Livre d'Eibon

Livre d'Eibon

If Norman become Body of a Yithian during City of Archives and lose the ability of revealing topdeck (or Stubborn Detective whatever), can he trigger the 2nd ability of Livre d'Eibon ?

Since he no longer knows what card the topdeck is , I suppose he may not trigger it.

Yusaku · 2
Spoiler warning! Doesn't the scenario description says that you have to remove all unique item from your deck? — Tharzax · 1
Spoiler, too! You are both right. There is no "Livre d'Eibon" in this scenario, but should Norman stay a Yithian, I would say, he could not use the second ability, because there are no matching icons on the back side of any card. — Susumu · 372
But I commit the card and it's symbols regardless of the backside. I suppose you can't commit a card, which symbols you don't know. In this case you don't know if you have an eligible test. But if you somehow get to know the top card of your deck and it has matching symbols I would allow to commit it with the livre. So probably consider Alyssa, scrying, SoS etc. — Tharzax · 1
I think, regardless if you know the symbols on the card, as long, as it is face down, the card has no symbols, so should be uncomittable. — Susumu · 372
Wasn't there some faq for committing cards that are attached faced down under cards like Diana, the atlas etc? I think I remember that the answer stated that you can look at them every time and that you can commit them. Therefore I come to the conclusion above. But I couldn't find it. — Tharzax · 1
Cards below Diana can never be committed to a test, only added to her hand due to her elder sign, or played, if she has the "Twilight Blade" in play. However, "Crystallizer of Dreams" allows to commit cards attached facedown to it. It speciffically says "as if they were in your hand", so this might still be a case of the "Golden Rule" not applying to the Livre, but I might also be wrong. Not sure anymore, I stand corrected. — Susumu · 372
After reading the ability again I'm now thinking about resolving it. Assuming I activate it m wwithout the top card of my deck revealed, I got a card with a random symbol I have to commit to the next eligible test. Do I create a lasting effect like the card surprising find? — Tharzax · 1
No, "Surprising Find" says to "put it into play in your play area, then commit it to the next eligible test you perform". While this is a lasting effect, it is also a specific ability on "Surprising Find", that can not be aplied to other cards as a general rule, which don't have the ability printed on the card. — Susumu · 372
Yes, but I think the part with putting it into play is there to get it out of the deck, that's usually shuffled afterwards so you don't know where the card would be. This is clearly defined by livres ability. So I know which card to commit, but not their symbols. Since I have the potential to commit a card and no restrictions except exhaustion I can use the ability. Now you have to resolve as much as you can and if you don't have the right symbols you can't commit the card. You can't resolve this step and nothing more happens. The card goes back on top of your deck. — Tharzax · 1

Cyclopean Hammer

Cyclopean Hammer

Hey Dr. Elli Horowitz, could you hold this for me? My hands are kinda full. Let me just put it on top of my deck first

Aside from the funny Norman Withers combo made easy with Research Librarian; Jim Culver, Gloria Goldberg, Luke Robinson, Marie Lambeau, Zoey Samaras, and Roland Banks are the only investigators who can use both this and Elli without picking up a rather dubious permanent. Some of these investigators are far more likely to be interested in this weapon and ally than others.

Even if they're not struggling for hand slots, considering people run things like Prepared for the Worst, Cyclopean Hammer having access to a similar tutor that cheats the thing directly into play is a pretty serious advantage over other alternatives. It's almost certain there are other relics you might have in your deck you would not mind finding instead.

If you're worried about encounter cards blowing up your hammer, I think you're just a coward. Just don't get hit.

dD_ShockTrooper · 9
Congratulations on the most hyperlinks ever made in any review ever. — Pinchers · 131

Crystallizer of Dreams

Crystallizer of Dreams

An interesting interaction I just happened upon and didn't see mentioned elsewhere: if I'm not mistaken, you should still be able to attach Weakness events to the Crystallizer after playing them! This could be cool tech for builds that go through their deck at least twice per scenario to prevent having to play the Weakness a second time.

Matching weaknesses here: arkhamdb.com arkhamdb.com

thekuhlone · 3
If I'm not wrong, weaknesses events aren't "played" but only drawn, so You can't use them under Crystallizer Of Dreams. — Piegura · 7
Some are played as a usual event like the list shows, but they don't have an effect they only consume actions and ressources. For me it's rather niche since not many owners of the weaknesses have access to the crystallizer and purchasing a versatile seems not worth it. — Tharzax · 1
They are absolutely played. Some of them (Lodge "Debts", Unsolved Cases) are removed from game after playing, and I agree completely, that I would not take Versatile for "Dark Memory", but a Rogue with "Dark Pact" or "Pay Your Due" or an Underprepared Wendy could absolute consider this, if they cycle their deck fast! — Susumu · 372

Mouse Mask

Mouse Mask

Q: Does the Mouse Mask recharge after Luke Robinson triggers the Gate Box which puts into play Dream-Gate: Wondrous Journey? How about when the signature weakness Detached from Reality puts the other Dream-Gate: Pointless Reality into play?
A: Yes to both; in both cases, Dream-Gate is “put into play,” replenishing an offering on Mouse Mask.
Note: Not sure how to add this to the FAQs section above, but this is the official answer I got from FFG.

alpopone · 306
Aaaaaand Luke got stronger - AGAIN! — AlderSign · 310
What happens if another investigator reveals a location ? — Ayoross · 1

Astral Mirror

Astral Mirror

Can I use astral mirror's action to play an item into one of my hand slots with salvage?

No. The ability on Astral Mirror allows you to specifically play an asset into one of your hand slots, and does not allow you to play an event, even if resolving that event would put an asset into one of your hand slots.

Sincerely,

Alex Werner, FFG Game Rules Specialist

dubcity566 · 111