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...about this game that makes me so Rules Lawyer-y. I apologize if I may be coming across as combative in some of my posts, it is not my intention. I think maybe it's the semi-ambiguous rulebook, combined with constantly conflicting "official" vs popular consensus answers, that make me want to get the rules as right as I can before teaching it. I swear I'm not usually this concerned with nit-picky stuff.

I've played for about 13 hours by myself, and I love the game. I just like to know my rules inside and out, and so far I've been unable to do so with this game. I'm eagerly awaiting the FAQ.

Anyway, enough wasting your time. Carry on, pathfinders!

I'm sure this has been asked either here or on BGG, but I didn't go through all 300 threads. Might be a dumb question, but here goes.

Does Seoni's discard power to use her Arcane die + 1d6 count as playing a spell with the Arcane trait in regards to Thalassonian Ruins? It seems to me that it should, but I hedged on the side of caution in my recent plays.

I was watching Tox's video (part III) and he used the Staff of Minor Healing (Recharge this card to recharge a random card from your discard pile) several times and each time shuffled his deck to get a random card.

Now the rulebook is SO explicit on this not being right, it says it twice in the same paragraph on pg 10. It says "do not change the order of the cards in the discard pile," and "never shuffle any stack of cards unless instructed to."

My question is, does the word 'random' mean 'shuffle this pile'? I could see a case being made for the word 'randomize' but not really 'random'. Or is there another intended way to randomize your discards, such as using the smallest die able to cover the amount of discards? If you are meant to use a die, what happens when you get 20-25 cards in your deck/discards?

I'm curious BECAUSE the rules are so adamant about it. What is the method of determining a random card if you aren't allowed to shuffle?

I posted this in the FAQ thread and it was deemed unworthy so I'll post it here.

To my understanding, any unarmed combat check is a STR check. Sajan's power allows you to replace the STR die with the DEX die, but it does not change the TYPE of check. Therefore, the Blessing that adds 2 dice to a DEX Combat check should NOT work, correct?

Furthermore, the Blessing that adds 2 STR dice to a Combat check should add 2d6 which get automatically converted into 2d10, correct?

However, what about Blessing of Lamashtu? That adds 2 dice to any check to defeat a monster. Does that add 2d6 or 2d10?

And since it is a STR check at heart, this is why he starts with the Amulet of Fists, right?

I can foresee these questions coming up in my group as one of them chose Sajan.