Ekkie and her 1d4

[ferris.valyn]

Ekkie's card says "For your check that has or is against a card that has the Animal or Basic trait, add 1d4 to your check"

So, if Ekkie is playing a weapon with the Basic trait, against a monster that is non-Basic, does she get to roll an additional 1d4? Or would she only get to roll that if the monster itself was Basic?

[Frencois]

The weapon (if used "for your combat check", not if used for any other purpose) adds its traits to the check, so you'll get a d4.

[MightyJim]

So (to elaborate) - if you fight a non-basic monster with a longsword, you're good for the D4.

If you use a Warhammer +1 and add a dagger, you don't get the d4, because the dagger doesn't add it's traits, only the card which determines the skill you're using.

[Orbis Orboros]

Hijacking the thread:
Anyone know about when she has a power feat to include the bit about the adventure deck number and trying to apply that to weapons?

Say she took that feat, and uses a, say, (non-basic) Heavy Crossbow from the B set to fight a monster (that doesn't trigger her ability by itself) during an AP 1 scenario. Does she get the d4?

Weapons used to determine your combat check add their traits (like Basic), but would they also add their adventure deck number?

As far as I can tell, she doesn't get the d4, but I feel like she should. Otherwise she's incentivized to use Basic weapons for a very long time, even when she takes feats that make her d4 power apply more often.

EDIT: the rule text:
"For your check that has or is against a card that has the animal or basic trait ([]or has an adventure deck number less than the current scenario), add 1d4 to your check."

[Andrew L Klein]

There is no adventure number of your check. That feat only applies to the "or is against a card that has" portion. Because you're always going to have a better chance of not getting a current AD monster than you do of getting one due to having all the prior adventures, this allows to use bigger and badder weapons and still get to use your power.

[Orbis Orboros]

That's what I figured. :/

I just wanted to make sure others arrived at the same conclusion.

[Andrew L Klein]

I definitely wouldn't take it before Adventure 2, maybe even 3. The "or bury" and "1d6" feats are much better early game in my opinion.

Maybe my third feat instead of armor proficicency, but I know you'll disagree with me on that with your deep, deep love for armor ;)

[Orbis Orboros]

Andrew L Klein wrote:

I definitely wouldn't take it before Adventure 2, maybe even 3. The "or bury" and "1d6" feats are much better early game in my opinion.

Maybe my third feat instead of armor proficicency, but I know you'll disagree with me on that with your deep, deep love for armor ;)

What? Armor proficiency? On a character that can evade her encounters? you've lost me... XD

[Andrew L Klein]

Bad rolls happen. So does BYA / AYA damage that isn't worth skipping a whole encounter over. So does At This Location damage. Evading at logical times isn't going to avoid even 1/4 of the damage someone would take.

[Calthaer]

I would be more afraid of those daunting cards that say "This card may not be evaded."

[Andrew L Klein]

Yea but what are the odds of finding one of those*

*famous last words of adventurers everywhere

[Eliandra Giltessan]

In my area, we quickly learned that if the word "YOLO" accompanied your exploration, the probability of turning up an arboreal blight increased exponentially.

[zeroth_hour2]

I almost died to a "what could go wrong" explore that involved a Carrion Golem. Even though I knew it was in the deck :-/

[zayzayem]

Andrew L Klein wrote:

Bad rolls happen. So does BYA / AYA damage that isn't worth skipping a whole encounter over. So does At This Location damage. Evading at logical times isn't going to avoid even 1/4 of the damage someone would take.

BYA/AYA are avoided when evading.

[Andrew L Klein]

zayzayem wrote:

Andrew L Klein wrote:

Bad rolls happen. So does BYA / AYA damage that isn't worth skipping a whole encounter over. So does At This Location damage. Evading at logical times isn't going to avoid even 1/4 of the damage someone would take.

BYA/AYA are avoided when evading.

Which is why I said "that isn't worth skipping a whole encounter over"

[Keith Richmond]

It is perhaps worth note that BYA/AYA from someone else's encounter isn't easy to evade either.

Sucks to be in the same location as someone when the dragon breathes.

[fuji6100]

One of our regular players will often whittle down his hand to a few cards and hesitate, usually asking out loud "Should I riks 1 more explore?"

We have learned that any time this happens, the answer should always be "NO" as this is when he will stumble across something really nasty that usually impacts the entire party. This is also when everyone else gets stingy with their blessings and let's the YOLO avenger deal with his own mess.