Pie-in-the-Sky #1: Combat Rulings

Okay, as many of you have no doubt seen across various posts at various times I have some real beefs with the core structuring of the sources of damage.

1) Outside the Hourglass + Disarm = counts
2) Streed Cred + Carrion Crows = not counted
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There are other easy examples, but I want to stick to those two for now...

What damage is environmental damage?
I think this is a very core, and very simple decision, to deciding how all of these cards should work.  For starters, I think that environmental damage should be explicitly stated so on cards played by minions AND any damage which is caused by a minion directly involved in the combat or is caused by a retainer should be environmental (i.e. Not from the acting minion or opposing minion).

Ghoul Retainer = Environmental
Wolf Companion = Environmental
Mariel, Lady Thunder = Environmental

What damage is from 'this minion' or the 'opposing minion'?

• If a combat card is played to generate the effect, then it is from the minion which played the card unless the card specifically states otherwise.
• If a minion has an effect on their own cardtext, then it is from that minion and cannot be environmental.
• If a minion has an equipment which does the damage (not a retainer) then it is from that minion and cannot be environmental.

Carrion Crows = From the minion (barring changes of cardtext)
Weather Control = From the minion (barring changes of cardtext)
Outside the Hourglass = From the minion (barring changes of cardtext)

What is the 'range' before the 'determine range' step?
This is tricky, but I think should be made very simple.  Any damage before range is determined is considered to be at long range since the damage would count even if the range of the combat is later long.  Ranged damage strikes can be used at close, or at long range, so therefore it seems more logical to insist that any damage done before range is determined should use long range.

What will this change?

• Carrion Crows/Weather Control/Outside the Hourglass (unless it was edited) would count for Taste of Vitae AND Street Cred.
• Disarm would need to be edited to only count Strike Damage (unless "people" are happy that someone can lose their arm to Outside the Hourglass and S:D/S:CE).  Similarly for Pulled Fangs.

The game would now have a simple internally consistent way to deal with effects on future cards.

1. If it does not come from a minion involved in the combat, it is environmental.
2. If the card does not state "environmental" damage, then it cannot be environmental.
3. Effects from vampire text cannot be "environmental" unless they are not involved in the combat.
4. Any 'before range' damage is counted as 'ranged damage' since its effect occurs even if the round of combat happens to be at long range later.