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What won't be known until the final wording comes out is whether or not someone with 2 cards remaining in their deck could live through the Oracle.
The answer we are intending is that if you have fewer than 3 cards in your deck, you die—not because of the examining, but because of the recharging, discarding, and burying.
The trick for Vic's wording here (so I'm all supporting cause that's not an easy one) will be to make sure it's crystal clear in pretty much any situation.
For example, suppose a power asks you to "recharge 2 cards from your deck", and you only have one left. It should be clear whether you die or not.
Whatever Vic/Mike will decide will be the rule. I wish I could help them make it simple and beautiful.
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This took a while to process because it had major implications for Mummy's Mask, but yes, if there aren't enough cards, examining your deck can kill you, and examining the blessings deck can make you lose the scenario. Added to FAQ.
This only makes me think that some of the things they have put into Mummy's Mask are especially evil.
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Also, the following is going to be a bit of a stealth update, because it doesn't affect earlier sets, and will be correct in the MM rulebook from the start:
Under If You Defeat the Villain, Close the Villain’s Location, "Examine the location deck; if there are no additional villains in it, banish all of the cards" is changing to "Search the location deck for additional villains; if you don’t find any, banish all of its cards."
Sounds like a good change, considering.
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I had a thought skimming through this list, and pardon me if it's been stated already. If "examine" means to look at cards and put them back where you found them, then the "three" cards you need to recharge/discard/bury are still in your deck, much like Revealed cards are still in your hand. Therefore, when you come to the Recharge/Discard/Bury phase, you are removing those cards from your deck, not some mystical pseudo-display area of the proverbial playfield. Therefore, death.
This only makes me think that some of the things they have put into Mummy's Mask are especially evil.
Did anyone think the set based on ancient curses would be especially nice?
This is slightly off-topic, but how does Chasm of Shadows interact with the close rules? You can't examine _or_ search the deck to close it whether you defeat the villain or henchman, so do you just have to go through the whole deck?
Did anyone think the set based on ancient curses would be especially nice?
This only makes me think that some of the things they have put into Mummy's Mask are especially evil.
As nice as rampaging angry trees and hordes of demons?
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I had a thought skimming through this list, and pardon me if it's been stated already. If "examine" means to look at cards and put them back where you found them, then the "three" cards you need to recharge/discard/bury are still in your deck, much like Revealed cards are still in your hand. Therefore, when you come to the Recharge/Discard/Bury phase, you are removing those cards from your deck, not some mystical pseudo-display area of the proverbial playfield. Therefore, death.
Except the rule is you don't die until you don't have *enough* cards. If you have three, you have exactly enough. It's having less than 3 that kills ya.
This only makes me think that some of the things they have put into Mummy's Mask are especially evil.Did anyone think the set based on ancient curses would be especially nice?
I was honestly hoping the egyptian trip would be more like tourism, with good food, sun tan, snorkeling. I guess when you are named after a dog itself names after a american state, there is no way you avoid the scarabs, snakes, skeletons and mumies...
I was honestly hoping the egyptian trip would be more like tourism, with good food, sun tan, snorkeling...This only makes me think that some of the things they have put into Mummy's Mask are especially evil.Did anyone think the set based on ancient curses would be especially nice?
You forgot "petting crocodiles". That's a thing, right?
I was honestly hoping the egyptian trip would be more like tourism, with good food, sun tan, snorkeling. I guess when you are named after a dog itself names after a american state, there is no way you avoid the scarabs, snakes, skeletons and mumies...
Oh, Frencois, how I love this.
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You forgot "petting crocodiles". That's a thing, right?They're ESPECIALLY snuggly if you're wearing Crocodile Skin Armor...
You can make lots of things out of Crocodile Skin.
But this thread is about the fact that Examining your deck when there aren't enough cards kills you and Examining the Blessings deck when there aren't enough cards loses the scenario.
Nope. if you only have 2 cards in your deck, you die. You don't get to be "saved" because the first one is actually recharged. You need 3 cards in deck to survive. Period.
I find the new general rule great because it's clear and easy to apply.
