From:	"Ken Dirk (DrugDoc)" <dirkkenn@***.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Wanted / Stingers
Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 1998 09:39:58 -0800

Matb wrote:
>
> Lodewijk Roskott wrote:
>
> > If someone makes my 3/3 runner "Wanted" and it's my
> > legwork phase and my opponent turns his 4/4 runner
> > to kill my 3/3 runner,can i play a gear on my 3/3
> > runner that gives him +1/+2 so it becomes 4/5 and
> > will survive the figth and kill my opponents 4/4 runner?
>
> Unfortunately, once combat begins, no Stingers can be played. That's By
> The Book.
>
> I don't agree with this. The combat phase is divided up into particular
> phase (same as facing a Challenge), and it occurs to me that, during the
> match-up phase, Stingers could be played, alternating between the two
> players involved (and *only* the two plaeyrs involved). This way, you
> could use the Wanted, play a Rough Night in defense, GAQS your favorite
> Runner back home, etc. Stingers would still be resolved individually,
> and, even though it's during one of the player's Legworks, no
> non-Stinger Specials would be able to be played (ie, I play Bar Fight,
> you select Torgo, I Bar Fight *again* and start a fight with Static
> before the first fight can be resolved).
>
> There don't seem to be any hooks to running things this way (at least,
> not that I've found yet). Opinions?
>
> Regardless of how things turn out, you *always* have a chance to try and
> save your butt somehow, as there is a natural pause between playing the
> Wanted! and turning the Runner to attack. (So you could LOTI the
> Wanted!, chew on some Club Vortex Drugs, flick out a Switchblade or
> Walther Palm Pistol, and so on).
>
> -MattSorry Matt, I would have to disagree with you here.
Somewhere in the back of my head I remember FASA stating that the player
who has the current turn gets to do something first. Thus, unlike MtG,
an opponent cannot hit the player with anything until that player has
done his first action. In my opinion, that includes getting to play one
piece of equipment on the runner before that runner is attacked through
wanted. Note that this happens BEFORE combat begins! This may also be
why the runner cannot be attacked until its owner's turn.

Just my 2 cents worth

Ken Dirk (DrugDoc)