Quite a number of questions regarding the Toreador vampire Vidal Jarbeaux have appeared after the card has been published in "Keepers of Tradition", so here's a "Questions and Answers" summary for the card. Most of the information is taken from the Usenet newsgroup "rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad":Q: Can you give a list of traits Vidal can use?
A: Here's a list that cover most traits (as I assume that the list is non-exhaustive):
- all clans (Assamite, Nosferatu, Ahrimanes, ..) and Caitiff
- all sects (Camarilla, Sabbat, Laibon, Independent)
- all titles (Bishop, Baron, Justicar, Kholo, , ..)
- other game traits like Black Hand, Seraph, Inquisitor, Liaison, Anarch, Advanced, Red List, Flight, Slave, Blood Cursed, Sterile, Cold Iron Vulnerability, particular Blood Brother circles, ..
A: Yes, non-Camarilla, non-Red List, etc. are additional traits which Vidal can choose to meet.
Q: Can I use Vidal's ability to prevent a "Derange" to be played on him be emulating him being an Malkavian. Or belonging to a particular clan, when someone else plays a "Consanguineous Boon" on that clan.
A: No. As per card text he can only meet the requirements of cards he plays himself.
Q: Can Vidal play cards that have more than requirement?
A: Yes and no. No, he cannot his ability to emulate more than requirement he does not have. On the other hand, if a card has multiple requirements, and Vidal mets all but one requirement, he can emulate the last, missing one with his special ability.
Q: Why can Vidal equip with "Enchanted Marionette" and "Guarded Rubrics", but can use only the "Guarded Rubrics" later?
A: Both cards require a trait ("Malkavian antitribu" and "Black Hand") to play the card, but the "Enchanted Marionette" also states that "this Malkavian antitribu gets ..") whereas the "Guarded Rubrics" states "that this vampire can ..". In general, Vidal's ability only allows him to play cards with requirements that he doesn't meet. It won't give him the trait to use the card later on (even if it did, it would be once only).
Q: Can Vidal use "Enkil Cog" or other cards that require a certain minimum/maximum capacity?
A: No, capacity of a vampire is not a trait (and it's not listed as requirement Vidal can use).
Q: Can Vidal use cards that have alternate requirements (e.g. "Third Tradition: Progeny" more than once?
A: Yes, if a card has two or more alternate requirements, he can use it as often as there are alternate requirements, e.g. Vidal can use "Second Tradition: Domain" twice (by meeting the Justicar or the Prince requirement) or "Creation Rites" up to four times (for emulating an Archbishop, Cardinal, Priscus or Regent).
Q: Can Vidal use cards that require non-vampiric traits, e.g. Mortal, Ghoul, Mage, Ammo, ..?
A: No, his card text explictely mentions that he can meet vampiric requirements.
Q: Can Vidal play "Daimonium cards?
A: No, most of the cards require also the "Infernal" trait, which by his card text he cannot emulate.
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Q: Can Vidal use "Dark Mirror of the Mind" or other cards that require a certain minimum/maximum capacity?
A: No, capacity of a vampire is not a trait (and it's not listed as requirement Vidal can use).
He have 8 capacity, so he can play dark mirror of the mind.
Yes, you're right. I have changed the exampel to "Enkil Cog", which is more fitting.
Q: Can Vidal use cards that have alternate requirements (e.g. "Third Tradition: Progeny" more than once?
A: Yes, if a card has two or more alternate requirements, he can use it as often as there are alternate requirements, e.g. Vidal can use "Second Tradition: Domain" twice (by meeting the Justicar or the Prince requirement) or "Creation Rites" up to four times (for emulating an Archbishop, Cardinal, Priscus or Regent).
I don't get this.
What about the 'once per game' clausure?
It means, that Vidal can play "Second Tradition: Domain" twice in a game. The first time he emulates the Prince requirement for playing the card, the second time he emulates Justicar requirement. Since he uses different requirements when playing the cards, he can play "Second Tradition: Domain" more than once in a game, even though he's not a Prince or Justicar.
The same template applies to other cards with alternate requirements as well.
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