VEKN Official Ravnos Newsletter Final Nights Release Edition 6/11/2001 INTRODUCTION: Well...it's been quite a while since I've put out a newsletter. What with the Final Nights official release being today, there's no time like the present. In keeping with tradition, I'll highlight a vampire and a library card in a deck. Unfortunately, it being late and me being tired, I'm not going to be my usual wordy self. VAMPIRE OF THE MONTH: Spleen, Georgio Gutterpunk Okay. Not really. But with a name like "Spleen," he should be the Vampire of the Month. Instead, we'll focus on Ezmerelda, the new matriarch of the Ravnos clan. Let me start out with the statement, "Oh, my god! A Ravnos with votes! What's this world coming to?!?" While this edition's deck won't make much use of her special ability, it'll certainly save the day if she's low on blood and you're on the ropes. CARD OF THE MONTH: Reality Malign the inferior version all you like. It's the superior version of Reality that rocks the house. Let big Ventrue ask permission to send opponent's vampires back where they came from all they like. The Ravnos need make no such requests. Try to block and you'll be fighting with illusions. DECK OF THE MONTH Reality Bites Okay. Bad pun for a title aside, Ravnos have tried a lot of different tactics before, but bloat has never really been one of them. This untested deck is a prototype based on a large vampire to play Reality to effectively banish another player's vampire and swarm it with a bunch of little Ravnos coming at it with Trick of Danya. After playing it a few times, I'll published a revised version if necessary. Vampires (12) Ezmerelda 11 cap Spider-Killer 10 cap Ivan Krenyenko 10 cap Konstantin, Baro of the Caravan 9 cap Khalil Ravanna 5 cap Sennuwy, The Promoter 4 cap Salbatore Bokkengro 4 cap Vedel Esbreno 3 cap Tsigane 3 cap Lazar Dobrescu 3 cap Sasha Miklos 2 cap Spleen, Georgio Gutterpunk 2 cap - Masters: (18) 5 Brainwash 5 Chimerstry 2 Path of Paradox 2 Dreams of the Sphinx 1 Zillah's Valley 1 Giant's Blood 1 Coven 1 Park Hunting Ground - Equipment (2) 1 Aaron's Feeding Razor 1 Treasured Samadji - Actions (30) 3 Sensory Deprivation 5 Reality 12 The Trick of the Danya 5 Embrace 5 Tier of Souls - Action Modifiers (22) 8 Freak Drive 7 Mirror Image 7 Fata Morgana - Combat (18) 8 Amria 10 Dodge Suggestions for deck ideas using the new cards in future editions are welcome. Regards, Noal McDonald VEKN Prince of Metro Detroit