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The Other Path

The Other Path

Type: Story Faction: Neutral
Symbols: (T)(C)(A)(I)
Each player may place 1 success token on any story on which he has 2 or fewer success tokens.
Illustrator: Federico Piatti
Set: Core
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Dreamwalkers

Dreamwalkers

Type: Story Faction: Neutral
Symbols: (T)(C)(A)(I)
Each player must choose one of his won story cards (other that this one) and shuffle it back into the story deck.
Illustrator: Federico Piatti
Set: Core
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Frozen in Time

Frozen in Time

Type: Story Faction: Neutral
Symbols: (T)(C)(A)(I)
Each player must discard 2 cards from his deck for each resource attached to each of his domains, or destroy that resource.
Illustrator: Federico Piatti
Set: Core
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Rotting Away

Rotting Away

Type: Story Faction: Neutral
Symbols: (T)(C)(A)(I)
Each player sacrifices all characters with printed skill 2 or lower.
Illustrator: Mark Winters
Set: Core
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Through the Gates

Through the Gates

Type: Story Faction: Neutral
Symbols: (T)(C)(A)(I)
Each player sacrifices all characters with printed skill 3 or higher.
Illustrator: Mark Winters
Set: Core
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The Call of Cthulhu

The Call of Cthulhu

Type: Story Faction: Neutral
Symbols: (T)(C)(A)(I)
Each player searches his deck for a card and puts it into his hand. Shuffle the decks.
Illustrator: Cyril Van Der Haegen
Set: Core
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Ancient Apocrypha

Ancient Apocrypha

Type: Story Faction: Neutral
Symbols: (T)(C)(A)(I)
Each player gains a new domain, and attaches all character cards in his discard pile to that domain as resources.
Illustrator: McLean Kendree
Set: Core
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Opening Night

Opening Night

Type: Story Faction: Neutral
Symbols: (T)(C)(A)(I)
All discarded characters are put into play, insane.
Illustrator: Federico Piatti
Set: Core
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The Shadow out of Time

The Shadow out of Time

Type: Story Faction: Neutral
Symbols: (T)(C)(A)(I)
Each player may exchange any number of cards in his hand with an equal number of cards from the top of his discard pile.
Illustrator: McLean Kendree
Set: Core
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Nowhere to Hide

Nowhere to Hide

Type: Story Faction: Neutral
Symbols: (T)(C)(A)(I)
Discard all success tokens from all stories.
Illustrator: Mark Winters
Set: Core
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Serpent from Yoth

Serpent from Yoth

Type: Character Faction: Neutral
Cost: 4
Icon: (T)(C) Skill: 2
Monster
Forced Response: After Serpent from Yoth enters your discard pile, each opponent must choose and sacrifice a character.
Illustrator: Jeremy McHugh
Set: Core
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Mystic Bounty Hunter

Mystic Bounty Hunter

Type: Character Faction: Neutral
Cost: 3
Icon: (C)(C)(I) Skill: 3
Sorcerer
Action: Sacrifice Mystic Bounty Hunter to return to their owners' hands all Attachment cards in all discard piles.
Illustrator: Laurel Austin
Set: Core
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Freelance Agent

Freelance Agent

Type: Character Faction: Neutral
Cost: 3
Icon: (C)(C) Skill: 3
Investigator
Fast. While Freelance Agent is committed to a story, it gains CC for each character with lower skill committed by your opponents.
Illustrator: Paul Allen Ballard
Set: Core
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.45 Pistols

.45 Pistols

Type: Support Faction: Neutral
Cost: 0
Attachment. Item. Weapon
Attach to a character.
Attached character gains a (C) icon.
Illustrator: Andrew Johansen
Set: Core
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Political Demonstration

Political Demonstration

Type: Event Faction: Neutral
Cost: 0
Response: After you win an icon struggle by at least 2 icons, choose and destroy a support card.
The Brotherhood marshalled demonstrations nearly every week, and under this cover, far more sinister groups were able to operate.
Illustrator: Sylvain Vialla
Set: Core
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Overzealous Initiate

