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Thinking about my second run-through of RotR, and a simple way to make it hardcore difficulty without playing any differently; only setting up slightly differently later in the Path.

Normally, you start removing Basic and Elite cards starting with Adventure 3 and 5 as you encounter them, and you can still find wimpy first-adventure level cards by the end of the game.

What if, before starting Adventure 3, you removed ALL Basic and Elite cards from the game. And before starting Adventure 4, you removed ALL Adventure 1 cards from the game. For Adventure 5 remove all level 2 cards, and for Adventure 6 remove level 3s. So, you only ever encounter cards at most 2 levels lower than your current Adventure.

I'm going to try something like this. I know it's super hardcore, but I think I would get bored if I kept running into low-level cards later in the Path. Plus, I would get to see more high-level cards I am sure that I missed in the first run.

Anyone one else want to try this? Or do you think this would be crazy hardcore?

I am not sure if this is balanced, since I am only partly through Adventure 3. I want to create a new ally, the Alchemist. Basically he has a bunch of potions you can use... up to a limit.

Ally - Alchemist (Adventure level 3)

Check to acquire: Charisma/Diplomacy 8

Powers:

Recharge this card to add 1d4 to your check.

Discard this card to reduce Poison, Acid or Fire damage by up to 2 points.

Banish this card to add 1d8 to your check.

Discard this card to explore your location.