Forbidden Tome
Dark Knowledge

Здобуток. Hand

Item. Relic. Tome.

Cost: 1. XP: 3.

Шукач

You can only include this asset in your deck by upgrading it from Forbidden Tome (Untranslated), and only if "you have translated the tome" in your Campaign Log.

Exhaust Forbidden Tome: Move 1 damage from a player card at your location to an enemy at your location. Reduce this ability's cost by 1 action for every 4 cards in your hand (to a minimum of ).

Chris Miscik
Harvey Walters #29.
Forbidden Tome

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  • NB: ArkhamDB now incorporates errata from the Arkham Horror FAQ in its card text, so the ArkhamDB text and the card image above differ, as the ArkhamDB text has been edited to contain this erratum (updated August 2022): Erratum: The purchase restriction on this card should be replaced with the keyword: "Researched." - FAQ, v.2.0, August 2022
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Reviews

As written you can heal your friends with this, since it only specifies that you're moving damage from "a player card at your location". This includes damage on your friends and their assets. Team up with a friend on Beat Cop (2) and start shooting down 2 HP enemies without taking a test, or healing best friend Mark Harrigan so he can draw more cards and boost his skill value further; all while helping kill enemies and not taking any skill tests.

Definitely consider Shrewd Analysis if you're running these books; Secrets Revealed is very good action compression if you can get to 12 cards, but at 8 it's action neutral if you move (which is worth it to avoid taking a test). This one though is up there for one of the best health healing cards in the game because it does something proactive when you do it. Most healing is very reactive and therefore doesn't help you win a scenario if you would not otherwise be defeated.

Swekyde · 65
Having played a campaign with this as Amanda, it can be extremely tricky to use this! Even if you have a big hand, it’s only one damage…And your allies might not have their Cop out. At the same time, as the seeker, you should probably be focusing on clues... and this doesn’t say “this doesn’t take an attack of opportunity.” Don’t go big hand just so you can play this card. — MrGoldbee · 1446
Does this take attacks of opportunity? Shouldn’t but looks like it does — Krysmopompas · 358

An hilarious Seeker card, letting you heal and damage for one action, but only in the biggest of Big Hand decks. Harvey likes this, but does anyone else? Maybe Big Hand Mandy or Daisy. Of course, you want to make sure you are taking some damage for this to be useful, and Seekers are notoriously low-Health, so it's a bit of a gamble....

LivefromBenefitSt · 1051
You could activate it for free with Knowledge is Power — Zinjanthropus · 227
True, and Daisy could activated it with her tome action letting her use it for 1 "normal" action on 8-11 cards, which is not great, but, inn a clutch.... — LivefromBenefitSt · 1051
Death by chocolate suggested using this to clear Guardian Angel. A smart idea! — MrGoldbee · 1446
Amanda, too — MrGoldbee · 1446