- Q: For Living Ink, does the Subtle Depiction upgrade ability to ignore the ability for the rest of the round also ignore the additional reaction ability granted by the Macabre Depiction upgrade? A: For the Subtle Depiction upgrade on Living Ink, you ignore all of Living Ink’s abilities for the remainder of the round, including the Macabre Depiction upgrade if it has that.
Актив. Одежда
Ритуал.
Цена: 0.
Адаптация. Когда приобретаете эту карту, выберите 1 навык и обведите его на листе улучшений «Живых чернил».
Многоразовые (3 заряда).
В начале каждого своего хода удалите 1 заряд с «Живых чернил». Если на «Живых чернилах» нет зарядов, сбросьте их.
У вас +1 к обведённому навыку (навыкам).
__Customizations
Обведённый навык:
□ Подвижные чернила. Можете сыграть «Живые чернила» под контроль другого сыщика в вашей локации.
□ Искусный рисунок. В начале своего хода можете не удалять 1 заряд с «Живых чернил» и игнорировать их свойство до конца раунда.
□□ Густые чернила. «Живые чернила» входят в игру с 2 дополнительными зарядами и занимают магический слот вместо слота одежды.
□□ Мистические чернила. Обведите другой навык дополнительно.
□□□ Мистические чернила. Обведите другой навык дополнительно.
□□□ Жуткий рисунок. Считайте, что на «Живых чернилах» указано: « После того как вы вытянули жетон хаоса с символом, поверните „Живые чернила“: Положите на них 1 заряд».
□□□ Контраст. «Живые чернила» дают дополнительно +1 к каждому обведённому навыку и −1 к каждому другому.
FAQs
(from the official FAQ or responses to the official rules question form)Reviews
I will dedicate some writing to the non-clear points of the card and possible ways to exploit it.
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When its bonus ceaze to work? Once it is discarded. It is still almost 3 (5 with Imbued ink) full rounds. It starts working the turn you have played it, at the beginning of your next turn you will discard the first charge, and once you have discarded the last charge it is discarded and its bonus isn't applied anymore (but you still had the bonus during the mythos phase before this turn).
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Subtle Depiction as a perfect mythos protection. You don't spend the charge and ignor the ability till the end of the round. So the bonus isn't applied since the beginning of your turn, but it IS applied since the beginning of the mythos phase till the beginning of your turn. Therefore you can boost your and for the mythos and don't spend charges during your turn to prevent the card from being discarded.
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Imbued ink allows to have two copies in play at the same time. The card is not unique, so you can use your both arcane slots for it. This way you can manage to add +4 and +4 for the mythos protection using the tip above, while 10 charges total allow you to use only one of the card for the boost during your turn, alternating them to make it last longer.
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Static stat boost is always good for the cards that use fixed stats like Summoned Servitor or Summoned Hound. This way you can get some really nice numbers for your free tests.
One of the best, if not the most versatile customisable card in the set for support investigators. By itself, it's: pay a card and an action to give you +1 to a relevant stat for your next 8+ actions, which is a more than decent value for a level 0 card. But things go crazy if you combo the different mods together later on:
If you play with highly specialized investigators (5 in one stats, below average in the rest), you can permanently give them a +2 against the mythos with "Shifting ink, Subtle Depiction, Vibrancy, Eldritch ink (2)". You choose mind + foot as selected skill. Round start: they have some treacheries involving tests with those two stats, and when their turn start, they just use the Subtle Depiction effect and ignore the negative effects on fist and book. Since they never consume their charge, the asset is basically permanent. Or if they have to pass a specific test during their turn, they can still keep the +2 and apply -1 to their main stats to do whatever they want to do.
Else, if you play with flex characters (generally survivor & rogues who hit between 4 & 6), you can still give them +1 to fist + book & use Macabre depiction, so they are virtually have an endless supply of charge, as long as they draw one symbol a turn. And that +1 is often the difference for those flex characters to reliably pass any tests they get.
Imbued Ink is the only mod you'll probably never take, except for Akachi if you plan to instantly discard it for 6 resources. Body assets are rare and not often that useful late in the campaign, since they are too comboish, or cost too much for what they bring. However, arcane assets tend to be more relevant no matter your class for the last few scenarios.
At worse, it's a 0 cost asset that is a fodder against bad treacheries & investigators' ability (dexter). Give it a shot.