PSA: Card traits and their card text consequences


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I'm back from vacation, and instead of unpacking I went through Rise of the Runelords, Wrath of the Righteous, and all my Class Decks, and came up with the following:

Bandit
Cougar
Bugbear
Wight
Spider
Agathion
Blacksmith
Ape
Minotaur
Maat
Shopkeeper
Instrument (already listed) recharge to add 1d4 to a check at your location
Deskari
Deity
Knight
Chimera
Duelist
Conjurer
Fiend
Wraith
Soldier
Nocticula
Xoveron
Sifkesh
Lich

Speed (weapon) may put on top of your deck to reroll if you would fail
Disruption (weapon) extra die against undead
Venomous (weapon) can add die and Poison
Harpoon - bonus die against Aquatic
Force (weapon) can add Force trait
Acidic (weapon) may add Acid trait
Returning (weapon) may be recharged for extra die (instead of discarded)
Vicious (weapon) stronger than others of same level but does Force damage to you that cannot be reduced
Invigorating (weapon) can heal when a character at your location defeats a monster
Reflecting (armor) can reduce Acid, Cold, Electricity, of Fire damage
Totem
Improvised
Butterfly Sword (weapon) place on top of your deck to add dice
Amulets (items) may be used like weapons or attack spells
Sai (weapon) may reduce combat damage
Temple Sword (weapon) may recharge blessing to add die, penalty if not a monk
Charm (spell) bury to draw an ally from the box
Fortified (armor) may add to con or fort check
Detect (spell) may examine top card of location and possibly encounter it
Cold Iron (weapon) bonus dice against Fey or Demon
Wand (item) bury to use, check to recharge instead
Water Elementals (monster) move you if undefeated
Aspergillum (weapon) may recharge Divine card to add 1d8 against Undead or Outsider
Scale Mail (armor) reduces more combat damage if before you act
Oozes (monster) often require a dex/acr check bya to avoid Acid damage
Books (item) often have a way to avoid discarding/banishing/removing from game.

Not all Belts allow you to play another item (some in Monk deck)
Carrionstorm is a swarm but doesn't need +4 to be banished

There are other non-traits (like Runechill, Icy, (both of which may add Cold dice), Cestus, Forest, or Wilderness) that we've only seen one of so far.


From the Goblin decks:

Knifer
Commando
Arsonist
Warcaster

Soldier

Hadregash
Venkelvore

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Wowza Malcom, you are mega-thorough! I'll get these added ASAP.


I'm surprised nobody else got them first. How many does that put you at?


Per the new FAQ, you can strike Blacksmith from the list.

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Updated. Not sure exactly how many that is, but it's 6 full pages in the document of traits and another page of non-trait groupings.


I ran out of sleeves so I haven't gone through MM1 or the Summoner deck yet, so here's the MM base (+promos). It should probably go without saying from here on out that accidental repeats are likely but if you're organizing everything it should be easy to spot them.

Spiritualist
Occultist
Kineticist
Slayer

Janni
Catfolk
Gnoll
Trigger
Phantom
Aspis
Thriae

Bastet
Horus
Ra
Wadjet

Skeletons are harder if you use Slashing or Piercing.


Gunslinger:
Alkenstar
Ammunition
Ratfolk

Warpriest:
Kols

Summoner:
Fetchling

MM1:
Law
Anubis
Thoth

Knives may be discarded for an extra 1d4 if you have played a weapon on your combat check.

Ammunition may be displayed and used with Firearms.

Dolls heal when acquired.

Bound Allies may be treated as if they were monsters while in hand.


MM2:

Caligni
Psychopomp

Gnolls are encountered with increased difficulty if examined.

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Malcolm_Reynolds wrote:
Psychopomp

Did anyone else first read this as Psychopimp, or is it just me?

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All updated, thanks as always, Malcolm!


From MM 3:

Sphinx
Maftet (not actually in MM3 but a card implies it will show up in a later adventure)
Thriae

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Added those three!


Can I just say that I love "Psychopomps" finally being a Trait? :D

Grand Lodge

I do not know ANYONE who read that as "Psychopomps" the first time they saw it.


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Not to quibble...well, okay, I am quibbling, but Abyssal only causes Outsiders to lose that trait if you're playing the Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Path.


There are some thing that is obvious for hardcore RPG players, but still worth mentioning if you want to design your cards:

Weapons with bow trait fall into two categories( not-traits):
bows and crossbows.
Those two split further into:
short bows
longbows
light crossbows
heavy crossbows

Difference between bows and crossbows: you can't discard crossbow for extra die.
Short bows make you use d6+your dexterity/ranged skill during combat when revealed.
Longbows add d8 or strength die on revealing/discarding (or any combination of )
Light crossbows add d8, and heavy ones add d10.
Out of all bows, only longbows gives you -4 penalty for not having weapon proficiency.

