Black Chantry Rulebook Feedback

We could use some more parity between 6.1.1 Bleed and 6.1.2 Hunt.

Non-existant user wrote:

By default, all minions have a bleed amount of one (most allies have card text that overrides the default).

"From wrote:

If the action is successful, move a blood counter to the acting vampire from the blood bank.

The first section doesn't really explain +Bleed and the second section doesn't use language that makes +Hunt workable. There should at least be parallels between these two.

Section 6.1.6:

A minion cannot perform an action with the same action card more than once each turn, even if he unlocks. A minion cannot perform each action via the same card in play (including from the minion's own card text) more than once each turn, even if he unlocks.

This needs to be reworded. "The same card" is used twice with two different meanings. Proposal:
"A minion can only play one copy of a given action card in the same turn.
A minion can take an action granted by a card in play once per turn per copy in play."

In general, the NRA rules should get their own section rather than being sprinkled in individual action descriptions. Players don't need the NRA rule to learn how a bleed works. They need it to learn how Freak Drive works, and at that time they need all the possibilities in front of them at once.

"6.1.8 Multiple actions in one turn
If an effect unlocks a minion during its minion phase, then he can choose to take another action. However the following restrictions apply:
-A minion can only attempt one bleed action per turn.
-A minion can only attempt one political action per turn.
-A minion can only play one copy of an action card per turn.
-A minion can only attempt an action granted by a card in play once per turn per copy in play."

Use "attempt" instead of "perform" in NRA rules to make it explicit that the NRA triggers even if the action is blocked.

I cannot see why Tangle for one could not be rewritten for clarity, and cancelling action cards as they are played already has a spot on the rule book that could be amended.

Some text changes here or there not to brake the rules just to have much clearer info on repeated actions clause seems like a small price to pay.

Mewcat wrote:

Kraus wrote:

2wayspeaker wrote:

Timo wrote:

I am no english native speaker so maybe I don't understand some subtlety but it seems pretty forward to me..

So, for you, the rulebook explains this clearly enough that you would not make a mistake?

For me it does.

Locking TO do something and locking as a separate effect is clear.

The reason for this confusion is due to poor or nonexistent card templating. The rules can't really clear this up because the cards don't make any meaningful distinction between costs and effects.

Perhaps a format similar to what Magic (and the LCGs use) would be helpful here. That format is [cost] colon [effect]. So for example:

"Lock a minion you control: Your prey burns 1 pool." versus "Burn 1 pool: Lock a minion."

Everything before the colon (":") is the cost that is paid, or required. Everything afterwards is part of the effect.