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Break DownTypeIncantation: 8, 36% Tongue: 14, 64% Category Life Gain: 3, 13% Damage: 3, 13% Combat: 4, 17% Board Position: 4, 17% Card Drawing: 5, 21% Card Manipulation: 5, 21% AnalysisCards favor those that let you draw and manipulate the cards themselves. There are intentionally not that many spells that directly do damage themselves, and those that do have been powered down. It takes a lot out of the win if you haven't earned it by attacking and damaging, and if you are killed by direct damage you feel cheated. Also, while the healing spells are essential in that they allow for hope to come back from a losing position, they prolong the game and so there are not many of them.Looking at defining the new Pact spell, I think I will not make it either Life Gain or Damage based on the above reasoning. Since the new Reckoning, which I placed in the Combat category, could have just have easily been placed in Board Position as it allows you to make a ranged attack, I think the new spell should be a Combat spell to preserve the greatest balance. Currently there is only one spell that enhances combat (Might), so I think it would be good to have Pact be an offensive combat enhancing spell. It is based on The Devil from the Tarot, so it should be powerful but there should be a price. |