Ok so this means that you can die and still have one card in your deck after you die... Because that first card goes back to you deck... I can see why this is not clear even now...
So in the case of two cards...
You example 2 cards. First one goes back to you deck ( or is the way to there)
You discard the second.
You try to bury the third, but you can not and you die.
The first one goes now back to the deck and you you have one card in you deck but you Are dead... ???
Are you back to life after short time being dead or what?
Same with one card.
You recharge first.
You discard second and die, because you can not
You bury Third and can not so you die second time
And after that the first one goes back to your deck...
So again a dead, with one card in her deck.
It should be added to the rulebook that you can be dead even if you have cards in your deck.
It should be added to the rulebook that you can be dead even if you have cards in your deck.
IMHO it would create more issues than it would solve.
By rule as soon as you die, you bury your deck so there is no need to say more.Especially as you may die and in very specific cases end up with cards in your deck because some cards (see some existing cohorts) cannot be buried... But you are dead anyway.
Say a monster as a power that makes you discard 4 cards from your deck and you only have 2 left. At that very moment you are dead with cards in your deck. Then just after you bury everything. By rule when you are told to discard N cards, it's N cards in one discard, not cards discarded one by one.
Say a monster as a power that just say you die. At that point you have cards in your deck. Then just adter you bury everything. Same situation in fact.
It should be added to the rulebook that you can be dead even if you have cards in your deck.
By rule when you are told to discard N cards, it's N cards in one discard, not cards discarded one by one.
Say a monster as a power that just say you die. At that point you have cards in your deck. Then just adter you bury everything. Same situation in fact.
Many thanks. Did not remember that bury everything part of the rules. Then this is clear as water, moonshine, thing... ;-)
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Ok so this means that you can die and still have one card in your deck after you die... Because that first card goes back to you deck... I can see why this is not clear even now...
So in the case of two cards...
You example 2 cards. First one goes back to you deck ( or is the way to there)
You discard the second.
You try to bury the third, but you can not and you die.
The first one goes now back to the deck and you you have one card in you deck but you Are dead... ???
The power is "Before you act, examine the top 3 cards of your deck, then recharge 1, discard 1, and bury 1."
If you have 2 cards, you die as soon as you try to examine the third card that isn't there. You don't ever get to "recharge 1, discard 1, and bury 1."
If you have 3 cards, you examine them all, and after recharging, discarding, and burying, you are still alive, with 1 card in your deck (the one you recharged).
I like the rule. I would argue that it looks like you take an electric shock. You can die immediately, but if not there may be only little or no lasting damage. It looks like the save or die rolls in the RPG where if you save... you may not lose hit points at all.
So a power that pretty much says: you die if you have less than N cards left, but if you have you do not lose cards (or lose only less than N) makes sense in specific situations.
Hrmmm... Well, rules are rules, but if you're looking for feedback, I don't like it. It feels like checking your bank balance, finding you only have $2 in your account, and accruing overdraft charges whether you buy something or not.
I think the closest analogue would be having $2 in the account, withdrawing $3 then depositing $1, and most banks I know would consider that overdrawn.
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Hrmmm... Well, rules are rules, but if you're looking for feedback, I don't like it. It feels like checking your bank balance, finding you only have $2 in your account, and accruing overdraft charges whether you buy something or not.I think the closest analogue would be having $2 in the account, withdrawing $3 then depositing $1, and most banks I know would consider that overdrawn.
For the cyclops power, sure. But if ANYTHING makes you examine the top card of your deck when it's empty, you die. You don't even GET to the recharge/discard/bury part of the equation.
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For the cyclops power, sure. But if ANYTHING makes you examine the top card of your deck when it's empty, you die. You don't even GET to the recharge/discard/bury part of the equation.Hrmmm... Well, rules are rules, but if you're looking for feedback, I don't like it. It feels like checking your bank balance, finding you only have $2 in your account, and accruing overdraft charges whether you buy something or not.I think the closest analogue would be having $2 in the account, withdrawing $3 then depositing $1, and most banks I know would consider that overdrawn.
