I-Intro II- Fiction III- Vampire of the Month IV- Card of the Month V- Bonehead Card of the Month VI- Deck of the Month VII- Conclusion I- Intro Hello, I have once again shuffled out of torpor to type a newsletter. Apparently, those stuffy, old goats, the Ventrue, seem to be losing their leathery grasp on reality as the Final Nights arrive. The Gangrel have flown the coup, and the USA is a wreck. How about them apples? It couldn't have happened to a nicer set of people. This month I plan to explore the fresher side of life with the new Final Nights cards. II- Fiction Oh glorious enchanted evening! We are having a guest join us tonight. One of the true masters of corruption. Hesha Ruhadze. Quite a specialist in the 2nd Cardinal Sin, Gluttony, but I believe that he dabbles in all of them. And he sure does know how to keep the party going until the wee hours of the morning. I honestly do believe he practically invented the rave. Perhaps I give him too much credit, but you need an example to which you can aspire. Tut, tut do not pout dear childe, I have not overlooked your accomplishments. Oh of course, I will tell him about your scuffle with the flea-bitten Gangrel down by the docks. Now that was entertainment. If only you would do something so impressive again other than suck on those poor, deluded wreches who want to belong to the "all-night party crowd". Pathetic, really... III- Vampire of the Month Hesha Ruhadze Clan: Followers of Set Capacity: 6 Ability: When hunting, Hesha gets an additional +1 stealth and gains an additional blood if successful. Inferior Obfuscate Inferior Presence Superior Serpentis Superior Serpentis on a 5 cap, now that makes two Settites and one non-Settite in the game who have superior Serpentis. Check out that special! +1 stealth and +1 blood. Slap two blood dolls on him and go to town! A one man pool gaining machine! Inbase Discotech and a Aaron's Feeding Razor and now you can gain 4 pool per turn with 4 blood dolls and a simple hunting action. IV- Card of the Month Ecstasy Reaction Discipline: Serpentis Rarity: Common Card Text: Reduce a bleed against you by 1 As above, and if the bleed resolves for 0 (or less), the acting minion burns 1 blood or life at the end of the action. Man, you gotta love this card. A Telepathic Counter that bites you in the rear! The great thing is that multiple Ecstasies can be played by multiple untapped Settites to inflict multiple blood or life loss if you reduce the bleed to zero. Also, it appears to me that you can play them on bleed that have already been reduced to zero to reduce it less than zero to inflict additional blood or life loss, or even just to get them out of your hand! V- Bonehead Card of the Month The Realm of the Black Sun The: Master, Followers of Set, 1 pool Unique Master. Put this card in play. If your prey gains at least 1 pool during his or her master phase, you gain 1 pool. This card may be burned by any minion as a (D) action; vampires with titles get -1 stealth when attempting that action. Initially, this card looks great. Most players try to gain pool duing their master phase, so this is really benificial if your prey has a blood doll out. My only question is why is this a master with a inherent burn action rather than a unique location? This card usually has a half life of 2 turns after it hits the table, and there is no way, other than Aisha, to generate inherent intercept without more locations or sportbikes and retainers. So if there are no stealth decks or decks capable of generating +1 stealth, then you are sitting pretty. Otherwise, this card is wallpaper. Want to gamble on that? VI- Deck of the Month This month's deck is probably the nastiest corruption deck that I have ever seen. Kudos and Congradulations to the recently married David Zopf a.k.a. Atom Weaver "Who's the Father? Call 1(800) DNA-TYPE..." by R. David Zopf Crypt(14): 2x Dedefra 2x Nepata 1x Nik 1x Franciscus 1x Dan Murdock 1x Julius 1x Igo, the Hungry 1x Navar McClaren 1x Hasina Kesi 1x Smudge, the Ignored 1x Magdelena Schaefer 1x Antoinette DuChamp Library: Master(20): 6x Effective Management 3x Info Highway 4x Obfuscate 3x Serpentis 2x The Barrens 1x Fragment of the Book of Nod 1x Opium Den Minion (65): 10x Revelation of the Sire 25x Corruption 8x Computer Hacking 3x Form of Corruption 2x Temptation 4x Lost in Crowds 4x Faceless Night 9x Cloak the Gathering The goal is to bring up a Setite, then start Revelation of the Sire, to change Caitiff into Setites (those corrupt Setites, alway putting their vitae where it doesn't belong...) Notice that a Revealed Caitiff (now Setite) can in turn Reveal another Caitiff (creating what we might consider the equivalent of a family therapy session on a daytime talk show), or Corrupt a vamp, or Computer Hack. VII- Conclusion I hope everyone has enjoyed this month's Followers of Set newsletter. Comments, Questions or Complaints X_Zealot@email.msn.com