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SelenicMartian posted:What else could they add? Incense? Epaulettes? Butt plugs? Chakras, corruption tracks, biorhythms, Lord of the Rings crossovers...
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Footwear should become a slot rather than a keyword, but the real answer is hats. They don't even need to do anything, I just want to blast some eldritch horrors in style.
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Jan 4, 2024 11:13
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 This is great for practicing your Pitchfork technique. I'm sure it has other uses too.  My first thought for this one went to Nathaniel Cho for thematic reasons, then I realized he fights with events so he wouldn't benefit from it at all. So, how about Lily Chen? It seems great for ensuring the first Butterfly Sword hit gets through (I was lukewarm on them back when I first played her because doing more tests means more bad tokens, but I haven't really tried them properly) and getting around the auto-fail is good value in general. In any case, damage boosts are always worth a look and I think this is really solid for anyone who can meet its condition consistently.
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Jan 4, 2024 12:56
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....Measurehead, is that you? My first thought was Mark Harrigan - they can draw a card off the self damage, and are always looking for more ways to deal big hits. My second thought is jfc, it doesn't work on guns because they are Firearms rather than Ranged. Why do the devs hate guns.
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Kalko posted:
Both great Hank cards. Survival Technique is awesome for giving him back his pitchfork or boosting you on location tests which he'll be great at with his relatively balanced statline. Strong-Armed can be used to easily get him down to his second form whenever you want.
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Jan 4, 2024 13:53
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Does investigating count as a skill test on a location?
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Jan 4, 2024 13:56
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sirtommygunn posted:Does investigating count as a skill test on a location? Not unless it’s printed on a card for some unique effect.
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Jan 4, 2024 14:07
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Science traited so Kate has something out of class to get with her deckbuilding at least. Could pick up map the area, if you have enough people taking tests in a location then an action to put that down a couple times could be worth it, sometimes. Like once or twice in a couple big clue areas if you're deathballing up and then again in a boss location for example. Anyone with Guardian and survivor access can pick up breach the door for similar reasons, shredding the shroud on multiple locations. Skeleton Key for rogue/survivors as well I guess? Picking it up as a fast action.
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Jan 4, 2024 14:26
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Quick list of the cards Survival Technique can retrieve: Ambush Barricade (both levels) Breach the Door Hiding Spot Lure (both levels) Makeshift Trap Map the Area Open Gate Pitchfork Shortcut Shrine of the Moirai Snare Trap The Skeleton Key Under Surveillance Skeleton Key is real nice (though I’ve always felt that card was better than most people give it credit for), and being able to recycle Barricades and Breach the Doors can be handy. Shrine of the Moirai could be particularly interesting, though Survivors could already recur it without too much issue anyway. Strong-Armed seems nice for Silas - he can commit it, reroll the token with it if he doesn’t like it, then return it to hand. He doesn’t get the +1 damage from it that way though.
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Jan 4, 2024 14:32
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Parallel Ashcan Pete is apparently stupid strong with Hiding Spot since you can just get it back when it would be discarded. Survival Technique would let you also pick it up before you move so you basically never lose it which is insanely strong.
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Picking up shortcut seems amazing in multiplayer. People use it, use it during the upkeep phase, you take it back and play it again. Kate, Minh, Darrell and Charlie could all try this.
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Jan 4, 2024 17:03
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SelenicMartian posted:What else could they add? Incense? Epaulettes? Butt plugs? Song stuck in your head
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Nebrilos posted:Song stuck in your head
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Jan 5, 2024 12:35
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Finally got to play Arkham again. The past two scenarios of Forgotten Age, Boundary Beyond and Heart of the Elders A, were pretty rocky for us. We didn’t find any paths in BB and HOTE A took us three attempts, with the first one being going quite badly. By contrast, HOTE B was smooth sailing! This was really just pure luck. We all drew our key cards early (as a flex mystic I had all three of my major function spells online turn 3 with sign magick!) and though we have been racking up vengeance like mad, we were able to neutralize the scary vengeance enemies just by virtue of having the right cards (storm of spirits and flamethrower did a lot of work this scenario.) The harbinger is already dead, too- we put all our energy into killing him in Boundary Beyond when it became clear victory was out of reach.
