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Hermit Ascetic

human ∙ warlock ∙ wizard

When you become Exalted or Blessed from an Encounter card, make a MAG Test & if you pass, gain 1 Luck󰀣

+1 󰀆 | +3 󰀰 | +4 󰀣

High Alchemist

human ∙ scholar ∙ wizard

When you gain a status condition when you already have two or more, gain 1 Luck󰀣.

+10 󰀆 | +5 󰀰 | +4 󰀣

High Alchemist

The life of an alchemist is lonely, spent studying ancient tomes in the company of ancient alchemists. The High Alchemist felt chained to the old books because she was. She would be chained to an old book until she finished it. Then she would be chained to another book. She had been chained to books since she could read & the old alchemists around her were chained to them as well. The High Alchemist was tired of working tirelessly at the beck & call of the Empire, locked away with the other alchemists, devising new ways for the Empire to use this archaic mixture of science & magic to continue to assert their dominance over the land. To escape this life of total servitude she started to explore the endless expanses of interior worlds using her own mixture of strange chemicals. Her Higher Alchemist supervisor found her nodded out & she was thrown in the dungeon to rot.

Highway Robber

human ∙ rogue ∙ hunter

When you draw an Ally or Item while Looting on a Path or Road, make a MRL Test & if you pass, gain 1 Luck󰀣

+4 󰀆 | +5 󰀰 | +3 󰀣

There is also a Law monster High Alchemist.

Found in

Dirty Deeds

Home

The Watchtower

The crumbling walls surrounding this stone tower once defended the borders of the Würstreich from the Golbins & lost tribes of the Wasteland. It now serves as a gathering place for bandits & guildsmen, frequently changing hands as allegiances shift & the factions of the North struggle for dominance.

Start setup

Astral Herb

Discard this card & roll an orange & purple die. Gain the listed Status Conditions for each die result. If you have the Dopesmoker skill you may reroll any single die.

: Exalted
: Blessed
: Focused
: Invigorated

: Suppressed
: Demoralized
: Blinded
: Weakened

If the Status Conditions cancel each other out, instead become Detained.

Water Pipe

When you use an Herb, each adventurer in your party may use the Herb before discarding the Herb card.

Astral Projection

You may use MAG when Exploring (instead of PER). If you pass, you may place an Explored󰀦 counter on any adjacent space.

Space Case

Sometimes, the burden of making a decision is just too much.
When the party draws a 'Your current space' Danger card, you must pass a MAG Test or become Fatigued. If you fail on doubles, become Detained.

Recommended skills

Transmute

Discard an Item & make a MAG Test. If you pass, you gain GP󰀆 equal to that Item's cost.

Other available battle skills

Counteract

Before resolving Arrival Abilities at the start of a fight make a PER Test. Attach this card to any monster targeting you with XP󰀰 VAL lower than or equal to {PER Test}.

If this card is attached to a monster, its ATT is 0 & it loses any Arrival abilities.

If this card is attached to a monster during the Establish Targets step or if you or the attached monster leaves the fight for any reason, return this card to your hand.

Dominate

COMBAT ACTION:
Make a PER Test. If you pass, inflict damage equal to your lowest single die to target monster (not Ooze or Swarm or has Ghostly). If you inflict damage greater than the monster's XP󰀰 val, they become Dazed.

Find Weakness

COMBAT ACTION:
Make a PER Test. If you pass, attach this card to target monster (place this card on that monster's card).

Attacks inflict +1 damage against the attached monster.

Return this card to your hand at the end of the fight, or at the end of the combat round if the attached monster is removed from the fight.

Illusory Double

QUICK ACTION:
If it is the first round of a fight, roll D6 for each monster targeting you. If you roll a 5 or higher, that monster attacks your duplicate & inflicts no damage on you.

This Skill has no effect on Void monsters.

Magic Missile

ATTACK:
PER (RANGE)

Misdirection

If this card is attached to a monster during the Establish Targets step, you may choose that monster's target.

Return this card to your hand if you or the attached monster leaves the fight for any reason.

This Skill has no effect on monsters that target ALL.

QUICK ACTION:
Choose a target monster & make an AGI or MAG Test. If you pass & your highest single die is equal to or greater than the target's XP󰀰 VAL, place this card on the target.

Mist Form

You may use MAG to Escape (in place of AGI).

COMBAT ACTION:
Make a MAG Test. If you pass, monsters cannot inflict Wounds󰀄 on you this round unless they are Void or Ghostly.

Mystic Shield

COMBAT ACTION:
If there are no counters on this card, place {MAG Test} Wound󰀄 counters on this card.

While there are counters on this card, if you would take a Wound󰀄, you may remove a Wound󰀄 from this card instead.

Remove all counters from this card at the end of the fight, or if you become Stunned or Suppressed.

Provoke

QUICK ACTION:
If you are not being targeted this round, attach this card to a monster in your space (place this card on that monster's card).

The attached monster must target you during the Establish Targets step.

Return this card to your hand at end of fight, or at the end of a round if the attached monster is removed from the fight or Provoked by another adventurer.

