TAURUS Infinity
Controls Own Cards
You have the power of refusal. No player may take cards from your
hand or add cards to your hand without your permission. The effect
that would do so is simply cancelled. If the effect has other
affects, they still happen. For example, Finder Edict still allows a
player to look through your hand. If you are Plagued you still lose
tokens. When a card loss or gain is random or unrevealed, you must
either completely forbid it or completely accept it before the
determination of which cards are affected. You need not take
consolation nor ally rewards if you wish.
History: The stubborn Taurus hold fast onto their lot, slow to share
and slow to expand. Only when they are confident of their resources
or knowing their worthlessness do they open themselves up to the
universe. These spurts of openness allows them high efficiency in
their conquest of the universe.
FLARE
Interphase
Wild: You may discard your hand.
Infinity
Super: You may determine which cards are lost or gained before
deciding to accept or refuse.
PULSAR
Phase 8
Con: Taurus must give or take consolation as appropriate.
Infinity
Pro: By accepting cards into your hand, you may decide to give any or
all of them to among other players.
Eon/Avalon:
No Changes
Experience Rating: Advanced
Cosmic Monopoly
Long version only. At game start no player can challenge any of your
properties. They must pay rent. For each instance you challenge
another player=92s property, whether you win or lose that player can
challenge one of your properties. The player doesn=92t have to
challenge the next property of yours he lands on, but if you challenge
at least two of his properties without that player challenging yours
and that he has actually landed on two of your properties without
taking a challenge, if the player then does not challenge that second
property of yours he lands on you are forgiven one challenge that he
can no longer do.
Commentary: This is a resource power from the Astrology series of
powers created by bunnythor. I changed the Super Flare to allow for
acceptance of cards. I changed the Pro Pulsar, which was what is now
my Super Flare, to the above. This is a nice power. It has
similarities to Miser, Violin, and Human, but it is unique enough. It
allows for efficiency of your hand. Note that Flares and Edicts
Taurus plays can still be zapped or other similar effects.
Commentary from bunnythor: Taurus, like Aries, is one of my peeve
prevention powers. Aries prevents me getting peeved when the killer
Flare I've been saving all game gets arbitrarily Zapped by someone who
thought I looked too happy. Taurus keeps me from being peeved when I
have no cards but am forced to ally on the winning defensive side.
Unlike Aries, which is strong on its own, Taurus is a good combining
power. Taurus/Connoisseur and Taurus/Aristocrat are the obvious ones,
but Taurus/Vulch and Taurus/Healer are quite nice too. I really enjoy
being Taurus when Philanthropist, Mutant, Doppelganger, Sniveler, and
especially Extortionist are in the game. Please note: Taurus does not
protect you from having to *play* cards from your hand (as in Drop
Kicker or Federalist), but it does protect you from losing to the
discard (like Plague) or another player (like Trader).
--Tshen
Gerald Katz
Don't forget to tip the Butler!
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