"Hit me!" is a great one-off "Hail Mary" card to slot into your initial campaign deck, that really combines the seemingly contradictory risk-taking nature of a Rogue, with the anti-chaos bag BS safety of a Survivor.

For a Survivor, think of it as another Lucky! you use when you have failed a test by around 1 or 2, and just barely need to scrape by a bit more. Once you get some XP, you can consider replacing "Hit me!" with other cards that fulfil a similar nature such as with the incredible Eucatastrophe, another great single "emergency" kind of card.

For a Rogue, think of it as a placeholder for Sure Gamble. It's a good option to consider if your deck also has big-pay-off-with-single-test cards such as Backstab or Pilfer.

Cards like "Hit me!", Sure Gamble, and the like, are arguably better deck options in solo or 2p games where versatility is more prized, as you don't really have a pool of specialists (and additional "chances") to smash down nonsense such as Locked Door or random scenario must-pass kind of checks. Every little bit helps, and "Hit me!" can just be that little gamble that tilts the odds in your favour.

Which segues quite nicely into how I've found this card great for Lola Hayes, the Queen of versatility. Not only does "Hit me!" fulfil the deck building criteria for 2 classes, is an event and thus not vulnerable to Crisis of Identity, but it's also available for use when she's in 2 different roles.

All in all, "Hit me!" is a fun one-off card to consider that can augment most deck archetypes out there, and which value rises in lower player counts, and perhaps even higher difficulty levels where minus modifiers are more prevalent. Think of it as an unreliable 3rd Lucky! or 3rd Unexpected Courage, which you upgrade into something better as you progress in the campaign.

I’m on a solo trip to the jungle with Dapper-Harvey right now. His fine clothes, alongside this card, has gotten us out of many a tight spot with inquisitive Brood of Yigs. Together with Crafty it gets even better.

To synthesize other reviews (and then add to them), I think we can say this card is "not great" in general :)

It might be good if you're playing in Hard/Expert (to avoid the Chaos bag) or a Curse deck. But it might be really bad otherwise (even 2 curse tokens can destroy an important skill test at the wort moment).

BUT,
no other review considered this card when you Investigate on a 0-shroud location ! Then it becomes one of the best investigating card : 2 clues for the cost of only 1 action (and synergies in your deck).

Cards like Arcane Insight or even Vantage Point might completely negates the cost of Stirring Up Trouble.

So you could easily take 2 clues from a 2-shroud location (or reduce the price to investigate a 4-5-shroud location but not ideal).

This card is fantastic and is basically a free emergency cache with streetwise. Boost streetwise on a test and commit this, succeed by 3 and basically carry over the streetwise boost to your next skill test. It goes a long way for economy in a class that can be very expensive. Behind easy mark and three aces, this is probably the next upgrade I shoot for in a standard rogue deck.

I’m curious to understand how this interacts with Brother Xavier or True Grit in terms of allocated damage from another investigator.

By my reading of the damage rule, damage is dealt to the other investigator, then assigned to an asset, then applied to the relevant asset or investigator.

The rules don’t use the word “take” at all, so I would assume that the owner of the asset could play Lesson Learned even if not actively engaged with the attacking enemy.