Scorpion Spoiler: Favored Niece

By Casanunda, in Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game

3 fate for a double cycling 2/2/2 seems really good, and likely to get more valuable as the conflict card pool grows. Congrats Scorpion players!

Any card draw they can get in the Dynasty deck will help let them care about their current honor score less. That seems extremely valuable for the Scorpion.

Considering I've had 2 Good Omens in my hand vs Lion who would only bid 1........... I really like this card lol

Honestly, the stats are nice, but I wouldn't worry too much either way about her glory. Her real value seems apparent in her double... action. :lol:

This card is completely off the chain. Gimme gimme gimme!

Favored Niece and Guidance of Ancestors...

Shoruro Actressis known?

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8 minutes ago, Wintersong said:

Shoruro Actressis known?

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Now that's a silly card. We might even see some errata on that to say during a conflict Where this character is participating. It can essentially attack/defend then use the ability in a later conflict right now.

Now we need a seductress card!

4 minutes ago, Kubernes said:

Now we need a seductress card!

While a card with that flavor is all but guaranteed, I would be surprised if we saw a card with that specific Trait . It's narrow in use (FFG tends to focus on terms that really matter), and it's restrictively feminine in a Rokugan that appears to be written with a mind towards reducing the sexism that was sometimes apparent in the former.

24 minutes ago, Wintersong said:

Shoruro Actressis known?

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RIN!!!

Curiously enough, it was fitting for the Shosuro Actress to be the image linked for Hida Tomonatsu, in Rokugan's shield. Crane has a Scorpion niece, Crab a Shosuro Actress,...

12 minutes ago, Wintersong said:

Curiously enough, it was fitting for the Shosuro Actress to be the image linked for Hida Tomonatsu, in Rokugan's shield. Crane has a Scorpion niece, Crab a Shosuro Actress,...

Not sure I get the connection to Tomonatsu.

Edited by Ide Yoshiya

Compare Actress ability to Tomonatsu's

Niece is the kind of medium tier card I would like to spend fate on it, nice ability and chance to get honored for better punch.

Shouldn't it be Favored "Niece"?

Edited by Gamedog
2 hours ago, Gamedog said:

Shouldn't it be Favored "Niece"?

Fo you doubt that either of her parents had a sibling?

As in, "My 'niece' will require a separate room; but please make them adjoining."

17 minutes ago, Gamedog said:

As in, "My 'niece' will require a separate room; but please make them adjoining."

Adjoining rooms are fun, they let you go back and forth to visit without having to step out into the hall and bother with people there who have nothing better to do than watch...

OH. :o

"She's the favored "baby sitter"... and the weird thing is, we don't even have children...?" -Doji Hotaru's husband :P

3 minutes ago, HirumaShigure said:

"She's the favored "baby sitter"... and the weird thing is, we don't even have children...?" -Doji Hotaru's husband :P

Maybe she comes to watch the sister's cat from time to time, lol.

::wink wink:: ::nudge nudge:: Say no more! Say no more! ;)

4 hours ago, HirumaShigure said:

::wink wink:: ::nudge nudge:: Say no more! Say no more! ;)

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind Koumori, know-what-I-mean?

So seems to me that the Scorpion thing is inefficient stats for cost with situational abilities. Kakita Kaezin looks over your 2/2/2 stats and zero-card advantage cycling, and meets you for a duel with 3/2/2 and an ability that controls conflict tempo while playing to his clan's strengths.

Not saying Cranes are better or anything, but...

Okay, that IS what I'm saying*.

(*disclaimer: this is just trash talk, don't take it too seriously. but yeah. #TeamCrane)

Edited by Prepare for War

Draw filtering is almost never situational. Please keep your fanboying to a minimum.

4 minutes ago, player2636234 said:

Draw filtering is almost never situational. Please keep your fanboying to a minimum.

Biggest problem is it's a discard then draw, and not a draw then discard.