Tbh, I'm kinda glad some of these cards weren't spoiled far in advance. Wow--some really cool cards. As a whole, I like that the player cards in Hemlock will offer plenty of new deck ideas without being overpowered (yes, I realize there are exceptions). Bless and Curse getting love is great. Thanks, Justin!
Cleaning kit has some pretty cool synergy with ornate bow as well and I haven't seen much discussion about it. It makes it so you can fire the bow off multiple times in a row to take down bigger enemies, which is one of the big weaknesses of the bow.
Upgraded Rod of Carnagos seems great, just the fact that as a free action it can kill a cultist anywhere on the map by grabbing scarlet rot and can easily go up in value from there
For Sister Mary there is some nice new toys coming in this set. I have only played her one time at level zero for Dunwich's bar opening. Maybe some day I will get around to playing her in a full campaign with some these new cards!
I think the higher experience cost on Blessed Blade is balanced. Doesn’t remove blessed tokens, and option to add them. You will probably leave the chaos bag in equal or better state than start of your turn.
Am I the only one who feels this expansion will be ground-breaking? Not in an overreaction way, like everything is very powerful, but in a card pool way. We got, parley archetype, rogue final touch on rogue hybrid, bless and cursed became complete, fighter survivor got a huge push, event mystic got a huge push. Also maybe seeds of a "succeed by set amount archetype" were planted? The past two expansions have been a hit and miss IMO, you got customizable and multi class. Those were the archetypes. Before that bless and curse, but I never felt like that was finished. So you have to go back to Dream eaters (if even that) for similar impact.
@@Yrevnoc Not sure where my reply went so here we go again. I disagree on a few of those, but fair point. Healer seeker, Doom mystic, Clue dropping is an archetype. Good points.
@@TheShanicpower Yea, and its great, but I wouldn't call it an archetype, with one build. But that might be me. There might be other "archetypes" that don't really have diversity.
You're the first person I've seen/heard be positive about flurry of blows. General concensus online is that it's a poor value card that no-one wants to use, because you could just use 2 Galvanises instead for less than half the vp. I see what they're saying, though I guess FoB on just one card, not two, so it's a more efficient combo?
Wow, lots of new deck build in hemlock box 🎉: Parley, Weapon Estafet, Exact Number, BlessCurse Balance, Double Action, BondedCard Festival😂 I guess this Hemlock Investigator will be High Rank Box in term of value❤
So we can now automatically succeed and automatically fail at the same time? With the Wish and an elder sign like Daniela's or Wendy's? I mean I guess it was possible before with things that make you resolve several tokens, but it's a lot easier now.
6 Attacks in one turn with with Lily Chen with body of balance discipline? 7 with a Galvanize? 8 With a Hand Eye coordination? Double that if you have both copies of each in your hand? Add in another one if you're using Butterfly Swords? 11 Attacks in one turn?
It should. Wording are a bit ambiguous; I would prefer (without paying any -> cost) or (with a discount of -> per fight action), but current wording look more like the first one.
Tbh, I'm kinda glad some of these cards weren't spoiled far in advance. Wow--some really cool cards. As a whole, I like that the player cards in Hemlock will offer plenty of new deck ideas without being overpowered (yes, I realize there are exceptions). Bless and Curse getting love is great. Thanks, Justin!
Cleaning kit has some pretty cool synergy with ornate bow as well and I haven't seen much discussion about it. It makes it so you can fire the bow off multiple times in a row to take down bigger enemies, which is one of the big weaknesses of the bow.
Yeah, that is a really nice synergy. I've been brewing up a deck idea where that is the plan and having a fun time with the idea.
Upgraded Rod of Carnagos seems great, just the fact that as a free action it can kill a cultist anywhere on the map by grabbing scarlet rot and can easily go up in value from there
Eyes of Valusa/Blade of Yoth seems fun. I'm not sure how good it is, but a snake necklace that transforms into a sword is dope.
For Sister Mary there is some nice new toys coming in this set. I have only played her one time at level zero for Dunwich's bar opening. Maybe some day I will get around to playing her in a full campaign with some these new cards!
