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Gaze of Ouraxsh

I had 6 curses (no bless) in the bag today and I needed to do 2 damage to a dumb Witch. Pulled 0 curses, did 1 damage.

3/10 the lasting personal trauma outweighs the general favorability of this card.

1/20/21

Difrakt · 1313

Given the Witching Hour bag, there is a roughly 5.5 % chance of pulling no curses in this situation. This isn't much more unlikely than drawing the autodial during a skill test in the same scenario (6.5 %). So this was definitely unlucky. The most likely outcome would have been two tokens (38.7 %). But well, one damage is still better than nothing. — PowLee · 15 1/20/21

Agreed. 5.5% is pretty low risk overall, and the potential outcomes were very favorable. It’s nice you still get 1 testless dmg no matter what. — StyxTBeuford · 13043 1/21/21

Chamber of Rain

I like very much this scenario, but ERRATA needed for true-solo mode.

ERRATA must adding "reveal Chamber of Sorrow".

Otherwise the scenario it's blocked and there's no way for a single true-solo player...

1/19/21

Ottoorizzontale · 190

I was able to escape the Chamber of Rain in true solo mode by using “Dirge of Reason” Book Roland and hard-mulliganing for his signature card, Mysteries Remain, to add a clue to his location. However, I agree that the location or scenario needs an errata to make it winnable in true solo mode. — ArkhamInvestigator · 305 1/20/21

85 upvotes?? — MrGoldbee · 1483 1/23/21

185, now. I guess someone got a little overzealous with that like button — Zinjanthropus · 229 1/30/21

The Necronomicon

The Black Cat can negate 2 of the 3 symbols 3 times, for when you really don't want to pull tablets and elder things and catastrophically fail - you'll even have a decent chance of passing the test.

As far as weakness mitigation goes, this is rather XP expensive as Daisy's elder sign effects are quite good and don't need replacement; though the cat's soak is better than anything else she can get in faction.

1/18/21

suika · 9497

Good review...... not sure it's 7000's likes good, but who am I to judge? — LaRoix · 1645 1/21/21

I think it’s literally all just one guy clicking the review likes over and over- why they feel compelled to do so, I have no idea. — StyxTBeuford · 13043 2/3/21

Huh! I didn't even know you could hit these more than once. — HanoverFist · 744 2/4/21

Tristan Botley

Tristan is expensive, but Preston doesn’t mind expensive. For some, he can function simply as a Darkhorse that provides soak. (And they stack.) But the rogue card people associate most with two stats is lockpicks, which Finn and Trish would appreciate a perma +2 with. Playing him for free will require a table wide commitment to fill in the bag, or not trap all the tokens for other uses. At worst, it’s a little upside when someone pulls three blessed tokens in a row. If someone has two Favors in play, the trigger becomes “when a test involves a blessed or cursed symbol“ which is inevitable.

1/18/21

MrGoldbee · 1483

Good in Sefina if you're running a lot of the Mystic and Rogue stat-adding events. Olive can help you trigger his reaction ability. LCC (3) can reward you for overachieving — Zinjanthropus · 229 1/18/21

A stabby-shooty-Dexter may like this to get a rare +1Will / +1Combat combo, if you prefer that over the +1 stat / (utility ability) that most of his allies offer. — HanoverFist · 744 1/26/21

The problem with Tristan and Lockpicks is that Lola Santiago already provides the two stats you need. Tristan might have an added 3XP tax on him in many Rogues for that reason(Charisma). However, someone like Leo Anderson might really like Tristan. — StyxTBeuford · 13043 2/3/21

In an all Rogue Party, Lola's taken! — MrGoldbee · 1483 2/23/21

Interesting econ card when paired with Calling in Favors? — dubcity566 · 111 6/15/21

Smart, Dub! — MrGoldbee · 1483 7/24/21

Signum Crucis

This card is excellent in a Preston Fairmont deck, taking advantage of his base value of 1 in each skill. Since he's likely to be mitigating those with cards like Dark Horse and Lola Santiago, Preston can use this on a skill test that he's likely to pass and still put several tokens in the bag.

1/18/21

trgreiss · 82

Note also that base skill value is always 0 for Calvin. — StyxTBeuford · 13043 1/21/21

When Silas draws a willpower treachery he can commit this for a couple of blessings and then pull it back to his hand and do it again later. An Amanda with a lot of static intellect boots can tuck this under her ID to earn several blessing while investigating a tough location. — OrionJA · 1 1/22/21

Charlie Kane too. — MrWeasely · 42 11/29/22