The Raven Quill

The Raven Quill

Rules Question.

I’ve I’m playing, say, Ursula Downs and I run this and “The Eyes of Valusia” and I name both “Eyes of Valusia” and “The Blade of Yoth,” will the Raven Quill stay attached when I “Swap” them?

aleanjir · 163
According to the rules for attachments the conditions are checked when you play the quill and then never again. So you need the correct name. But if it's attached it should stay attached. — Tharzax · 1
I think that’s a fair interpretation. The problem is that we don’t have a rule for “swap.” In scenarios when locations or enemies change, there is usually an instruction to “leave all cards, tokens, and attachments.” We have to read that into this interaction though, if we want to make a ruling. — Eudaimonea · 5

Fire Axe

Fire Axe

Somewhat worthwhile in Patrice, especially if it's discounted with Down the Rabbit Hole.

Every Patrice player has had a turn where they have too many assets in hand and not enough actions, forcing them to choose between what to play and what they'll lose at the end of the round. Replacing one of your assets with a Fast version lowers the odds of that happening.

The extra icon comes in handy as well, since Patrice will probably draw both copies (potentially even multiple times).

ggiles · 461

Kukri

Kukri

It's never been buff since it's released. It should buuffed by replacing this text

"If you succeed, you may spend 1 additional action to deal +1 damage for this attack."

to

"(Trigger) After you trigger Fight ability. Spend 1 additional action to deal 1 damage to any enemy in this location."

would really utilize this card with just a little changes.

This also allow another weapon to deal with a tricky enemy which got "Aloof" or Limit 1 Damage per hit ability

AquaDrehz · 204
I agree Kukri is one of the least interesting (and least useful) cards ever printed. That said, this fix strikes me as unbalanced. Testless damage is pretty rare on level 0 cards, and even considering higher levels is pretty rare on weapons. A level 0 weapon that repeatedly deals testless damage to any enemy at your location and isn't even limited by charges/ammo is likely OP. Especially for a neutral card. — Pseudo Nymh · 67
It is, frankly, baffling to me how anyone can think spending 2 actions for 1 testless damage can be considered OP in this game, even if it's repeatable. — suika · 9511
@suika I’m not sure where 2 actions for 1 damage is coming from. As I am reading the review, it would be one action for a Fight plus a second action for a testless damage, which is quite a bit better return. While this card probably wouldn’t break the game, every other level 0 card I can think of that deals testless damage (examples include Lantern and Small Favor) are single-use, and there are virtually no weapons (of any level) that deal testless damage. I stand by my opinion that this would be over the power curve for a level 0 neutral weapon. — Pseudo Nymh · 67
It would turn into a Whipporwill and Cultist killer, kind of a low-level version of the Gatling Gun. I agree with Pseudo Nymh that it would become the best level 0 neutral weapon in that it costs 2 and lasts all game long. My biggest problem would be thematic though. I grasp why the current Kukri works the way it does, but can’t figure out how the proposed version does its thing. — Eudaimonea · 5
Because you'll need to spend an action and fail a fight first, it actually costs 2 actions to deal 1 testless damage. If you succeeded on your first fight check, then the weapon works exactly the same way that it currently does, with the minor additional use-case of being able to split damage. Every other good 0xp weapon does 2 damage per action. Being the best neutral weapon in the game is...literally only being better than Knife, and even Knife at least can do 2 damage per attack, once. — suika · 9511

Vicious Blow

Vicious Blow

I've been playing this game for more than 2 years, but I recently made a disadvantageous misplay where I attempt to basic Fight an enemy engaging on others with 2 HP left with a Vicious Blow commit. If the test fail, the investigator will hold back and not viciously punch the friend for 2 damages, just 1.

So this card could be seen as a safer alternative to perform such a play if you already have a lot higher than the enemy, rather than risking the +1 damage regardless of success on most weapon cards.

5argon · 11177
Try "Strong-Armed". — MrGoldbee · 1486

Antediluvian Hymn

Antediluvian Hymn

Rating: unplayable, not even on Gloria.

Encounter card reordering is only useful in low player-counts. This is because in low player counts:

  • controlling the variance of the encounter deck is more important (when you don't have other players to bail you out),
  • looking cards means knowing 2 turns ahead in 2p and 5 turns ahead in solo, but only slightly more than a turn in 3p/4p
  • moving a card to the bottom of the deck can mean it never shows up, while in 3p/4p you'd usually draw through the encounter deck

However, at low player counts actions are also much more precious. You cannot afford to spend 2 actions 2 resources and a card to trade an encounter card for a weaker one. Most encounter cards don't even cost you 2 actions 2 resources and 1 card.

This is one of those cards that makes you wonder if the designers playtested it before release.

yinwhite · 19
Gloria doesn't even synergize with this since it says "reveal", not "look". — Superstar · 13
This is, however, a way to get a bunch of curse tokens into the bag. If you're into that kind of thing — flamebreak · 25