The Jenny Barnes Job - Carcosa

Jenny Barnes

Summary

Pay your way to victory.

With extremely good economy Jenny can beat almost every skill test. Use Streetwise and Physical Training to upgrade skills where needed.

Overview

• Enemies: .41 Derringer, Knife, Jenny's Twin .45s, Physical Training
• Clues: Flashlight, (later also Streetwise)
• Encounters: Physical Training , (later also Streetwise)

Collection

• Revised Core Set
• The Dunwich Legacy
• The Path to Carcosa

Investigator

Jenny Barnes, The Dillitante Rogue - Drifter

• 3 Willpower (), 3 Intellect (), 3 Combat (), 3 Agility ()
• 8 Health, 7 Sanity
• You collect 1 additional resource during each upkeep phase.
• effect: +1 for each resource you have.

Signature cards:

• Asset: Jenny's Twin .45s
• Weakness: Searching for Izzie

Deck composition

Assets:

• .41 Derringer: Fight with +2 , +1 damage if you succeed by 2 or more.
• Flashlight: Investigate with -2 shroud.
• Knife: Fight with +1 .
• Jenny's Twin .45s: Fight with +2 , +1 damage.
• Dario El-Amin: Gain resources or get +1 and +1 .
• Leo De Luca: Get an extra action each turn.
• Burglary: Investigate to gain resources.
• Lone Wolf: Gain resources if there are no other investigators at your location.
• Physical Training: Boost or for resources.

Events:

• Elusive: Disengage from enemies and move. Combos well with Searching for Izzie.
• Emergency Cache: Gain resources.
• Narrow Escape: Play a weapon when engaged and use it straight away.
• No Stone Unturned: Cycle through your deck and pick the cards you need.
• Shortcut: Move to a connecting location for free.
• Sleight of Hand: Use Items multiple times. Combos well with .41 Derringer or Flashlight.

Skills:

• "Watch this!": and take a gamble with resources.
• Guts: and draw a card.
• Perception: and draw a card.

Other considerations:

• Backstab: Use to Fight, +2 damage.
  • Switch for "Watch this!".
• Double or Nothing: Double the difficulty of a skill test but resolve the effects of a success twice.
  • Switch for Dario El-Amin.
• Vicious Blow: , +1 damage on succesful skill test.
  • Switch for Shortcut.

Mulligan guide

1. Lone Wolf
2. Leo De Luca
3. Flashlight (+ Sleight of Hand)
4. Knife
5. Emergency Cache

Or use No Stone Unturned to look for Lone Wolf or Leo De Luca.

Upgrade guide

Prio 1:

1. Streetwise (3) (Permanent)
   • 3XP: Boost or for resources.
2. 2x Hot Streak (4) for 2x Guts
   • 4XP: Gain resources.

Prio 2:

• 2x Switchblade (2) for 2x Knife
  • 2XP: Fight with +2 , +1 damage if you succeed by 2 or more.
• 2x .41 Derringer (2) for 2x .41 Derringer
  • 2XP: Get an extra action if you succeed by 3 or more.
• 1x Lucky Dice (2) for 1x Perception
  • 4XP: Pay to draw a new chaos token.
• 1x The Gold Pocket Watch (4) for 1x Perception
  • 8XP: Skip the Mythos phase or repeat an Investigator phase.

Prio 3:

• 1x Cat Burglar (1) for 1x Burglary
  • 1XP: +1 . Also disengage from enemies and move.
• 2x Emergency Cache (2) for 2x Emergency Cache
  • 2XP: Also draw a card.
• 2x Leo De Luca (1) got 2x Leo De Luca
  • 1XP: Costs less.

Optional:

• Charisma (3) (Permanent)
  • 3XP: Use an extra ally.