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Title: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: Kralik on January 10, 2009, 11:24:02 AM
So, for Boromir, Bearer of Council:

If he is wearing Armor, is it possible to fulfill the two wounds requirement? Or would you HAVE to add burdens? This also came up in a game where it was asked whether Sapling of the White Tree can prevent a wound (add two, prevent one?)
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: TheJord on January 10, 2009, 11:43:45 AM
Unless I am mistaken, I believe I read that if Boromir is wearing Armor he cannot choose the 2 wound option... hence making it a foolish idea!

In the rules it says if actions have choices you must choose the one that you can complete the most. In this case it would be adding burdens.

http://lotrtcgdb.com/community/viewtopic.php?search_id=1644915166&t=5236 - A previous discussion on the same topic back at CC
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: Kralik on January 10, 2009, 11:47:21 AM
Makes sense. What about Sapling of the White Tree?
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: TheJord on January 10, 2009, 11:57:46 AM
In the same vein, if you prevent one of the actions, you will then have to complete the other action you can fully complete. The rulebook has an example of Sapling and Morgul Brute, where preventing one causes the other to occur.
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: Kralik on January 10, 2009, 12:10:51 PM
Got it, thanks! :gp:
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: Elendil!Urukfear on January 10, 2009, 12:40:00 PM
Man, I so need a new rulebook.
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: Thranduil on January 11, 2009, 06:10:34 AM
I agree about Armor, but I don't see the problem with Sapling of the White Tree. You choose to wound Boromir twice, then you respond by preventing one of those wounds. Seems fair enough to me. :-k

Thranduil
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: Pepin The Breve on January 11, 2009, 06:24:15 AM
I agree about Armor, but I don't see the problem with Sapling of the White Tree. You choose to wound Boromir twice, then you respond by preventing one of those wounds. Seems fair enough to me. :-k

Thranduil

  Seems fair but in fact you can´t do it. The rulebook example involves exactly the sapling-RB issue and states that if you do something that alter the effect and you have another option that you can fullfil better you have to do the second option.
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: Thranduil on January 11, 2009, 06:36:56 AM
That doesn't make any sense to me, but fair enough I agree with you that those are the rules.

Thranduil
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: Pepin The Breve on January 11, 2009, 06:51:11 AM
That doesn't make any sense to me, but fair enough I agree with you that those are the rules.

Thranduil

     Sometimes the rules doesn´t make sense at all...at least for or good sense
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: TheJord on January 11, 2009, 07:08:23 AM
Its to stop abuse of the options. Morgul Brute should add a burden, but you can wound the RB to prevent. Preventing the prevention would be OP
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: Thranduil on January 11, 2009, 07:23:25 AM
Its to stop abuse of the options. Morgul Brute should add a burden, but you can wound the RB to prevent. Preventing the prevention would be OP
My problem is that the FP player has already chosen the option and to make them go back in time and choose a different option just because they were smart enough to prevent the option they chose doesn't actually make game sense to me. If you're packing Intimidate or Sapling of the White Tree and you use them to negate Morgul Brute, I'd say that was smart deckbuilding and good play, not overpowered.

Thranduil
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: leokula on January 12, 2009, 02:25:44 AM
Its to stop abuse of the options. Morgul Brute should add a burden, but you can wound the RB to prevent. Preventing the prevention would be OP
My problem is that the FP player has already chosen the option and to make them go back in time and choose a different option just because they were smart enough to prevent the option they chose doesn't actually make game sense to me. If you're packing Intimidate or Sapling of the White Tree and you use them to negate Morgul Brute, I'd say that was smart deckbuilding and good play, not overpowered.

Thranduil

The point is, you choose to wound, you have to wound. If you say "I choose to wound and prevent the wound" LMAO Did you wound? Oops, I guess not!

Same as Frodo, CH and DDotR... you can't choose to discard and then don't discard because of Frodo's text.
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: lem0nhead on January 12, 2009, 05:05:23 AM
LK's simplistic approach probably sums it up best. If you're saying you're gonna do something, you either do or it doesnt work.  :P
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: Elendil!Urukfear on January 13, 2009, 02:10:54 PM
Ok just to clear this up with my friend Berry (And sorry, whoever made this thread, for posting another question that doesn't relate to the topic), You can't have two ring-bearers in the same deck right? And of course sam and frodo don't count cuz that's part of sam's text.
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: Elf_Lvr on January 13, 2009, 02:22:58 PM
Well, you can only use one "The One Ring." And you can only use it on your desired Ring-bearer (unless it changes hands to Sam because of his game text).

However, you can use ARB's as normal companions, for example, just not bearing the ring. Then you have to pay their twilight costs and other such things. Except for Frodo - he's not an ARB (just a Ring-bearer) so you can't use him other than as the Ring-bearer. And there's no way to "give" the ring to an ARB you're using as a regular comp, either.
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: Elendil!Urukfear on January 13, 2009, 02:40:44 PM
Ok so you can have ring bearer's in your deck except Frodo (Unless it's Frodo, ff). But What's an ARB?
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: HawkeyeSPF on January 13, 2009, 02:42:09 PM
Nor can you, in tournament play, switch which companion you're using as your Ringbearer between games/rounds.

ARB = Alternate Ringbearer (eg, Boromir, BoC or Gimli, BoG)
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: Elendil!Urukfear on January 13, 2009, 03:16:14 PM
K thanks.
Title: Re: Boromir RB Requirements
Post by: Gate Troll on January 14, 2009, 08:50:48 AM
Its to stop abuse of the options. Morgul Brute should add a burden, but you can wound the RB to prevent. Preventing the prevention would be OP

No it wouldn't be OP. You still have to discard the card, nothing wrong with that, just plain old cause and effect, man. I mean come on, its just one measly burden!   8-)