Parallel Father Mateo has this as an auto include, as once it's drawn, it just reads "for two resources discover two clues" as you can instantly put in 2 bless, seal one on Mateo release it to get your will to 6 vs the shroud of the location. Doing this puts two blesses in the bag and gives you two clues for a card and two resources, which is absurd.
Okay, so I played with Rex and Jenny. Rex used Pathfinder to move for free and collected every clue available on the map quite swiftly. Jenny hung out in the Museum Halls spending most of her turns revealing Exhibit Halls. Hunting Horror showed up twice the entire game and was easily dispatched in two turns each time. Hardly any cards relating to the Hunting Horror were drawn, maybe two. I think we finished on Agenda 2a with three doom on it. Is this scenario just really swinging, because the Hunting Horror was boring. I mean, the concept is pretty cool. But he showed up twice and was very weak. I was playing on Easy, so maybe I should up the difficulty.
Good as an alternative to Fire Axe for chapter 1 Preston, in combination of course with Streetwise (3), to allow him to handle enemies outside of dark horse builds. Of course, the fact that it is polished and fancy fits the theme perfectly.
M1903 hammerless would be another alternative for Preston, but without a way to evade its ability is wasted.
I want to add one thing to this review and it is a "build a deck around it combo" so I give fair warning BUT.
Luke is more broken with this then we thought...Grotesque statue (2), Written in the stars, Alyssa Graham, and Enraptured, encyclopedia, add in double magnifying glasses (1) and Backpack (2)...
10exp, and a full auto clear of the map, as Luke would be testing 5 with enraptured + Alyssa and any hand slot makes him hit 7 assuming 4 shroud is the highest (almost always the case) if grotesque is out he literally cannot fail.
oh Luke...
added deck build map the area, eureka for tutor, practice makes perfect for tutor, astounding revelations to thin your deck, whitton greene for tutor, call in a favour for tutor, quantum flux for a second go at enraptured on top of deck if you end of with them in hand, and finally analysis for another option instead of enraptured and grotesque.
