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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #25 on: July 14, 2011, 11:00:31 AM »
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Also, do they keep identifiers? So like would captured moses still count as a human, prophet, judge, prince, etc. NT female angel?
A captured character still keeps its identifiers for cards that "look" for a specific thing (ie. "if a judge is in play"), but do cannot be targeted by those identifiers (ie. "discard a judge").
So a captured Egyptian still triggers Given Over to Egypt and Pithom?  Sorry if I'm getting too off-track...
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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #26 on: July 14, 2011, 11:04:10 AM »
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Do Captured Demons get shuffled when the Shuffler LS is rescued?

Related question: Do captured heroes in Raider's Camp get shuffled when the Shuffler LS is rescued?
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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #27 on: July 14, 2011, 11:25:20 AM »
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Captured demons are not Lost Souls, so I don't see why they would be shuffled by the Shuffler.

Raiders' Camp has a play as that includes "instead", which may or may not make it an errata in disguise, so I've always thought of RC as insteading the "place in LoB and treat as a LS" part of captures by placing them in RC instead. Therefore I don't think they are LSs and they wouldn't be shuffled by the Shuffler. I don't really have any basis for this theory, though, so feel free to disprove me. :P Prof Underwood said it way better than I did.
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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #28 on: July 14, 2011, 11:27:55 AM »
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Do Captured Demons get shuffled when the Shuffler LS is rescued?
My first guess is "no".  But I'm not totally sure on that.

Related question: Do captured heroes in Raider's Camp get shuffled when the Shuffler LS is rescued?
No.  Raider's Camp specifies how cards enter AND how cards exit that fortress.  Therefore, they can't enter or leave any other way.

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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #29 on: July 14, 2011, 11:46:27 AM »
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Do the contents of Demonic Stronghold get shuffled when the shuffler is rescued?

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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #30 on: July 14, 2011, 11:49:15 AM »
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They are Captured Heroes in there, not Lost Souls.

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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #31 on: July 14, 2011, 11:50:27 AM »
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No.  Raider's Camp specifies how cards enter AND how cards exit that fortress.  Therefore, they can't enter or leave any other way.

???   So Covenant of Palestine doesn't get captured heroes out of Raider's Camp, either?
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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #32 on: July 14, 2011, 11:57:36 AM »
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They are Captured Heroes in there, not Lost Souls.

What difference does it make where they are? Are you suggesting that a captured hero in a fortress cannot be shuffled by the Shuffler, but a captured hero outside of a fortress can?
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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #33 on: July 14, 2011, 11:59:13 AM »
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No.  Raider's Camp specifies how cards enter AND how cards exit that fortress.  Therefore, they can't enter or leave any other way.
???   So Covenant of Palestine doesn't get captured heroes out of Raider's Camp, either?
Good point.  I'm still getting used to the rule about cards entering and exiting fortresses myself.  I suppose that it might only limit people's ability to add or remove them at will (ie. during prep phase), and not limit other card's interactions with those cards on the fortress.

For instance, I could play CM on a hero held in a fortress that doesn't protect heroes, and that would send them to the discard pile (removing them from the fortress).  And I could play ANB causing the cards in the fortress to shuffle into the deck (removing them from the fortress).  So why wouldn't Covenant of Palestine remove them from the fortress?  And why wouldn't the shuffler remove them from the fortress?

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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #34 on: July 14, 2011, 12:07:09 PM »
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No.  Raider's Camp specifies how cards enter AND how cards exit that fortress.  Therefore, they can't enter or leave any other way.
???   So Covenant of Palestine doesn't get captured heroes out of Raider's Camp, either?
Good point.  I'm still getting used to the rule about cards entering and exiting fortresses myself.  I suppose that it might only limit people's ability to add or remove them at will (ie. during prep phase), and not limit other card's interactions with those cards on the fortress.

For instance, I could play CM on a hero held in a fortress that doesn't protect heroes, and that would send them to the discard pile (removing them from the fortress).  And I could play ANB causing the cards in the fortress to shuffle into the deck (removing them from the fortress).  So why wouldn't Covenant of Palestine remove them from the fortress?  And why wouldn't the shuffler remove them from the fortress?

I think Lambo is right for the case of DS though, it holds captured heroes not lost souls. I could see Cov of Palestine removing them though.

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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #35 on: July 14, 2011, 12:10:36 PM »
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They are Captured Heroes in there, not Lost Souls.

What difference does it make where they are? Are you suggesting that a captured hero in a fortress cannot be shuffled by the Shuffler, but a captured hero outside of a fortress can?

