domain Challenge2 Dramatic
Upheaval5 Kine Resources Contested Reaction (15 cards)2 Cats' Guidance3
Deflection2 Falcon's Eye4 Speak with Spirits4 Wake with Evening's Freshness
Combat (13 cards)4 Chameleon's Colors6 Majesty3 Terror Frenzy Ally (1
cards)1 High Top Combo (6 cards)6 Swiftness of the Stag With a quick
shuffling of cards, bearing in mind any lost skills and banned cards I cam
up with the following. Deck Name : All In favour MOD Crypt [13 vampires]
Capacity min: 4 max: 9 average:
7.16------------------------------------------------------------ 3x Una
9 ANI FOR PRE PRO dem archbishop !Gangrel:33x Howler 8 ANI
PRE SPI obf Ahrimanes:23x Siamese, The 7 PRE SPI
ani pro Ahrimanes:22x Cynthia Ingold 6 SPI ani for
pre Ahrimanes:21x Nettie Hale 5 ani cel pre pro
spi Ahrimanes:21x Juanita Santiago 4 ani pre spi
Ahrimanes:2 Library [85
cards]------------------------------------------------------------ Action
[6] 4x Enchant Kindred 2x Engling Fury Action Modifier [12] 2x
Approximation of Loyalty 1x Awe 5x Bewitching Oration 4x Voter
Captivation Combat [14] 4x Chameleon's Colors 6x Majesty 4x Terror Frenzy
Combat/Action Modifier [6] 6x Swiftness of the Stag Master [12] 1x Blood
Doll 2x Dreams of the Sphinx 1x Feral Spirit 1x Giant's Blood 1x
Legendary Vampire 4x Minion Tap 1x Perfectionist 1x Powerbase: Madrid
Political Action [18] 1x Ancient Influence 2x Ancilla Empowerment 1x
Banishment 3x Cardinal Benediction 1x Conservative Agitation 1x Crusade:
Mexico City 2x Domain Challenge 5x Kine Resources Contested 2x Templar
Reaction [15] 2x Cats' Guidance 3x Falcon's Eye 5x Speak with Spirits 5x
Wake with Evening's Freshness Retainer [2] 2x Raven Spy Of course this
issues Library Card opens up a whole box of crypt options, as you will soon
discover. --[2.2 - Library Card Focus]------------- Spontaneous Power. This
in combination with Feral Spirit gives you the ability to give any Gangrel
or Gangrel Antitribu superior Spiritus. Or alternatively give anyone
inferior Spiritus, which should double the playable options on most
Spiritus/plus other cards. Spontaneous Power
Type: Master
Cost: 2 pool
Unique master.
Put this card on a vampire and choose a Discipline. This vampire gains 1
level of the chosen Discipline. While in play, this card counts as a master:
Discipline card.
Rarity: Promo: 20050611 Now Spontaneous Power is not cheap, but it opens up
a lot of options. You could use the various out of Gangrel clan skills
that exist - such as Auspex for a solid blocking wall, Celerity which could
be combined with The Wildebeest or Pack Alpha for combat nastiness, or even
use Obfuscate to get those actions to succeed.Of course it can be used to
plug the skill gaps in the basic Ahrimane crypt, with a flexibility that you
can't get from the usual Master: Discipline cards. I have used it in the
deck below for that very reason. Yes, you could have previously done this
with Sanguine Instruction, but that obviously costs actions, and like Go
Anarch! is an action that I would regularly try to block purely because if
someone wants that ability then not having it will disrupt his or her
plans. --[3.1 - Deck: Ahrimane Howling]--------------------
Author: Sam Marsh
Description: My version of a Bruise/Bleed deck, it will take a while to set
up, but once the elements are in place it will be able to put a lot of
pressure on your prey. Like any deck there is weaknesses, but hopefully
they have been reduced to a minimum. POT rush decks will be a problem, as
will weenie bleeders - but then most decks struggle against that.
Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 4 max: 8 average: 6.25
3x Howler 8 ANI PRE SPI obf Ahrimanes 2
3x Siamese, The 7 PRE SPI ani pro Ahrimanes 2
2x Cynthia Ingold 6 SPI ani for pre Ahrimanes 2
2x Nettie Hale 5 ani cel pre pro spi Ahrimanes 2
2x Juanita Santiago 4 ani pre spi Ahrimanes 2
Library [90 cards]
Action [18]
4x Enchant Kindred
4x Engling Fury
3x Heart of the City
2x Nose of the Hound
5x Wildebeest, The
Combat [30]
5x Carrion Crows
2x Chameleon's Colors
3x Pulled Fangs
8x Scorpion Sting
3x Song of Serenity
2x Staredown
2x Strength of the Bear
5x Taste of Vitae
Combat/Action Modifier [6]
6x Swiftness of the Stag
Master [18]
1x Animalism
5x Blood Doll
2x Depravity
4x Life in the City
4x Perfectionist
1x Presence
1x Spontaneous Power
Reaction [18]
2x Cats' Guidance
4x Falcon's Eye
2x Forced Awakening
2x Guard Dogs
2x Instinctive Reaction
2x Pack Tactics
4x Speak with Spirits
--[3.2 - Sign Off]-------------
Well that's it for now; I hope this newsletter has helped to fire your V:tes
imagination. If you have any comments or suggestions please let me know.
Sam
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