
I've suffered this in Normal mode during TSK campaign. This thing can deal you 5 horror easily if you aren't prepared.
How do you prepare to this? This are the thing I used to mitigate the sheer brutality of this card.
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Just run a lot of card draw. The sooner you pull this out your deck, the better. Yes, it can deal you1-3 horror from the get-go, but 1-3 horror is better than 5 in later stages of a scenario. You know, there is a chance you pull Aetheric Current before Failed Experiment to get you out of a fishy situation where you have 5 clues distributed among your cards.
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Horror healing: Steady Hand with the Science card kit is a must. Period. If you pull Failed Experiment, healing 1 each turn will keep you afloat. Logical Reasoning is also good for this, giving you 2 willpower icons if you want to try and pass the Willpower test.
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Horror soak: Allies in Seeker usually run higher horror soak. Medical Student is even a Science ally. Ravenous Myconid: Nurturing Strain will minimize the risk of dying from this to the bare minimum.
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Eureka to fish Aetheric Current / Failed Experiment earlier from your deck. Well Funded and Inquiring Mind to get free 3 wild icons because of the nature of the assets you'll run with Kate.
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Hawk-Eye Folding Camera to get +1 willpower and +1 sanity.
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Put clues in assets. BE CAREFUL ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE AN AUTOFAIL WILL PUNISH YOU HARD. Like I went 7 vs 5 to avoid massive damage and I ate 5 horror because of this. Even then, sometimes it is worth the risk.
You NEED to use Flux Stabilizer to get to the numbers, because Kate has only 4 intellect and 4 agility. Asume this will deal you at least 3 horror in every scenario and prepare for the worst. Let your Guardian (Carolyn, anyone with Girish Kadakia, for example) do something about this.
In harder modes this can be worse, but even then, pulling this weakness earlier is the best option you have to avoid a massive punishment in later stages of a scenario.
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