I think the higher experience cost on Blessed Blade is balanced. Doesn’t remove blessed tokens, and option to add them. You will probably leave the chaos bag in equal or better state than start of your turn.
Am I the only one who feels this expansion will be ground-breaking? Not in an overreaction way, like everything is very powerful, but in a card pool way.
We got, parley archetype, rogue final touch on rogue hybrid, bless and cursed became complete, fighter survivor got a huge push, event mystic got a huge push. Also maybe seeds of a "succeed by set amount archetype" were planted?
The past two expansions have been a hit and miss IMO, you got customizable and multi class. Those were the archetypes. Before that bless and curse, but I never felt like that was finished. So you have to go back to Dream eaters (if even that) for similar impact.
The last expansions had Support Guardian, Healer Seeker, Doom Mystic, Big Money Rogue, Clue Dropping, Test at Zero, Dilemmas, Synergy,
@@Yrevnoc Not sure where my reply went so here we go again.
I disagree on a few of those, but fair point. Healer seeker, Doom mystic, Clue dropping is an archetype. Good points.
Test at 0 got huge support in Scarlet Keys.
@@TheShanicpower Yea, and its great, but I wouldn't call it an archetype, with one build. But that might be me. There might be other "archetypes" that don't really have diversity.
ive hardly ever seen people use clue dropping as an archetype, and test at zero i've only seen used with Darrell@@Yrevnoc
They should be sending you a free early copy the amount of content you produce for the game!
Well….the first thing I need to see from this is a Cursula deck 😮
Second wind is a Mark Harrigan upgrade
So with Task Force, could you use the ---> ---> ---> action of upgraded Sledgehammer for ---> ---> instead of 3?
The consensus at the table for me is only for single actions.
Blessed Blade Level 4 gives me indescribable rage.
You're the first person I've seen/heard be positive about flurry of blows.
General concensus online is that it's a poor value card that no-one wants to use, because you could just use 2 Galvanises instead for less than half the vp.
I see what they're saying, though I guess FoB on just one card, not two, so it's a more efficient combo?
Wow, lots of new deck build in hemlock box 🎉:
Parley, Weapon Estafet, Exact Number, BlessCurse Balance, Double Action, BondedCard Festival😂
I guess this Hemlock Investigator will be High Rank Box in term of value❤
The artwork on Flurry of Blows is awesome. Too bad it can't combo with sledgehammer, but it can with cyclopean hammer and turn an enemy into paste.
So we can now automatically succeed and automatically fail at the same time? With the Wish and an elder sign like Daniela's or Wendy's?
I mean I guess it was possible before with things that make you resolve several tokens, but it's a lot easier now.
Father Mateo got punked!
Thank you for the head’s up…Just took a look at the non-guardian ones. Experienced version of Dark Horse looks like a very cool card.
That cleaning kit looks juicy
Thanks for the first look!
6 Attacks in one turn with with Lily Chen with body of balance discipline? 7 with a Galvanize? 8 With a Hand Eye coordination? Double that if you have both copies of each in your hand? Add in another one if you're using Butterfly Swords? 11 Attacks in one turn?
The dream:
Body of Balance> Sweeping Kick (1) / One Two Punch (1) / Butterfly Swords (2). 10 Damage
Galvanize x 2 > Butterfly Swords (4) again. 5 Damage only exhausting swords once.
Hand Eye Coordination x 2 > Butterfly Swords (4) 4 Damage.
Flurry of Blows > Butterfly Swords (6 ) 6 Damage
Possible Vicious Blows, Enchant Weapon, or Strong Arms
18 Fight Actions ,30+ Damage, 11 Resources Spent,
And 19 xp
When is the exact release date
next friday.
Flurry of blow with a Sledge hammer = 4 free actions!
it doesnt work with sledgehammer
It should. Wording are a bit ambiguous; I would prefer (without paying any -> cost) or (with a discount of -> per fight action), but current wording look more like the first one.