Question about Marie Lambeau's Personal Story

By TEnOTT, in Arkham Horror Second Edition


Marie Lambeau's Personal Story reads like this.

"Each time Marie Lambeau draws a spell, put a Clue token on this card. If there are 2 clue tokens on this card, put Grand-mere's Gift in play."

  1. If she successfully read Livre d'Ivon, a tome that allows her "search the Spell deck for a Spell of her choice and take it", can she put a Clue token on her Personal Story card? Is this considered as "Draw a spell" ?
  2. If a source makes her draw two spells in a time, (I could not find an example but it is possible I think), how many Clue tokens can she put on her Personal Story Card - 1 or 2?
  3. How about Ye Olde Magick Shoppe, which allows her "draw 2 spells, keep one of them and discard other" - 1 or 2?

Today, Marie in my party suggested the case 3.
After a LONG discussion we allowed her to put 2 clue tokens on her Personal Story card.

But I'm still not sure about that.

  • Marie starts with $4. Any other investigator can give her $1
  • Marie's start position is Ma's boarding house, just 3 distance away from Magik Shoppe.

These makes Marie to finish her story in the first round. (....if there are no monster on the way)
Is it fair?

TEnOTT said:

"Each time Marie Lambeau draws a spell, put a Clue token on this card. If there are 2 clue tokens on this card, put Grand-mere's Gift in play."

  1. If she successfully read Livre d'Ivon, a tome that allows her "search the Spell deck for a Spell of her choice and take it", can she put a Clue token on her Personal Story card? Is this considered as "Draw a spell" ?
  2. If a source makes her draw two spells in a time, (I could not find an example but it is possible I think), how many Clue tokens can she put on her Personal Story Card - 1 or 2?
  3. How about Ye Olde Magick Shoppe, which allows her "draw 2 spells, keep one of them and discard other" - 1 or 2?

Today, Marie in my party suggested the case 3.
After a LONG discussion we allowed her to put 2 clue tokens on her Personal Story card.

But I'm still not sure about that.

  • Marie starts with $4. Any other investigator can give her $1
  • Marie's start position is Ma's boarding house, just 3 distance away from Magik Shoppe.

These makes Marie to finish her story in the first round. (....if there are no monster on the way)
Is it fair?

1. Yes, gaining a spell after reading a Tome counts regarding drawing spells
2. Depends on how many of these two spells she is allowed to keep. It should be "draws and keeps", just like Patrice's PS, in order to gain a Clue token for the PS
3. 1. But in two rounds you can easily complete her story, if you send her shopping at Ye old magic shoppe

As far as the money thing is concerned, I usually send her and a wealthy other investigator to the Old magic shoppe, so the second one could give her some money to buy the two spells she needs