James, there are reasons why Examining cards have consequences. At this point in the evolution of the game, those reasons now force the rules to change.
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James, there are reasons why Examining cards have consequences. At this point in the evolution of the game, those reasons now force the rules to change.
I'm not expecting anyone to defend the decision. I'm just providing feedback. I don't like it. I've stated why. And I'll abide by the rules (or houserule if I'm not playing a guild game, which is kinda rare these days).
I think so far, the banes that force you to examine your deck are:
Cyclops
Cyclops Oracle
Cyclops Savage
Demonic Cyclops
Gholdako
Shaija
Siren
Siren Caller
Only the Siren would potentially not have you do something with the card you examine (other than shuffling them back in). In all other cases the examining is a precursor to recharge, discarding or burying or a card. So, most of the examining powers essentially end up being the same as "recharge/discard/bury the top card(s) or your deck" which, even before this would have killed you.
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I think so far, the banes that force you to examine your deck are:
Cyclops
Cyclops Oracle
Cyclops Savage
Demonic Cyclops
Gholdako
Shaija
Siren
Siren CallerOnly the Siren would potentially not have you do something with the card you examine (other than shuffling them back in). In all other cases the examining is a precursor to recharge, discarding or burying or a card. So, most of the examining powers essentially end up being the same as "recharge/discard/bury the top card(s) or your deck" which, even before this would have killed you.
This actually makes me feel stronger about my position, oddly. If your character is going to die anyway, there's no need for a change to the core rules. And with new core sets and class decks popping out every month, the number of things that cause one to examine one's deck will only expand. A benevolent "on closing" location power could become a death sentence.
Anyway, as I say, I'm not upset or demanding change. I'm respectfully disagreeing. The horse, she is dead. I'm more than happy to set down my stick.
A benevolent "on closing" location power could become a death sentence.
This is why Tengu Rookery says, "On closing, you may examine the top card of your deck; then you may recharge it or give it to another character."
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This is why Tengu Rookery says, "On closing, you may examine the top card of your deck; then you may recharge it or give it to another character."
Indeed. Otherwise (if I'd had that location's text memorized) I'd've held that up as exactly what I'm talking about. I'm just sayin', who knows what the future will bring?
This is why Tengu Rookery says, "On closing, you may examine the top card of your deck; then you may recharge it or give it to another character."Indeed. Otherwise (if I'd had that location's text memorized) I'd've held that up as exactly what I'm talking about. I'm just sayin', who knows what the future will bring?
Location: Tomb of the Oracle
On Closing: Examine the top 5 card of your deck. You may put them in any order.That's an example, but now I totally expect MM to be full of such shenanigans. I only hope they don't overdo the "examine cards = bad stuff happens" thing.
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I can totally imagine a scheming ally who seems all nice and helpful (remarkably so) on the face of things, doing super awesome things, however secretly they're plotting and scheming to do nasty things to you down the road. If you catch them in the middle of that scheming (e.g. examine it while it's in your deck), you'll be in for a world of hurt.
That said, most examine effects are probably going to be attached to banes in the location decks, not things in your own deck. I can even envision some beneficial examine effects in location decks -- for example you may come across a Trap while examining, and because you spotted it in advance you have an easier time of disarming it (e.g. you could encounter it right then and the difficulty is reduced if you do).
So, apparently MM will feature plenty of cards that, when examined, cause bad stuff to happen. I thought I'd get ahead and ask:
When you're told to examine X cards:
- does it count as one action, i.e. you examine all cards at the same time and any powers triggered on examine are triggered simultaneously, so you chose the order to resolve
- or, do you go "I examine the first card; Stuff Happens; I resolve stuff; I examine the second card..."
I'd imagine that you would choose the order, however I haven't played in any of the MM demos and obviously do not have access to the MM rulebook yet, so this is just an educated guess on my part. With the current rules, you examine all the cards at once, and WotR features some banes that do bad things if you examine them, so in WotR I would say you get to choose the order of you were lucky enough to examine more than one of them (if there are more than one; I can actually only think of one bane in WotR that has an examine trigger).