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Quote from: STAMP on January 11, 2010, 12:43:15 PMAlthough the card designers and playtesters are very thorough, things have slipped through that cause these type of problems. I think Belt of Truth (Ki) was designed to target every version of "lie" or "deceit" that were in existence at the time. But now we have Deceiving Spirit. I believe the general intent of Belt of Truth (Ki) would have been to be able to target Deceiving Spirit.My feeling is that unless it breaks the game, all cards that reference words as targets should be able to reference any form of the word. That way, future cards like a "Judged Falsely" and "Wicked Liars" can be targeted. By making the rule that you have to match a word exactly, the creativity of the card designers is unnecessarily "handcuffed".I agree. I think it would be better if "placed" cards could be used with High Places (with the possible exception of Joseph's Brother's Scheme, which could be devastating if it could be used before battle in my opinion.
Although the card designers and playtesters are very thorough, things have slipped through that cause these type of problems. I think Belt of Truth (Ki) was designed to target every version of "lie" or "deceit" that were in existence at the time. But now we have Deceiving Spirit. I believe the general intent of Belt of Truth (Ki) would have been to be able to target Deceiving Spirit.My feeling is that unless it breaks the game, all cards that reference words as targets should be able to reference any form of the word. That way, future cards like a "Judged Falsely" and "Wicked Liars" can be targeted. By making the rule that you have to match a word exactly, the creativity of the card designers is unnecessarily "handcuffed".
My feeling is that unless it breaks the game, all cards that reference words as targets should be able to reference any form of the word. That way, future cards like a "Judged Falsely" and "Wicked Liars" can be targeted. By making the rule that you have to match a word exactly, the creativity of the card designers is unnecessarily "handcuffed".
"Worship"/"Fellowship"/"Discipleship"/etc. has no morphological or even etymological relation to the boat "ship", and anyone playing the game knows that. "Ignore" and "ignored" clearly do have a relation, as do "place" and "placed". Why does common sense lose out?
What about the words "placing," "placement," and "displace" (from easiest to hardest)? Would all of them be covered by an expansive ruling on High Places?
whereas "fellowship" is not related to the word "ship".
As to the questions of whether High Places works with a card that has "placed" or "places" in the SA, I think that is going to depend on the judge. Some (Tim & STAMP) would allow you to use it based on what they view the intent of High Places to be. Others (such as myself) wouldn't allow you to use it based on previous rulings that when a specific word is used as a SA trigger (as it is in High Places) the word is meant to be strictly adhered to.
the ability should have to contain the character string "[space]place[space]" to satisfy the ability of High Places.
Quote from: SirNobodythe ability should have to contain the character string "[space]place[space]" to satisfy the ability of High Places.That means that a card that says, "...placed..." would not be able to be played via High Places?
Agreed. Let me know which conflicts you find, and we will address them. Thanks in advance for your help.
Other cards that "target" words:Dart, Barnabas, Deadly Snare - "False" in titleDeliverance, Prison Guards - "Prison" in titleEpaphroditus - "Paul" in titleThe Seventh Seal - "Trumpet" or "Censer" in titleHerodian - "Herod" in titleBelt of Truth - "False", "Lies", "Deceived", or "Deceit" in titleQue - "Mist" in titleCovenant Keepers - "Covenant" in titleBanner of Truth (Priests) - "False" or "Deceit" in titleLeviathan - "Ship" in titleBartiamaeus - "Faith" in titleKing's Sword (C Deck), Interceding for Battle - "Immune" in SAHaman's Plot Exposed - "Discard" or "Capture" in SADavid - "David" in titleShadow - "Snare" in SAPriestly Breastplate (C Deck) - "Ignore" and "Repel" in SAI Am Love - "Ignores" in SAI Am Truth - "Ignore" in SAWith the exception of the last 3, I don't really see any problems by limiting it to the specific words, rather than including the various forms.
I know this was brought up before and there wasn't anything definitive, but I can't find the thread. HoH includes all word forms of the words it prevents. High Places should let you use Leprosy because of that precedent. "Placed" is just the passive form of "place."
Repel is the same thing as ignore, except that it's used on evil cards.
RepelRepel is the same as Ignore.