Official VEKN Nosferatu Newsletter for November, 2001. So here we are in November, and I'm posting Nosferatu Newsletter #27. Crazy. I had no idea what to do for this month, but in some other post somewhere, I mentioned using Force of Will to enable me to make a viable Nosferatu Stealth and Bleed deck. The Nosferatu are well known for their abundant stealth but lack of anything good to do with it. By taking full advantage of the numerous (albiet huge) Nosferatu with Fortitude, we can attempt to build a viable Nosferatu S+B deck with Force of Will for bleeds, various Obfuscate cards for stealth, and some Potence and Fortitude for combat defense (in case you get rushed or blocked). Its so crazy, it just might work! "Hey! We Can Bleed Too!" Crypt: 1x Nakova, Advocate of Golconda (6) pot, FOR, Primogen 1x Chester Dubois (7) POT, obf, for, Primogen 2x Nikolaus Verboten (7) POT, obf, for, Prince 2x Selma the Repugnant (8) POT, OBF, for, Prince 2x Marty Lechtansi (9) POT, OBF, for, Primogen 2x Sheldon, Lord of the Clog Dance (9) POT, OBF, for, Justicar 1x Suhailah (9) pot, OBF, FOR, Prince 1x Basilia (10) pot, obf, FOR, Primogen Average of 8.16 Library: 6x Fortitude 6x Minion Tap 4x Zilla's Valley 2x Info Highway 1x Golconda 1x Humanitas 8x Force of Will 8x Rolling with the Punches 4x Rapid Healing 6x Undead Strength 4x Torn Signpost 4x Immortal Grapple 2x Burning Wrath 4x Lost in Crowds 4x Cloak the Gathering 6x Swallowed by the Night 6x 5th Tradition 4x Taste of Vitae 2x Rumors of Gehenna 4x 2nd Tradition 4x Bum's Rush This deck is rather toolboxy, what with it having a little bit of everything--some pool gain from the Minion Taps/5ths; some moderate stealth bleed; some rush; some intercept; good fight back defense--if someone intercepts you or attacks you, you can beat them up pretty well. Eight Rolling with the Punches provides you with some effecient damage prevention, as you can cycle it for just 1 point of prevention against weak opponents, or play it at superior against a determined rush attack. The biggest weakness of this deck is the size of the vampires--if you luck out at get a Info Highway and/or Zilla's Valley early, you'll be ok. You then need to manage to get a Fortitude skill card on your vampires, as without superior Fortitude, your bleeds aren't going to be all that effective. Once you end up in torpor, you'll have some Rapid Healings and maybe a friend with Humanitas to get you out, and your moderate stealth available should keep you from getting blocked. Not a perfect deck by any standards, but it certainly takes advantage of the various Nosferatu with Fortitude, and if nothing else, gives Marty Lechtansi (and heck, even Nakova is kinda good in this deck!) somewhere to live where he might be effective, and that is always a good thing. Peter D Bakija PDB6@aol.com http://www.geocities.com/bakija6 "...and the only person I can stand to be around is a neutered vampire who cheats at kitten poker!" -Buffy