Dual Form question

Can a Sterile vampire with PRO play Dual Form at Superior?

My logic in favour is that Sterile refers to putting other vampires in play and Dual Form is clearly the same vampire splitting into two; thematically (and potentially in the wording of the sterile definition) it makes sense that they can play Dual Form at PRO.

There are currently 3 vampires that have PRO and are sterile:
Name; Clan; Grouping; Capacity;
Pariah Abomination 2 6
Zubeida Abomination 5 8
Sylvie Helgon Ahrimane 6 9

Sterile: Sterile vampires cannot take actions to put other vampires in play.

Dual Form:
PRO = This acting vampire's capacity is reduced by 1. Put this card in play, tapped. It becomes a non-unique vampire with the same clan, capacity and Disciplines as the acting vampire. You may move up to 2 blood from the acting vampire to this vampire. If either minion leaves the ready region, the other is burned.

Thanks.

Ankha wrote:

Dual Form at superior is an action that puts a vampire in play.
Sterile vampires can't play Dual Form at superior.

My point was that thematically the above is wrong. Dual forming has nothing to do with sterility, unlike embracing people, hence my question. Allowing it would only effect 3 vampires currently, none of whom see serious play. Dual Form at PRO already has a cost of 2 , a permanent-1 capacity effect and a very difficult to control symbiotic burn relationship, so it is already very different from the other embrace cards (embrace, creation rites, 3rd trad progeny, becoming etc).

Borris wrote:

Ankha wrote:

Dual Form at superior is an action that puts a vampire in play.
Sterile vampires can't play Dual Form at superior.

My point was that thematically the above is wrong. Dual forming has nothing to do with sterility, unlike embracing people, hence my question. Allowing it would only effect 3 vampires currently, none of whom see serious play. Dual Form at PRO already has a cost of 2 , a permanent-1 capacity effect and a very difficult to control symbiotic burn relationship, so it is already very different from the other embrace cards (embrace, creation rites, 3rd trad progeny, becoming etc).

There are many things that are thematically wrong in the game, from a an stray dog being able to fly a Learjet, to the capacity of some vampires conflicting with V;tM cannon (Gratiano was supposed to be the Lasombra antediluviana child, yet he is younger than Lambach that is Tzismisce's grandchild, for instance, and Sutekh is a hell lot older than Hardestadt the younger, not same age).

From the game mechanics standpoint, however, cards that have the text "put this card in play... it becomes a X capacity vampire" are considered actions to put a vampire in play and therefore can't be taken by Sterile vampires.

You could make an argument about the balance of such a rule regarding Dual Form, but I guess that would be a thread better made in the Suggestion board as opposed to the Rules Questions board, that is about the rules as they stand right now.

Whats so wrong with underbridge stray flying a learjet? Or operating an ivorg bow?

Its hardly the most broken thing about animalism........

It's one of the case where the rule have chosen to be simple as opposed to be intuitive. It would "make sense" that sup' dual form is not affected by sterility, but it would require an errata or convoluted sterility rule, for objectively allowing weak vampire to play a weak card. It does not seem worth it.