| From: | Bull <chaos@*****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: FASA Answers on Red Widow and GAQS |
| Date: | Fri, 12 Sep 1997 20:33:59 -0400 |
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>Loki wrote:
>> Q. Red Widow's special is that she is allowed to TAP, in order to join
>> the current Shadowrun. I know she sould not turn to join a Shadowrun
>> that ALREADY has 6 runners. Now what if one runner of a team that
>> previously held 6 is trashed or fragged, can you then send in Red
>> Widow to replace him/her?
>> A. Only 6 Runners can participate in a shadowrun.
>
>
> No offence, but this reply does not answer my inital question. We
>already knew that we could not send Red Widow in as a 7th runner. We
>merely wanted to know if she could be sent in to replace a killed off
>runner. By his answer, I am assuming that you can, as "...only 6 Runners
>can participate in a shadowrun..." then it looks like you *can* use her
>to "top" the team back up to 6....
>
I disagree... It doesn;t say that only 6 runners can particiate at any one
time. It says that only 6 runners can participate. Period.
>> A. If you play GAQ when the Challenge is revealed and before the alarm
>> is triggered, it's okay. People think WAY too hard about timing on
>> this card. It takes effect when it's played--it's that simple. The
>> reason you can't use it to "interrupt" a combat is that once combat
>> begins, it's instantaneous. All da mage is dealt simultaneously so it
>> can't be interrupted.
>> I hope that clears it all up for you.
>
> Well, no as far as I am concerned it did not clear it up at all. He
>avoided directly answering the SOLE question. Which was, "If Sammy the
>Sleuth and team approaches a challenge that SAmmy himself could sleaze,
>and no one does anything <ie: casting GAQS until after I have said that
>I am sleazing the challenge> can they still cast GAQS and then say, "
>SAmmy must return home? Is the challenge sleazed prior to his being sent
>home... That was the simple question, and I am afraid that TIMING is
>relevant to this card no matter what the FASA people seem to think.
>
I think you're still thinking too hard. There is no "response" time, I
think. basically you do things with a challenge in a certain order:
A) Declare you are going to attempt the challenge.
B) Reveal the Challenge.
C) Attempte to sleaze challenge
D) If sleaze attempt fails, deal with any consequences, such as combat,
damage, etc.
GAQ could be played at any point between those steps, but not during any
step. thus, you could play GAQ after the challenge is revealed, but BEFORE
the player says he's sleazing. It's simply a matter of defining and
following the steps, as far as I can see...:]
Bull
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