Finn Is Tired Of Being A Rogue-ish Seeker- Delilah O'Rourke

I was initially going to ask why you don't just use Tony Morgan to fight as a rogue, but then I remembered you don't have Dream-Eaters. I've been playing with Tony recently, and as someone who has loved Roland/Guardians since the game came out, Tony might be my new favorite investigator.

Tony can of course use all of those weapons really well but he doesn't need the as much since he is testing at 7 with any of the +2 weapons. He will definitely be happy for an extra +1 but the extra untested damage should be awesome for him.

Being able to turn Jenny or Finn into a competent fighter again will be a lot of fun. I think they will still make stronger cluegetters since Lola and Lockpicks exist but it will be fun to play.

Tony Morgan and Silas are my two most anticipated investigators that I don't have so I will have a decision to make regarding which expansion to buy next since I only have a 3 remaining mythos packs for TCU to buy. Yes, I could buy Silas's book but I can get an entire main box of an expansion for <$10 more. I really like the Tony Morgan bounty mechanic.

I didn't include Skids in that list because he has access to different Guardian static boosts but now I am thinking of a Skids - Beat Cop - Delilah deck where he could test at a 7 and have a lot of untested damage options available. He could run Switchblade(2) and Blackjack(2) (for multiplayer) or Enchanted Blade to keep costs down and then go heavy into Rogue economy to take extra actions or deal damage with Delilah. Simple cards like Trusted, Inspiring Presence and Reliable could be used. And Lockpicks of course. This could be a really strong True Solo deck.

Note that Finn can also take the Guardian version of .45 Automatic - I think its stronger on him than the rogue weapons if you're using un-mutated Sleight of Hand.

I meant .45 Thompson - not the .45 Automatic.

Whoops

Yes, I keep forgetting about other Illicit cards. Maybe they will add a few more out of class Illicit cards sometime.

Taboo all the way for me but I rather like weapon choices once upgraded with Lockpicks in the other hand. My hope is that Sefina and Finn can go quickly through each scenario.

Hey TWWaterfalls, very nice take on a combat oriented finn!

I especially like the survivor events for combat boost. If you have played it so far, how is Fieldwork doing as combat boost?

In my opinion your economy is too weak for expensive Leo De Luca and regular use of Delilah O'Rourke What is your experience from gameplay regarding this point?

And how is Fence behaving? I have built a fence build with finn and it seemed to be clogy and just too expensive.

Also how did you like Colt Vest Pocket after playtesting?

I want to build a fight oriented Finn for return to dunwich, which will be accompanied by either patrice or ursula.

Im considering 2x Peter Sylvestre 2x Meat Cleaver and 1x Fight or Flight together with Say Your Prayers for defense, althaugh i dont like the cleavers stylewise in finn. That weird idea aside i might need logical reasoning against the terrors.

I also like the idea of taking the Ornate Bow route and loose Lockpicks, and use [Followed(/card/06114) and Eavesdrop for clues and perhaps Narrow Escape to navigate the monsters, where you want them. I could also use Crystallizer of Dreams with all that events.

I would be glad, if you had some suggestions for a dunwich variation, as you can see im spinning a lot of ideas atm. Oh and sry for the brainstorming textwall...

I guess i realky really like Followed and Eavesdrop stylewise with Sneak Attack maybe Small Favor, Delilah O'Rourke and maybe Garrote Wire and Relic Hunter for a syndicate connected Finn. Im leaning to an event heavy Crystallizer of Dreams using combat finn quite a bit atm. Your feedback after playtesting your deck and and any suggestions would be highly apreciated.

So far the results have been good but I couldn't make the Finn/Sefina combo work on TFA Hard so I had to switch to Finn/Ursula. Sefina would have been great but they couldn't gain XP in the first two scenarios. Replayed each a second time and they desperately needed XP.

Ursula is amazing as expected and the biggest benefit is that she is ready to go on Round 1.

The two Survivor events have been really, really strong. Lucky is awesome of course since it is reactive but an entire round of boost is so powerful.

