Monday, April 15, 2019

Stealth Mission: The OBF Deck

So, it was a start, and then, a long absence. So much for posting regularly. At any rate, let's pick up where we left off, and maybe, I can manage some regularity.

In my last post, I was exploring my shift from weenie to midcap play. Below is one of the results of my efforts.

Obfuscate (OBF) is one of the more useful Disciplines, mainly because of the stealth factor. Play enough stealth, and your opponent would not be able to block it, even if his/her deck was built to intercept. Some of the OBF stealth cards, such as Faceless Night and Elder Impersonation, added some extra oomph by respectively keeping blocking minions locked or preventing further blocks.

In combat, using Disguised Weapon to surprise opponents with .44 Magnums or Flamethrowers makes them think carefully about getting into combat. While Celerity has the edge in determining combat range, with OBF, getting away from close combat is facilitated by Behind You! and Swallowed by the Night maneuvers. Thus, the dedicated OBF deck can fight, to a certain extent.

The ousting mechanism for the deck is the Night Moves+Spying Mission combo. While not as potent as Dominate or Presence bleeds, using the Mission to bleed for 3 is fairly effective, if a little slow.

Thus, after some tweaking, below is the deck list for the OBF deck.

On further thought, I could focus it on particular vamps with special abilities, such as Synner-G or Luc, but I tend to work with whatever I have handy. That's also the reason for the Blood Dolls, which I would swap with Vessels if I had any spare ones.

Deck Name:   OBF Midcap Spying Mission
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Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 15, Max: 20, Avg: 4.58)
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  1  Antoine                            aus cel dem OBF    5  Malkavian                 
  1  Florentina Lengauer        aus OBF                  4  Malkavian                  
  1  Frank Litzpar                   ani for pot OBF      5  Nosferatu Antitribu       
  1  Jeffrey Mullins                cel OBF                  4  Gangrel Antitribu         
  1  Layla bint-Nadr               qui CEL OBF         5  Assamite                    
  1  Lubomira Hradok            OBF                        3  Nosferatu Antitribu       
  1  Luc                                  dem vic OBF           5  Malkavian Antitribu       
  1  Petra                                aus ANI OBF          5  Nosferatu                 
  1  Renenet                           ser OBF PRE           5  Follower of Set          
  1  Ruxandra                         ani aus OBF            5  Nosferatu                 
  1  Skulk                               ani OBF                   4  Nosferatu Antitribu      
  1  Synner-G                         pro CEL OBF          5  Gangrel Antitribu          

Library: (80 cards)
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Master (14 cards)
  1  Archon Investigation
  4  Blood Doll
  1  Direct Intervention
  2  Effective Management
  1  Heidelberg Castle, Germany
  1  KRCG News Radio
  1  Vast Wealth
  1  WMRH Talk Radio
  2  Wash

Action (16 cards)
  8  Computer Hacking
  8  Night Moves

Action Modifier (18 cards)
  4  Cloak the Gathering
  4  Faceless Night
  2  Lost in Crowds
  8  Spying Mission

Reaction (4 cards)
  4  Forced Awakening

Combat (13 cards)
  6  Behind You!
  4  Disguised Weapon
  3  No Trace

Retainer (3 cards)
  1  J. S. Simmons, Esq.
  1  Mr. Winthrop
  1  Tasha Morgan

Equipment (10 cards)
  4  .44 Magnum
  2  Flamethrower
  2  Laptop Computer
  2  Sport Bike

Combo (2 cards)
  2  Swallowed by the Night

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi there, I'm a relatively new player to the game, and I don't quite understand the interaction between Spying Mission and Night Moves - how do you get to three bleed from that? Doesn't the Night Moves reduce the bleed to one?

Eric said...

You'll need to use a vampire with superior OBF to make this work. Play the Night Moves, and then the Spying Mission; you choose not to bleed in order to place the Mission on the bleeding vamp. On your next turn, bleed and then burn the Mission for an extra +2 bleed. Hopefully, you'll have stealth in order to get it through, since your prey knows that a big bleed's on its way.