Return to the Paths of the Dead - Abandoning All Reason

[DáinIronfoot]

Sudden Attack
Event • Skirmish
Scour 3 cards to make an minion strength +2 for each Shadow card you scour.

"...scoured in this way" might be better.

Sudden Onslaught
Event • Response
Return - remove 2 threats.
If an minion wins a skirmish, you may scour 6 cards to make each minion fierce until the regroup phase. Add a threat for each twilight card scoured in this way.

NOW you've got the wording down. Make sure to bold fierce, though. I'd also give the return some other mechanism, since this could easily add those threats (and more) right back.

MAYBE could cost .

Savage Warg
Possession • Mount
Strength: +1
Vitality: +1
Return -
Bearer must be an Orc.
When you play this possession, exhaust bearer. Bearer cannot be healed. Bearer gains enduring 1.
If bearer is killed, remove this possession from the game.

I'd remove the bit about healing, since it DOES actually hurt you a bit to heal. I'd also strongly recommend limiting the strength of Orcs that can bear this, as with the original mounts. Perhaps limit it to Orcs with strength 10 or less.

[Anvar]

An odd card for today. The idea is twofold - to give you a way and a reason for discarding your Orcs in the regroup phase, but only if the FP still have the option of the double move. Secondly, this is a card designed to be played over and over again with Return, though with a high cost.

Rising Danger
Event • Regroup
Return - discard an minion.
Spot an minion to add a threat.
If the fellowship has moved more than once this turn, remove this card from the game.

[lem0nhead]

Refresh my memory when does return get used and i thought it was returned to your hand, or does it go straight into play?

[Anvar]

Return means play from your discard pile as if from hand.

Anvar

[lem0nhead]

O ok in that case its fine, probably shouldnt even cost 1.

[sickofpalantirs]

I've realised that once again I don't have enough minions for this culture, having only 7 (3 that recycle Wraith cards, and 4 that like being discarded). I guess I find designing non-named creatures rather boring. I'll have to give it a bit of thought.

Anyway, here are some more cards for you today, mostly based around the scour mechanic (though we will get back to discarding orcs properly soon):

Sudden Attack
Event • Skirmish
Scour 3 cards to make an minion strength +2 for each Shadow card scoured in this way.
maybe and do something for each freeps card?

Sudden Onslaught
Event • Response
Return - remove 2 threats.
If an minion wins a skirmish, you may scour 6 cards to make each minion fierce until the regroup phase. Add a threat for each twilight card scoured in this way.
I would cut cost to 2...compared to siege engines...i think is what its called

Savage Warg
Possession • Mount
Strength: +1
Vitality: +1
Return -
Bearer must be an Orc with strength 10 or less.
When you play this possession, exhaust bearer. Bearer gains enduring 1.
If bearer is killed, remove this possession from the game.

fine

[Anvar]

Ok, last two cards and we're done with the Orcs. The first is just a generally useful possession, especially if you've maxed out on threats. The second is designed to be used with the discarding orcs.

Orcish Whip
Possession • Hand Weapon
Bearer must be an minion.
Bearer is strength +1 for each threat you can spot.

Abandon All Reason
Event • Shadow
Discard X minions from play to draw X cards.

[sickofpalantirs]

shouldn't it be discard X orc minions from play to draw X cards?

[menace64]

I don't like the title of the second card (for obvious previous-usage reasons). Maybe something like All Laid Waste or Pitted.

[Thranduil]

An odd card for today. The idea is twofold - to give you a way and a reason for discarding your Orcs in the regroup phase, but only if the FP still have the option of the double move. Secondly, this is a card designed to be played over and over again with Return, though with a high cost.

Rising Danger
Event • Regroup
Return - discard an minion.
Spot an minion to add a threat.
If the fellowship has moved more than once this turn, remove this card from the game.

I think this card should be free or not be removed from the game - removing (or maybe ) in the regroup is normally enough of a cost to prevent abuse of a card like this, but if it's going to be removed then you should get it for free.

No other problems.

Thranduil

[DáinIronfoot]

Nothing new to add, really. They look good to me.

[lem0nhead]

Orcish Whip
Possession • Hand Weapon
Bearer must be an minion.
Bearer is strength +1 for each threat you can spot.

Fair enough though could get REALLY silly.

Abandon All Reason
Event • Shadow
Discard X minions from play to draw X cards.

Cool but seeing as it triggers off some really nasty minion abilites shouldnt it cost 2?