After playing multiple quests with this item my personal opinion this item needs to be nerfed basically it can in quite a few scenarios wipe the Heroes in a single turn. With no help of other attacks. I'm very close to banning the item all together in my play. What are you guys opinions. I personally think if the lieutenant passes it should do one damage not anywhere up to 5 points for certain lieutenants. Does anyone have alternative rules for this card.

I'm desperately trying to think of a situation where the heroes HAVE to attack the equipped lieutenant to win.

As is usual in descent, ignore the horrible beat stick and move onward.

What combination is causing the damage?

Maybe its because i prefer staff of shadows/bones of woe but this relic has seen little play from me.

I think the card is fine- it only does damage if the LT passes- if you give it to Alric, that's going to be powerful- but if a mighty LT has the shield, the heroes can adjust their strategy, namely:

1) Don't attack the LT

or if taking him out is quest centric

2) Only hit him with healthy/hard-hitting heroes. Barring real rotten luck, it should only take a couple attacks to kill him, and he should not be rolling a 5 every time.

On top of this, in m experience it has been rare that the OL gets this relic at all.

This relic is extremely difficult to obtain, as the quest that features it is heavily hero favored. On top of that, it's situational, and there are a variety of hero work arounds.