Decapitate... and entombment
david naseby
This is an evil, if expensive combination.But neither card texts mention
the range. Could you decapitate at long range? And does entombment need
to be at close range to be used?
James Hamblin
david naseby (d.na...@unsw.edu.au) wrote:
: This is an evil, if expensive combination.But neither card texts mention
: the range. Could you decapitate at long range? And does entombment need
: to be at close range to be used?
Since Entombment is a strike, it needs to indicate that it is usable at
long range, otherwise it is not. Decapitate is not a strike, you can use
it any time it applies. For example (back me up on this one, LSJ), you
could enter a Dawn Op'd combat, play Skin of Night, Weather Control, and
Decapitate the opposing vampire before range was even determined.
James
...sounds like a deck Josh would make...
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Joshua Duffin
James Hamblin (ham...@math.wisc.edu) wrote:
: Since Entombment is a strike, it needs to indicate that it is usable at
: long range, otherwise it is not. Decapitate is not a strike, you can use
: it any time it applies. For example (back me up on this one, LSJ), you
: could enter a Dawn Op'd combat, play Skin of Night, Weather Control, and
: Decapitate the opposing vampire before range was even determined.
: James
: ...sounds like a deck Josh would make...
hee hee, that'd be funny... actually, that *is* a deck I made, except I
was using Amaranth instead of Decapitate, since not that many Tremere have
Potence. It never worked very well for me though. Who's gonna block you
after they see it happen once?
(For the record, I agree with you that Decap is usable any time you want
(the burn-a-vamp version of course, not the strike: +2 hand), just like
Amaranth.)
Josh
..I played jyhad for an hour, and I was killed by a ravnos...
E Merrill
du...@newton.ruph.cornell.edu (Joshua Duffin) wrote:
>
>...I played jyhad for an hour, and I was killed by a ravnos...
Ravnos can be as devious as Malkavians... though far less insane.
-T!mmy, mad, but not the angry type
LSJ
ham...@math.wisc.edu (James Hamblin) wrote:
> david naseby (d.na...@unsw.edu.au) wrote:
> : This is an evil, if expensive combination.But neither card texts mention
> : the range. Could you decapitate at long range? And does entombment need
> : to be at close range to be used?
>
> long range, otherwise it is not. Decapitate is not a strike, you can use
> it any time it applies.
Correct. Similarly, Taste of Vitae can be used at long range.
> For example (back me up on this one, LSJ), you
> could enter a Dawn Op'd combat, play Skin of Night, Weather Control, and
> Decapitate the opposing vampire before range was even determined.
Correct.
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LSJ
Chris wrote:
>
> > it any time it applies. For example (back me up on this one, LSJ), you
> > could enter a Dawn Op'd combat, play Skin of Night, Weather Control, and
> > Decapitate the opposing vampire before range was even determined.
>
> Would the opposing Vampire even get a strike? If all of this is before
> range?
?!
No.
No striking without announcing your strike.
No announcing your strike before range is determined.
If combat ends before range, neither minion gets a strike.