Daniela Reyes

Daniela Reyes

We have a mechanic that is unable to Maintain equipment properly... Or who is too clumsy to screw a moderately different to handle ocular to a rifle. Not to mention that she is totally unable to show up well prepared to her job. She's unable to sticking to any plan... And her ability to improvise are quite limited...

Daniela seems to be the oil-riggy-kind of mechanic where screws come the size of swimming rings. She deserves the 1 intellect she has.

GrueneLupenAufheben · 144
This is barely scratching the surface of Daniela's flavor weirdness: Why is she a guardian 0? What does it even mean thematically to 'develop' into a survivor, isn't that the 'unprepared' class? I know the flavor has been moving on from that but what gives with Daniela starting out with access to police resources and fancy handguns but slowly becoming someone who depends on getting Lucky! or smacking folks with improvised weapons? All of the other 'evolving' characters have a clear in universe hook: Norman is a scholar who discovers magic is real and begins to learn it, Jack has to develop from being a globe trotter into an actual archeologist to solve his dad's murder, Lily Chen was trained by a mystical order but becomes more practically focused once she enters 'the real world,' and Bob starts out as an unready survivor but realizes he is far more cunning and deadly than he first thought. One would think a Guardian into Survivor might represent a burned out cop, a sort of degradation, someone who is becoming unready and just is barely holding on, but that doesn't make a ton of sense for Daniela, who is mysteriously starting out as a pseudo-cop/soldier out of the gate. About the only thing that really fits is the fact that weird quirky rituals of protection fit survivor very well and she is a great candidate for using A Test of Will, but even then she is going to want to use the level 0 version because she can consistently pass the test! — dezzmont · 222
Consistantly pass the test (3)? With 4 base willpower? Maybe on easy, but you need to invest into it even on normal. I also thin, Daniela is a weird mechanic. She does not heal horror on mending leather jackets! — Susumu · 383
What are you talking about? She has a 5153 statline — dezzmont · 222
She has 4152, acording to ArkhamDB and also the (German) card, I own. Where did you see 5153? — Susumu · 383
dezzmont is implying that Peter Sylvester is always the ally that she'll run. I don't agree though; the default allies of my choice would have been Guard Dogs, Rita, and Aquinnah. — suika · 9523
Its a joke yes, because of how popular Pete is, and how you would be taking it in that deck. Same reason Wendy is REALLY 5 willpower base. Pete isn't a bad pick for one of your allies though just because of how much damage you take and his purpose as fantastic encounter protection. — dezzmont · 222
@Dezzmont, maybe she's an army veteran adjusting to civilian life? — OrionJA · 1
Well, 5 willpower after playing your statboosting ally is still not a comfortable level to be to relyably use ToW (0). But I agree, he is a popular choice, so depending on team composition, he might not even be available, if another investigator (Agnes, Carolyn, Finn...) profit far more from him. I also agree, that there are other, possible better allies for Daniela. — Susumu · 383
Intellect seems to be the stat needed to repair vehicles ( https://arkhamdb.com/card/07099 ) so Daniela is actually one of the least capable mechanics in the game. Maybe she's a factory engineer, and her unique skills at reparing factory sized herring canning machines are distracting when she tries to fix small and fiddly vehicles such as... boats? — olahren · 3634

Wither

Wither

So with the release of edge of the earth there is new life injected into old cards as ever and I am here to try in vein to prove every card has its place, now the place wither occupies is a niche one, but less niche with a spicy little hotness.

Wither is worse than Swordcane because you can't evade. Wither is worse than Katherine(+big spell) for lack of damage. Wither is worse than Knife because even knife is cheaper.

Well.... Wither is a Spell and that means it has nice place besides (one of my new favorite cards) Prophetic, it now can be played for free and can give a boost to attack, if you are running Prophetic anyway (you should, its amazingly powerful) then wither I think just out competes a lot of other side weapons you'd use to finish of enemies.

