Long list of questions Part two (Valeros, blessings, cure, shuffling)

[fleamo]

If Valeros reveals a Shortsword (for example) and also uses the secondary ability of a dagger (or starknife), does he discard the dagger or recharge it?:

For reference, the text says, "When playing another weapon, you may discard this card to add 1d4 to the combat check."

Looking at the rules strictly, I'd say no. He is not PLAYING the dagger; he is playing the OTHER weapon, and then the dagger can trigger.

But, from an intent point of view, in this situation Valeros is using the dagger the same way anyone else would. It doesn't really take advantage of his power at all.

When you cast cure, can you look at the cards being shuffled into your deck?:

I don't mean to look at my deck, but it really changes game play a lot if you know what cards were cured. My thinking is, you can look at your discard pile (can you???) so you could probably reason out which cards were added back into your deck if need be.

Can you use weapons against barriers that require melee checks?:

Something like the Large Chest card has Dex/Disable 9 or Strength/Melee 10. Can I play a Warhammer to help with the Melee check?

My literal interpretation of the rules would be... no. Because it's a melee check, but not a combat check.

But, again, if you look at the INTENT... you're using your melee skill to smash open the chest. Would seem silly to smash a chest open with your bare hands with a Warhammer strapped to your hip.

When you cast a blessing, which die do you add to the check?:

"Discard this card to add 1 die to a check." So far, I've been playing this as "Add the largest die you're already using to a check."

So, if I'm Valeros engaging in a combat check with a Longsword, and I play Blessing of the Gods, I roll d10 (for my Melee Skill) + d8 (for revealing a Longsword) + d10 (for the Blessing)

But, the card isn't really specific. Could it be ANY sized die? Any sized die THAT YOU'RE ALREADY ROLLING? Can I pick a d12? Would I ever want to choose a smaller die? CAN I even choose?

Is there any way to boost the number of cards restored by cure?:

I don't think it's a check, so my guess is you can't play a blessing to make it 2d4+1. Is there any other card to help bolster that number?

I kind of already asked this, but what exactly does Shuffle into your deck mean exactly?:

Cure says "Shuffle 1d4+1 random cards from his discard pile into is deck." So, I roll 1d4+1, take that many cards at random from my discard pile, put them on top of my deck, then shuffle my deck, correct?

[Fromper]

fleamo wrote:

If Valeros reveals a Shortsword (for example) and also uses the secondary ability of a dagger (or starknife), does he discard the dagger or recharge it?

He recharges it. Playing a card means using the power printed on that card. If you're using the power printed on the dagger card, then you're playing the dagger. Since Valeros can recharge instead of discarding any weapon he plays, this means it gets recharged.

fleamo wrote:

When you cast cure, can you look at the cards being shuffled into your deck?

As you said, you can look at your discard pile before and after, so it's no secret. I usually roll dice to pick which cards to cure, instead of shuffling, so I see them as I do it.

fleamo wrote:

Can you use weapons against barriers that require melee checks?

No. Weapons are usually worded to say "For your combat check". Barriers aren't combat check, even if they use the melee skill.

fleamo wrote:

When you cast a blessing, which die do you add to the check?

I believe this one's in the FAQ. You add another of the base die for the check.

For instance, Kyra has a starting melee skill of 1d6+2. In a fight, she always uses that as her base, as long as she doesn't play another card (such as a ranged weapon) that makes her switch so she's not using melee. If she adds 1d8 because her enemy is undead, or 1d10 for a melee weapon, the base die for the check is still a d6. So a blessing would add an additional 1d6.

fleamo wrote:

Is there any way to boost the number of cards restored by cure?

Not that I know of. Though again, Kyra's healing power can be boosted with power feats. But I believe the Cure spell is static, at least until later cards are added, which we haven't seen yet, so we don't know if they'll help with it.

fleamo wrote:

I kind of already asked this, but what exactly does Shuffle into your deck mean exactly?

You've got it. Just put the cards into the character deck, then shuffle the character deck, so you don't know where anything is, even if you did before.

[h4ppy]

All of @Fromper's replies look good to me (you ninja, you).