[AotA] Expansion PVE cards discussion and feedback

This thread is for testers to discuss and feedback pve based cards from the AotA expansion. Also, cards listed are not final and will be subjected to dev changes and balances. That's what this thread is for: playtesting, brainstorming combos, breaking stuff, feedback etc.

Kindly refrain from posting meta predictions, half-truths, untested conclusions, essay length whines etc... Thanks.

Positioning Move -> not from this expansion, still new tho.
Maze of the Mind
Poison Blowdart
Numbing Blowdart
Vegetable Parts
Fireproof Charm
Mighty Charge
Mad Dog
Heat Treatment
Psychic Barrage
Beam of Hate
Ancient Statue
Barrier of Hate
Hemorrhage
Tongue Lash
Tongue Grab
Sticky Spittle
Tongue Storm
Scaberous Skin
Cut
Corrosive Touch
Troll Regeneration
Paralytic Poison
Mental Flensing
Psychic Blast
Mind Munch
Brainhook
Totem Charge
Totem Blast
Punishing Beam
Punishing Bludgeon
Sneaky Bloodsuck
Flurry of Steel

 

I've yet to see the AI use Numbing Blowdart on my party. Has anyone had the same experience ?

 

Didn't see any played when I played through the expansion. The other kind of dart, yes, but not Numbing as far as I can recall.

 

I cant think of the name, but there's a new card that get's played when you opponent plays a move card within 5 squares, it allows you to position the character moving. The unber hulk things play them.

Very mean card. You don't normally see it, and there's not much to play around. The AI is smart enough to position you onto lava as much as possible.

 

Added Maze of the Mind to OP, thanks.

Is Numbing Blowdart hereby removed from expansion or simply replaced by a) new card ? b) existing card ?
What card would fit the theme and still make the Pygmys challenging ? Penetrating Blowdart ? Wounding Blowdart ? Obliterating Blowdart ?

 

Dulla injects psychic spores into Azulkhrum's brain!
Azulkhrum blocked with Parry.
Mental Flensing was cancelled.

Were psychic attacks in traditional dnd considered as melee ? Cos Brainhook is magic psychic. I find it a trifle weird being able to parry a mental attack alto it is indeed range 1. Magic Psychic at range 1 maybe ?

 

I took it to mean that it's a psychic attack that requires your opponent to physically touch you before injecting the pysch-affecting bits?

 

erm, Touch of Death is magic attack. Maybe, the touch here does not reach the skin ?

 

Touch of Death being magic always felt weird to me. It's either a touch or it isn't!!

 

It is. It's a penetrating magical touch. Like a TASER glove, only more so.

 

There is something I don't get. Was Dissolve Armor so boken that you had to make a weaker version of it? (Melt Armor does the exact same thing but with half the range and is rare while Dissolve Armor is common)

 

You can get 3 copies of Melt Armor on a tokenless item without drawbacks. Which seems to be the entire point, since the card doesn't appear anywhere else.

 

Oh I see. Guess it has been designed especially for helping newcomers with the classic lvl 7 adventures. Thanks for the clarification.

 

Question. Melt Armor says "immediately" and it discards the armor card in question before damage.
Dissolve Armor doesn't say "immediately," but it discards the armor card in question before damage. Is Dissolve Armor WAI?

 

Cave In and Rockfall funny interaction with Sparkling Cloth Armor. If you take damage from Cave In, SCA will allow the char to run 3 before applying the terrain. If due to extra armor, the total dam is 0... SCA does not proc and the char is left standing in rocks.