A 0 cost asset that is very easy to search out of your deck with other good mystic cards seems like it could easily pay for itself, in Dexter you likely won't even end up losing an action to play it, and if you are going Dragon Pole route it gives you a very cheap approach to filling your slot with an emergency method to attack.

ALL this said.... Brand of Cthugha is an absolute monster of a card, which also only costs 2...so maybe wither will never enter the spotlight and just warm the bench for the new brand, but it has a use that's worth exploring and considering.

Edit: Two card corrections. C>K, Sword Cane>Dragon Pole.

Zerogrim · 296
Who'se Cathrine? — Django · 5171
Zerogrim is presumably referring to Twila Katherine Price. — Death by Chocolate · 1491
My mistake yes, I meant Katherine, thanks Death by Chocolate — Zerogrim · 296
Wither worked nicely with Lily Chen's Agility Discipline as the first of the 3 fight actions. — dlikos · 166

Cyclopean Hammer

Cyclopean Hammer

This card is absolutely bananas on Lily. Out of the box, she fights at 7, but you probably have a Discipline boosting either or , which puts her at 8 (equal to Leo, Mark, Natcho, Akachi). Once you hit 15 xp, you can either put in the other Discipline stat to baseline fight at 9 or get Discipline to get that "Three attacks for one Action" effect. At 30 xp, you have both. This means she has the potential to do 15 damage in a round every other round or so while fighting at base skill of 9.

This item also turns boosts like Holy Rosary (or the upgraded version) and Brother Xavier into combat boosts that also protect you from the Mythos.

I realize Butterfly Swords are more in line with her theme, but the Hammer provides insane value for her, while also being a Relic for when that matters. Even on Hard, she will regularly test 4-6 above "hard" enemies without commits making passing by 3 pretty easy. It's also a decent target for Well Prepared for further flexible boosts.

seasonedcoma · 660
Its 3 *different* actions, so you'd need two different sources of attacks to do 15 damage in one round with this set up, which just requires two Brand of Cthugha's or whatever. — Zerogrim · 296
Ah. You’re right. I still think it’s a good card for her to leverage her Will scaling ability. — seasonedcoma · 660
Not all guardians or mystics will suit this weapon, but it's so terribly broken that I'm playing a solo campaign, but playing both akachi and mark harrigan and akachi easily does double the damage Mark does. It leaves timeworn brand almost obsolete (hits easier if you have VOL3+, can move enemies, which is devastating against non-hunters and if lucky can do even more damage than timeworn brand). But the biggest gain is for mystics. Guardians had good choices and many decks will resist to add this weapon to have a free hand for torchlight or similar, but many mystics can now make hamburgers without fearing to run out of charges on their offensive spells. — druchii7 · 1

Mind's Eye

Mind's Eye

Will this work with Gloria? IF find once she has teamed up with Alyssa she sails through the scenario until made to take a strength/foot test. Then she is stuck. It does limit her control for enemies she has to fight to Spectral Razor, Ethereal Form, or sword can without sign magik to hold her spells. But that is often enough.

LegendRJS · 3

In the Thick of It

In the Thick of It

The first investigator I thought of when I saw this card was Father Mateo, as he'll start the first scenario of a campaign with "Blessed" fully turned on --- 8 XP gives him:

1X Ancient Covenant

2X Priest of Two Faiths (Great with Calling in Favors! Even if you don't hit another ally you pull the Priest back to your hand, avoiding the token and you'll get to play him again later. If you hit another Priest he'll come in for free!)

2X Favor of the Sun (Your combo piece with Ancient Covenant)

Either 1X Holy Rosary (2) (probably preferred because it adds tokens to the bag) or 2X Radiant Smite (POWEFUL, but it pulls tokens out.)

You can use Book of Psalms (which adds more tokens) or Fearless (which I prefer because I like skills) to deal with the mental trauma you take to purchase this card.

DrMChristopher · 509