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Title: City on a Hill (no more hiding)
Post by: YourMathTeacher on September 20, 2010, 10:39:11 PM
City on a Hill

Good Fortress

"Protect all cards from set aside abilities. Return all set aside cards to owner's territory at face value. Discard all set aside enhancements."

Identifier: May hold one active Every Man's Sword

Matthew 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden."
Title: Re: City on a Hill (no more hiding)
Post by: Red Dragon Thorn on September 20, 2010, 10:48:35 PM
May I ask why it can hold an almost completely useless artifact?
Title: Re: City on a Hill (no more hiding)
Post by: Ironica on September 20, 2010, 11:00:11 PM
May I ask why it can hold an almost completely useless artifact?

Actually, one of the players here put it in his deck because of my lovely battle challenges with HT active or Gabriel :)
Title: Re: City on a Hill (no more hiding)
Post by: Minister Polarius on September 21, 2010, 01:27:53 AM
I also don't understand the holding of Every Man's Sword (which should technically be Every Mans' Sword). There are also a few logistical problems:

When does this Fortress activate? It has one ongoing ability and (two? one with a clarification that causes confusion?) instant ability(s).

Is the last sentence supposed to refer only to cards that were set aside when the second sentence happens? As written, whenever this Fortress would activate (see previous), it would Discard He Is Risen, Two Possessed by Demons etc. in Storehouse.

"Owner's" should be "Owners'."

How would this interact with Job? Dust and Ashes has a Set-Aside ability, and Job can be protected from it because while Dust and Ashes is set-aside, Job is not.

As written, this card would allow you to erase experience credit by setting aside a Hero in Kereth Ravine and playing this card. Idk if that was intended, but T2 is often not taken into consideration in new card ideas.
Title: Re: City on a Hill (no more hiding)
Post by: Professoralstad on September 21, 2010, 11:18:08 AM
(which should technically be Every Mans' Sword).

I don't think that is true. "Every man" is singular. Also, mans is not a word. I'm just an engineer, not a wordsmith, but I have never seen mans' written anywhere (until today of course).
Title: Re: City on a Hill (no more hiding)
Post by: Minister Polarius on September 21, 2010, 12:52:49 PM
(which should technically be Every Mans' Sword).

I don't think that is true. "Every man" is singular. Also, mans is not a word. I'm just an engineer, not a wordsmith, but I have never seen mans' written anywhere (until today of course).
You're right, it should actually be "All Men's Sword." Posting late at night woo! Every Man's Sword would be thousands of swords.
Title: Re: City on a Hill (no more hiding)
Post by: lightningninja on September 21, 2010, 04:30:34 PM
No, I think "Every Man's Sword" would mean that one sword is owned by every man, right?

But, "Every Man's Swords" would just be gramatically incorrect.

And, "All Men's Swords," as stated, would be good.  :)

I think.
Title: Re: City on a Hill (no more hiding)
Post by: Minister Polarius on September 22, 2010, 12:10:04 AM
Correct.

Correct.

w00t
Title: Re: City on a Hill (no more hiding)
Post by: Warrior_Monk on September 22, 2010, 12:14:50 AM
If it was All Men's Swords, then it could hold Eleazar's Sword. EPIC!
Title: Re: City on a Hill (no more hiding)
Post by: YourMathTeacher on September 22, 2010, 03:03:29 PM
So the identifier would say:

This fortress may hold and activate one good weapon-class enhancement.
Title: Re: City on a Hill (no more hiding)
Post by: lightningninja on September 22, 2010, 05:41:36 PM
OH YEAH! I think this could be a cool fortress...

"May hold any number of good weapon-class enhancements. After an enhancement has been on this fortress for 2 turns, you may activate it on any hero, regardless of brigade or warrior-class abilityness (need some rewording, you guys get the point)."

I don't think it'd be abused, I mean there's not very many good warrior class enhancements, just like E's Sword and Warrior's Spear.
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