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Occult Research for azathoth on Eldritch Horror
Yes, resolving the encounter doesn't mean you have to resolve it successfully. Your clue gained during the encounter still entitles you to place it, as the Mystery states.
A few references to ...
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Eldritch Horror skill test for multiple combat encounters on same turn
From the base rule book, page 9:
Combat Encounters
If an investigator is on a space containing one or more Monsters, he
must resolve a single Combat Encounter against each Monster on that
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Does Skids O'Toole and the Composed talent provide for unlimited rerolls?
Let's look at the exact wording on the cards:
"Skids" O'Toole
Whenever you roll a 1 during a test, you may reroll that die.
Composed:
When resolving a test, if you do not roll any 1's, you ...
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What if three players are "the closest investigator"?
The final decision is always down to the active investigator when you are deciding the nearest but two or more targets are an equivalent distance.
From the rules reference (page 9):
When ...
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Do artifacts have a value?
I also was unable to find a definitive answer in the rule books, reference guide and FAQ. So let's look at it thematically.
Look first at Pete's character card.
After you perform an Acquire Assets ...
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How to add of story-telling elements to increase player satisfaction?
I think that's what the board game has been lacking for me and several other dedicated players; a cohesive story of what we are up against and what we are trying to accomplish.
This surprises me, ...
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Can Jenny Barnes' enable someone to use acquire assets a second time?
No. This is similar to Charlie Kane's special action. The investigator must not already have performed the same action during the current round.
From the official errata:
Can an investigator’s “...
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How to read The Rise of the Elder Things Cultists text
You do not need to defeat the Cultist to gain the rewards if you pass the Horror Check.
Whenever fighting a monster, you have a Horror Check then a Strength Check. The Horror Check is usually a Will ...
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Which expansions are safe to mix?
While it seems Fantasy Flight Games has never explicitly said that Eldritch Horror expansions can be combined, the consensus of players is that it is perfectly fine to play Eldritch Horror with ...
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Does Ursula Downs get a free re-roll every turn?
It is just free. You may pay one less so you may pay zero to reroll. This is different from a situation such as "when an investigator would gain a clue, gain an extra clue" which is somewhat the ...
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Devoured while lost in time and space
I think that you are right because of the unspoken rule of cooperative games. I could not find anything in the erratas apart from a reference to "move".
You are unaffected by other game effects […] ...
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Is it possible to defeat Azathoth when playing with only 1 Investigator?
Investigator count
Look at these statistics calculated from hundreds of logged plays: Eldritch Horror Statistics.
With the original reference cards, you can see the normal win rate for 1 ...
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Is it possible to defeat Azathoth when playing with only 1 Investigator?
I can't comment on playing with one or two investigators because just about all of my experience is with 4-5, but here's a partial answer:
3) The game is easier with an even number of investigators ...
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Unique Assets with same name in my possession
You keep both. There is no limit, according to the FAQ:
Q. Can an investigator have multiple copies of the same Unique
Asset?
A. Yes. There is no limit to the number of Unique Assets an
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Small Expansions for Eldritch Horror
All of the expansions for Eldritch Horror add content to the base game and require the base game to be played regardless of whether or not they include a new board.
Each expansion with the exception ...
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Ancient One Yig's reckoning Effect Spawning 1 cultist
Simply put, they don't spawn. From the rules reference, page 3, Component Limitations (which did take me a fair amount of digging to find the actual rule!)
Monsters cannot be spawned from the Monster ...
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Occult Research for azathoth on Eldritch Horror
Eldritch Horror doesn't have a concept of failing or succeeding at an encounter.
Occult Research only cares whether you gained a Clue from a Research Encounter. It doesn't care if you were Injured ...
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Can Dream Portals spawn on other side boards
Generally, you play with a sideboard only if a Prelude Card or Ancient One requires it. Some Preludes call for specific sideboards, and some Ancient Ones specifically require certain sideboards to be ...
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Do Preludes affect new investigators
I don't think the Prelude cards would apply. The Prelude cards specified timing is either Setup or After Setup and drawing a new investigator is during gameplay.
When playing with this expansion, ...
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Duplicate Preludes in Mask of Nyarlathotep differ from original
Generally, when Eldritch Horror refers to duplicate cards, it explicitly refers to the title of the card, not the entirety of the card's contents. Additionally, if a board game replaces a card because ...
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Clarification on "shuffled back into deck" for double-sided cards
The Eldritch Horror page on the Fantasy Flight website has all the rules and reference guide PDFs for free. If we look at page 5 of the reference guide on Discarding it says:
Double-sided cards, such ...
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Should investigators take Set Aside Cultists when playing with the Epidemic prelude?
Draw from the set aside Cultists only.
Rule Reference, Page 10
Components that are set aside cannot be used except by effects that specifically name them. For example, a Monster token that has been ...
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Do artifacts have a value?
Artifacts and Unique Assets don't have values.
But this doesn't matter in your case as Pete's skill only allows him to gain Assets from the discard pile and Artifacts aren't Assets.
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Devoured while lost in time and space
The investigator lost in time and space cannot be targeted by the dark pact's effect,
simply because he is not available for targeting.
He is lost in time and space,
inaccessible to anyone.
If I'm an ...
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Is there an Eldritch Horror variant for playing against two ancients at once?
No playtesting yet, but I was thinking about such variant.
Some initial thoughts:
I would sum up the doom of both AOs. If this total drops to 0, both AO's awaken.
The two respective mythos decks ...
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