Preston Fairmont

Preston Fairmont

The side-mission called Curse of the Rougarou has a reward card called Monsterous Transformation. I just got this for Preston and and I can't help but feel it's too broken to be allowed. But as far as I can tell it's fine. I'm going to play it through and laugh as everyone dies to the filthy rich wolf.

jmccrary · 16
It IS too broken. That's why opt to not do that mission when Preston (or Calvin) is in the team... — Nenananas · 267
It's probably even better if you manage to get Body of a Yithian in City of Archives (TFA), as well — Zinjanthropus · 229

Summoned Hound

Summoned Hound

Just think of this: Using this from your discard pile, with chance encounter (2xp). Because this is not playing this, so you can have this ally out without its greatest weakness.

As you get a free action every turn, it is basically on par with Leo de Luca (pros: skill boost+cheaper, cons: only fight/investigate, 2 card combo/weakness).

vidinufi · 69
Flare also works. Patrice could take both and find the hound consistently, and unlike most people who can take this card she would actually run the relevant icons to make use of the extra action. — StyxTBeuford · 13043
The free action every round at a boosted level is really strong imo. I think the free investigate action is stronger since there isn't a damage boost but for a combat focused Mystic that needs to deal an odd point of damage then it could save a charge on Shrivelling. I think this card will be great for anyone that puts a few static Int/Com boost into play and that has some capacity to deal with the weakness. — The Lynx · 993
somebody elsewhere pointed out that you could put this into play with Markings of Isis, not that that's an amazing card outside of a few edge cases — Zinjanthropus · 229

Dissonant Voices

Dissonant Voices

The card says you cannot play assets of events. The rulebook states that playing a card is to pay its resource cost and put the card into play, usually using a play action.

Thus, cards already in play are unaffected. You can also commit cards from hand to skill checks.

jimavet · 11
If I understand it correctly, this prevents you from playing Dark Memory as Agnes, so if you're unfortunate enough to draw it with DIssonant Voices in your threat area, you are forced to take 2 horror. — Jelonek · 1

Sleeping Car

Sleeping Car

Spoiler Review:

So this may be the only red hearing in the entire game, when I played though the train the first time I dreaded the luggage, when I played through return of dunwich I dreaded it more, and when I recently played through the train I totally forgot to pick up 3 free resources....

Zerogrim · 295
Spoiler reply: It is not the only red herring in the game. — Yenreb · 15
It makes for a good way to remember whether the group-limit has been used up or not, though. — anaphysik · 97

Norman Withers

Norman Withers

To be honest I kinda wish this deckbuilding option was for Harvey Walters, but it's taking him long enough to appear - heard that FFG doesn't want to use him as regularly as he was a Chaosium invention (I remember him being listed in the CoC rulebook back in the 80s, but he was a journalist then...)

Krysmopompas · 366