This has been updated to match my "Signature Weakness Project." I have done my best to make sure that the original content isn't altered too much, out of respect for any comments.

Another flavorful, specific-to this investigator's abilities, signature weakness. Looking at the two elements, the effect and the discard condition, we get:

The effect: One of the few weaknesses you can just hold onto, although -2 is a steep price. More likely, you will use Dexter Drake's special ability ASAP, kicking out another Asset (with luck a spent Flashlight or a Switchblade or something else cheap and useless) and suffer through a turn at -1 while waiting to ditch it for something else. if you get it during upkeep, that can make for an unpleasant Mythos phase, but what else is new? Dexter has enough options to take a -1 hit on tests for his abilities for a few actions, either by using other options like cards, testless stuff like moving and playing, or just powering through with various boosts. He's never going to want to see this, but it's hardly the most taxing in the game.

The discard condition: Use Dexter's special ability to replace this with any other Asset. Probably the turn after you play it.

All in all, this is a way below average signature weakness.

Box vs book The Scraps are paired with a fairly useful signature asset, Showmanship, and it doesn't compete with the "book" signature set, so players can easily chose to use either of both sets of options, with no clear winner.

A nice signature asset, although it's a skill, since it belongs to Silas Marsh. It gives a decent boost to his worst stats and a icon for everything else, with the added bonus of an extra should you need it or a card if you don't. Being a skill, it has all the jankery we have come to expect from Silas, letting you fish on tests until you find the perfect moment to let it go off.

It's attached to a signature weakness that is fairly manageable, so it's up to personal preference whether you want to go with the "box," "book," or both signature sets.

This has been updated to match my "Signature Weakness Project." I have done my best to make sure that the original content isn't altered too much, out of respect for any comments.

A fairly unusual skill weakness. Looking at the two elements, the effect and the discard condition, we get:

The effect: If you commit this to a test, you get -2 icons. If you can't discard it by the end of your turn, take 2 damage. Lather, rinse, repeat. A bit like, less annoying, and more manageable than Rex's Curse, this is a middling sort of signature weakness. possibly punishing if drawn at the wrong moment or because of an ill-timed but mostly handleable through overcommitting on a test, which Silas is kind of master of, especially on and tests, where he has good base stats. Cards that might help include Manual Dexterity (2), Defiance (2) (to kill those pesky special tokens), Stroke of Luck, and any amount of shenanigans to pass that crucial test. It's not like they won't be useful in other tests. Beware of last action draws, and you will likely be fine. Also beware of The Tower • XVI; that thing is like Kryptonite to Silas, and will probably cost you a turn to watch this thing go off anyway. I mean, Silas is a Man of the Sea, and he laughs at 2 damage at the end of his turn... once, twice, maybe three times, but, then it's into the Deep with him.

The discard condition: Pass a test with this card committed.

All in all, this is a below average signature weakness maybe as high as average at very low XP.

Box vs book It's paired with a signature asset that's pretty good, so it's up to personal preference whether you want to go with the "box," "book," or both signature sets.

A decent weapon if you are committing skills to the Fight test, and, being Silas, why wouldn't you? The extra ability is nice, although, in my experience, Silas runs pretty lean on resources, so getting his committed cards back at the cost of 3 resources (and an action) might be a tough trick to pull off frequently, especially with his other signature asset doing more or less the same thing. If only we could have a Moneybags Silas....

With two pretty good signature assets and a hard but manageable signature weakness, it's up to personal preference whether you want to go with the "box," "book," or both signature sets. Those sailors, they are versatile.

The Evade mirror to Sea Change Harpoon, this has all the advantages and disadvantages of its mate. Given that evading multiple enemies at once generally comes up less often than wanting +1 damage, this may get less play than the harpoon, especially since survivor has a bunch of ways to statically boost for single-enemy Evade attempts. Using the second part of the ability often racks up the resource and action count pretty fast, so it's going to be a sometimes treat, unless you really want those particular cards more than resources. Like pretty much everything Silas does The Tower • XVI will shut it right down, and Silas seems to have a magnetic attraction to that damnable card.

With two pretty good signature assets and a hard but manageable signature weakness, it's up to personal preference whether you want to go with the "box," "book," or both signature sets. Silas has one of the better sets of options to choose from.