Tim wrote:GalakStarscraper wrote:
A player with this characteristic must occasionally feed on the blood of the living. At the start of any action where the player is not stunned, roll a D6. On a 2+ the player may carry out the action as normal. On a '1', however, the player is overcome with a desire for blood. The player's team loses the declared action for that turn and the player must instead make a Move Action. If the player finishes moving standing adjacent to a Thrall from his own team, immediately roll for unmodified injury on that Thrall (an injury to the Thrall is not a turnover unless he was holding the ball). If the player does not finish moving next to a Thrall from his own team, then he runs into Reserves to find a pretty maiden groupie to quench his thirst. Place him in the reserves box, this is a turnover (if he was holding the ball it scatters once from the final square of his movement.) The Vampire's Move action is not consided ended until he injures a Thrall or runs into Reserves.
Some questions on that wording:
Tim, unfortunatley Skummy answered your questions based on the Annual wording and not the wording that will be used when the team becomes official which you quoted above. So let try these answers based on the above text and not the Annual text.
- does the Thrall have to be standing? Can several vamps feed on one thrall in the same turn (if stunned is rolled for inj). (from the wording i say yes)
The Thrall does not have to be standing, and yes several Vampires can feed from the same Thrall if they can reach him (assuming they don't take him out (KO or worse)). Nothing in the description prohibits it.
- can a vamp with the ball score on his OFAB move? (moves to the endzone, finishes next to a Thrall -> TD? = Thrall safe?) (from the wording i say yes)
Actually then you missed the last line of the description. Since the rules say a player is standing in the end zone after his action is a TD, A vampire cannot fail OFAB and get a TD by moving to the end zone. Order of operations ... move to end zone, end movement, fail the OFAB requirement, go to Reserves, action now ends ... players is not standing in the end zone with the ball ... so no TD.
- i guess the vamp has to dodge opponents TZ while he moves to the thrall, right? (from the wording i say yes)
Its a normal move action so yes the player would have to Dodge, could use Hypnotic Gaze, Leap, etc ... its just a normal move action. Thats why the description says its a Move action.
- when no thrall is in range, can the vamp move anywhere before being "beamed" of the pitch (td possible?)
Yes, as the desciption says, its a move action with the ball scattering from the final square when done. However as I noted, since the Move action is not considered finished until after Thrall injury or going to reserves, a failed OFAB player that runs into the End Zone and isn't next to a Thrall when done will not score a TD as he is no longer standing in the End Zone when his action finishes.
- if the vamp falls down on his way to the thrall, armour roll first (he goes to KO or injured maybe), then he goes into reserves? (from the KO/Inj box?) Surely not, but could be read that way.
No, anyone trying to read it that way is trying to hard to bend the rules. The injury would take priority. This is one of those things we just have to trust on the intelligence of the commishes. However failing a Dodge and going prone or stunned will not stop the Vampire from going to reserves.
It's surely a rule that has a lot of possible clarification issues coming up.
Couldn't it just be a rule like: 2+, on a one, vamp loses action, does not move. if thrall adjecent, thrall goes down (inj roll). if no thrall adjecent, vamp falls stunned (both no TO if ball was not involved). Same spririt, less implications ...
Actually no this would allow the team to run right over its opponents (Skummy described why ... more Vampires would mean more ability to ignore this trait). Do not estimate the power of ST 4/AG 4 players. I played Vampires for years and this is a team that steamrolls opponents (not just defeats them). It was nothing for me to win my games 5-0. This version of OFAB is needed if the team is to have any chance of being a balanced addition to the game.
Galak
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