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James Beckwourth

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James Beckwourth was an explorer, scout, and guide in the Rocky Mountains. His experiences were set to prose in The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians.


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James Beckwourth (Fire)

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7 Life

3 Speed

6 Experience

1 Damage

American FrontiersmenWarriorMale

Wild Tactics: Once each round, before you make a weapon attack roll, you may choose for that attack roll to get -2. If you do, and that attack hits, you may immediately make another weapon attack, if possible. The attack roll for the immediate attack gets -2.

A trapper, explorer, and a man who became the Chief of the Absaroke Nation of Native Americans, James Beckwourth was one of the most remarkable frontiersmen.

Illus.: April Lee • Set 7 • 11/100

 

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From the QCT

Cao Cao v. James Beckwourth

Let's assume that the next attack roll for both of these players is one made "at +X."

Why can Cao Cao give -2 to the roll, but Beckwourth can't? This is not an official ruling but rather a "general consensus" among the forums, but they're contradicting each other. Please explain, if possible, so I can let this go already. Thank you!

•You cannot pay a cost of a game effect that would be canceled or is impossible to pay. For example, you cannot spend an action if you have no remaining speed, and you could not discard a card if you had none in play.

•At the time when Cao Cao makes the choice to get a penalty to his next roll, he does not have any information about what that next roll will be. He is allowed to accept that penalty as a cost and then make an 'at +0' attack that cannot, by rule, have that penalty applied to it.

•James Beckwourth, on the other hand, makes the decision to penalize the roll right before it is made - at this point, the game is already aware of any possible 'at +X' conditions placed on the roll. Since these rolls cannot have penalties applied to them, James would not be allowed to pay this penalty as a cost.

•There are situations involving combinations of cards that cause the above assumptions to be false. For example, Cao Cao could be in the middle of preforming the action of Olifant (multiple consecutive +0 basic attacks) and be struck by a counter-attack created by a card ability. Or, James could use a card that changes an attack to an 'at +0' attack right before the roll is made - by rule, he could use either 'before you make an attack roll ability' card first.

•The key is whether the game knows the state of the next attack roll at the time that this cost must be paid. If that attack is going to be an 'at +X' attack, penalties may not be applied to it, and costs involving such penalties cannot be paid.

 

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