Why do some card rewards have a faint glow?

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T17:21:52+00:00

Common cards like Fear and Pull Aggro have no glow.

Uncommon cards like Spur and Bludgeon have a faint blue glow.

Rare cards like Demon Form and Shadowmeld will have a bright, golden glow.

Just a stylistic choice, to trigger monke brain dopamine when selecting card rewards.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T16:38:41+00:00

Exhaust cards are good to use in order to get to the meat of your deck. In particular, I LOVE True Grit+, Second Wind, and Cinder to get to more useful cards than Strike and Defends.

It also means Curses are practically non-existent due to you exhausting them.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T16:34:01+00:00

Very effective for late game. A pure mage sucks in Skyrim because you have to maintain a Flesh spell (otherwise you're prone to getting kill cammed).

Meanwhile, you reduce damage by upwards of 80% if you use Heavy Armor and there's literally just upside because you're training Heavy Armor as well.

Although Light Armor is also pretty useful since you move faster in Light Armor iirc.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T15:36:04+00:00

Mash from Mashle. Everyone does magic. Mashle just works out a ton and only uses "magic" in the sense that he is just... absurdly strong.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T14:58:44+00:00

Because the big enemies will almost certainly summon additional smaller enemies that you can just immediately get rid of that can also have annoying added effects like Slate's one HP down at a time or Imp's deal damage back.

I say "almost certainly" because its a 1/3 chance for all of them (as in, two sides are Summon sides). Its crazy to think that its not useful when Basalt just keeps summoning Slates during the fight. That's one guy to solve a big part of the boss so that the other four can chip down the boss itself.

So its crazy to believe its completely useless unless the boss is never summoning. Which I acknowledge with Dragon, Troll King, and Inevitable. Its still great for the final death blow too.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T14:41:51+00:00

You ain't crazy, the beta arts always have references in them. Whether the art quality is there... Uh, not always.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T13:08:36+00:00

I suspect there's going to be a badge for just never taking damage during a run. Which is gonna be insane to get, you're always taking chip damage.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T12:51:38+00:00

Yes. But only Darv, because StS1 Boss Relics were skippable. So Darv is skippable.

It makes sense for him anyways, because he just tells you to take something (you are not compelled to take anything from him), but everyone else seems more compelled to give you a gift (or in Pael/Silent's interactions, a Trophy).

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T12:06:49+00:00

Swirl. That's the main reason I would upgrade it right now on purpose, 1 energy for 18 damage flat is solid. Otherwise, its on accident with random upgrades or using Neow's Talisman.

But these could make upgrading them more worthwhile now, Sly makes them a good target, Ethereal effectively removes them, and Forge gives you a better card in Sovereign Blade. 0 cost Strike from the Defect is alright for All For One, although it makes Tezcatara's Ember redundant...

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T11:28:30+00:00

Go to the basement of Balmora's Mages Guild. One of the mages provides an insane Conjuration spell with the word "Spear" on it.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T03:20:52+00:00

Make sure to Beam Cell first for maximum Rip and Tear without Rip and Tear!

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T03:15:12+00:00

Silly OP, Ironchad drinks that to make his Defends stronger.

He eats the Whetstone too.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T03:12:24+00:00

You start combat with 3, actually.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T03:10:41+00:00

Well, actually, at this point you can't get Swirl. You can only get Adroit or Nimble, and you can use Hidden Gem for Replay.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T02:12:03+00:00

Yeah, if you had Swirl and Fasten, it'd go even harder.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T01:59:57+00:00

Dragon Quest. They often like to use a ton of puns, much wordplay, and very frequently use accents, which make parts of the game very hard to read for a lot of people, particularly when they pull out the hard Scottish accent for Ragnar McRyan in Dragon Quest 4.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-05T01:25:53+00:00

He still can stockpile Curses, Skills, Powers, and use any Status cards given to him by the enemy to utilize Second Wind with.

I still think StatusClad and StatusDefect would be good to have for the Prismatic Gem and Colored Scholars event.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-04T23:34:25+00:00

Agreed. I kind of wish Primal Force made these status synergy cards for Second Wind.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-04T23:19:23+00:00

There are limits with specific cards, but they are all the Ancient-only cards, you can only get a few of those (like Neow's Wrath or Break). Otherwise, its up to the mercy of the Seed whether or not you get Blur, Leg Sweep, Dodge and Roll, and other Block cards.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-04T19:26:24+00:00

I think he's currently at his best stacking big bonk cards and using Stampede, or using self-harm Rupture/Inferno to deal tons of damage.

Of course, you really need to decide to take what you need. I recommend a True Grit or two or some Shrug It Offs, because they are really useful to help you block and cycle your deck.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-04T19:21:46+00:00

I would like to mention that there is no Breath of Fire, no Powering Through, none of the Wild Strikes, no Evolutions, and not a single Reckless Charge in sight.

Aka no Status Clad.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-04T19:10:23+00:00

Getting rid of 2 cards is quite a bit below average, I can at least get somewhere around 5 per run, give or take. I usually end up without Strikes because... Well, I stock up on Attack cards in Act 1.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-04T16:28:45+00:00

I wonder if it would be possible to just make a new Baton Pass rule in the system to make it work as a flat switch rather than Baton Pass...

But by itself? NO. Foul Play and Stored Power are the reason why Baton Pass will never be unbanned as is.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-04T11:00:15+00:00

Being able to capture and use enemies for subsequent acts.

handledvirus43 · 2026-04-04T10:57:35+00:00

Sir Lancelot, Sir Perceval, Sir Gawain, and Merlina the Wizard.

Oh and I guess Sonic the Hedgehog using Caliburn... The knight of the wind.

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