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Title: Noble Brigand and Trash
Post by: mxdata on November 14, 2019, 03:07:02 am
Why is the Noble Brigand's ability phrased in a way that indicates the treasures visit the trash?  Why, for example, is it not simply "take a Silver or Gold" or something to that effect?
Title: Re: Noble Brigand and Trash
Post by: segura on November 14, 2019, 03:36:28 am
Your suggestion with "take" would be a new keyword. You could use an old keyword like "pass" from Masquerade and the wording would indeed be more compact (but more rule-complex).
The reason I guess Noble Brigand did not use a word like "pass" is that it is based on Thief. Thief would become more text-intensive if you formulate it via "pass" (as the gaining of Treasures is optional).
Title: Re: Noble Brigand and Trash
Post by: Donald X. on November 14, 2019, 01:31:06 pm
Why is the Noble Brigand's ability phrased in a way that indicates the treasures visit the trash?  Why, for example, is it not simply "take a Silver or Gold" or something to that effect?
As with Thief, it's to make card interactions clearer.