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[theory]

Here is a truly stupid rules question, appropriately enough inspired by a Puzzles and Challenges post.

Vault says: "Each other player may discard 2 cards. If he does, he draws a card." 

Suppose I have only 1 card in hand, and my opponent plays Vault.  May I discard just 1 card?  If so, would I not draw a card?

I suspect the answer is yes and yes, and it is a very interesting interaction between the "you may" and "if you do" clauses.

[Thisisnotasmile]

I also suspect yes and yes. I would suggest trying it on Iso and seeing what happens there, but as it's not working I had to result to normal cards. I discarded one and then I had to check the rules to find out if I should draw a card. I got bored of paper and cardboard and gave up. Stupid lack of IRL algorithms telling me what to do

[Thisisnotasmile]

And now I actually have checked the Prosperity rulebook, the Vault FAQ clears this up:

If one of the other players has just one card, he can
choose to discard it, but will not draw a card.

So there you go.

[Kahryl]

This is consistent with Trading Post's rules too (other than the "may" part)

[Nakamura]

Great, so if he plays Vault after he tortured me twice, I can discard the one victory card left in my hand (I don't know why I kept the victory card in my hand) before my opponent plays his Bureaucrat.

[Grujah]

Great, so if he plays Vault after he tortured me twice, I can discard the one victory card left in my hand (I don't know why I kept the victory card in my hand) before my opponent plays his Bureaucrat.

You had only Victory Cards!
Or, you had an Estate and 4 copper and he played 4 Cutpurses!

[Markov Chain]

Great, so if he plays Vault after he tortured me twice, I can discard the one victory card left in my hand (I don't know why I kept the victory card in my hand) before my opponent plays his Bureaucrat.

Or, more important, before someone else plays a Masquerade, forcing you to pass your Province to someone else...

[randomdragoon]

If a player has only one card in hand, and chooses to discard 2 cards, he does as much as possible (discard 1 card). Then the game asks, "Did he discard 2 cards?" The answer is no, so he doesn't get to draw a card.

The main point is that the phrase "If you do" means "If you performed the action" not "If you made the choice to perform the action"

[Jorbles]

Great, so if he plays Vault after he tortured me twice, I can discard the one victory card left in my hand (I don't know why I kept the victory card in my hand) before my opponent plays his Bureaucrat.

Especially great if you start your hand with 5 Tunnels.