Your comments about the economy are true but they are addressed in the upgrades. Finn was also able to get Lone Wolf back from Sefina. She needed it more but he is the only Rogue now and it is a boost. Pay Day was added in early for additional boost for "Watch this!". This will combo better once Fence is added.

I am still optimistic that Fence will be worth it. I think I have 13 Illicit cards in the deck now. That should result in a lot of actions or resources saved.

Fieldwork results are inconclusive. It didn't get used much since it was only a 1x card and Ursula took it when I started the campaign with her. I think it would work well since Finn can move to a location and use his free action to evade an enemy.

Finn has struggled with his being high enough since cards are split between boosting his and splitting both or . Now that Delilah O'Rourke is in the deck that has helped.

Another struggle he had in the first couple of scenarios was getting Lucky Cigarette Case or Pickpocketing into play. His economy was great yet and he often didn't have actions to play an asset that might help in the future. They were taken out but Pickpocketing 2 might come back.

Colt Vest Pocket was fine. It was a backup weapon and I played the Derringer or his trusty .38 every chance I had. It has now been upgraded to the Lupara.

I have run Ornate Bow with Finn before and I didn't like it. It works well but losing Lockpicks is a huge blow. I do not like Followed or Eavesdrop in this deck or with Delilah O'Rourke. Lockpicks will usually test at an 8-10 skill level so almost the only time that you will fail will be with . Followed is situational (need an enemy) and Eavesdrop will end up testing as a 4 vs a 2 or 3 evade value. Those aren't good odds. That improves a little with Lola Santiago but I don't like to be testing (on Hard mode) at +2 or even +3 if I can help it. I think there is a combo there with Ornate Bow, Lola, Followed and Small Favor that would work well but not my first choice.

Garrote Wire is an interesting option with Delilah O'Rourke, Small Favor, Hatchet Man, Cheap Shot and a few other events cards. Not all of those combo off of each other but you could set up a fighting deck with very few guns.

I think a large part of Finn and Ursula's success so far is that Finn is the fighter (Ursula has a Bow) and he can grab a nearly autopass clue most rounds. They have finished 4 rounds ahead of the agenda in two of the four scenarios.

Regarding Finn and Dunwich I think you will really have to commit to combat Finn to make it work with Ursula or Patrice. And things were already dicey with this build that leaned heavily on Fight or Flight and Lucky! for combat. Peter Sylvestre is a great Finn card but I don't know how you are going to pass combat tests early in the campaign without something to buff his often.

Thx for your in depth feedback! I agree with many of your points.

I remember Waylay to be very strong in dunwich and would take it together with Backstab if going the Peter Sylvestre route.

I think Followed may be synergizing well with Delilah O'Rourke and Eavesdrop too and i really like them stylewise, a pity they are so situational. Both would be much more reliable with Dr. Milan Christopher instead of peter. And i agree that i dont have the deckspace for this together with ursula or patrice.

Iam leaning towards Peter Sylvestre with [Lockpicks] after your comments and maybe Crystallizer of Dreams(/card/03031) I also would bring Coup de Grâce and maybe Small Favor for this pesky Whippoorwill and they both provide suitable boosts for the guns in a pinch.

Actually i like your aproach a lot, i just think, that Peter Sylvestre and at least 1 Logical Reasoning are needed for defense in dunwich, compared to TFA.

These are all good choices for Finn but you seem to be way over 15 cards. You may as well just go with Delilah O'Rourke and event type damage and ignore the guns. I have wanted to play Crystallizer of Dreams but don't have that expansion yet. It might allow you to hit 6+ regularly but this deck seems to be doing too many things and won't be consistent.

I think a Mystic like Akachi would be the perfect option to play with Finn. She can use Ward of Protection(2) and Finn can use "You handle this one!". She can also use 1x Clarity of Mind to help Finn out late campaign with horror. I think Finn was actually okay with Horror in Dunwich once he had 4 allies in his deck. That provided a lot of soak.