Norman Withers w Jenny and Roland

Depends which scotch ale. Deuchars is often a good starting point, after that i would usually go for a darker ale. I personally slot Lia Fail asap if i can. its one that doent really take too much experience to get considerable benefit from. Dark island ish another ...hic... good choice. It has high hic-efficiency. Later on, later on, i tell ya, later on, you'll want a good stout... now, now i`ll tell ya where the besht stout comes from...hic.. IT COMES FROM SCOTLAND!

more serious recommendations (and these are entirely based on speculation - ive not played norman yet so please take with a pinch of salt) would be fast events. Whenever a fast event is on the top of his deck it essentially has 1 cost reduction and gains "draw a card" since it self replaces. Being able to do this fast means you can draw without spending actions (sort of) which in most chars is considered a big advantage. The other slightly counter intuitive thing is possibly not to bring shriv (lvl 0). Since when you upgrade you will almost certainly be taking Shriv lvl 3 or 5, you will then find that you must over write lvl 0 with the higher grade spell (since you cant have more than 2 copies of the same card irrespective of lvl) leaving you spending xp if you want to use those 5 lvl 0 slots. Could I recommend Delve too deep? Get the xp in to buy all those juicy mystic toys. Im not sure you need mag glass, alyssa and milan. You have base 5 lore so your not going to struggle on shroud 3. Shroud 4 can probs be done late game with all these boosts. failing that you have enough pips from skill cards to muddle through. Another direction is somethign like working a hunch (note that its fast) and just auto clue those hardspots. Finally Strange solution is a massive no no in norman. He cant have the upgraded version of it due to xp requirements so atm its just a wild pip and mild corrosion protection for the mag glasses that you might not need anyway. Anyhow. Looks fun. Hope it goes well!

sry not just fast events. any fast card. tho comments around mag glass to be taken into account

Great feedback...hic...thanks. I'll take another go at it as I did the fast idea to see what it looks like.