GoBs' text seems too amply that it is played from your hand.
Also, GoB has equip is its function, but is it "successfully"?
Or is "successfully" a term that is linked to an unblocked action?
Thank you in advance,
Matt
Gift of Bellona
[VAL] Only usable when an action to equip with a weapon from your hand
is blocked. Before combat begins, equip this vampire with the weapon
instead of placing it in your ash heap (pay cost as normal). During
the first round of this combat, that weapon cannot be used.
Forger's Hammer
Only usable when this vampire successfully equips with a non-unique
melee weapon from your hand.
[pot] Put this card on the weapon. This weapon inflicts +1 damage each
strike.
[POT] As above, and the cost of this weapon is reduced by 1 blood or 1
pool.
Blocked actions aren't successful.
A melee Weapon acquired by Gift of Bellona is equiped, but not
"successfully".
I thought as much, just wanted it to be clear.
Matt
Yes.
> Or is "successfully" a term that is linked to an unblocked action?
Damage can be successfully inflicted, equipment successfully equipped,
and block attempts successfully executed.
For Forger's Hammer, the word occurs on the card text to prevent it
from being played as an equip action is announced, since the equipment
is not successfully equipped at that time.
How about one acquired from Concealed Weapon? Same situation?
>How about one acquired from Concealed Weapon? Same situation?
No.
You cannot play action modifiers in combat.
Gift of Bellona is played before combat, so Forger's Hammer is legal.
LSJ Aug 5, 2001
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad/msg/0fe00c7a48298995
"can you play action modifier cards in combat?
No. (Except superior Form of Mist)"
The card text above appears to be from the Third Ed printing and does
not match the official text in the WW card list (which I assume is
from LotN -- don't have a copy on me to check right now). The official
text is:
Only usable when an action to equip a non-unique melee weapon from
your hand is successful.
[pot] Put this card on the weapon. This weapon inflicts +1 damage each
strike.
[POT] As above, and the cost of this weapon is reduced by 1 blood or 1
pool.
See http://www.secretlibrary.info/index.php?lib=1686.
This will probably affect the ruling quite substantially (since the
ruling was based on incorrect card text).
Schiavo
Simon
Correct. Card text indeed answers the question directly, as you note.
Ah man, That's what I get for looking at out of date card text.