Mythopoeic Sphinx (MM4)

[Malcolm_Reynolds]

How do you get this loot?

[Malcolm_Reynolds]

I posted many questions last week. This one may have been missed.

[Gunslinger679]

i can't find any card that references this loot.

[Hawkmoon269]

There is currently no other card that makes reference to it. We'll have to wait and see if there is an FAQ that corrects that.

[Donnie7]

There is one card that does I believe, though I don't have the cards in front of me right now. I'll see if y'all can find it. :]

[cartmanbeck]

I would be amazed if Hawkmoon was wrong on this one, only because he's never wrong.

[Donnie7]

I recall another card having a power that allows you to draw a card that has the sphinx or maftet trait from the box. But i could be remembering incorrectly.

[Hawkmoon269]

I believe that is actually the Mythopoeic Sphinx itself that you are thinking of.

Mythopoeic Sphinx's second power wrote:

Banish this card to draw a loot ally that has the Maftet or Sphinx trait from the box.

[Donnie7]

Ah ok. I'm really curious how we acquire this card then since I would love it for my Ezren with the spell searching power.

[Parody]

Sounds like quite the riddle, if you ask me.

[Eliandra Giltessan]

Oh, hm. Maybe it's just a piece of the puzzle.

[cartmanbeck]

Well, by the properties of Mike's Afghanistan rule, we shouldn't get the answer in decks 5 or 6, so it's gotta be something in deck 4 or the base set, somehow. I will have to start poring through my cards tonight, I think.

[Vic Wertz]

At the moment, there's no way to get this loot.

[cartmanbeck]

Verrrrrry interesting.

[Longshot11]

Hawkmoon269 wrote:

I believe that is actually the Mythopoeic Sphinx itself that you are thinking of.

Mythopoeic Sphinx's second power wrote:

Banish this card to draw a loot ally that has the Maftet or Sphinx trait from the box.

Since I'm still waiting on my AD3 and 4 - are there any cards that satisfy this condition?

Also (I assume the Spynx is an ally) - we can still get him in AD6 if we finish a scenario with one Ally short, right?

[Hawkmoon269]

Yes, there is at least one loot ally with one of those traits.

Mythopoeic Sphinx is an item.

[Malcolm_Reynolds]

It did not occur to me that it might be a part of the riddle. I was also thinking, based on the recent Afghanistan Principle blog, that nothing in decks 5 or 6 can require you to have deck 4. The riddle probably doesn't have to follow the principle because it's not required.

[Iammars]

Mythopoeic Sphinx does exist in the RPG version of Mummy's Mask Book 4, and the card seems like a decent translation for what it does in the RPG.

[Malcolm_Reynolds]

How do you get it in the RPG?

[Parody]

RPG Mummy's Mask 4:

You fight some Mud Elementals and there's one in their mud pit.

It's not that exciting.

[Malcolm_Reynolds]

Other than being exciting to get more treasure. Thank you!

[Eliandra Giltessan]

Hey, those mud elementals killed one of my party members and froze the rest in mud. They are no joke.

[Xexyz]

What about the Golden Serpent Armband? How do you get that?

[Keith Richmond]

Check out the henchman Thmei.

[Donny Schuijers]

Henchmen and Villain who 'drop' a specific piece of loot is pretty fun and oozing with flavor.
We hope to see more of it!

[Longshot11]

Can anyone maybe confirm if there is a AD5 or AD6 card that let's you "Chose a type of boon and draw it from the box", *without* the "...other than Loot..." clause?

[Keith Richmond]

For reference, this loot was handed out in adventure 4 of the Season of Plundered Tombs, though it requires taking a particular action to unlock it; as far as I know, no one has deciphered how to take that action yet.

I've been keeping an eye on the threads, wondering how long the forums will take to get to the bottom of it.

[Longshot11]

Keith Richmond wrote:

For reference, this loot was handed out in adventure 4 of the Season of Plundered Tombs, though it requires taking a particular action to unlock it; as far as I know, no one has deciphered how to take that action yet.

I don't know if the action you refer to is different than in the normal campaign; so far, my only idea for the non-Season game is that you finish a AD6 scenario with 1 item short and you draw the MS from the box...

[Doppelschwert]

I dunno, if it has AD4, why don't you just banish a card of that type and use the Mythopoetic Sphinx as a replacement when rebuilding your deck?

It was ruled that loot is viable for this, so I don't see why you would need a specific card to draw it once you are in AD6.

Of course, that means you need some means to banish a card of the corresponding type from your deck, or a card feat.

EDIT: ninja'd

[Malcolm_Reynolds]

While you could easily replace a banish on use item with the Sphinx during deck 6, that does not address the puzzle. Like Keith said, figuring out the puzzle probably tells you to do something, like draw the MS from the box. While I can't check right now, I'm sure it's not as simple as using a card that lets you draw a loot from the box. Besides, Vic said the pieces (multiple) are in the base set and decks 2-6, so a single card is not the key.

[cartmanbeck]

Ryric figured it out, and here's Mike's reply to prove it!

[Xexyz]

cartmanbeck wrote:

Ryric figured it out, and here's Mike's reply to prove it!

I still don't understand how to get it playing through the regular adventure path.

[Hawkmoon269]

Mike said he'd write a blog about it soon.

[Mike Selinker]

Hawkmoon269 wrote:

Mike said he'd write a blog about it soon.

I did indeed say that.

[Frencois]

Holding that though
Holding that fault
Holding that thought

.... grrrr Elvish is complicated for a dwarf!

[Doppelschwert]

I think that blog is scheduled for tonight, though I can't remember where Vic said that in another thread.

[Hawkmoon269]

Vic said that here.

[Vic Wertz]

But today for real!