KL Sanchez |
In deck 5, the Headband of Epic Intelligence states, "Reveal this card to add 2 to an Intelligence check."
...AN Intelligence check. Does this mean that the Headband adds to *any* character's Intelligence check anywhere in the game world? If so, this item just became OMGAwesome, otherwise, I'm thinking it's meant to read, "...your Intelligence check."
All the other +Stat items, by the way, state "your [stat] check", this one is the lone exception (as far as I can tell, anyway). Haven't seen any other mention of this card yet, for what it's worth.
Andrew K |
All the +1 items are of course weaker than this, which is why come earlier and only help yourself. This one is just a better card. Belt of Physical Might helps on 3 different skills, helping others with the ability to play another item really is broken.
This one is just the midpoint between the two. It's later than the +1s, so it's better. It helps more people than the later bonus items, but the later ones help on more checks. Better isn't broken, it's just better.
Hawkmoon269 |
Obviously only the designers can tell you for sure whether that is a mistake or not, but compare it with the Magic Spyglass upgrade over Spyglass.
Reveal this card to add 1d6 to your Perception check.
Reveal this card to add 1 die a a Perception check.
That also has the change from "your" to "a". I just chalked that up to later cards being more powerful, same with the Headband of Epic Intelligence.
Intelligence checks don't come up a whole lot, except for Ezren. Not too many locations from what I recall. If it had been Wisdom, with all the monster needing "before the encounter" Wisdom checks, now that would be crazy. But with Intelligence, I don't think its broken. That way Ezren can help others acquire spells they encounter so he doesn't miss out on them.
KL Sanchez |
Our group personally never seems to find a reason to *roll* a Perception check... in fact, I don't think we've *ever* rolled a Perception check (Harsk and Meri are the only ones who even *have* Perception as a skill).
Another item I noted that has the "an Intelligence check" print is Ordikon's Staff. If true though, it's certainly strange, but definitely helps everybody out. We'll continue adjudicating it that way.