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02 Dec 2014 01:22 #67835 by Nac
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Hi everyone

I was reading about canceling cards and no repeat action and I have a question:

On the card ruling of Direct Intervention, it says:

Since the NRA rule is applied to the acting minion when the action resolves (is blocked or is successful), the minion whose action card is canceled by Direct Intervention is free to attempt the same type of action again, even with (another copy of) the same card.

(it is very weird for me that cards get different ways of dealing with being canceled, the most upsetting one: aditional strikes. I don't get it. I mean, i know the rule but compared to strikes and actions, it makes no sense to me)

It made me think: can I announce a second bleed or a second political action just to make it fizzle? Let's say I bleed and then I untap by any mean, is it within the rules to try to bleed again knowing that in action resolution it won't resolve?

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02 Dec 2014 04:03 #67836 by Juggernaut1981
Replied by Juggernaut1981 on topic Re: no repeat action
Any card that is 'cancelled' never resolves. If it doesn't resolve then you can't have "performed" the action. In VTES jargon it has not resolved either successfully or unsuccessfully, but you have played the card. So... when DI hits an action:

No Repeat Action 'taint' only occurs when the card resolves (i.e. after combat when blocked OR after the action has completed its effects). If the action is CANCELLED before the block OR the card resolves then No Repeat Action 'taint' has not yet happened. If the card is forced to FAIL then it has resolved by being forced to fail.

With combat cards there is no restriction on playing multiple copies IN GENERAL. A minion must attempt to declare a strike, so if the first declared strike is cancelled then they must choose a new strike.

The rules also prevent you from attempting a card play that is illegal. So you can't even attempt an action covered by NRA. You can't play a Master card for which there are no legal targets, etc, etc, etc. So you can't 'discard by fizzle'.

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02 Dec 2014 08:26 #67840 by Lönkka
Replied by Lönkka on topic Re: no repeat action

In VTES jargon it has not resolved either successfully or unsuccessfully, but you have played the card.

This is important bit.

So when your Reins of Power gets DI'd you can still play another vote but that can't be a Reins of Power since Reins of Power has a restiction that only one Reins of Power can be played during the game.

Similarily, if in combat your Immortal Grapple gets DI'd, you can't play another as Immortal Grapple itself has a text restricting the use to only one Immortal Grapple per combat round.

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02 Dec 2014 10:37 #67851 by Pascal Bertrand

Hi everyone

I was reading about canceling cards and no repeat action and I have a question:

On the card ruling of Direct Intervention, it says:

Since the NRA rule is applied to the acting minion when the action resolves (is blocked or is successful), the minion whose action card is canceled by Direct Intervention is free to attempt the same type of action again, even with (another copy of) the same card.

(it is very weird for me that cards get different ways of dealing with being canceled, the most upsetting one: aditional strikes. I don't get it. I mean, i know the rule but compared to strikes and actions, it makes no sense to me)

Please be a bit more explicit. Which part is unclear? The effect of DI'ing Blur? The effect of DI'ing an additional strike that is a strike: dodge? Something else?

It made me think: can I announce a second bleed or a second political action just to make it fizzle? Let's say I bleed and then I untap by any mean, is it within the rules to try to bleed again knowing that in action resolution it won't resolve?

If your first Kindred Spirits was DI'd, you can play another Kindred Spirits with the same minion (with level and target of your choice). This would be this minion's first bleed action this turn. If it isn't blocked, it is successful, and won't fizzle - it will resolve normally.

On the other hand, if you reach resolution of a bleed (say your first Kindred Spirits was successful), and untap (Freak Drive), the NRA prohibits the declaration of another bleed action with that minion.

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02 Dec 2014 22:07 - 02 Dec 2014 22:08 #67870 by Nac
Replied by Nac on topic Re: no repeat action

Please be a bit more explicit. Which part is unclear? The effect of DI'ing Blur? The effect of DI'ing an additional strike that is a strike: dodge? Something else?


It was unclear for me the way in which No Repeat Action worked in interaction with a "cancel" effect. Now I know why it goes that way but the uneasyness remains: "cancel" works different with different kind of cards and it is hard for me to grasp a genenal understanding of things like that, I prefer general definitions in that refer to rules. Cancel a strike means something different, in practice, than canceling an aditional strike and they're both combat cards.

