Stranger Danger

[solemn barn]

A challenge that doesn’t tell you what the boss Blind is until you enter the Blind.

You are also given 1 negative Luchador

(just to make it fair)

[terse lily]

Sounds good

[astral sorrel]

idk 2-3 seems like a stretch, maybe 1-2

[solemn barn]

Yeah I was thinking of that I’m just not really sure which amount would balance it out more

[past frigate]

i think just one negative luchador would be enoug

[solemn barn]

True I guess

[past frigate]

most boss blinds wont be that impactful and challenges arent designed to be that fair

[vapid badge]

really unique idea

[karmic hinge]

honestly you could just make it be extra cruel

and have 0 neg luchadors

so it's just 8 rounds of russian roulette 🔥

cuz in reality not many boss blinds kill a run but in an avoidable manner (such that you can take some action to avoid the death)

[solemn barn]

Real

[rain bloom]

True but I do think it’s a neat idea if you have a single negative luchador - do you use it on a boss like The Arm just to save a couple hand levels when you might end up getting a detrimental boss blind later

[karmic hinge]

this is true

[past frigate]

What if you had a perishable copy of Chicot? If you don’t skip it’s only used for one blind but if you skip more you can use chicot more, meaning players would be inclined to skip more and adopt a riskier play style

[topaz stream]

you'd still only have it for 5 of 8 bosses

in the best case

[vapid badge]

5 more than luchador

i kidna like that idea

only really last for 1 blind

[topaz stream]

5, if you full skip for 5 rounds straight

if there were some way to make a longer perishable joker it could be interesting

[solemn barn]

Yeah but Luchador would probably be more balanced, since you would be at a severe disadvantage with Chicot

[vapid badge]

well it basically is a luchador but has the potential to be better

[solemn barn]

Yeah but no preparation for the following Blinds

[vapid badge]

oo a problem could be that you could sell it for $10

[vapid badge]

?

[solemn barn]

Well think about it, it’s a perishable joker, so like even if you skip binds and disable the boss blind effect you won’t be able to have enough money to keep going

That would make the entire Deck more RNG based

[vapid badge]

yea, thats the not main strat, its just a potential

if you are crazy enough

throwback type build

[solemn barn]

Luchador I’d say is probably the safest option for this

[vapid badge]

but the normal person would just play normally

it could actually be a red herring to throw off the intential way to play the challenge

[vapid badge]

but its pretty much the same so its not too important

[finite spade]

Most balatro player already play this way.

But it's a cool idea. Boss blind free or run ending sometimes

[haughty dagger]

bosses are more threathening at around mid-lategame

[lavish ermine]

i think one would be perfectly reasonable

[solemn barn]

Yeah I agree with the one luchador, so I changed it to that lol

[lavish ermine]

nice

[rain bloom]

What makes this ⚙️

[finite spade]

Maybe some one doesn't understand stand what it means.

[solemn barn]

That or they want it to become a main game mechanic 🙃. Though I don’t honestly agree in that regard.

[finite spade]

But doesn't ⚙️ mean modded

[solemn barn]

Yeah but also

[finite spade]

But that a tag. is for joke suggestions and not for other

But I get you point

[steep iron]

masking boss blinds, which is currently not implemented

so not vanilla, but i guess i'd be feasible to implement

[finite spade]

But if it was, then this wouldn't be suggested

[thick geode]

Thats just how i play anyway bc i always forget to check

[rain bloom]

The game’s current challenges already have a fair few exclusive things, I don’t think this is too different

[lavish ermine]

damn i keep forgetting about rich get richer

what an easy challenge

it needs a buff

[steep iron]

fair, i guess you could add a special Boss Blind (The Surprise) who chooses at random which effect to use among the existing ones

and make that special boss the only one appearing in this challenge

[solemn barn]

Boss blind that you don’t know what it does until the boss blind is triggered

(That was a joke, don’t take that seriously)

[solemn barn]

Reviving the thread

[finite spade]

Pay the rats

🐀

[solemn barn]

Woah man that’s madness

[finite spade]

It's a rule

@flat totem please take their money

[stray vale]

Director's cut is banned in this challenge?

[topaz stream]

it should be, as it's useless

wheel still exists in jokerless though

[finite spade]

But wheel is a reminder, that no matter where you go. You will always have the wheel curse.

Wait but aren't temp, ankh and hex banned. Why not wheel

[lavish ermine]

is judgement banned?

that seems like an oversight

[topaz stream]

yes

it is, in jokerless

anything that makes jokers is banned

but iirc things that only work if you already have jokers arent

[lavish ermine]

judgement works if you have no jokers

it makes a random oen

[topaz stream]

i kniw

i'm saying it is banned in jokerless

i wasn't clear

[static wing]

maybe give an eternal negative chicot

[wild cave]

That makes the challenge pointless

[static wing]

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