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worn dust Jan 17, 2025, 11:55 PM

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Rookie Card
+5 mult for each scored card, only does this for each card in your deck ONCE

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Does the phrasing of this ability make sense

winter snow Jan 18, 2025, 12:55 AM

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Yes

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But playing 2 5 card hands already outclasses many jokers

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And 4 outclasses many uncommons

worn dust Jan 18, 2025, 1:28 AM

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No no no

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What I mean is like

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Let's say for example you play the 5 of spades

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And this card gives the +10 for that 5 of spades

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Now this card isn't able to add +10 to that card again

inland cloud Jan 18, 2025, 1:55 AM

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Worse hiker

worn dust Jan 18, 2025, 2:31 AM

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fair point

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what about +10 mult then

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or +5 actually

open sand Jan 18, 2025, 2:33 AM

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so now we have hiker mult and hiker chips? it's too much hidden stuff on one card imo. i don't even like the hiker mechanic because it's just for that one joker and you can't see it.

worn dust Jan 18, 2025, 2:34 AM

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nah it doesn't upgrade cards

open sand Jan 18, 2025, 2:34 AM

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so the joker gets the bonus?

worn dust Jan 18, 2025, 2:34 AM

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no

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here

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you play the 5 of spades right

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it gives you +5 to your current score

open sand Jan 18, 2025, 2:35 AM

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oh i see

worn dust Jan 18, 2025, 2:35 AM

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then it doesn't do it again for that 5 of spades

open sand Jan 18, 2025, 2:35 AM

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gotcha

worn dust Jan 18, 2025, 2:35 AM

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however if you do manage to get another 5 of spades from a standard pack or something like that it can count it again

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like a rookie

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it cares only about the first time it's played

open sand Jan 18, 2025, 2:36 AM

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if that's the case, i would prefer the mult more i think

worn dust Jan 18, 2025, 2:36 AM

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5 or +10 mult tho

open sand Jan 18, 2025, 2:36 AM

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probably +5

worn dust Jan 18, 2025, 2:36 AM

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ok

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is there anything I should do to the wording to make it make more sense?

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brb

open sand Jan 18, 2025, 2:37 AM

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maybe that's even too much, idk

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how would you keep track of which cards have been played though

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A played card that hasn't been scored since this joker was purchased gives +5 mult when scored.

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that's kinda close to the greedy joker text

worn dust Jan 18, 2025, 3:17 AM

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open sand how would you keep track of which cards have been played though

I suppose that's one of the cons of it

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oh also I'm not sure what the design would be since they already have a baseball card

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so maybe this one could be based on American Football

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or Basketball if that's easier

open sand Jan 18, 2025, 4:26 AM

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worn dust I suppose that's one of the cons of it

I thought about it giving chips some more. If it did, it would have to be way more chips than 10 chips because it would function much like the ice cream joker, but that one starts at +100 chips for any hand and it melts slower. This should be like 25-30 chips per card.

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at least 20 i would think

worn dust Jan 18, 2025, 4:32 AM

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Alright 20 chips then

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