Similar stuff happens with other weapons types, like the ones with sword trait:
Short swords add d6 on reveal; piercing trait
Long swords add d8; slashing
Bastard swords add d10; slashing and two-handed traits
Great swords add 2d6; slashing and two-handed
Rapiers add 2d4 and d4 on discard; piercing, finesse and swashbuckling
Cutlasses add d6 and d8 on discard; slashing, finesse and swashbuckling
Scimitars add d6 and d6+1 on dicard; slashing and finesse
Falcatas add d4 and 2d4 on discard as I remember change all fours rolled on d4 dice to fives; finesse and slashing
Dogslicers add d6 and another d6 on discars, all ones on d6 dice are changed to threes; piercing and finesse

short swords and dogslicers do not give you -4 penalty for lacking weapon proficiency, other swords do.

And other weapons:
Whips(that's a trait): If you proficient w/ weapons, you may discard weapon with whip trait to evade encounter after you made a roll; other than that, whips also have slashing, finesse and swashbuckling traits.
Hammers: I don't know if there is two-handed hammer in game, but there are warhammers that give you d8 on reveal, plus d6 on dicard; bludgeoning trait; proficiency required.
a lot of polearms (not all) have ability to discard them to reroll failed combat check when you used them. I wont list them - there are a lot of them.

Knives: weapons with Knife trait are using dexterity or ranged skill; usually add d4 on reveal; add finesse and either piercing (most) or slashing trait. Kukris and war razors are examples of knives with slashing trait.
Knives do not require proficiency.

A lot of two-handed, melee weapons gives you your strength die for either reveal or discard. For example Lucerne hammer, great club, greataxe. They are not grouped in specific trait or category.

Also some more or less obvious:
Flaming weapons (not-trait): add fire trait when discarded
Bane weapons give you additional die/dice when fighting monster with specified trait. Usually it is 1d8, but there is exception for giantbane dagger which adds 3d4.


MM4:

[Maftet shows up]
Girtablilu
Banshee

Girtablilu have a trigger power that forces a stealth check or they're encountered and more difficult.

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Question: Is there an 'air' trait? Or something Like it?
I know there is an electricity trait.


Tim Statler wrote:

Question: Is there an 'air' trait? Or something Like it?

I know there is an electricity trait.

I don't recall 'air' being a trait.

As far as I know these are the Elements (if this is what you could call them):
Poison
Acid
Electricity
Fire
Cold

There are also other 'spell traits', like:
Force
Mental


Just one from MM 5:

Gorgon

The promo blessing:

Khepri


MM6/promo:

Banshee
Khepri


Reepazo:

Bugzapper


Magus Class Deck:

Angelkin


Hell's Vengeance:
Antipaladin
Dispater
Belial
Mazmezz
Mammon
Droskar
Mephistopheles
Baalzebul
Barbatos
Moloch
(The last three are not on any published cards, but Lazzero's Asmodean Advocate Role implies they will be released, probably in HV2)


Hell's Vengeance 2:

Dhampir
Zon-Kuthon
Urgathoa

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All updated through HV2 in the Google Doc!


I didn't catch anything new in the Hunter Deck, so here's Occult 1:

Mesmerist
Psychic
Investigator
Sign

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Added those, and also pointed out that the Sign trait allows you to use powers of other cards that have the Sign trait from your hand.

EDIT: Also added the new traits from OA2.


Ultimate Combat:
Samurai
Tsukiyo
Shizuru


Ultimate Magic:
Vigilante
Qi Zhong


Ultimate Intrigue:
Rovagug

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List Updated.


Opinion: I think the description of the "Sign" trait should be clarified that only Sign blessings may emulate other Sign Blessings.

The Occult Adventures 2 Character Deck has multiple non-blessing Sign cards - I believe about 2 items and 1 spell, or something to that effect - which cannot emulate or be emulated by other Signs, but are still relevant for certain character powers.

EDIT: Also, the Spy trait is not unique to Arueshalae (besides as a Character trait). Several allies, including Slip from Skull & Shackles, and several Goblin allies in the Goblin class decks, have that trait.


Ultimate Equipment:
Firework (you may reveal another card with the Firework trait to add another die to your combat check)
Kofusachi
Yaezhing


Thanks for sharing the load!

Also:

Ninja


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What? You didn't see "ninja" in my post?!!!

Well, that's because it's a good ninja and you can't see it. ;)


Plant boons allow you to temporarily increase your hand size.


Nok-Nok:
Godthief

Ultimate Wilderness:
Shifter
Chaldira Zuzaristan
Ketephys
Nivi Rhombodazzle


Moar cards! Moar traits!

I note are still missing from doc:
Curse
Fighter (class)
Rogue (class)

Core/Curse:

Urban
Underground
Sacred
Wild
Skald
Brawler
Expert
Gray Maiden
Red Mantis
Guillotine (promo)
Spy (may remove Arushalae note)
Sayona
Grioth
Shadow
Basilisk
Boggard
Disease
Rakshasa
Owner (now a trait)
Genie
Helm
Harrow
Blackjack
Respect
Suit
Keys
Shields
Hammers
Crowns
Books
Stars
Eidolon
Bloatmage
Enchanter
Formian

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Updated!!

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