Hello everyone,

A card have been spoiled on the french edition of the game, you might see this there : www.edgeent.com/v2_fr/edge_foros_discusion.asp

This is someone that already appears in the past and deserve the Shub Player to get attention to him !

nice

can we have a translation please? my french is a bit rusty )

Urban said:

• Richard Upton Pick, Venerable Ghoul

Ghoul. Monster

Richard Upton Pickman gains the icons of each attached Ghoul character.

If Richard Upton Pickman would be wounded, you may discard an attached Ghoul character instead.

Action: Pay 2 to attach a Ghoul character to Richard Upton Pickman from your hand or discard pile.

Marius said:

I like it. Looks seriously cool.

Oh, and here's a translation of the article:

Richard, obsessed with Ghouls in the waking world left to join his peers in the underworld of the Dreamlands. This card is a natural fit for the Ghoul thematics. It's a specialized card, if you don't play a Ghoul deck (Shub faction) it will have little appeal to you. It's high cost can be reduced, since he has the Monster subtype but the card really shines when working with Ghoul spawn (F34: The Memory of Day) who can be sacrificed to play another Ghoul character.

It has 3 abilities: 2 passive abilities (which cannot be cancelled, due to not being a triggerd ability) - Gaining the icons of attached Ghoul characters (Combat for example, if you look at the card on the left) and wound cancellation. And one triggered ability: An action allowing him to attach a Ghoul from your hand or your discard pile (For example: The Ghoul spawn you just sacrificed to play Richard...) It's a repeatable action, as long as you can pay 2 and as long you have ghouls in your hand or discard pile.

Long story short, with only one Ghoul Richard gains at least a terror icon (to protect against insanity) and that is well armed for combat and can allow himself to be wounded. Also, he can be succesful at investigation (which is normally a weakpoint of Mythos side decks) and a skill of 3, which is decent.

And he'll become even better, when you attach a second or third Ghoul to him. The character is a little expensive and very specialized but in the end worth it and fun to play. The illustration is very nice. You'll notice that his cost, icons and skill are the same of his waking world version.

pickman is awesome! since all the ghouls have to be sacked during day its a nice way to put them to use again. i really like how its basically a shub character with investigation.