The other thing worth noting is how masterwork tools quickly lose their luster against veteran barriers. After a couple APs, they stop working on large chests and such.
For reference (Similar text appears in the RotR Ruelbook as well):
No One Else Can Take Your Turn for You. Whenever you encounter a card or make a check, you—and only you—must resolve it. No other character can evade it, defeat it, acquire it, close it, decide what to do with it, or fail at doing any of those things. If Seltyiel encounters a monster, Merisiel can’t evade it for him. If Alahazra encounters a Zombie, Valeros can’t attempt the check to defeat it. If Lini encounters a Large Chest, Merisiel cannot use Thieves’ Tools against it. If Lirianne defeats a henchman at the Sea Fort, Valeros can’t banish an armor to close the location. If the game tells you to do something, you have to do it.
The other thing worth noting is how masterwork tools quickly lose their luster against veteran barriers. After a couple APs, they stop working on large chests and such.
But until then they are very sweet for a character like Alahazra with little chance otherwise to get through most barriers. And it's fun making up a story how you used your Masterwork Tools to avoid Swabbing the Decks or whatever ...
The other thing worth noting is how masterwork tools quickly lose their luster against veteran barriers. After a couple APs, they stop working on large chests and such.But until then they are very sweet for a character like Alahazra with little chance otherwise to get through most barriers. And it's fun making up a story how you used your Masterwork Tools to avoid Swabbing the Decks or whatever ...
The tools just include a magical mop.
But until then they are very sweet for a character like Alahazra with little chance otherwise to get through most barriers. And it's fun making up a story how you used your Masterwork Tools to avoid Swabbing the Decks or whatever ...
Yeah, they're great for a long time! Though seemingly a shorter "long time" in S&S than RoRL, Jirelle was definitely regretting subbing them out in her deck when the Hurricane Winds loomed on the horizon.
Not having played Merisiel (secret best character) in S&S yet, I've found a new appreciation for Blessings of Abadar and Find Traps, especially since comparatively fewer barriers can be sleepwalked through via a Disable skill pumped up by Dexterity skill feats.
Now I'm confused. As I understand it, the wording of the card dictates whose checks it can be used on. For example:
Discard this card to succeed at your check to acquire an item or a weapon.
Recharge this card to add 2d6 and the Fire trait to any check.
Recharge this card to defeat a barrier whose highest difficulty to defeat is 14 or lower.
Bolding mine. So which category does Masterwork Tools fall into? Does "a" barrier refer to "any" barrier or "your" barrier?
ETA: Reading the section of the rules Hawkmoon posted seems to make it clear that Masterwork Tools falls into the latter category; I hope future printings of cards will endeavor to remove wording ambiguity.
"a" almost always means "any" (most of the errata for "a" says it means "any" and not "your"). But the S&S version of MWT doesn't actually use "any".
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Basically, unless it specifies, it can be played on anyone anywhere.
However, remember that no one can defeat your encounters, evade them, fail them, etc. So Masterwork Tools is only for your barriers. It doesn't specify on the card because it is a general rule that you can't make those actions for other players.
Yeah, what Andrew said. And in the rulebook, it's actually called out as one of the examples; it's not because of "any" versus "your", but because of the rule that no one else can finish your encounter except you.
This is, by the way, why Levitate and Teleport specifies "willing character(s)".
(p.29: ...If Lini encounters a Large Chest, Merisiel cannot use Thieves’ Tools against it.)
In Wrath, cards like this would say "Recharge this card to defeat a barrier you encounter whose highest difficulty to defeat is 14 or lower."
Aha! Another tiny bit of info leaks out about the next Adventure Path.