I love this card, but wish that it carried the “spell” trait, as it feels like spell book. With that in mind, I find it odd that the two investigators that have access to Every spell, forever, can’t have a spell book. Am I wrong?
There's a common beginner mistake of putting the investigators in the Parlour after this card is revealed, instead of keeping them in the Hallway. Interestingly, the Arkhamdb transcription has a mistake - it says "before you enter", a good marriage of flavour text and mechanics, explicitly saying your investigators should stay put. The official text however is "before you ANSWER", which together with the fact you were instructed to reveal the Parlour heavily implies you are in the same room with the newly revealed NPC.
Who knows an investigator who actually make use of this healing magic would be a Doctor, how ironic.
Strong part of this card lies in "among" ඞ keyword which make you able to split heal to 2 investigators and deliver 2 On the Mend in 1 healing action.
This card is not so fit for cluever in my opinion. According to my practical run they barely have free time for some DIY hobby.
I just finished EotE. I went greedy and got 2 copies of Refine on most of the scenarios. And manage to only land 2 Refine played throughout unskip EotE. Moreover, I felt some small sense of guilt each time I played it. Some of investigator-mate even upgrade leaning a bit toward clue getting afterward.
I should notice the fact earlier but sometime you just learn from a card. Cluever is generally busier. If you are fighter probably got some peaceful time when enemy not spawn.
This card is underappreciated. Even if it doesn't boost damage, it gives up to 3 actions, doesn't trigger attack of opportunity and can make you move a monster on a location of your choice to give you some advantages or to benefit from the presence of an ally.
Also, if you have an ally (probably Seeker) that is trying to gather clues but got an enemy from the encounter deck, you can pull that enemy from him.
Last, but not least this card helps alot with Aloof enemies. You engage and fight them in one action. Aloof enemies with 1 HP dies in one action instead of 2.
I find this card especially useful in my 2 investigators runs when you may want to split to cover more ground while still protecting the other investigator.