This series will review the new cards in the upcoming
Fall of London
set. Today, we'll go over the new Brujah.
If this guy were an Anarch...
Welcome to the +strength party.
You get +1 strength, And you get +1 strength. +1 strength for
everybody! Not exactly, but it's starting to feel that way. The
Finns are probably salivating at this point.
Adelino da Silva
Disciplines
A mid-cap with no superior disciplines, having all in-clans and t . His
ability to wow you is severely limited by his lack of superiors.
Quickness becoming free in the latest release, does give him some mainstream
combat abilities and, of course, he can always fire off a bleed for 3 or
more. Still, he's a little expensive for a grocery-getter. His t
could help in some designs that want equipment, giving you access to Magic of
the Smith. His discipline set would be much improved by becoming Anarch
with access to Line Brawl and Dust Up. His t offers real benefit there,
allowing you to put CrimethInc. into play.
Specials
His rescue special is rather interesting. He can rescue older vampires
for free. Useful if your combat vampire takes a misstep or if you need
to bring up your prey's famous vampire for another Fame-dunk. Not
something that you're likely to build around, but something that will
definitely be useful.
Overview
The problem with Adelino is, given his discipline spread, he fits better with
his Anarch brethren than with the Camarilla ones. So, do you try to bolt
him onto an Anarch deck? You have the possibility of ordering issues,
drawing Anarch cards that you cannot play. How do you make him
Anarch? Anything beyond the cardless action and Twilight Camp likely
dilutes the deck too much.
If you leave him in the Camarilla, his discipline set means he's coming out
third and for that price maybe he's not worth it? I do think his special
helps in combat-oriented decks and is worth the extra pool over Paul
Calderone. Steps will need to be taken to ensure that he's not a
liability.
Chun Hei
Disciplines
All of the clan disciplines at superior. What else could you ask
for? Only the third (or fourth, see below) vampire with C P R in group 6.
Specials
Do you like combat? Not only does Chun Hei have +1 strength, she has another
combat special too. The ability to gain an unlimited, additional strike
once per combat means that in a default combat with no cards played, you can hit
for 4 while losing only 2 blood. With her ability to play all of the
Celerity and Potence combat cards at superior the amount she can dish out is
much higher.
Overview
Chun Hei is Camarilla, which gives group 5/6 Camarilla another solid mid-cap
vampire. Her lack of title makes it harder to work her into votes
decks. Not being an Anarch by default means that she will be unable to
use Dust Up out of the box. I'm not sure that making her Anarch is worth
the trouble.
Her +1 strength and discipline spread works nicely with Theo Bell and
Gwenllian (see below). A mixed-sect deck that focuses on standard combat
cards featuring 7-, 8-, and 9-caps could work nicely. There are probably
several approaches to this concept. I look forward to seeing more of
these decks. (OK, probably not, since I sometimes just avoid combat, but
still good combat decks are good for the game.)
Gwenllian Arwyn
Disciplines
In addition to all in-clans at superior, we get two very useful inferiors and
one more inferior no one is going to bother with. The d is going to do
what you expect it to do: add bounce. Since she already has R , the bleed
effects are less useful. While the Anarchs have access to bounce with
Bait and Switch, the Camarilla Brujah don't. So this splash d can help
prevent the need to constantly back-rush. Hitback can be a real problem
for Brujah in general, so splashed f can keep Gwenllian alive with Skin of
Steel. More importantly, she gains access to multi-action with Forced
March and Freak Drive. As for i , I'm not sure what she'll use it
for. You can't really complain about the mostly useless i though, the
rest of her discipline spread is so good.
Specials
As I mentioned above, Gwenllian Arwyn has +1 strength. This gives us
another quality vampire with +1 strength. Her other special helps make her
actions succeed, which combines nicely with her f for a better chance at
multi-acting.
Overview
This Brujah grouping is begging for a combat build to take advantage of
the +strength. Combined with Theo Bell's rush and d , you've got two potential stars
for the deck, that give you the tools (bounce) to avoid backrushing.
Beyond combat, Gwenllian gives you another multi-acting Brujah. The lack
of title is a bummer in that regard, but she could easily work with the
Fortitude Toreadors or be a companion for Dmitra. In the former case, a
Brujah Justicar vote is perfect, and, in the latter case, Praxis Seizure: Rome
puts her in Enkil Cog range.
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