Zhou Tai

Battles recorded in Scars 历战之躯

**Refusing Death** 不屈
When Zhou Tai is on the brink of death, he can choose to flip the top card of the deck and put it under his character card. He is always considered to be on the brink of death. For each additional point of damage, he can choose to flip over another card. When he has two cards that have the same number, Zhou Tai dies. Whenever Zhou Tai is healed in this state, he can choose any of these cards and discard it.

**Clarification:**

* The cards that Zhou Tai flips over for "Refusing Death" are not judgement cards, and thus, are not subject to judgment tinkering.
* When Zhou Tai is in his "Refusing Death" state, other characters can use a *Peach* to remove "Refusing Death" cards.
* When Zhou Tai is in his "Refusing Death" state, he can use *Wine* to remove a card.
* When Zhou Tai is in his "Refusing Death" state, he has zero health and he cannot hold any hand cards at the end of his turn.
* Zhou Tai's "Refusing Death" ability is not enforced, so he can choose to die whenever he gets hit when he is out of health.
* Character abilities like Ma Dai's "Sneak Attack" cannot to reduce Zhou Tai's maximum health lower than 0, he simply stays at the brink of death and flips another card. Zhou Tai can remove these cards with *Wine* and *Peach* as before.
* If Zhou Tai's maximum health is reduced to zero, he will always have at least one card on top of his character card. Zhou Tai can use a *Wine* or a *Peach* to replace the one card with a new top card if he so wishes.

 * Zhou Tai has the most stamina of any character in San Guo Sha. He can live for a very long time. He is often known as the "guy who never dies."
* Because of his power, other players may focus on other characters because they can be more-easily killed.
* Once he hits his "Refusing Death" state (a.k.a. his Purgatory state), he becomes very ineffective as a character because he can hold no hand cards at the end of his turn. He will continue to take damage from everything and die a slow, miserable death.
* When Zhou Tai is in the "Refusing Death" state, he is very vulnerable to *Starvation* and *Capture.* Both prevent him from doing anything during his turn.

Notable Combinations:

* Xiao Qiao - Xiao Qiao can pass damage to him when he is in his "Refusing Death" state. He will then draw four cards, as he is missing four units of health.

* Xun Yu - Xun Yu can refill Zhou Tai's hand when he is in his "Refusing Death" state by taking damage. This is particularly good for Zhou Tai in this state because he will draw four cards since he cannot hold cards at the end of his turn.

* Xu Huang/Da Qiao - Xu Huang's "Blockade" and Da Qiao's "Country Scene" allow them to easily use *Starvation* or *Capture* on Zhou Tai easily.

* Xu Sheng - Xu Sheng can flip Zhou Tai's character card when he damages him with an *Attack.* Because Zhou Tai has zero health points, he draws zero cards to help him mitigate the flipping of his character card.

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**Final Remarks:**

As Benjamin Franklin said, "... in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Remember this quote when picking Zhou Tai. You are not immune to death with "Refusing Death." Once he flips three or four cards his Purgatory state, he usually does not make a recovery. He is probably not one of the better characters in the game, but it can be fun to watch the looks of frustrations of your enemies as they try to kill you.