Psychic War

QUICK ACTION:
Make a MAG test. If you pass, become Suppressed to inflict Piercing damage equal to the lowest single die to any monster targeting you. If you fail, become Stunned until the end of the round. On doubles (pass or fail), lose 1 XP󰀰.

Repulsion

When you use an Unarmed Strike Attack, do not halve your Power dice.

Shock Wave

COMBAT ACTION:
Make a MAG Test. If you pass, inflict damage equal to your lowest single die on each monster targeting you.

Sixth Sense

You are immune to Ambush.

Adventurers in your party add +1 to their PER while they Test against Ambush.

Slippery

QUICK ACTION:

If it is the first round of a fight, choose a target monster & make an AGI or PER Test.

If you pass & your highest single die is equal to or greater than the target's XP󰀰 VAL, reassign the monster to another adventurer, based on its target attribute.

This skill has no effect on monsters that target ALL.

Sneak Attack

QUICK ACTION:
If it is your first turn after entering a fight, you may roll an additional Power die when you use an AGI or PER Attack this turn.

Snipe

QUICK ACTION:

When making a Range Attack, if your lowest Attack die is higher than target monster's ARM, your Attack inflicts Piercing damage.

Weird Time

COMBAT ACTION:
Make a MAG Test. If you pass, become Suppressed, then any monsters in your space with XP󰀰 VAL lower than your lowest single die become Dazed until they are targeted by an adventurer. If you fail, lose 1 XP󰀰.

Other available utility skills

Alchemy

Choose an Alchemical Item in the Loot discard pile & make a MAG Test. If you pass & the GP󰀆 cost of the Item is equal or less than your highest single die, you may buy the chosen Item for its standard cost.

Anatomy

At the end of a fight, you may make a MAG Test. If you pass, one adventurer in your party recovers 1 Wound󰀄.

Astronomy

Make a PER Test. If you pass & PER Test is equal to the Moon Phase Number, you may draw half {PER Test} cards from the top of the Danger Deck & replace them in the order you drew them.

Bleeding

Choose an adventurer in your party (or yourself) & roll 2 dice. The chosen adventurer becomes Fatigued & takes piercing damage equal to your lowest single die. Then, remove a Plague counter from that adventurer for each  rolled.

Botanist

Make a PER Test. If you pass, place a Metaphysical󰀠 counter on any Herb card. When instructed to discard a card with a Metaphysical󰀠 counter on it, you may instead discard a single Metaphysical󰀠 counter.

You may only use one Metaphysical󰀠 counter for this purpose at any given time.

Clairvoyant

At the start of the Danger Phase, you may become Suppressed & spend 1 Luck󰀣 to make a MAG Test. If you pass you may draw half {MAG Test} cards from the top of the Danger Deck & replace them in the order you drew them. If you fail, gain 1 Luck󰀣.

You cannot use this skill while Suppressed.

Cure Disease

Make a MAG Test. If you pass, discard Alchemical or Herb items with GP cost equal to {MAG Test} to remove a Plague counter or discard a Disease card from any adventurer in your space (including yourself).

Detective

When rolling dice (a Test or otherwise) for the purposes of revealing, obtaining, or activating a Clue token, you may roll an additional die & discard any single die.

Dilettante

When you Improve, you may learn any Skill that requires: Fighter, Hunter, Merchant, Militant, Performer, or Rogue (even if you do not meet its requirements).

Place that Skill on this card & while it is there, you always meet that Skill's requirements.

You cannot Master a Skill on this card & you can only learn one Skill in this way. If you discard this Skill, also discard the attached Skill.

Dopesmoker

When you make a Test while using an Herb, you may roll an additional die & use any 2.

Gourmet

At the end of a fight, you may consume one Brute, Filth, or Goblin that your party destroyed. If you do, make a CON Test. If you pass, recover Wounds󰀄 equal to your lowest single die. If you fail, you become Poisoned.

Immunity

If you would become Poisoned, first roll D6. If your roll is equal to or greater than your Wounds󰀄, you are not Poisoned.

Meditation

You may use MAG for Recovery Tests (in place of MRL).

Mend Wounds

Make a MAG Test. If you pass, you & each other adventurer in your party recovers 1 Wound󰀄 & this Skill/Mastery cannot be used by another member of your party this round.

Night Vision

When you make a PER Test to EXPLORE you may add the Moon Phase Value to your PER value.

Physics

When resolving an Illusion, Scholar, Trap or Weird Encounter, you may reroll any single die (including rolling for an Attribute Test).

Research

Make a PER Test. If you pass, place a Metaphysical󰀠 counter on this card (you may have a maximum of 1 Metaphysical󰀠 counter on this card).

When rolling dice (a Test or otherwise) for the purpose of revealing, obtaining or activating a Clue token, discard a Metaphysical󰀠 counter from this card to reroll any single die.

Torture

At the end of a fight where your party has Subdued a Goblin or Human monster in a fight, make a MRL Test. If you fail, become Demoralized to draw cards up to the monsters XP󰀰 VAL from the Loot or any Encounter or Monster decks. You may then choose to discard any of the cards drawn & place the cards you chose not to discard at the top of their deck(s).