Scavenging

I think that one of the most obvious uses here are not written. Ashcan Pete and Wendy Adams. Both discarding cards to use their abilites and can get them back for free.

I count it for free because for example with Pete+Duke you will be investigating anyway. When you have enough items to rotate. You can play Duke 2 times almost every turn after you have everything in play set up with this combo.

atilak · 13
Another Day, Another Dollar

Not much going on this card for review purposes.... Let me get it in then:

Pros:

1) Tempo: you start the game quicker, effectively like an automatic Emergency Cache (no action to get 2 resources), rather than 1 action to get 3. Decks running expensive cards like Leo De Luca can play him straight out of the hand, without losing tempo by getting resources first.

2) Choices choices: It is permanent so doesn't take up a card slot, so you don't have to choose between sacrificing your favourite cards.

3) Investigator/campaign/scenario dependent: It could be an option if you choose to go through The Forgotten Age without getting many rations: you'll be less affected when you start a scenario with fewer resources. Could have a niche role to play in an expensive Lola Hayes deck.

Cons: In the Rogue deck there are generally much better options around, i can't think of many times i'd want to spend 3xp for this card over a Hot Streak or just saving up for Double, Double or The Gold Pocket Watch. Late in the game, most Rogue decks will have ways of getting resources.

One question though, does Preston Fairmont get these extra resources in his resource pool or on Family Inheritance? My take is that they would be in his resource pool.

Phoenixbadger · 198
This card does not cause Preston to "gain" resources, so they would just be in his pool to start. — pneuma08 · 26
Finn can't take the higher level rogue cards you mention, so maybe it'd have a niche for him to supplement Pickpocketing 2/Drawing Thin/w/e late in the day in an exp-rich campaign? Beyond that , it's consistent and predictable , I guess.... — bee123 · 31
I like this more than Hot Streak most of the time because the resources dont have to be “drawn” and help your initial set up. Right now this card’s really only outclasses imo by Easy Mark, which is just ridiculously good tempo. — StyxTBeuford · 13028
Drawing can also counted as an action, so another advantage over emergency cache. — Django · 5108
Any rogue who intends to hard mulligan for Leo de Luca will want this card. Getting Leo out on turn one without needing to draw resources affects your tempo for the entire game. — Time4Tiddy · 246
Well you could also spend 2 XP instead of 3 XP to get 2 Level 1 Leo de Luca if playing it straight on turn 1 is all you want. — Killbray · 12063
Survival Knife

One part of this card that might not be obvious at first glance is that if your counterattack defeats the enemy, it effectively prevents the enemy attack from resolving, unlike the level 0 Survival Knife. Besides this, the timing change also allows you to counterattack, then respond with other effects like Dodge if your attack does not destroy the enemy. This seems especially tempting with Diana Stanley who likes using cancel effects. With the +2 combat bonus, this card is a definite consideration for many investigators. In comparison, the nerfed Machete costs the same XP, gives only +1 combat bonus, and has the potentially dangerous limitation of doing less damage when you are engaged with more enemies. If all of the attacks hit, survival knife does 5 damage versus 6 for machete. Timeworn Brand is usually superior, but the 5 XP and 5 resource cost are limiting. Importantly, a Survival Knife complements other weapons and other copies of itself by increasing the total damage done in a turn. 2 survival knives can do 7 damage in one turn. Overall, with the good combat bonus, low cost, synergy with itself and other weapons, and lack of drawback, I think this is probably the most broadly useful weapon for guardians at below level 3. I’m excited to use this card, especially with Diana.

jmmeye3 · 629
How good is this for solo Guardians? — 13rock · 1
I think another underappreciated aspect of this card is it's potential to protect you from enemies hunting. Many campaigns have Hunter enemies with 1-2 health that can occasionally be troublesome if they're chasing the investigators around. With Survival Knife (2), you have the potential to let them hunt into the Guardian and die before they have a chance to attack — DigitalAgeHermit · 24
@13 rock: True! That can save you actions, too! — jmmeye3 · 629
oops early post. #13rock: I think it's as good for solo as it is for teams. @DigitalAgeHermit: Yes indeed! — jmmeye3 · 629
Though you can't use it with many investigators currently, this weapons combos incredibly well with survivor's Stunning Blow. If you commit SB to the test during the enemy phase and the 2 damage is not enough to kill the enemy, it will effectively exhaust the enemy before it attack, thus preventing it's attack. It will refresh directly afterward, but you avoided the attack and got a sneaky 2 damage in. It's only possible in Zoey, Tommy, Yorrick, and Lola right now. — soakman · 37
It's also worth mentioning that this version is now effective against enemies that only deal horror. — mahercbeaucoup · 1
An excellent side weapon for a second (or third, or both third and fourth since it exhausts) hand(s). Makes for a reliable basic attacks saving ammo and charges on 1HP foes AND, if you're savvy, works wonders in that whole action economy thing. — Fovar · 22
Get this on Dianela somehow. Kill like a maniac. — MrGoldbee · 1471
Whitton Greene

Whitton Greene suffers from the same problem as Jake Williams, in that (depending on the scenario) it can be hard to trigger her reaction consistently. And if you want to benefit from her boost, you need to be confident of finding a Tome or Relic on one of those (infrequent) searches, or drawing one by other means.

But! All is not lost! There's one investigator who can put a new location into play whenever he pleases, and who starts the game with a Relic in play: Luke Robinson!

Granted, an -focused Luke deck is probably never going to be as strong as a proper deck (or a -focused Luke deck), but I think this will be a fun pairing nevertheless. :-D

Nice catch! Whitton should be very good for an intellect focused Luke. I think you could get Luke up to a decent int stat if you wanted to. With Whitton and 2 Cameras or Mag Glasses he could be at 6, which is very respectable. I think there is a substantial benefit to not having to find a spell in order to start investigating. — Zinjanthropus · 229
Also, note that Whitton (2) boosts both int and wp — Zinjanthropus · 229
Narcolepsy

what is the consequence of drawing this mid-turn? do I just lose all remaining actions even if another player wakes me up on their turn? This got drawn in the middle of using Blood Rite so do i get to finish that action? what is the order of operations in that event?

Roakana · 1
You have already taken the action and played the card to activate Blood Rite. Nothing about Narcolepsy prevents you from finishing the resolution of Blood Rite. You don't technically 'lose all remaining actions', but you can't use them anymore so you're pretty much stuck just ending your turn and wasting them. Technically if your friend has Swift Reflexes, they could take an action to wake you up in the middle of your turn and then you could keep going. — Death by Chocolate · 1485
Brutal weakness for Amanda Sharpe. You're praying to draw this in upkeep or you stand a pretty good chance of losing a whole turn with her Forced. — TheTrueEpicureInTheTerrible · 1
@ZeeZeeZilla I'm not so sure. Her Forced states "At the start of the investigation phase", not "At the start of your turn", so even if you do draw it because of it, it still happens before any investigator acts, so you can get rid of it in the exact same way as you would if you drew it during upkeep: you let your buddies go first. If you're all split up or they're otherwise occupied and no-one can come wake you up it would've happened wheter you drew it at the end of the round or at the start of the next, no? — tinybreeder · 22