| From: | David Reis <david.reis@*****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Wanted and Cortex Bomb |
| Date: | Wed, 22 Jul 1998 08:38:16 -0700 |
>"Jens P. Dräger" wrote:
>>
>> Hi folks...
>> During a little tournament on the weekend the following question occured:
>> I used a Wanted on one of my opponents runners and sent Cherry Bomb with=
a
>> Katana and a Cortex Bomb - she turned and attacked the target runner....=
So
>> far so good. But what now? According to the rulebook the target runners
>> whiles away time in his safehouse when Cherry arrives - of course I chose=
a
>> target runner who would kill her in combat and thus the Cortex Bomb went
>> off. All the other runners in my opponents safehouse should now also be
>> affected, right? So all his Thrashs and weak elven deckers got wacked...
>> Unfortunately this had been the decisive move of the whole game and my
>> friend and I argued for some time whether the Cortex Bomb might affect=
all
>> other present runners (I argued that if he had had a bodyguard in his
>> safehouse he would also be able to let that one take the damage intended
for
>> someone else - so if it is possible to interfere with a bodyguard, a=
Cortex
>> Bomb should therefore affect all unturned runners in my opponent's
safehouse)..
>> Hope you can help me to figure this out!
>>
>
>Sorry, You´re wrong here. The Wanted!´s target Runner is no longer in
>the safehouse when he´s attacked. The Rulebook states that Runners leave
>the safehouse for a fight and return to the safehouse when the fight is
>over. The Cortex Bomb wouldn´t help you much unless the attacked Runner
>is much much bigger than Cherry. ---Felix
>
>
The group I play with uses house rules that differ from the official line.
In our games, the Wanted runner is in the safehouse, so a Cortex Bomb or
Adam Bomb effects everyone in the safehouse. This is one of the strategies
I built my "Face the Music" deck on. I built an all-rocker deck with Adam
Bombs, Cortex Bombs, and Wanteds in it to cripple my opponents'
nuyen-producing runners. I know such a deck is cheesy, but I was tired of
the big bully decks walking all over my mage and shaman decks.
David