The No Repeat action question was to see the way No Repeat Action worked and how. I'm now aware it goes on resolution of the first atempt and not on the resolution of the second one . That makes it clear for me.
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03 Dec 2014 08:45 - 03 Dec 2014 08:48 #67875 by jamesatzephyr
Replied by jamesatzephyr on topic Re: no repeat action

Cancel a strike means something different, in practice, than canceling an aditional strike and they're both combat cards.


What do you think the difference is?

When you cancel the play of a card then, roughly speaking, the game remembers that:
- you have played a card with that name
- you have played a card of that type (which might vary depending on the level of the card, with combo cards like Swallowed by the Night)
- none of that card's card text
- you might pay the cost (depending on whether the canceller says to retrieve the cost or not)

You can then play another copy of the card if you want to, except to the extent that you're prevented from doing so by the rules or card text.

For example:
- You play Bonding with Arika
- I DI your Bonding
- You want to play a second Bonding in your hand, but you can't play it with Arika because of the rules on action modifiers with the same minion in a given action. The game remembers that you have played a Bonding action modifier this action (even though it did nothing), so you can't play another.

Similarly:
- You play Eagle Sight with Isabel de Leon.
- I DI it (let's assume I'm acting out of turn or not the acting Methuselah).
- You can't play a second copy of Eagle Sight with Isabel de Leon this action, because the game remembers that you have played an Eagle Sight reaction this action (even though it did nothing).



Two different bleed mods with the same minion:
- You play Bonding. The card text on Bonding says: "You cannot play another action modifier to increase this bleed amount."
- I DI your Bonding.
- You play Conditioning. That's allowed because:
a) it's not Bonding, so the game rule on duplicate action modifiers doesn't kick in
b) the card text on Bonding saying "You cannot play another action modifier to increased this bleed amount" was cancelled by DI, so you can play Conditioning happily.



Action:
- You play Parity Shift
- I DI it
- You can play another Parity Shift or another political action of your choice. The repeat action 'taint' only kicks in when the action resolves, so no rule text is preventing you from doing so.


This isn't unique to card cancellers, by the way. Consider this without a DI:

Action:
- Queen Anne plays Kine Resources Contested.
- Everyone declines to block.
- Before the action resolves, Dollface plays Mask of a Thousand Faces to take the action off Queen Anne.
- The action resolves.
- Dollface is tainted. Queen Anne is not.




Back to card cancellers. In combat:

- You play Majesty
- I play DI
- You must declare a strike of some sort (which might be a default hand strike). No rules text prohibits you from playing Majesty again, so you can, if you have one. Or you could play Catatonic Fear, or whatever you want.


Gain additional strikes:

- You play Blur for 2 additional strikes.
- I play DI.
- Does anything prevent you from playing Blur again? There are no generic rules preventing duplicate combat cards each round e.g. you can maneuver with Flash twice if you need to (either the opponent maneuvers back, or your first one gets cancelled etc.) There is a rule that you can only have one source of additional strikes per round. But what did your Blur do?
- The game remembers that:
a) you played a card called Blur
b) it was a combat card
c) nothing about the card text
d) whether you paid the cost or not (which, due to DI saying "no cost is paid", you wouldn't have)
- "A minion cannot use more than one card or effect to gain additional strikes per round of combat." The card was cancelled, so you haven't gained any additional strikes.
- So there is nothing stopping you playing Blur again. Or another source of additional strikes of your choice.

[LSJ 20100206]

> What about canceling a combat card that provides additional
> strikes, can the opposing minion play another source of additional
> strikes?
Yes.




Immortal Grapple:
- You play Immortal Grapple. Relevant card text: "A vampire may play only one Immortal Grapple each round."
- I play DI.
- The game remembers that you have played a combat card called Immortal Grapple, no cost was paid, and none of its card text. The game does not remember that this Immortal Grapple says "A vampire may play only one Immortal Grapple each round."
- You have a second IG in hand and want to play it. But you can't. Why? Because this new Immortal Grapple has card text that says: "A vampire may play only one Immortal Grapple each round." And the game remembers that you've played an earlier Immortal Grapple, so this would be playing a second, violating the card text on this second IG. Since that would break the card text of the second IG, you can't play it.
Last edit: 03 Dec 2014 08:48 by jamesatzephyr.
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