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 There doesn't seem to be much downside with these new masks apart from the slot itself. This one will replenish when you place doom onto an agenda that doesn't have any, and it gives two uses instead of one like the others.  Great flavour, except you'd think it would discard the book too. Its effect is kind of odd; it tests Combat, doesn't boost damage, and it gives you an auto-evade or an ability use. It's action compression, but not as we know it.
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Kalko posted:
The mask would also replenish when you play an Arcane Initiate, right?
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Throw the book at them would still deal 1 damage, right?
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Batterypowered7 posted:The mask would also replenish when you play an Arcane Initiate, right? Yep. Anonymous Robot posted:Throw the book at them would still deal 1 damage, right? Yep.
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Would anyone be interested in participating in a one-shot over TTS? Or, is this the wrong place to ask that?
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Wow the cat mask is great for our beleaguered phone operator
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Jan 8, 2024 02:52
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The book one might encourage people to play books who don’t normally. Roland, Joe, and definitely the doctor because it can trigger off Grey’s Anatomy. Plus, if you hit an ally, that only does one damage.
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Jan 8, 2024 03:06
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Seems Wolf Mask was also revealed yesterday. I know it had already been mostly spoiled but here it is officially: Honestly one of the strongest cards so far. A free unexpected courage every time you engage an enemy is seriously strong. It's a big help to 4 Combat fighters but I don't see why any fighter who can take it wouldn't.
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Nephthys posted:Seems Wolf Mask was also revealed yesterday. I know it had already been mostly spoiled but here it is officially: Does that mean it doesn't work unless you use the engage action? As in, does it trigger if you step on a location with an unengaged, not aloof enemy and they engage you or you draw an enemy from the encounter deck and they spawn ontop of you? Or am I reading into this too much?
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Jan 9, 2024 15:56
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It works whenever an enemy gets engaged with you. It doesn't work on Massive enemies, because they are "considered to be engaged", rather than actually engaged.
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Orange Devil posted:It works whenever an enemy gets engaged with you. One of the least intuitive rules in the game. Wolf Mask probably leaves your deck once your weapons start giving +2 bonuses. I don't want it taking up a card draw plus action later, I don't think.
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Orange Devil posted:It works whenever an enemy gets engaged with you.
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I've got access to a pretty good scanner and printer at work. What are some staples that I might want more than two (or even four) copies of if I'm playing with more than one other person? I printed some copies of Shortcut, Guts, and Unexpected Courage and wanted to hear your suggestions for others I could do the same with. E: The intention being to just slip them in front of a Knife or something in a sleeve.
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Batterypowered7 posted:I've got access to a pretty good scanner and printer at work. What are some staples that I might want more than two (or even four) copies of if I'm playing with more than one other person? I printed some copies of Shortcut, Guts, and Unexpected Courage and wanted to hear your suggestions for others I could do the same with. If your collection is pretty basic, you will potentially want some Shrivellings.
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Deduction and vicious blow potentially if you're going to have 3 or 4 people and 2 of them want to play a clue getter who has access to the former or fighters who have access to the latter, they're just pretty good. Some of the generically good economy cards as well, Faustian Bargain and Crack the Case are very good for any character that can access them.
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Nephthys posted:Seems Wolf Mask was also revealed yesterday. I know it had already been mostly spoiled but here it is officially: This feels like a better version of bangle of jinxes in every way.
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Anonymous Robot posted:If your collection is pretty basic, you will potentially want some Shrivellings. I've got every investigator expansion released in the new format, the five investigator decks, and a revised core set. thebardyspoon posted:Deduction and vicious blow potentially if you're going to have 3 or 4 people and 2 of them want to play a clue getter who has access to the former or fighters who have access to the latter, they're just pretty good. Some of the generically good economy cards as well, Faustian Bargain and Crack the Case are very good for any character that can access them. Cool!
