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[FIST] Faceoff scene question (and some odd card ideas)



Okay, no one in my group has EVER played a Faceoff, but since I have the
feeling that may change, here's the Faceoff question I have that wasn't
answered by those Shaolin Shodown rules cards:  According to those rules
cards, there's one scene that occurs when a Faceoff begins.  If one or the
other Characters involved in a Faceoff leaves play or changes controllers
during that scene, the Faceoff ends immediately (and we all know how
'immediately' is a magic word in the Shadowfist rules).  So what happens to
that scene if it still has effects to resolve when the Faceoff ends?  Are
they cancelled, or is this one place where the word 'immediately' is
incorrect (or at best misleading)?  Although the literal interpretation
implies the former, it seems very counterintuitive (kind of like placing a
Portal Nexus on a Character or even an Edge, which is legal for the same
reason one used to be able to put Fusion Rifles on Sites before the
errata*), and it would be the first Shadowfist convention that cancels an
entire scene [actually, an Event that does that would be interesting!**].

Example: A Faceoff begins.  Let's say it's the first thing done by Player A
during his Main Shot in a duel, and no one responds to it.  In the Faceoff
scene, Player A Killdeers the opponent's Character.  This is responded to by
Player B with a Nerve Gas to smoke Player A's Character.  Nothing further is
added to the scene.  The Nerve Gas resolves; Player A's Character is smoked.
The Faceoff ends immediately.  Now that Killdeer was part of the Faceoff
that just ended, and it had yet to resolve.  Is it effectively cancelled (by
it never having the chance to resolve), or does it indeed resolve before the
Faceoff ends (thereby rendering Player B's Character unable to inflict
combat damage for the rest of the turn, which is important if Player A is
planning any attacks)?

- ZM

*Card idea:

We-Don't-Know-What-It-Is-But-We-Like-It
State
requires [Jam] [Jam], costs 2 Power
Unique.  Uncopyable.  Play on a card you control.  Subject Character gains
+2 Fighting.  Subject Site gains +4 Body.  Subject Edge or subject State may
not be taken control of by opponents.  Pay 1 Power and choose a card you
control other than this card or its subject :: Move this card from its
current subject to the chosen card.

**Card idea:

Stop the Presses!
Event
requires [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] [Asc], costs 3 Power
Cancel all effects in this scene that have yet to resolve.
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Adam R. Wood
original haiku:
(dedicated to Millia Rage)

Darkness lessons learned
Avenging golden tresses
Yellow flower blooms





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