Seed-3 preview

[Michael (Arcane Tinmen)]

Seed 3 is wrapping up here in the offices and we want to give you a little more of a taste of what is coming down the pipe.

So please meet "Iohane" - she is a tricksy character not too keen on showing what she is all about, so you will have to puzzle your way to her!

Full story here: http://www.thespoils.com/spoils/view.php?pg=seed3_iohane_spoiled

[TriAdX]

How fun! If anyone figures it out post it!

[gr8bookworm]

Ok,

So I am looking at the numbers and reckon that they will correspond with a card in the original seed set so if we look at 90 we get Security System so the cost will be 4.

136 we get Cashiers Window so the Threshold will be 1.
133 takes us to Affectionate Dollkeeper so it will be a 2,2,4 character.
146 gives us Guttersnip so it will either have flip up or can be played whenever you can play a tactic or more likely both.
75 is Prehensile Pirate so the cost will be to remove 4 cards from the game (hopefully from either discard pile) and finally
50 is Black Scourge of the Brine which leads us to Covert?

Am I close??

Mark

[TriAdX]

Shes a SWORD!?

[jty3]

a Rogue Sword? Very interesting!

[Zwidar]

I don't know Mark. Maybe they're using numbers from diff sets. So here are possibilities I pulled from spoils inventory.
Cost: 1,3,4,7 (for a sword I could see 4, but gideon is a sword as well and he only costs 1)
Thresh: 1,2,3 (gideon is cost 1 thresh 3, so if we're going with previous swords I'd have to go with 3 thresh)
Stats: 2/2/4, 3/1/3, 4/4/1 (since it's rogue probably 2/2/4)
First Ability: Play as Tactic or Gore Engine token ability (I'm agreeing with the play as tactic)
Second Ability: Remove 4 cards from game or the Party Clown pay 1 at start trigger (neither of those really seem like rogue abilities, but I'd lean more towards paying 1 to search for something)
Third Ability: black scourge pay for covert, clay node pay to flip down/flipup, moneychanger draw acard (i don't see it drawing a card, i could see covert, but a pay to flip it down/up could be cool.)

The abilities are based off the assumption, it's following card numbers for other character abilities. If it's based off other card types as well that opens a lot more options.

[Oneyus]

I don't care what she does really, I just want the cards shipped so i can buy a play set :P

Side note: I really thought they would "touch up" the art on this card though. Seems pretty rough (like beta art) in comparison with Seed and Seed 2 art, its almost a different style.

[TriAdX]

So what are some of the more likely combonations of stats?

[Bizze]

If those effects gr8bookworm guessed are correct, then yet again the Rogue trade will find itself deprived of some real power. The Warlord Swords are so much better in comparison that it's alomst laughable.

A cost of 4 makes her rather expensive, but I guess the lower costs have already been taken by Gideon, Adriel and Athalamund. Still, for that cost she needs to be better than Athalamund in my opinion. Even with a flip-up of 0 it's not that great as it "costs" 4 to play her as a resource anyway.

So, what does she get for that cost? Speed 4 is good, but 2/2 Str/Life is not good for that cost. It should have been at least 3/3 to put her on par with Scout.

Play at tactic speed... well. Yeah, that's good I suppose, but to make it real good she needs more power or a Dollkeeper-like effect. Otherwise Gideon, Adriel, Athalamund and each and every Stiffbone will laugh at her. And get away with it.

Removing 4 cards in opponent's discard pile - yeah, that's a double-edged sword. It's a great effect but if it's a mandatory cost, it limits how soon you can play her. If it's your own discard pile, it sucks, so I hope it's not. In combination with the flip-up ability and playing her at tactic speed, you could respond to a lot of things, so this could be the best usage for her. The only problem is that she won't be doing much good on the field then, but hide in the shadows of the resource pile until she is needed. Perhaps that's her true role?

Covert is great if you can switch it on. If not, Rogue gets the fastest covert char, but it's practically meaningless. With a high speed and playable at tactic speed, you would want to use her for sudden blocks and if she's permanently covert, well.. you won't be blocking much...


