From:	Pedro Gomes <Pedro.Gomes@**.SIEMENS.PT>
Subject:	Re: Lone Star's Dirtiest Card
Date:	Mon, 25 May 1998 15:37:02 +0100

Jörg Melcher wrote:
> =

> At 07:46 AM 5/25/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >I love Lone Star Under Cover. It's quite possibly the meanest stinger=

> >one can put in his or her deck. Every time I have used it I have
> >cleaned someone else's clock. It can stop a run dead, even with geare=
d
> >out trolls. My friends I'm sure hate my guts (and liver too) for
> >slapping them with it every time they take their beefed-up team on a
> >run, (sorry Dave, Brett (x2)). Anyway here's a question that came up =
in
> >our last game.
> >
> > I played the stinger on the opponent and the random runner chosen
> >was Ravage. She had taken some damage (4 pts I think), so her body wa=
s
> >reduced. Her stamina trait gave her the full attack value, but the
> >other special trait on her card is that she attacks a second time on a=

> >roll of 4 or better. Well, I'm sure you can see my question coming.
> >Does Ravage roll again in a situation such as this, where the owner is=

> >attacking his/her own guys? Getting all technical one could say that
> >because she is working under cover to bust the running team, she would=

> >do everything in her power, ie strike twice, to take down the team.
> >That seems a bit harsh though. We decided against it, saying that own=
er
> >would choose for or against the 2nd strike, which choice would almost
> >always be against, except in special cases like Kamikaze Run. Anyway
> >that is how we played it. Has anyone else encountered this nasty comb=
o,
> >and if you have how did you decide to play it? Thanks.

I don't think you can use the special, the card states that the threat ra=
ting is
to be added, not the special abilities.

Pedro Gomes

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