| From: | Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Timing is all there is |
| Date: | Fri, 1 May 1998 19:15:55 -0700 |
(re: Bodyguards protecting non-present Runners)
> I think the main reason this comes up so often is that it's one of the most
> stupid, idiotic and illogical rulings in all of SRTCG. What good is having
> a fraggin' bodyguard if he can't protect you in runner-to-runner combat?
> Certainly, the Bulldog Van is no longer protecting the Wanted Runner or
> Knuckles, but anyone with "Guard" should ALWAYS be able to turn to enter
> Runner-to-Runner combat with his ability. I mean, isn't that kind of what
> a bodyguard is supposed to do, not LET you get caught 1-on-1?
Actually, allowing Bodyguards to do their thing from the safehouse
creates complications. For one thing, it begs the question of why they
shouldn't be allowed to add their Attack Rating too -- which creates
killer attack decks, in which Bodyguards are used offensively.
Then you have to thwart the possibility of having a team of Runners
being Guarded from the safehouse -- completely eliminating the
disadvantages deckers and mages have.
Preventing bodyguards from using their trait against actions outside
their "present" area keeps a clean set of rules. I don't see that it
weakens them overmuch; or at least, not so much that a meta-rule or
revision is neeeded.
- Matt
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