Follower's of Set November Newsletter 2000
I. Intro:
II. Card of the Month
III. Bonehead Card of the Month
IV. Vampire of the Month
V. Deck of the Month
VI. Conclusion
I. Intro
Hello, and welcome back. I do hope you enjoyed your last meal.
Although I do tend to find Gangrel to be a bit gamy, he got exactly what
was coming to him. How dare he stand in your way when you asserted your
legitimate right to the waterfront as your hunting grounds. You showed
him. And he thought that he could inflict aggravated damage on you.
Ha! I told you that you would be safe from him after you had undergone
"the procedure". See, I am keeping your heart right here safe with me.
Now you are free from the fear of destruction.
Of course, Of course, you were well within your rights to reclaim the
blood of the ancients from that savage. It would have been such a waste
to see such potent vitae be wasted on an animal like that Gangrel.
"Waste not; want not" is what I always say. Mmm, Mmm, good to the last
drop! Of course, your secret is safe with me. I will keep it on the Q
and the T.
I know your last battle has left you a little drained, and rightly it
should have. But then again you were slugging it out with a Gangrel!
And you won! I know you want to go and brag about it to all of your
buddies, but lets keep it under our hat until you hold on to those
hunting grounds for a while. I think you know what I mean. All we have
to do is to take down anyone who challenges you. Well, we can make it a
little easier for you with a little bit of preparation. Now what you
have to do is....
II. Card of the Month
Yeah, Yeah, I know everyone is raving about Enchant Kindred. "Ooh, it's
got +1 stealth now." Who cares. We already have +1 stealth. How about
+2 stealth, +3, +4? I'll tell you a card that rocks. Mark of
Damnation, that is what rocks. Used in combination with Lucky Blow to
just scare the pants off the opposition. You know there really is
nothing better than depriving your opposition of their pants. Just
kidding, that last comment would have you thinking that this is the
Malkavian newsletter. I plan on showing how this works in this months
deck.
III. Bonehead Card of the Month
Unfortunately, the Settites have had more than their fair share of
wallpaper. We even had some cards that were really cool but were
wallpapered by a built in burn clause. Fortunately, the Bonehead Card
of the Month for November doesn't have this excuse. The main reason for
this is that it just plain sucks.
Kherebutu (Bane Mummy): Ally, Followers of Set, 5 pool
Unique Ally with 3 life. 3 strength, 2 bleed. Kherebutu may play cards
requiring basic Necromancy as a vampire with a capacity of 3. Any cost
in blood is paid with his life. If a card would give him blood, give him
life. If he is burned, shuffle him into your library. (D) Burn Kherebutu
to burn a Tremere with a capacity below 5 controlled by your prey.
What were the designers thinking when they designed this card. "Like
hey dude, how about we make a really expensive ally with an special
ability to use a discipline that the clan required to recruit the ally
doesn't have as one of their main three." "Nah, that would suck. Let's
give him the ability to burn himself and a Tremere that costs less than
he does." Who were the designers that designed this card? Beavis and
Butthead, Wayne and Garth, Bill and Ted, the Lone Ranger and Tonto?
In fact, I challenge anyone out there to make a deck based around this
card that is even remotely viable based around this card. Email it to
me, and if I think it is worthy, then I will post it in next month's
newsletter. Hell, I will even mail you one of mine for free. If you
can use it then you deserve to have one.
IV. Vampire of the Month
This month's vampire of the Month is none other than the Weenie Beat
Down Master himself, Hadrian Garrick. Those combat decks getting you
down? Those weenies running all over you? Want to find out what real
sneak and bleed is all about? Then this is your man, ah, err, excuse
me, vampire! He is a man of many nations. He sneaks. He bleeds. He
slices and dices (vegetable slicing add-ons not included). Now
available for just 3.99 pool (shipping and handling not included).
He is chez cool with that James Dean look, complete with cigarette. And
check out those eyes! Do they just say Settite or what? Be the first
Methuselah on your block to show up at the weekly card game with this
guy and you will ensure the respect and admiration that you deserve.
V. Deck of the Month
This month's deck of the month revolves around the Mark of Damnation.
Well, hellfire and brimstone! Let's get to the action!
Qty Name Age Title Clan
1 Amisa 8 2 votes Follower of Set
2 Dedefra 5 none Follower of Set
2 Hadrian Garrick 4 none Follower of Set
1 Kephamos, High Priest 8 2 votes Follower of Set
1 Khalil Anvari 3 none Follower of Set
1 Lalitha 2 none Follower of Set
1 Nepata 4 none Follower of Set
1 Saqqaf, Keeper of Set 9 none Follower of Set
2 Mirembe Kabbada 5 none Gangrel
Qty Name Type Requires Blood Pool Set Rarity
2 Aire of Elation act mod presence 1 D C
4 Cloak the Gathering act mod obfuscate V C
2 Elder Impersonation act mod obfuscate 1 A C
5 Form of the Serpent act mod serpentis 1 A C
4 Swallowed by the Night act mod obfuscate S C
4 Ambush action S C
2 Bum's Rush action V C
15 Mark of Damnation action serpentis 1 A C
4 Channeling the Beast combat 1 S C
7 Lucky Blow combat V C
8 Trap combat V C
4 Blood Tears of Kephran equip A C
3 Leather Jacket equip S C
8 Haven Uncovered master V C
1 Parthenon, The master 2 A V
4 Path of Typhon master Fol. of Set 1 A C
4 Serpentis master A C
1 Temple Hunting Ground master Fol. of Set 2 A C
82 Total Library Cards
17 action modifier
81 common 21 action
1 uncommon 19 combat
0 rare 7 equipment
18 master
VI. Conclusion
I hope every one enjoyed this month's newsletter. I would like to
thank Lasombra for the above deck as I got it off his web page. I
also hope that everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving (if you are not from the
U.S. , what we do is stuff ourselves full of Turkey, stuffing, and
sweet potato pie. We then lounge around in front of a game of American
Football while slipping into and out of torpor).
Comments Welcome,
Norman S. Brown Jr.
Xzealot
Archon of the Swamp