Losing blood during an action

Timo wrote:

So the funny part is that if you have a perfectionist, you will gain the blood which were needed just a hair after it is needed.

Correct. [LSJ 20070412]

LSJ wrote:

[snip - fizzling action]
> if the vamp has Perfectionist (assuming no reactions are played), he
> can gain a blood from that and then use that blood to Freak Drive
> (since both Perf and FD time in the 'after resolution' window, you can
> order the two as you like)? Course, then he would immediately have to
> hunt...

Heh. Sure. No reactions and yet he is still "surprised" by something that makes
him have to play an action modifier that costs him enough blood so that he can't
pay for the action. Right.

(Various people go on to provide legitimate examples of things that would surprise an acting Methuselah without being a reaction card.)

If no reaction cards are played.