Finally a 5xp Survivor Card and WOW What a Card!!

Perfect Target to use is obviously Resourceful to use it multiple times per Round. Gumption or Brute Force are insane too.

Turns from Silas Marsh can already be very crazy. This Card might get him to S Tier Levels.

Another Investigator can use it Gift with Scroll of Secrets to get your card back from the bottom of your Deck immediately. I use Resourceful to get my Lucky! 3 back to my Hand and have it every turn. The 3rd Card of Fortuitous Discovery is another good target for example. Neither Rain nor Snow as mentioned. The list is almost endless what to get back.

I guess we will see a taboo nerf on this Combo (like the nerf to Scavenging) in a later time. But the Problem with Combo is might not be Gift of Nodens, its maybe more Resourceful. Something like 1x Resourceful per Round or the Card from Gift of Nodens gets shuffled back into the Deck, rather then on the Bottom of the Deck. So play it while its hot. :)

Quite possibly one of the best investigation tools in the game right now. Not only does it have built-in skill boost and clue compression like Fingerprint Kit, but also come with three traits that already have a ton of support and synergies. Here are some of them I personally found interesting:

Item Synergies

• This is a very competitive investigation tool for Bob Jenkins even when pitted against Thieves' Kit or Lockpicks (1).
• Can be tutored with Backpack (and its upgrade).
• Throw it, bash someone over the head with it or crack boxes with it at +3. Unconventional Method + Nautical Charts can be overkill though, unless you're playing 3-player and want to get clues in multiples of 3 is more a novelty though, since you can usually achieve the net +2 boost through less destructive means (see below).
• Skill boost with Jury-Rig or Reliable. You can potentially get a lot of mileage out of the latter.

Tome Synergies

• It's an eligible target for The Raven Quill. Interwoven Ink is especially interesting as the on Nautical Charts is not limited by uses (compared to Grim Memoir which uses secrets for example).
• Double tap with Abigail Foreman.
• Full tutor with the Quill's Supernatural Record or Research Librarian. Also Whitton Greene.
• Throw it, this time to fight, at +3.
• +2 boost with Sleuth and Mystic Vane from the Quill.

Tool Synergies

• Wilson Richards can test at 5 at the very least and the charts is a valid target for Ad Hoc.
• Tool Belt, Tinker or Scientific Studies Grant to hold it. (Also Detective's Colt 1911s if Joe somehow got his hands on one of these)
• Fine Tuning to use it twice, though two discards a turn can be a little hard to keep up with.
• Pushed to the Limit to recur in a pinch if you dropped both in the discard and missed the Scavenging test to get one back.
• Nose to the Grindstone and Crafty for further +2 boosts.

Nautical Charts is perfectly serviceable as the Survivor's answer to Fingerprint Kit (0), but it has immense potential to get better and you'll be rewarded with a tool that can last you the entire campaign if you take the effort to build around it.

Quick question, how does this boy interact with the crystallizer of dreams? If you can use the crystallizer to commit cards as if they were in your hand, can bestow resolve tell that you're not actually committing them from hand?

Best way to prevent instant death :

: Orphic Theory (1xp)

: Delay the Inevitable (0xp)

: Alter Fate (1 or 3xp) or Devil's Luck (1xp)

: Deny Existence (0xp)

: nothing trivial, maybe Cheat Death (5xp)

Orphic Theory allows you to ignore the card text before it triggers. Use it within your investigation phase then draw the last cards of your deck. Beyond the Veil won't trigger, meaning it will stay in your threat area. But you're temporarily safe.

Delay the Inevitable can only be played during your turn so be cautious. Play it then draw the last cards so it will trigger immediately. Then your discard pile is shuffled into your deck during upkeep phase, before you have a chance to draw it again (and die instantly).

Alter Fate: same thing, use it during your turn then draw the last card(s). The 3 xp version won't cost an action. Devil's Luck is more efficient, but it will cost you 1 xp each time it is used if you want it back (unless you bought Déjà Vu).

Wanted to add that this card is worth reconsidering now that we have Marion Tavares. You can use her ability to make Bolas draw one card, evading with her 4 Combat instead of 3 Agility is great, and you can commit her signature! Also Its a good placeholder to upgrade into Sweeping Kick once you get XP.

So yeah its nice to see this card have another home.