I really like this multicultural pack !!! The Shadow cards will probably counter the most powerful cards of this pack.
That makes me really glad
! Those 2 shadow cards might be Smaug (the target of the conspiration), or enemies they find in the road (Goblins,
Warg minions/Warg possessions,
Warg-riders, Spiders, perhaps Shadow elven followers). I still don't know. Even a weather condition.
I need some high-definition images (>1000x800) to make the cards . Can you give me the link of such images for each card ?
I'll try to upload some movie shots and post the links. Anyway, those images are only suggestions. The idea of using images was to show in a better way whay I was trying to represent.
For Dwarven Shovel, there are really few frames of Nori using it, and all are either dark and a bit blurry (so they need some photoshop work: bright, contrast, sharpness...) or the shovel is shown cut. There are also images of Fili carrying this shovel on his back, when escaping towards Rivendell. Those images are much clearer but sadly don't combine with the "long-term deposit" lore text.
Whose cards you want in 3x and in 2x ?
I still don't know which card will have 3 copies and which only 2. That's completely open to discussion.
A Chance Meeting
Event • Fellowship
Exert Gandalf and Thorin to draw X cards, X is the number of companions you spot.
"'The Dragon of Erebor is on my mind, and I do not think that he will be forgotten by the grandson of Thrór.'"
I make a simpler card, we need now only Gandalf and Thorin to make great project .
OK for the new cost, but not for the effect (Dwarven Shovel draws 3 for a sole exertion).
This Pack needs a strong card to return discarded things to draw deck. Look at the Cloak, the Shovel and the Thirst: they all discard cards from hand. The Shovel also draws cards. So you'll be ditching a lot of your draw deck and when you do that, getting back discarded or used things will bring you much-needed new blood to face late-game threats. I propose this:
A Chance Meeting Exert Gandalf and Thorin and spot X Dwarves to choose one: draw X cards, shuffle X cards from your discard pile into your draw deck, or remove
.
The new twilight cost is
. So you can spot 3 or more Dwarves to remove twilight (paying 2 exertions). Or spot X Dwarves to draw X cards. Or return X things you used and need again (like main deck events) or things you ditched (with Ori, Oin, Shovel, Cloak or Thirst) but now are important to survive.
This card should be able to spot Dwarf followers too, they are an important part of the Company (and you rarely will have more than 3
followers due to Orkish Marauder). If you want to exclude allies, that's fine, can be done by writing "spot X non-ally Dwarves" or "spot X Dwarves (except allies)". This pack doesn't have
allies to spot anyway. And this card can't spot
Roäc (it's
but not a Dwarf).
Dwarven Cloak
Response: If bearer is about to exert, discard this possession to place no token for that exertion.
Maybe a more simple text. The cost of the response ability is a bit too complicated. Maybe a more simple cost ?
We can rewrite that response cost in a longer, more comprehensible text, but the possibility of discarding 2
cards from hand is really important. The cloak must be durable instead of a "use once and destroy" tool; also discarding 2 cards from hand provides cycling, which is one of the goals of the Pack. If we include more words, like "wound token" instead of "token", the card will be much easier to understand:
"
Response: If bearer is about to exert, discard this possession from play (or
discard 2
cards from hand) to place no
wound token for that exertion."
About a simpler cost... we can make instead a simpler effect. We can change "If bearer is about to exert... to place no token for that exertion" to "Each time bearer exerts, you may... to heal bearer" which is much shorter. It would be the same (one doesn't put the wound, the other puts it and removes it immediatly). That way some comprehension is relieved, which players can invest in understanding the cost.
"Each time bearer exerts, you may discard this possession from play (or 2
cards from hand) to heal bearer."
Dwarven Shovel
Ok! Really nice!
. This card's concept started as a joke about Decipher's
Delving and Glóin's words at the Troll Cavern. It started as a classless possession, but a shovel is heavier, harder and sharper than a
Flaming Brand, so hey, it should be a weapon
.
Dwarven Thirst
The effect is more close to Might of Numenor than Hobbit Appetite. But I think it's ok ^^.
Yes, the effect is more like
Might of Numenor, but the concept is based on
Hobbit Appetite (Hobbits eat, Dwarves drink, Elves talk...) with the "add
to heal X wounds" mechanism.
Never Forgave, Never Forgot
Event • Skirmish
Make a character strength +2 and damage +1. You may exert Thorin to attach a follower from your support area to a companion (without paying its aid cost).
"'The fire was red, it flaming spread;
the trees like torches blazed with light.'"
I prefer a much more simple card. And I really want that To Me! O my Kinsfolk! will be still really useful. Most of the time it's one of the last cards during a draft.
It's totally OK to not return a discarded follower. Yes, To me! O my Kinsfolk! needs to conserve its dignity
. But I think this card
might keep the "attach from play" thing, to pass an already attached follower like Bombur, Bifur or Dori from one fight to another (only Bofur can return to support area, like
Gwaihir does). It will portray in a better way the unity and teamwork among these friends in
exile.
Also A Took
I think the replayability of a Free Peoples event is too strong.
The cost of
and 2 Bilbo-exertions is strong too. The strength may be reduced from +3 to +2 to reduce its power. But then it's too weak if played from hand. The cost from hand can be changed from "exert Bilbo" to "spot Bilbo", and the cost from discard to from 1 exertion to exert Bilbo twice.
Also A Took Stealth.Spot Bilbo to make a companion strength
+2 or to take into your hand a
card from your discard pile.
You may exert Bilbo
twice to play this event from your discard pile.
Again, I'm glad that you liked it. I'm working on some ideas for a Site card.