questions from my group
Alan Kwan
>How does Praxis Seizure work? If Timothy Crowley is in play, and PS
>Dallas is successful for Koko, does this mean Koko is now Prince of
>Dallas, or is the title contested? What if Koko is Prince of Seattle
>and then Timothy Crowley comes into play? Do I need Praxis Solomon to
>settle this? If Koko has an uncontested title, and Crowley is in play,
>and Koko gets burnt, or goes to torpor, does Crowley automatically
>regain his title? Who pays the blood on contested titles?
The title is contested, and the contesting vampires must pay
1 blood during each of its owner's untap phase or yield the
title. A vampire which cannot pay the blood goes to torpor,
and a vampire which is in torpor must yield the title. This
is actually in the rules.
Praxis Solomon can settle it, but is not necessary.
>Can you play the same action modifier twice for the same action? Eg.,
>Lost in Crowds? What about in it's normal and superior version?
No and no.
>Press. My opponent presses to end combat, I press to continue. Who
>wins? Can either of us influence things by playing yet more presses?
Your opponent's play is illegal. A press to end combat cannot be
played unless your opponent has first played a press to continue combat.
Players can keep playing presses until either player quits playing
presses.
>Is it legal to modify an action before your opponent declares if
>they're blocking? Eg, I'm going to bleed you at stealth 2 using
>superior lost in crowds.
It is generally legal to play action modifiers before blocking
attempts, /with the exception of stealth/. Stealth cannot be played
unless there is a blocking attempt, and the action would be blocked
if you don't play the stealth.
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Alan Kwan kw...@cs.cornell.edu
L. Scott Johnson
>Sorry if any of these are easily answered from the rules....
They are. They are also clarified in the postings that pass for
FAQs on this newsgroup: The Complete Rules Outline and the Summary
of Official Errata and Clarifications.
In general, it's better to simply "lurk" on a group for a few weeks
before posting, to check that your questions really aren't frequently
asked, but since you're here...
>How does Praxis Seizure work? If Timothy Crowley is in play, and PS
>Dallas is successful for Koko, does this mean Koko is now Prince of
>Dallas, or is the title contested? What if Koko is Prince of Seattle
>and then Timothy Crowley comes into play? Do I need Praxis Solomon to
>settle this?
The title is contested as soon as more than one vampire lays claim to it.
a Praxis Solomon *cannot* be used to settle this, since it is only good
to settle contested *cards*, not titles.
>If Koko has an uncontested title, and Crowley is in play,
>and Koko gets burnt, or goes to torpor, does Crowley automatically
>regain his title? Who pays the blood on contested titles?
Crowley will regain the title during his Methuselah's next untap phase.
The vampires pay the blood to contest their titles. [17.2]
>Can you play the same action modifier twice for the same action? Eg.,
>Lost in Crowds? What about in it's normal and superior version?
No. (Or, not usually. You can play the same modifier more than once
provided that no minion plays the same modifier more than once during
the action. Ex: Superior Cloak the Gathering can be played by as many
ready vampires as are available. Also, if an action is taken over
via the Mask of a Thousand Faces, the new acting vampire may use any
action modifier - including ones already used by the previous acting
minion.)
>Press. My opponent presses to end combat, I press to continue. Who
>wins? Can either of us influence things by playing yet more presses?
The last press played wins. [15.1 p34]
Whichever Methuselah did not play the last press is free to play the
next. The first press used in a round is "to continue combat". The
second press is "to end combat". And they alternate. Same as for
playing maneuvers.
>Is it legal to modify an action before your opponent declares if
>they're blocking? Eg, I'm going to bleed you at stealth 2 using
>superior lost in crowds.
In general, yes. Your example, no. You may not play stealth unless
you need to overcome the current blocker's intercept. [13.3.2]
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> Sorry if any of these are easily answered from the rules....
>
> Dallas is successful for Koko, does this mean Koko is now Prince of
> Dallas, or is the title contested?
Yes, the title is contested.
> What if Koko is Prince of Seattle
> and then Timothy Crowley comes into play?
Nothing happens. Timothy Crowley has no claim to seattle, so nothing
happens.
> Do I need Praxis Solomon to
> settle this?
No, but Praxis Solomon would certainly help :).
> If Koko has an uncontested title, and Crowley is in play,
> and Koko gets burnt, or goes to torpor, does Crowley automatically
> regain his title?
No. Once you have forfeited your title, it is GONE until someone
Praxis Seisures it back.
> Who pays the blood on contested titles?
The Vampire doing the contestation.
>
> Can you play the same action modifier twice for the same action? Eg.,
> Lost in Crowds? What about in it's normal and superior version?
>
Sort of. Each Vampire can only play each particular card once.
However, there are certain obvious combos involving Mask of 1,000 faces that
can allow you to play the same card several times. Cloak the Gathering can be
used as many times as you have minions with Obfuscation.
> Press. My opponent presses to end combat, I press to continue. Who
> wins? Can either of us influence things by playing yet more presses?
>
Neither of you "win". However, unless there are more presses to
continue combat, combat will not continue. In a sense, Press to end beats
Press to continue.
> Is it legal to modify an action before your opponent declares if
> they're blocking? Eg, I'm going to bleed you at stealth 2 using
> superior lost in crowds.
>
Currently, no. However, some people say you can, and I don't care.
> Thanks,
> Lee
>
Your welcome,
Ritaxis
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Ken Mikolaj
On Tue, 14 Nov 1995, Lee Butterfield wrote:
> Sorry if any of these are easily answered from the rules....
>
They are
Algustas
> In article <487o81$o...@quiknet3.quiknet.com>, le...@quiknet.com (Lee Butterfield) writes:
Deleted Stuff about Praxis Seizure....
> > What if Koko is Prince of Seattle
> > and then Timothy Crowley comes into play?
>
> Nothing happens. Timothy Crowley has no claim to seattle, so nothing
> happens.
>
> > Do I need Praxis Solomon to
> > settle this?
>
> No, but Praxis Solomon would certainly help :).
Are you sure about this? I thought that Tom ruled titles were not
cards, therefore P.S. did not apply....
Algustas
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