Extra Appendage (Card idea)

Card Idea:
Updated Edited version:

Cost 0

Card type:Combat

Title: Extra Appendage

Maneuver or press to continue combat

Burn up to two cards in your hand and gain a maneuver or press for each card you burn this combat.

Play before range is determined. Once this combat you may prevent 1 damage and gain 1 blood before strikes are chosen. At the end of this combat you may move up to 2 blood from this vampire to another of the same circle.



Original idea:


Card Idea:

Cost 0

Card type:Combat

Title: Extra Appendage

Maneuver or press

Discard X sanguinus cards from your hand to add 1+X strength to this vampires hand or melee strike this round.

Play before range is determined. You may prevent 1 damage in combat. Gain 1 blood before strikes, and at the end of combat, you may move up to 2 blood from this vampire to another of the same circle.

Just adding some sanguinus combat options. Wording clumsy and needs improvement.

Maddog wrote:

Card Idea:
Play before range is determined. You may prevent 1 damage in combat. Gain 1 blood before strikes, and at the end of combat, you may move up to 2 blood from this vampire to another of the same circle. quote]

Think its better to change the wording of Gain 1 blood before strikes to Gain 1 blood. Otherwise you would get 3 blood per turn if Occtopod has been played. And I´m guessing that's not your intention? If it is you have to add this round or combat so you know how long the effekt off gain 1 blood before strikes last.

Maddog wrote:

Maneuver or press
Discard X sanguinus cards from your hand to add 1+X strength to this vampires hand or melee strike this round.
Play before range is determined. You may prevent 1 damage in combat. Gain 1 blood before strikes, and at the end of combat, you may move up to 2 blood from this vampire to another of the same circle.

I quite like the [san] level.

With some wording tidy-up, I think I quite like the [san][for] level. I wonder what it would look like in a Hermana deck, because Hermana Mayor could play it to help out a fresh Menor, and it's an interesting alternative to Slake the Thirst, because the [san] version makes it potentially more playable. I doubt it's likely to be super broken, but play-testing could try hard to break it, obviously.

I think the [SAN] level, however, is very underpowered. All but three Blood Brothers have Potence, and Potence is much better at this sort of thing - Torn Signpost, Undead Strength, Preternatural Strength, Increased Strength and other options. Throw away Sanguinus cards is potentially harsh, as it can do annoying things to your card ratios, and you're probably including some disciplineless cards (Taste of Vitae, some rush cards), some Fortitude cards, some Potence cards, some master cards etc.

I do like it having an unusual mechanism that feels Sanguinus-y, and one that isn't another tap/choose/burn-a-blood-from a fellow Circle member (that's fine too, but we have a few of those), but I think it's misfiring here - I don't think extra strength is that useful here, and I think the cost is quite high for it.

I don't think the SAN is underpowerd, there are more BB with sup SAN than sup POT, and you want sup SAN to do al the other cool stuff so if you play with field training or sanguin instruction you will most likely always play it on SAN. If you play one of this card at SAN and one Octopod you will hit for 6 per round and you don't even need POT. Discard one SAN card and you hit for 9 per round.

Thanks James and Kimpan for your useful constructive feedback. Yes I was going for a "Sanguin-y" feel without coping the same tap/burn blood, pay more blood route, and yes discard a ton of only cards would effect card ratios. I take your point Kimpan re: wording and hitting for a great deal without . I originally the version was , however I didn't think it was worth it and changed to just so those clans that don't want to play with had another combat options. However reflecting it does looks overpowered and unbalanced, and seems better than

Anyway I've changed it to make it more maneuver/press focused for more interesting combat option like range, or going to close with option to cycle cards. Personally I don't like "Three's a Crowd" and I think they need another option to maneuver to range potence, play strike combat/bleed to aavoid combat, or play guns/weapons/ ect..Using fake out, backstep, higher ground, has disadvantages and feels off.

Here is a changed updated version:-
Card Idea:

Cost 0

Card type:Combat

Title: Extra Appendage

Maneuver or press to continue combat

Burn up to two cards in your hand and gain a maneuver or press for each card you burn this combat.

Play before range is determined. Once this combat you may prevent 1 damage and gain 1 blood before strikes are chosen. At the end of this combat you may move up to 2 blood from this vampire to another of the same circle.