Timing of the oust, pool gain, VP gain and Life Boon
10 Feb 2022 14:09 #104664
by Ankha
a) at the same time the bleed is stated successful, creating a delayed effect to gain pool
b) at the same time the pool gain would happen, that is after the resolution of the action
The ruling says a) => if both conditions are met (Ubende ready and bleed successful), then the effect triggers (after resolution).
Replied by Ankha on topic Timing of the oust, pool gain, VP gain and Life Boon
The oust is part of the resolution of the effect reducing the pool to 0.When is the exact timing of the oust?
According to the ruling regarding Ganhuru and Ubende [LSJ 20060425] (quoted below), the oust seems to happen after the resolution of the step/effect being handled that takes the Methuselah down to not having any pool (the resolution of the "bleed" action in the case of the ruling linked).
The pool gain happens after the resolution. The question is: when does one check that Ubende is ready?Isn´t the pool gain from Ganhuru´s ability a contradiction against [RTR 19970630] (quoted below)?
a) at the same time the bleed is stated successful, creating a delayed effect to gain pool
b) at the same time the pool gain would happen, that is after the resolution of the action
The ruling says a) => if both conditions are met (Ubende ready and bleed successful), then the effect triggers (after resolution).
Being ousted, gaining 1 VP and gaining 6 pool are all part of the action resolution. The rulebook creates an exception however: if you oust your prey at the same time you are ousted, the 6 pool are not gained (but the rest still happens: you gain 1 VP).That the result of actually being ousted is separated from the later follow-on result of gaining of 6 pool is clarified as well which is further reinforced by the rules (quoted below). This seems to me to insinuate that victory point(s) are gained simultaneous with the actual oust, is this correctly understood?
If your pool goes down to 0, then you are ousted. However, both happen simultaneously, you cannot slip something in between.That the oust happens after and not simultaneous to the pool reduction makes sense to me
The cardtext of Life Boon is quite old. A "modern" version would be something like: "Only usable if a Methuselah is about to lose their last pool. Give pool to a Methuselah to keep them in the game, and put this card in play. ..."in regards to Life Boon being played between the time of a Methuselah being taken down to not having any pool and before being actually ousted. I write this because as far as I read the card text of Life Boon there is nothing in it that creates a "special"/its own time window for it to be able to get in between the reduction of pool and the oust (there is no use of words like "when", "as", "would be" etc.).
Now the question here is if Life Boon is played like any other out-of-turn master, action modifier, reaction (as the impulse is passed around), meaning modifiers/reactions that are playable on the basis of the success of an action can be played, or is it actually having its own "special" time window (which seems to be a common belief/understanding)?
"Give pool to a Methuselah with no pool to keep them in the game". "with no pool" is the condition to play the card, and the only moment you can logically play the card "to keep them in the game" is when the Methuselah is about to be ousted (for having no pool) but right before it happens.If it is the latter what exactly in the text is it that indicates that it has its own "special" time window as I fail to see wording related to timing in it?
If it is the former, wouldn't that be a contradiction of [RTR 19970630] (quoted below).
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10 Feb 2022 14:18 - 10 Feb 2022 14:19 #104665
by Ankha
Replied by Ankha on topic Timing of the oust, pool gain, VP gain and Life Boon
There was anothere related question on the Discord:
The chronology is:
1/ Revelation of the Serpent is played before resolution
2/ The action is resolved: the target Methuselah is ousted, the condition to activate the superior effect is met (the bleed is successful). However, the effect is delayed to after the resolution.
3/ after resolution, the target Methuselah and their minions are not there any more, so you can't burn 2 corruption counters from one of them to unlock.
if the bleed from platinum protocol kills the prey can you put a corruption counter on a minion to burn it and unlock the vampire with revelation of the serpent?
Revelation of the Serpent
The chronology is:
1/ Revelation of the Serpent is played before resolution
2/ The action is resolved: the target Methuselah is ousted, the condition to activate the superior effect is met (the bleed is successful). However, the effect is delayed to after the resolution.
3/ after resolution, the target Methuselah and their minions are not there any more, so you can't burn 2 corruption counters from one of them to unlock.
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10 Feb 2022 22:05 #104669
by Ankha
Replied by Ankha on topic Timing of the oust, pool gain, VP gain and Life Boon
No. "Is about to X" is right before X happens, after all replacement effects (and long after the opportunity to play Telepathic Misdirection).
The cardtext of Life Boon is quite old. A "modern" version would be something like: "Only usable if a Methuselah is about to lose their last pool. Give pool to a Methuselah to keep them in the game, and put this card in play. ..."
If Life Boon would be worded "Only usable if a Methuselah is about to lose their last pool." wouldn´t it change the timing of it to be playable before the actual resolution of a bleed which could then be followed by e.g Telepathic Counter?
Yes, because it specifically says so (and "Only usable if a Methuselah is about to lose their last pool." would make that timing explicit).
"Give pool to a Methuselah with no pool to keep them in the game". "with no pool" is the condition to play the card, and the only moment you can logically play the card "to keep them in the game" is when the Methuselah is about to be ousted (for having no pool) but right before it happens.
Doesn´t the above mean that Life Boon gets in between the time of not having any pool and the actual oust? Am I reading it wrong or is the English here to be read differently?
Because it lacks the specific timing to do so. So it falls in the generic rule, that is: you can't interrupt the resolution of an effect.
There was anothere related question on the Discord:
if the bleed from platinum protocol kills the prey can you put a corruption counter on a minion to burn it and unlock the vampire with revelation of the serpent?
The chronology is:
1/ Revelation of the Serpent is played before resolution
2/ The action is resolved: the target Methuselah is ousted, the condition to activate the superior effect is met (the bleed is successful). However, the effect is delayed to after the resolution.
3/ after resolution, the target Methuselah and their minions are not there any more, so you can't burn 2 corruption counters from one of them to unlock.
If Life Boon can get in between the successful action of leaving a Methuselah without blood and the actual oust why can´t the corruption counters be placed/burned at the time that the condition to do so is met of these delayed effects??
You need to resolve the action first. Since the resolution cannot be interrupted (except by cards with specific timings), Revelation of the Serpent "burn to unlock" effect resolves after.i would think that it would be up to the acting Methuselah to order effects that happen at the same time...
The Mirror Walk ruling says that you must resolve the Revelation of the Serpent before playing other action modifiers "usable after action resolution".seems to me that if the oust is part of the resolution and Life Boon can be played in between but the delayed effects of Revelation of the Serpent and Platinum Protocol cannot be resolved that it contradicts the Mirror Walk ruling of resolution of delayed effects has to happen before other effects can be played.
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