Misdirection

Asset. Arcane

Ritual.

Cost: 2. XP: 2.

Seeker

Limit 1 per investigator. Seal (+1 or 0). You may resolve this keyword again after you discover the last clue at your location.

When an enemy attacks an investigator at your location, exhaust Misdirection and release a token sealed here: Cancel that attack. Then, that investigator may move to a connecting location.

Aleksander Karcz
The Drowned City Investigator Expansion #43.
Misdirection

FAQs

(from the official FAQ or responses to the official rules question form)
  • Q: How often can I resolve the seal keyword on Bulwark, Misdirection, and Obscure? A: When you meet the triggering conditions for bulwark, Misdirection, or Obscure, and there is at least 1 chaos token of the listed type in the chaos bag, you may resolve the seal keyword on that asset. If there is no chaos token(s) of the listed type(s) in the chaos bag, then there are none to seal and you cannot resolve that keyword. You may only resolve the seal keyword once per instance of meeting its triggering condition. (The Drowned City Investigator Expansion FAQ, March 2025)
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This could be an interesting card for Trish (OG). She can keep enemies around to trigger her ability more safely and should then have no problem clearing locations and resealing tokens on Misdirection.

I'm quite curious about the following interaction with this card: Your investigator is engaged with an enemy and decides to investigate. You then cancel the attack of opportunity with Misdirection and move to a connecting location (the enemy comes with as it's engaged). You have now paid the cost of initiating the Investigate action. Which location do you investigate? The one you started at or the one you move to with Misdirection?

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