I really hope gr8bookworm is wrong in his guessing...


Anyone else got any thoughts on her so far?

[Roll2Dice]

I'm not going to get too involved here, 'cause I know....stuff.... :cool:

But, man, are you gonna be surprised when you see her in the flesh....

AHem... I mean.... Keep guessing. You're on the right track. Or not...

I've already said too much....

I'm going to go away now....

Bye....

[gr8bookworm]

So any hints?????????? Any other ideas guys? Cant wait for the new set!!!!!!!!!!

[Terence Jason Dorman]

Here's a hint that I think will help you all:

I know exactly what this card does.

Discuss!

[Paul]

Is there a general release window for the set? By the end of the year, early next? The article says it's being "wrapped up". Not sure if that means development, testing, production, what.

[Lekkit]

From what I've heard there's some kind of dispute or somesuch that needs to be resolved before the factory wants to print the cards. But according to what I've heard they are all done, but in need of being printed.

[EDIT:] Don't take this post seriously as I just missunderstood something earlier.

[TomekS]

I've heard that cards are printing and Seed 3 will be in the new year.

[Ken Pilcher]

The set has been sent to the printers. All development, testing, and art has been completed. Look forward to more previews in the next week or two.

[Michael (Arcane Tinmen)]

From what I've heard there's some kind of dispute or somesuch that needs to be resolved before the factory wants to print the cards. But according to what I've heard they are all done, but in need of being printed.

Not to worry - there are no disputes. As Ken says the set is at the printer; it is just a matter of getting the final details in place, which should happen real soon. We changed the packaging slightly so all that is left to do is to redesign this and and the displaybox. This shoudl all be in place next week.

We are very happy with how the set and the set-up is ending up. And personally I look very much forward to sharing this with all of you :)

[Bizze]

Please post one finished card each month up until release so that we have something to look forward to and so that we can start thinking about new strategies and decks!

It's November tomorrow, how about spoiling Iohane then?

Yes... I know you want to. Give in to the urge! Feel the power of the Rogue side of the Spoils!
You can already feel those fingers itching. Now move them to the keyboard and get to work! ^_^

[ImInneren]

Every two weeks I prefer xD
With a new card ;D

[gr8bookworm]

How about every day! :)

[Paul]

Well, since asking about the production worked, I'll test my luck with another question: Any word on what the card distribution will be like in the boxed set? I know it's fixed, but what I'm wondering is how many of each card we'll get. I'd love for it to be a complete play set of all new cards, or at least some even distribution to made it easy and efficient to buy a complete set (ie. 1 of everything, or 2 of everything).

I hate how Fantasy Flight Games does their LCG core sets so that some cards you'll have a full set of but others will just have one or two copies of, meaning to get a complete set you'll end up with a ton of redundant cards.

[Michael (Arcane Tinmen)]

Without spilling the full can of beans, I can say that there will be one of each card - and then a little bonus stuff (oh no, now I have gone and said too much... ;))

[Paul]

B..b..bonus stuff???

[Bizze]

You know, like idol pictures of the AT crew. I've heard they reveal A LOT of skin... ^_~

[Michael (Arcane Tinmen)]

You know, like idol pictures of the AT crew. I've heard they reveal A LOT of skin... ^_~

Bizze, please don't give away inside information!! :D

[Ken Pilcher]

Bizze, please don't give away inside information!! :D

1071

oops.

[gr8bookworm]

WHOA! Thanks for the reveal KEN! What a card!!!!

I was pretty close with my guess when you originally spoiled the card wasnt I??? Well I got the 2,2,4 correct as well as the Covert!

Will you be letting us know your "Code"?

Now this card will have to get into my Rogue/Gearsmith deck, wouldnt an Epic Doodmaker go nicely on her!!!!!!!!!

[Lekkit]

As a somewhat rogue-ish player, I approve of her!

[Bizze]

Yeah, she's a lot better than what several people guessed (based on the placeholder figures). A worthy Swords character.

[Asuryan]

I wonder if we can use her abilities to get a better clue of what Octo-Ba-Ba does...?