```lua

[cunning current]

#scripting

But also, that's (probably) an indicator that baseDiscardPile is nil at that point?

So you should make sure that cardTable[1] is non-nil, just in case

For example, I believe it can still be nil if castFindings is empty

But I'm not sure how Lua handles unassigned indices on tables so maybe this is wrong

There might also be some subtle differences between what happens with the || lambda syntactic sugar and fully writing out function() ... end

Might just be me being superstitious though

[timber pier]

yes, good point. in my efforts to troubleshoot this, cardTable[1] has always been non-nil. and baseDiscardPile always seems to be non-nil as well

my theory is that by "changing" baseDiscardPile by adding things to it, it creates the problem. but I do this exact same procedure with other cards/decks and do NOT have this problem

[cunning current]

You could always change it to baseDiscardPile != nil and not...

Or whatever the right syntax is for that

[timber pier]

yeah, ill try that. i feel like i did try it at one time, but won't hurt to try again