Stella Clark

Summary

Failing a skill test isn't bad for Stella Clark. Her signature ability gives her an extra action after failing and many of her assets and events turn a fail into an advantage.

Rabbit's Foot lets her draw a card while .18 Derringer and Old Keyring don't lose uses when a skill test fails. Events like Grit Your Teeth and Live and Learn give her bonuses.

Overview

• Avoid death:
• Draw cards: Rabbit's Foot, Guts
• Gather clues: Old Keyring, Mysterious Raven, "Look what I found!"
• Handle enemies: .18 Derringer, Dumb Luck
• Mitigate encounters: A Test of Will

Collection

• Revised Core Set
• Stella Clark Investigator Starter Deck

Investigator

Stella Clark, The Letter Carrier Survivor, Chosen. Civic.

• 3 Willpower (), 2 Intellect (), 3 Combat (), 4 Agility ()
• 8 Health, 8 Sanity
• After you fail a skill test: You may take an additional action during your turn this round. (Limit once per round.)
• effect: +1. You may instead choose to automatically fail this skill test to heal 1 damage and 1 horror.

Signature cards

• Skill: Neither Rain nor Snow
• Weakness: Called by the Mists

Deck composition

Assets

Hand:

• .18 Derringer: Fight with +2 . Deal +1 damage. No ammo used after a failed skill test.
  • Combos well with Live and Learn.
• Old Keyring: Investigate with -2 shroud. No uses used after a failed skill test.

Accessory:

• Rabbit's Foot: After you fail a skill test; Draw 1 card.

Ally:

• Granny Orne: +1 . Exhaust to fail by 1 less or 1 more.
  • Helps her trigger "Look what I found!" and Dumb Luck or make a fail by -1 into a fail by 0.
• Mysterious Raven: Discover 1 clue and take 1 horror or soak a horror.

Events

• "Look what I found!": After you fail a skill test; Discover 2 clues after a failed skill test while investigating.
• A Test of Will: Test (3), cancel a treachery card.
• Dumb Luck: After you fail a skill test during Evade; send that enemy back to the encounter deck.
• Emergency Cache: Gain 3 resources.
• Grit Your Teeth: After you fail a skill test; Get +1 to all skills for the rest of the round.
• Live and Learn: After you fail a skill test; Redo this skill test with +2 skill value.
• Lucky!: Get +2 skill value when you would fail a skill test.

Skills

• Guts: , draw 1 card.
• Neither Rain nor Snow: and cancel any retaliate, " if you fail..." or "for each point you fail by...", etc.
• Take Heart: If this skill test fails; Draw 2 cards and gain 2 resources.
• Unexpected Courage: .

Treachery

• Called by the Mists: After you initiate a skill test with a difficulty of 4 or higher; Take 1 damage.

Other considerations

• Grimm's Fairy Tales: After an investigator at your location fails a skill test by 2 or more, exhaust and spend 1 secret: Heal 1 horror from that investigator.
  • Switch for Emergency Cache

Mulligan guide

1. Rabbit's Foot
2. Old Keyring
3. .18 Derringer
4. Take Heart

Upgrade guide

Prio 1

1. 2x .18 Derringer (2) for 2x .18 Derringer
   • 2XP: Fight with +2 and +1 damage. Get +1 after a failed skill test. No ammo used after a failed skill test, +1 ammo,
2. 2x Granny Orne (3) for 2x Granny Orne
   • 3XP: +1 and +1 . Exhaust to fail by 1 less or 1 more.

Prio 2

1. 2x Lucky! (3) for 2x Lucky!
   • 3XP: Get +3 skill value after a failed skill test and draw a card.
2. 2x "Look what I found!" (2) for 2x "Look what I found!"
   • 2XP: After you fail a skill test; Discover 2 clues, from among your location and a connecting location, after a failed skill test while investigating.

Prio 3

• 2x Unexpected Courage (2) for 2x Unexpected Courage
  • 2XP: . Return to hand after a failed skill test.
• 2x Emergency Cache (2) for 2x Emergency Cache
  • 2XP: Gain 3 resources and draw a card.

Other considerations

• 2x Quick Learner (4) (Permanent)
  • 4XP: Make the first skill test more difficult and the third (and fourth) easier.
  • Combos well with "Look what I found!", Grit Your Teeth and Take Heart.
• 1x Charisma (3) (Permanent)
  • 3XP: Use an extra ally.