Wakes, Untaps and Impulse/Timing windows

2wayspeaker wrote:

1) I can use a wake whenever I want.

It's a reaction card, so it can be played only during an action. You can play it any time during the action, including when the action card is played or the action is announced (that's the special thing with Wakes).

2wayspeaker wrote:

Aka my grandprey anounces a bleed action, I can play wwef and tell him "Yeah that was it, didn't have eagle sight". Correct?

Correct.

2wayspeaker wrote:

2) My prey does something and I want to wake.
When can I play this wake? Is it right after he says "Carlton" and taps the vampire?
Does "the impulse" allow him to play action modifiers before allowing wakes?

I suppose you mean during the recruit action? When his vampire announces the recruit action and plays the card, there's the "as played" window during which anyone (following the impulse) can play a cancellation card or a wake. This doesn't mean we jump to the "block attempt" window yet. He still can play action modifiers before that, such as Seduction ("as the action is announced. The chosen vampire can't attempt to block").

2wayspeaker wrote:

3) How much vampires can I wake simultaneously? Can I wake say 4 vampires before giving the impulse back?

You can wake any number of vampires, but you have to give the impulse back each time.
For instance:
A: Arika bleeds for 3.
B: Cailean plays a wake
A: ok, i don't play cards right now, do you block?
B: not yet. I need to cycle: Jorge de la Muerte plays an On the Qui Vive
A: ok, fine, any block?
B: Cailean attempts to block

etc.

2wayspeaker wrote:

4) Eluding the arms of Morpheus vs Second Trad.
First thing both cards say is: attempt to block. From what I find on old rules sites you can only
Play these cards on actions you WOULD ALREADY be allowed to block. Ergo you can't use these crosstable and you can't use these to untap and play eagle sight to block a bleed of your prey/crosstable. Correct?

Correct. You can't play a card that says "X attempts to block" if X is not allowed to attempt to block (prey-predator restriction etc.) at that moment. Anneke can do that because she's already allowed to block before playing a 2nd Tradition for instance.
Also, you can't play those cards during the cancellation window or the "as played" window since block attemps happen after that.

2wayspeaker wrote:

5) Because Eluding and 2nd are "untap and attempt to block" cards and not "play reaction cards as if untapped"
What happens to the impulse? When do I get to play eam/2nd trad and how much vampires can I untap simultaneously before allowing the opposing methuselah to play action modifiers?

You can't play them in order to deny the possibility to the acting minion to play action modifiers. Each time you play a card, you give the impulse back to the acting.

A: Arika bleeds for 3. (No action modifier for the moment,) do you block? (A passes the impulse)
B: Anson plays 2nd Tradition and attempts to block. (impulse goes back to A)
A: Arika plays Lost in Crowds. (player A keeps the impulse, he's acting). Arika plays Faceless Night. Total: 3 stealth (impulse goes back to B)
B: Volker plays 2nd Tradition and attempts to block. He's missing intercept right now.
A: no action modifier for the moment. Do you add intercept?
B: I tap KRCG to give him +1 intercept.

As soon as B attempts to block with Anson, he can't attempt to block with someone else if the block is successful. Eg.

A: Arika bleeds for 3. Block?
B: Anson plays 2nd Tradition and attempts to block. (impulse goes back to A)
A: Arika plays Lost in Crowds. Damned, I'm blocked.
(B can't play 2nd Tradition with Volker)

2wayspeaker wrote:

EDIT: 6) how about when the acting minion has 3 stealth currently. How much Eluding/2nd tradition can I play simultaneously now?

Considering that you vampires have no intercept, Anson can play 2nd Tradition, fail to block, Volker can play 2nd Tradition, fail to block etc. until you either succeed to block or decline to block. Eg.

A: Arika bleeds for 3 at 3 stealth (for whatever reason).
B: Anson plays 2nd Trad. Not enough intercept.
A: ok, what's next? (passes the impulse)
B: Volker plays 2nd Trad. Not enough intercept.
A: ok, what's next? (passes the impulse)
B: I attempt to block again with Anson (since he's untapped).
A: ok, what's next? (passes the impulse)
B: I tap KRCG to give Anson +1 intercept.
A: I'm blocked.


Bonus scenario:
A: Arika bleeds for 3 at 3 stealth.
B: Anson plays 2nd Tradition and attempt to block. I'm lacking 1 stealth.
A: I won't let you cycle an intercept card! Elder Impersonation superior, your block attempt with Anson fails.

Elder Impersonation:
[OBF] Only usable when a minion attempts to block. The attempt fails (do not tap that blocking minion). That minion cannot attempt to block this action again.

Bonus scenario 2:
A: Arika bleeds for 3 at 3 stealth. I don't want you to play 2nd Tradition to untap in order to deflect my bleed, so I'll play Daring the Dawn.
B: I can't play 2nd Tradition. Hopefully, I had a wake. Wake. No block.
A: it's 3.
B: Deflection on my prey.