Jack of All Trades + Family Heirloom

By Straangeer, in Runebound

Hi guys here is a question for you:

If a have the "Jack of All Trades" skill card which contains the following:

"You may trigger each "surge" ability twice during each combat round."

and i have the "Family Heirloom" asset card:

3 "surge" Hidden power : Deal 5 "damage"

Question:

As i interpret it correctly for 3 surge i can activate twice the hidden power so i can deal 10 damage.

Is not a bit overpowered?

What's your opinion?

so if you have 3 surges = 5 dmg and you can only trigger surge abilities once, that means if you roll 6 surges you cannot inflict 10 damage because only 3/6 can go to that ability.

Your Jack of all trades card makes it so you can trigger each surge ability twice, therefore if you roll 6 surges you can nflict 10 damage. You still have to pay the cost, you have just removed the limitation.

I'm fairly certain that the Jack of all trades simply gives you the ability to use a surge ability twice in the same combat round; it does not pay the cost of the surge ability. So in your scenario, you would need to somehow get 6 surges to use that surge ability twice.

Edited by Helicon

Thank you guys for the fast answers!

Just add in the Mana Armor or whatever it's called that lets you use one surge as three and you'll be in business.

Just add in the Mana Armor or whatever it's called that lets you use one surge as three and you'll be in business.

It's Runic Armor actually.

Yeah, I wrote about this combo here .

Also, isn't there a skill that allows you to simply to exert to trigger a surge ability as a combat action - not only allows you to trigger it twice, but makes it much more affordable as well since you only have to have the primary cost and a skill card you can discard.

Also, isn't there a skill that allows you to simply to exert to trigger a surge ability as a combat action - not only allows you to trigger it twice, but makes it much more affordable as well since you only have to have the primary cost and a skill card you can discard.

Correct, the skill is Inner Fire (cost: 2N, realm: Spirit, effect: as a combat action, exert to trigger your Hero's surge ability)

Just thought of a quick question: Does Inner Fire only apply to your original hero ability, or can you use it for surge abilities you get from other cards?

It's tied to the surge ability on the hero's sheet, so, it can't be used for items