Blue Watcher of the Pyramid

By adeangel, in Arkham Horror Second Edition

Hey everyone, I had a question in regards to the Unique Item, Blue Watcher of The Pyramid. Traditionally can you only close a gate with a Fight or Lore check? I thought that was the case...does Blue Watcher of the Pyramid also give you the power to close it with a Combat check in a way that you cannot do this otherwise? I was curious, I just thought that you can traditonally only close gates with a fight and lore check...not a combat check (with weapons and all). Thanks for your time.

Blue Watcher, IIRC, lets you instantly pass a Combat check, or the check used to close a gate. You can kill a Dhole with it, or you can close a gate with it. But it should not be implied that a gate can be closed with a Combat check, because it can't. Closing a gate uses just a regular old Fight or Lore check.

Okay, thank you very much, so pretty much this works against all creatures for the most part. The confusion lies where the cards explanation was all one sentence while including to close gates. For me it would have been easier reading if the sentences were broken up. Thanks for the clarification :)