Agnes Baker - Good stuff, no waiting. (Beginner friendly de

This is one of a set of decks designed to create a demonstration set to let new players try the game out. The intention is to give new players a meaningful choice between chars by making each play a little different to the others without overly nerfing them to the point of not being fun. This does mean some decks are stronger than others but no one has so far has cared.

The other decks can be found here: [This section under construction - I will edit these as I publish each deck but bare with me it might take a few days do to the write ups]

Roland: Firearm based combatant with passive clue acquisition.

Zoey: Heavy duty melee damage purist.

Skids: Combat rogue with high evasion and burst damage options.

Jenny: Cash driven multi action generalist

Daisy: Clue hunter/caster hybrid with additional support functionality.

Rex: Ellusive heavy duty clue hunter

Agnes: Classic Mage

Jim: Melee/spell hybrid tank

Wendy: Stealth rogue, event driven reactive deck

Ashcan: Draw heavy flexible damage dealer and clue hunter hybrid

If you don’t mind proxying or some substitutions, the only restriction between using some of these together is in the unique allies though I have tried to minimise overlap by only allowing them to be in pairings I would not expect to be picked together very often (Milan in both seekers, Leo in both rogues etc).

Disclaimer: Where possible I have tried to test these decks, though some have had more testing than others and one or two are as yet untested. I have added a second disclaimer at the bottom where this is the case. As I get the chance to try them out I may well update them a bit. I certainly welcome feedback if anyone does try them out or has suggestions.

PLAYING AS AGNES: Witch this, it`ll be funny

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Passive aggression Agnes’s innate ability is arguably one of the strongest in the game giving you the ability to pump out skill test independent damage on tap. Painkillers and Forbidden Knowledge, are well established ways of choosing when this happens. Between Fire Axe and Shrivelling, you have 4 cards to give you re-usable bonus damage (note that Forbidden Knowledge can be used to refresh between swings). Fearless and Peter Sylvestre and the occasion hit to Holy Rosary let you manage the horror you do end up taking letting you choose your battles.

She know evil, fear no evil! Encounter deck (typically or tests) mitigation comes from Ward of Protection, high base , Manual Dexterity, Peter Sylvestre (taking you to a respectable 4), and Unexpected Courage

Books are for chumps. "Look what I found!", Drawn to the Flame both give you means to gain double clues semi-passively. Rite of Seeking lets you leverage your will to do it with high odds when needed but outside of these two, though it is a little pricy.

Upgrading: Peter Sylvestre v2 gives you a bonus to WILL that stacks with Holy Rosary, and can take you to a much more consistent 4 cards in the deck that get you up to 6 base will. Those hand slots have been kept free for a reason, or arguably 2 reasons – Grotesque Statue and Book of Shadows. After all that Lucky! v2 and Blinding Light v2 are not bad options.