Blitzing and Bloodlust

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Blitzing and Bloodlust

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Just to clarify, a Vampire who fails Bloodlust on a Blitz action eats a thrall after making the block part of his action, and indeed after he continues moving if needs be. Correct? The second part of the skill description I have highlighted red might vaguely imply not. But I have always played it as I described. FYI a search revealed no help on this specific topic.
Blood Lust (Extraordinary)
Vampires must occasionally feed on the blood of the livi ng. Immediately
after declaring an Action with a Vampire, roll a d6: On a 2+ the Vampire
can carry out the Action as normal. On a 1, however, the Vampire must
feed on a Thrall team-mate or a spectator. The Vampire may continue
with his declared Action or if he had declared a Block Action, he may
take a Move Action instead. Either way, at the end of the declared
Action
, but before actually passing, handing off, or scoring, the vampire
must feed. If he is standing adjacent to one or more Thrall team-mates
(standing, prone or stunned), then choose one to bite and make an Injury
roll on the Thrall treating any casualty roll as Badly Hurt. The injury will
not cause a turnover unless the Thrall was holding the ball. Once the
Vampire has bitten a Thrall he may complete his Action.
Failure to bite a
Thrall is a turnover and requires you to feed on a spectator – move the
Vampire to the reserves box if he was still on the pitch. If he was holding
the ball, it bounces from the square he occupied when he was removed
and he will not score a touchdown if he was in the opposing end zone.

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he must feed FIRST if he is ready to pass, handoff, or score. The rest he does after

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daloonieshaman wrote:he must feed FIRST if he is ready to pass, handoff, or score. The rest he does after
This is correct ... let me phrase it another way.

A vampires who has failed a Blood Lust roll must to everything he wants to do first OTHER THAN pass, handoff or score ... those 3 items he may do only after he has successfully drank. The act of biting ends his action other than for the final acts of throwing the ball, handing off the ball or scoring a TD.

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Just to get things straight...

When the vampire declare, for instance, a pass and fails his bloodlust roll:
- the vampire can move to stand next to a Thrall
- bite the thrall
- continue moving to get in position for the pass
- perform the pass

Is this correct?

Now, also back to a blitz action. When you declare a blitz action and the vampire fails his bloodlust roll, is he still allowed to blitz?
The reason I ask is because 'blitzing' is not specifically mentioned in the available actions (passing, handing-off, scoring) after having a drink. And since you can blitz and do a pass in the same turn, this leave me a bit confused about the blitz action. Also, it clearly says that he can convert his block action to a move action (but not a blitz).

I agree with Joemanji that - reading between the lines - the rules imply that he cannot blitz.

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Nighthawk wrote:Is this correct?
You bite at the END of the action, but before throwing the ball. If you bite then move, it wasn't the end.
And since you can blitz and do a pass in the same turn,
Not with the same player.

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He can blitz ... he moves ... throws the block and then after the block is resolved ... he bites.

That is how it is described in the skill.

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Darkson wrote:
Nighthawk wrote:And since you can blitz and do a pass in the same turn,
Not with the same player.
Uh... that "can" should have been "can't", typo.

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GalakStarscraper wrote:He can blitz ... he moves ... throws the block and then after the block is resolved ... he bites.
But if the vampire has movement left after the blitz? I have always played according to a) below but is that right? Some off your answers can be read as b) or c) is the correct way, but it might be a "lost in translation" moment for me.

a)
1. he/she move -
2. block(blitz) -
3. may continue moving -
4. bite thrall, end action

b)
1. he/she move -
2. block(blitz) -
3. bite thrall -
4. may continue moving, end action

c)
1. he/she move -
2. block(blitz) -
3. bite thrall, end action
4. may not move even if the vampire has movment left.

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Lard wrote: a)
1. he/she move -
2. block(blitz) -
3. may continue moving -
4. bite thrall, end action.
Option a) is correct, although if I was being pedantic I'd re-write line 4 as 'end action, bite thrall'.
The bite takes place after the action is complete (with the exception of pass, handoff and scoring). Moving after the block is still part of the blitz action, so you can do that before the bite.

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