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Batterypowered7 posted:I've got access to a pretty good scanner and printer at work. What are some staples that I might want more than two (or even four) copies of if I'm playing with more than one other person? I printed some copies of Shortcut, Guts, and Unexpected Courage and wanted to hear your suggestions for others I could do the same with. Most "proxied" card in my playgroup is probably Faustian Bargain. I'm trying to remember what else we've had to proxy in the past but I think they've all been mentioned already. Since you have the "standalone investigators" (Stella, Winifred, etc.), you've already got 4 of a lot of the best staples like Deduction for example. If you ever run curse/bless teams, having copies of Tempt Fate for everyone is pretty good. My playgroup usually just remembers who has what permanent cards, but if you like having them physically, extra copies of Charisma is useful. If you have Return to TCU, Observed. If you don't have Return to Night of the Zealot, because it's like five hundred dollars on the secondary market, you might want to print out some of those cards if you feel it's worth having them, particularly imo Hot Streak (2) and Dynamite (2).
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Batterypowered7 posted:I've got access to a pretty good scanner and printer at work. What are some staples that I might want more than two (or even four) copies of if I'm playing with more than one other person? I printed some copies of Shortcut, Guts, and Unexpected Courage and wanted to hear your suggestions for others I could do the same with. Scavenging Schoffner's Catalogue Deduction Vicious Blow Ward of Protection Stand Together Resourceful Faustian Bargain These are the cards I can offhand remember having to proxy the most when playing 4 players with 1 collection. Deduction and Vicious Blow not anymore since the investigator packs.
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 The sleeved cards are from an FFG livestream. There's only one more spoiler left on the schedule, but with only two weeks until the investigator box hits the shelves we should start seeing the remaining cards from the set pretty soon as some stores get early stock. Matchbox looks straight up good because it's slotless.
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Very strange box, the 5 characters all seem pretty nifty, the mystic especially looks quite cool and different but as it is now, it's lacking a bit of oomph that all the other boxes had that made me go "well I can't possibly not have that card" about at least a few cards in them. Feels like parley cards were a lot of the previews but I guess with that they're paying for having only made like, 6 before now and then making a parley investigator. Unless the unspoilered cards are absolutely bananas I feel pretty safe leaving this one for a little while cause there's a whole lot of games coming out in February that are gonna take up my budget and the box apparently got delayed into Feb. I'd be more interested in the Campaign box but well, with how tough scheduling games gets with my group we probably weren't gonna play it anytime soon anyway.
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It looks like the set is delayed until February 16 per the Asmodee site, yeah.
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The silver moth seems like a fun way for Agnes to take a horror during the upkeep phase. Otherwise, it seems like it be less of a problem than indebted, because you can take antique collector.
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Anonymous Robot posted:It looks like the set is delayed until February 16 per the Asmodee site, yeah. The Investigator box got delayed? If the Campaign box didn't, that means both will be released closer to each other than anticipated, which suits me fine. I'd wait to play the new investigators in the new campaign anyway.
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LifeLynx posted:The Investigator box got delayed? If the Campaign box didn't, that means both will be released closer to each other than anticipated, which suits me fine. I'd wait to play the new investigators in the new campaign anyway. Yeah.
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Kalko posted:
Silver Moth either does next to nothing or can be very bad for you. Interesting sort of weakness. Matchbox scans like really good to me even if you only combine it with Flashlights. Utterly nutty in Darrell. The automatic discard means that even though it's slotless it works with Scavenging. Yeah, card is extremely powerful. Wait it says TURN? -1 shroud for the whole turn, even for another investigator? Card is insane wtf, I thought it was very good if it worked for just a single action. Orange Devil fucked around with this message at 12:54 on Jan 11, 2024 |
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