{% extends "archetypes/_layout.html" %} {% import "archetypes/_layout-erratum.html" as erratum with context %} {% import "archetypes/ventrue-royalty.json" as deck_json %} {% block meta %} {% endblock %} {% block archetype_name %}

Ventrue Royalty

{% endblock %} {% block archetype %} {% trans trimmed govern_the_unaligned=card("Govern the Unaligned"), second_tradition_domain=card("Second Tradition: Domain"), deflection=card("Deflection"), weighted_walking_stick=card("Weighted Walking Stick"), daring_the_dawn=card("Daring the Dawn"), foreshadowing_destruction=card("Foreshadowing Destruction"), direct_intervention=card("Direct Intervention"), conditioning=card("Conditioning"), scourge_of_the_enochians=card("Scourge of the Enochians"), anarchist_uprising=card("Anarchist Uprising"), parity_shift=card("Parity Shift"), entrancement=card("Entrancement"), seduction=card("Seduction"), papillon=card("Papillon"), island_of_yiaros=card("Island of Yiaros"), freak_drive=card("Freak Drive"), majesty=card("Majesty"), kine_resources_contested=card("Kine Resources Contested"), emerson_bridges=card("Emerson Bridges"), sir_walter_nash=card("Sir Walter Nash"), a_b=link("/strategy/fundamentals", _("A&B"), _anchor="AB"), anthony_coleman_s_deck=link("/deck-search", _("Anthony Coleman's deck"), id="2k9uknats"), sergio_gracia_s_deck=link("/deck-search", _("Sergio Gracia's deck"), id="2k9powerbasecataluna") %}

Highlights

This is a toolbox deck using Ventrue Princes.

The idea is to get the highest capacity vampire out, then use {{ govern_the_unaligned }} at superior {{ DOM }} to get more vampires out fast and cheap, then later to bleed with the help of some {{ dom }} modifiers.

The intercept module is built around the fact the many vampires in the crypt are Princes and use {{ second_tradition_domain }} heavily. {{ deflection }} is used to bounce bleeds in case they get through anyway.

The combat module uses {{ for }} for damage prevention and {{ weighted_walking_stick }} to deal more damage.

Tips & Tricks

{{ daring_the_dawn }} and {{ foreshadowing_destruction }} are used for the lunge. The use of {{ direct_intervention }} on a modifier like {{ conditioning }} prevents it to be played again on the same action (as a modifier can only be played once, even if countered). Using an alternative bleed enhancer is permitted though (the modifier did not apply, so limited bleed enhancement is still possible). {{ foreshadowing_destruction }} can even save a lunge this way.

{{ scourge_of_the_enochians }} and {{ anarchist_uprising }} are counters against breed constructs, as they can become overwhelming for this deck.

Variants

There are many minor variations to this archetype. {{ parity_shift }} and {{ entrancement }} are often included, {{ seduction }} can help to get the bleed through. On the Master side, {{ papillon }} and {{ island_of_yiaros }} are common inclusions. Finally, some {{ freak_drive }} to increase {{ a_b }} is often seen too.

The Law Firm variant ditches the combat module and replaces it with some {{ majesty }}, with a good number of {{ freak_drive }} for multiple actions. With more damaging votes like {{ kine_resources_contested }}, it makes for many aggressive actions, and they quickly become hard to block. {{ anthony_coleman_s_deck }} from the 2009 English NC is a good example. It is also often played with a group 1-2 crypt, as {{ emerson_bridges }} and {{ sir_walter_nash }} are good Princes for the job, at a low cost. {{ sergio_gracia_s_deck }} from 2009 is a good example.

{% endtrans %} {% endblock %} {% block errata %}

Errata

{{ erratum.pentextmsubversion( 'undecided' ) }}
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