floppyzedolfin
10/19/2010 10:22:00 PM
On 20 oct, 00:14, brandonsantacruz <brandonsantac...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Oct 19, 1:35 pm, witness1 <jwnewqu...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> > On Oct 19, 4:16 pm, brandonsantacruz <brandonsantac...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
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> > > On Oct 16, 6:44 am, floppyzedolfin <floppyzedol...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > On 16 oct, 15:23, Baaliprimogen <vegardki...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > On Oct 16, 3:14 pm, Marcin <dragar...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > Tye Cooper has ability to:
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> > > > > > He may burn a non-ready minion as a (D) action.
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> > > > > > Can I burn with this ability a vampire in any Uncontrolled region ?
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> > > > > > Which minion are non-ready ?
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> > > > > No.
> > > > > You may burn a vampire in topor or an Imbued in incapacitated region.
> > > > > And possibly an ally that just has been recruited.... But I'm not
> > > > > certain about the last one.
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> > > > The last one is correct. It would require someone else performing the
> > > > recruit action during your turn (or giving Tye the possibility to
> > > > perform actions during another player's turn), but it could happen.
> > > > Allies are put in the non-ready area when recruited, they move to the
> > > > ready region at the end of the turn.
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> > > I wonder if Tye can burn your own, freshly minted ally. It seems
> > > strange for there to be minions in the uncontrolled region, but
> > > targetable by an action to burn a non-ready minion. Is this backed up
> > > by any rulings? Heaven's Gate seems to say you are right by
> > > identifying an ally just brought into the card as controlled, but not
> > > ready. I could see a Khazar's deck benefiting from Tye disposing of
> > > new allies for you.
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> > From the rulebook (6.1.5):
> > "If the action is successful, the ally is placed in your uncontrolled
> > region, __even though it is controlled__, to indicate that it cannot
> > act this turn"
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> > So yeah, Tye can target them.
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> > -witness1
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> Cannot act = not ready?
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> Brandon
"Only ready untapped minions can take actions, and taking an action
taps the acting minion." (Rulebook 6.)
Not ready implies cannot act (with the noticeable exception of leaving
torpor for vampires).