Fortune teller "rework"

[oak bobcat]

I know that there's nothing really wrong with fortune teller joker, but I'm just giving an idea that has the similar theme but more fun to use (maybe)

This joker gains +2 mult per tarot card used. Resets when using tarot card that was last used.

[craggy blade]

The issue is that this joker scales even when it’s not with you. Meaning the reset will also occur when the player uses the previously used tarot when it’s not with them.

Not a fan of that tbh. I think the current fortune teller is perfectly fine

Strange but true: my last plasma deck gold stake win involved a highly scaled fortune teller

[knotty lagoon]

Ehhh I think fortune teller kinda sucks but this rework is too strong

Is it so bad it needs to be made twice as strong?
Could it use a small buff?

[craggy blade]

I don’t think it sucks. Maybe with the right jokers it could be something.

Like cartomancer and vagabond

[oak bobcat]

I was thinking of only scaling when you're holding it

[craggy blade]

Kinda hard to buff if it if one extra additive mult per tarot is a

[knotty lagoon]

I think it’s too much effort compared to other common mult scalers like Bus, Green, Red Card, etc. It takes a really long time to match even Abstract in a gold stake run, and by then it’s too weak

[craggy blade]

I kinda figured

[knotty lagoon]

Maybe change the price of it to $3 or $4 instead of $6, this doesn’t feel like a $6 joker but that’s nitpicking

Fortune Teller is secretly worse than most other mult scalers cause it can be perishable, making it pointless

[oak bobcat]

Huh, TIL other scaling jokers cannot be perishable

[craggy blade]

The thing is that this one doesn’t always start at +0 Mult when you take it

Throwback is met with the same fate

[oak bobcat]

right, and I think that's unique on its own

[sonic hamlet]

Fortune Teller is fine for a common

Its downside, it scales naturally slower, leans into the upside of retroactiveness and making a decent pick at most times during a run

Especially since most people tend to prefer Tarots to Planets in the mid game (ante 3-6)

[knotty lagoon]

I think my main problem is as a common it doesn’t really function like one

You gotta take it in some midpoint in the game and have a strong tarot generator to make it usable

Most other commons work on their own pretty well, like it’s no t a bad thing we have an exception to it but it just feels a lil weak

[craggy blade]

just get a buncha purple seals