12/4/99 Editors Corner - Ethan Burrow, Prince of Austin
I decided to make this month's newsletter short, since I was gone up
until Wednesday this week in Boston. I managed to hook up with The
Quivering Messiah and his New England brethren while I was up there.
Playing against new people and new decks are a lot of fun. I have
another gratuitous page of images and some random thoughts at
http://whitestar.ddg.com/vtes/boston.html
I'm starting to run out of Toreador-Antitribu vampires and clan specific
cards to talk about, so if I miss a month don't be surprised.
Card of the Month -
Depravity
One of several ways to increase Hand Damage for combat celerity decks.
While it does cost a pool, it is permanent and cannot be removed. You
also have the added bonus of of +1 stealth when attempting diablrie.
Since our clan is one of the few that are good at voting, you might be
able to utilize this ability if you control the votes on the table with
the high capacity vampires.
Sadly, this card as a couple of drawbacks. It's unique, so you can't
place it on every minion, and if you use if often people may start
playing with it as well to induce contesting. Also, that minion cannot
recruit the Goth Band or any of the useful retainers. But in a combat
deck, that is a small price to pay.
That Majestic Psyche!
Qty Name Age Title
1 Don Cruez, The Idealist 10 Justicar
2 Salinger 9 Archbishop
1 Anneke 10 Justicar
2 Anson 8 Prince
1 Francois Villon 10 Prince
1 Klaus van der Veken 9 Prince
2 Lachlan, Noddist 8 Archbishop
2 Matteus, Flesh Sculptor 10 Priscus
Qty Name Type Requires
5 Aire of Elation act mod presence
4 Ambush action
5 Blood Hunt action prince, justicar
1 Enchant Kindred action presence
2 5th Tradition: Hospit. action prince, justicar
5 War Party action Sabbat title
8 Blur combat celerity
10 Majesty combat presence
10 Psyche! combat celerity
5 Rapid Thought combat celerity
8 Sideslip combat celerity
10 Taste of Vitae combat
1 Art of Pain, The master Tor. Anti.
8 Blood Doll master
1 Depravity master
1 Giant's Blood master
2 Information Highway master
4 2nd Tradition: Domain react prince, justicar
90 Total Library Cards
5 action modifier
44 common 17 action
44 uncommon 51 combat
2 rare 13 master
4 reaction
Game Environment: 90 card library limit, no card limit,
post 10-99 RTR.
Use the Blood Hunts/War Parties to always be able to attack vampires.
Get into combat with them, use the Majesty to untap, restart combat
with the Psyche! and when you have finished Blurring and Tasting their
Vitae, take any other action you want.
Not quite as good as a Fortitude multiple action deck, but surprisingly
effective against combat ends decks and most decks that favor combat,
but
don't use Immortal Grapple.
I will probably take out the War Parties and add more 2nd Traditions and
Fifth Traditions and get rid of all the Brujah and double up on
Francois.
This deck and others can be reached at The Lasombra's Deck Archive at
http://members.tripod.com/~Lasombra/decks.htm
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Ethan Burrow - Prince of Austin
ethan@ddg.com
http://whitestar.ddg.com/vtes/