Druegar wrote: This is what we're thinking about doing for the variable effect tokens this season:
Eldritch Runestone
Fire damage inflicted upon the user is reduced by 5 points per attack
Amulet of Wonder
Sacrifice two charm slots, but gain +2 neck slots (i.e., -2 charms, +2 necks--this is in addition to the one neck slot taken up by the Amulet of Wonder)
UR Special
Character gains the “Angelic” sub-type with the following benefits:
- +4 to Dexterity (+2 To Hit with ranged attacks, +2 to AC, and +2 to Reflex saving throws)
- Heal Other: Once per game, you may heal 4 HP on another character (no bonuses can be applied to this heal; you may not target yourself)
- Immune to possession
Amulet of Wonder effect is bae, even though I don't have one.
I do have Eldritch Runestones and UR Specials, though, and neither of these effects would get me to spend the tokens for them.
UR Specials are consistently going for $140-$200, and using the equivalent of two or three runs to unlock a subtype for one run that adds a Dex bonus, 4 points of healing to someone else, and prevent a specific effect that may or may not happen just doesn't seem worth it to me. One-time bonus subtypes haven't been and likely will never be cool enough to merit spending the value of the token. However, if they are permanently given to the player to use whenever they want, then you're talking. Collectible subtypes of which only one can be selected by its owner in the coaching room prior to playing would make them far more interesting to me. As a one-time-only bonus, well, they really aren't worth it.
Eldritch Runestone effects have always been pretty meh for me, but then I only do dungeon runs and not grinds. The grind effects have all been better than the adventure effects with the exception of equipping an extra ioun stone. If both grind and adventure effects were included no matter what you're playing, then that would be more likely to get me to pony up my runestone. As it is now, usually the rare runestones and even the uncommons in each year's set have been a better choice overall, which seems kind of sad to me for a token that is six years out of print.
But then what do I know about it? I'm just a sweet summer child of 2014.
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