Monk's Spade


Pathfinder Adventure Card Game General Discussion

Scarab Sages

Is there a card for this weapon? It's in Ultimate Combat and I've been dying to get a picture for a long while. Would totally buy a set if I knew it came with this weapon pictured...


Have you tried putting "Monk's Spade" into your favorite search engine and selecting their image search option? (Ex: Google.)

Otherwise, I don't believe there's a card for one in the Card Game.


You can look through the card list of each set in its product description. In your case, it's neither in an AP nor in the monk class deck, so you're out of luck here.

Scarab Sages

Parody wrote:

Have you tried putting "Monk's Spade" into your favorite search engine and selecting their image search option? (Ex: Google.)

Otherwise, I don't believe there's a card for one in the Card Game.

The name is too generic to get meaningful search results. I have tried in the past, but can't find anything conclusive.

And I'm still new to the card game, so I don't know how to search a database of cards. Is there a site for this?


Weird. Following the link I posted earlier I get multiple rows of results showing a staff with a crescent blade on one end and a shovel-like blade on the other. Just pick your favorite. :)

There's no public database of the cards for the card game, unfortunately. Searching images for "pathfinder adventure card game" "(card name)" can work.

Lone Shark Games

Sorry, we did up a bunch of monk/Jade Regent weapons when working on the monk deck, many of which made it into the class deck, but Monk's Spade was not one of them.


After reading the Wikipedia entry, I'm think it should be a weapon with something like this:

For your combat check, reveal this card to use your Strength, Dexterity, or Acrobatics skill + 1d10. You may additionally discard this card to add another 1d4.
Recharge this card to evade a card with the Animal trait.
Bury this card to recharge one of your buried cards.

Grand Lodge

Jeez-o-flip... Melee, Bludgeoning, and Magic traits?

Scarab Sages

Parody wrote:
Weird. Following the link I posted earlier I get multiple rows of results showing a staff with a crescent blade on one end and a shovel-like blade on the other. Just pick your favorite. :)

I had overlooked your link as a generic link to google's search engine. Sorry about that. Regarding the link, it's nice, but I'm unclear how that weapon is dealing Bludgeoning damage. If that is supposed to be the PFS double weapon with Slashing + Bludgeoning on one end and Slashing + Piercing on the other end. The online descriptions of the Monk's Spade differ greatly from the PFS description. Are they really supposed to be the same weapon?


I suspect the same way you might do Bludgeoning damage with an actual shovel: hit the target with the entire flat side of the shovel-shaped end rather than the bladed edge of it. (For those following along: the Monk's Spade description on the PRD says the spade end does the bludgeoning.)

Aside: Jumping back to Hawkmoon269's suggested stats:

Hawkmoon269 wrote:
Bury this card to recharge one of your buried cards.

Neat, I can break my shovel to get my role card back! Wait...what happens when I draw it? ;)


Hmm... Good point. I don't think "unbury" is an official term. There are a few cards that do let you get back your buried cards. I wonder what happens with buried role cards in those cases.


There's no way to play one, so I suppose it just clogs up your hand. Saying "buried boons" instead of "buried cards" fixes it, though, as would a ruling along the lines of "If a role card would be displayed, recharged, discarded, drawn, or shuffled into a deck from a player's buried cards, instead place it on top of its owner's character card. That player may once again use its powers."

Edit: Take 2 (keeping with the "you can get it back" theme): "If a role card would be removed from a player's buried cards and placed anywhere except back in the box, never place it anywhere except on top of its owner's character card. That player may once again use its powers."

Blah. Precise rule writing for the ACG is annoying. Good thing most of the folks I play with aren't as nitpicky as the folks on the forum. (Yes, I'm on the forum too. :)

Scarab Sages

Parody wrote:
I suspect the same way you might do Bludgeoning damage with an actual shovel: hit the target with the entire flat side of the shovel-shaped end rather than the bladed edge of it. (For those following along: the Monk's Spade description on the PRD says the spade end does the bludgeoning.)

Hmmm... that PRD link's desciption differs from my copy of Ultimate Combat. Perhaps they updated it. Not the first time I've been confused because I lack a current copy of the book.

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