Yes, because Demonic Stronghold is not put in your Land of Bondage, which is where they are treated as Lost Souls. Also, from the REG:

Captured characters placed in a fortress are not treated as Lost Souls because they are not in the Land of Bondage nor are they treated as regular characters.  Rather, they are treated as captured characters.  Captured heroes in a fortress are not subject to any effects that specify Heroes, Evil Characters, or Lost Souls (e.g., Band, Discard or Remove, or rescue).  Cards that target all cards, captured Heroes, or captured Evil Characters can effect captured characters in a fortress.

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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #36 on: July 14, 2011, 01:06:05 PM »
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Targeting versus happen-to-noticing:

CO: Soldier, kill all terrorists on sight.
Soldier: Sir!  Yes, sir!  Sir, are they the ones wearing desert-style clothing?
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Soldier: Sir!  Yes, sir!  Sir, wouldn't it just be easier to kill all of the inhabitants wearing desert-style clothing, so as to be sure we get the ones hiding bombs underneath?
CO: If it were up to me, I'd have you shoot them all regardless of bombs or not.  But the powers-that-be have written the rules for this war.
Soldier: Sir!  Yes, sir!  Sir, may I use ammunition other than these paper-piercing bullets you gave me??
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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #37 on: July 14, 2011, 01:10:50 PM »
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Targeting versus happen-to-noticing:

CO: Soldier, kill all terrorists on sight.
Soldier: Sir!  Yes, sir!  Sir, are they the ones wearing desert-style clothing?
CO: Soldier, you will notice many inhabitants of this land wearing desert-style clothing.  Kill only those wearing a vest made into a bomb.
Soldier: Sir!  Yes, sir!  Sir, wouldn't it just be easier to kill all of the inhabitants wearing desert-style clothing, so as to be sure we get the ones hiding bombs underneath?
CO: If it were up to me, I'd have you shoot them all regardless of bombs or not.  But the powers-that-be have written the rules for this war.
Soldier: Sir!  Yes, sir!  Sir, may I use ammunition other than these paper-piercing bullets you gave me??


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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #38 on: July 14, 2011, 01:15:27 PM »
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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #39 on: July 14, 2011, 01:17:32 PM »
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Yes, because Demonic Stronghold is not put in your Land of Bondage, which is where they are treated as Lost Souls. Also, from the REG:

Captured characters placed in a fortress are not treated as Lost Souls because they are not in the Land of Bondage nor are they treated as regular characters.  Rather, they are treated as captured characters.  Captured heroes in a fortress are not subject to any effects that specify Heroes, Evil Characters, or Lost Souls (e.g., Band, Discard or Remove, or rescue).  Cards that target all cards, captured Heroes, or captured Evil Characters can effect captured characters in a fortress.

I see.   ;D

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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #40 on: July 14, 2011, 01:44:30 PM »
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Regarding the original discussion, I think the current ruling is pretty goofy as well. If a card has identifiers for one thing, it should have identifiers for all things...

Was Arioch the only reason for that ruling? Because... he really isn't all that strong. Also, just about every good hero is a prophet.

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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #41 on: July 14, 2011, 01:52:23 PM »
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Also, from the REG:

Captured characters placed in a fortress are not treated as Lost Souls because they are not in the Land of Bondage nor are they treated as regular characters.  Rather, they are treated as captured characters.  Captured heroes in a fortress are not subject to any effects that specify Heroes, Evil Characters, or Lost Souls (e.g., Band, Discard or Remove, or rescue).  Cards that target all cards, captured Heroes, or captured Evil Characters can effect captured characters in a fortress.
So that answers it.  Captured heroes in Raider's Camp (or other fortresses) are NOT shuffled by the shuffler (which targets LSs).  They would also NOT be returned by Covenant of Palestine (because it specifically targets the Land of Bondage).

If Covenant of Palestine did not limit itself to the Land of Bondage, then it would indeed return the Captured Heroes from Raider's Camp to territory, because it does target "Captured Heroes" in the Play As.

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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #42 on: July 14, 2011, 01:55:01 PM »
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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #43 on: July 14, 2011, 02:07:54 PM »
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The New Covenant also works.

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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #44 on: July 14, 2011, 08:53:16 PM »
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It is as Prof. Underwood says; Covenant of Palestine specifies the Land of Bondage.  Raider's Camp is not in the Land of Bondage.

Neither do I understand all the ridicule of conditions for an ability.  I don't particularly care for "happen-to-notice" type language but it's not hard to distinguish between conditions and targets.  "If X, then do Y to Z".  X is a condition but it's not the target.  Z is the target but it doesn't have to match the condition.

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Re: A Captured Demon - What exactly is it?
« Reply #45 on: July 14, 2011, 11:45:30 PM »
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Was Arioch the only reason for that ruling? Because... he really isn't all that strong.
No.

 


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