Card idea: Corrupter

Ankha wrote:

It's supposed to improve corruption counters decks which are quite unexisting right now.

Well, part of the problem is that corruption is like combat, but worse : you lose a vampire, your predator / prey gain one. When it work, it's quickly overwhelming. When it don't work, it suck.

So, it need very careful test to see if the balance is good enough. Maybe "add one more if there were none" would be enough. Maybe that even with this card, using 2-5 actions to take control of a vampire is too much.

Ohlmann wrote:

So, it need very careful test to see if the balance is good enough. Maybe "add one more if there were none" would be enough. Maybe that even with this card, using 2-5 actions to take control of a vampire is too much.

What about if putting Corruption counters also helped with pool damage, so the slowness was less bad?

So, Nefertiti, Corruption, Reformation, Relevation of Ecstasy (superior), Cave of Apples all qualify.

Less bothered about a clan requirement - why not let an Anarch Gangrel with Serpentis try it if they really want? Unsure about pool cost. Really, I'm just suggesting a possible mechanism that might be interesting, which could be appropriately costed later.

Ohlmann wrote:

Ankha wrote:

It's supposed to improve corruption counters decks which are quite unexisting right now.

Well, part of the problem is that corruption is like combat, but worse : you lose a vampire, your predator / prey gain one. When it work, it's quickly overwhelming. When it don't work, it suck.

So, it need very careful test to see if the balance is good enough. Maybe "add one more if there were none" would be enough. Maybe that even with this card, using 2-5 actions to take control of a vampire is too much.

Or add drawback to the card. Like "Any minion may burn this card as a action" or "As long as this card is in play, a minion may remove one corruption counter on him or her as an action."

jamesatzephyr wrote:

Less bothered about a clan requirement - why not let an Anarch Gangrel with Serpentis try it if they really want?

For the same reason that path are restricted to clan I think.

Corruption counters are meant as anti weenie thing, and against bigger guys they can already be used for pool damage with Revelation of Desire.