Overzealous Initiate

Type: Character Faction: Neutral
Cost: 2
Icon: (A)(A) Skill: 2
Cultist
Action: Sacrifice Overzealous Initiate to put the top card of your deck into play, face down, as a domain.
Illustrator: Armin Stocker
Set: Core
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Arkham Asylum

Arkham Asylum

Type: Support Faction: Neutral
Cost: 2
Location
Action: Pay 1 to choose an insane character. Restore and ready that character.
Illustrator: Roberto Marchesi
Set: Core
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Moving the Scenery

Moving the Scenery

Type: Event Faction: Neutral
Cost: 2
Response: After you win an icon struggle by at least 2 icons, move a success token from one side of a story to another.
Brodighera's opera had only ever been performed once, but the Foundation planned to revive it, for a special weekend of music dedicated to the memory of the late Miss Glasser.
Illustrator: Jeremy McHugh
Set: Core
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Tcho-Tcho Talisman

Tcho-Tcho Talisman

Type: Support Faction: Neutral
Cost: 1
Attachment. Item
Attach to a character you control. Attached character gains TT. Response: After Tcho-Tcho Talisman is placed into any discard pile from play, pay 1 to return it to its owner's hand.
Illustrator: Lars Simkins
Set: Core
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Inside Information

Inside Information

Type: Event Faction: Neutral
Cost: 2
Action: Choose a story. Until the end of the phase, that story loses a struggle icon of your choice.
"I love the neophytes," he mused, twirling his cane. "They're just so eager."
Illustrator: Roberto Campus
Set: Core
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Dabbler in the Unknown

Dabbler in the Unknown

Type: Character Faction: Neutral
Cost: 1
Icon: Skill: 1
Cultist
Action: Sacrifice Dabbler in the Unknown to put a success token on a story card with no success tokens.
Illustrator: Roberto Campus
Set: Core
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Gentleman's Club

Gentleman's Club

Type: Support Faction: Neutral
Cost: 2
Location
Action: Exhaust and pay 2 to draw a card.
Illustrator: Tabitha Heidkamp
Set: Core
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Eldritch Nexus

Eldritch Nexus

Type: Event Faction: Neutral
Cost: 1
Action: Gain a Domain, then attach the top card of your deck to it as a resource.
Illustrator: Matthew Dixon
Set: Core
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The Bootleg Whiskey Cover-Up

The Bootleg Whiskey Cover-Up

Type: Conspiracy Faction: Neutral
Cost: 1
Symbols:
Treat all characters committed to this story as if their text boxes were blank.
Illustrator: Carlo Bocchio
Set: Core
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Military Advisor

Military Advisor

Type: Character Faction: Neutral
Cost: 4
Icon: (C)(I) Skill: 5
Government
Toughness +2.
Response: After Military Advisor is wounded, pay 2 to choose and wound a character with skill lower than Military Advisor.
Illustrator: Rafal Hrynkiewicz
Set: Core
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Small Ghouls

Small Ghouls

Type: Character Faction: Shub-Niggurath
Cost: 5
Icon: (T)(T)(C)(C) Skill: 6
Monster
Forced Response: After Small Ghouls enters play, put 3 cards from your discard pile on the bottom of your deck in any order, if able.
Special Attribute: Steadfast x2 Shub-Niggurath
Like all children, they hoarded their toys.
Illustrator: Carlo Bocchio
Set: Core
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Shub-Niggurath

Shub-Niggurath

The All Mother
Type: Character Faction: Shub-Niggurath
Cost: 7
Icon: (T)(T)(T)(C)(A) Skill: 7
Ancient One
Villainous. Invulnerability. Action: Pay 3 to search your deck for a Dark Young character and put that character into play. Then shuffle your deck.
Illustrator: John Matson
Set: Core
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Watcher of the Woods

Watcher of the Woods

Type: Character Faction: Shub-Niggurath
Cost: 3
Icon: (T)(C)(A) Skill: 3
Dark Young
Watcher of the Woods enters play exhausted if you control no support cards.
Illustrator: Daarken
Set: Core
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Mi-Go Scout

Mi-Go Scout

Type: Character Faction: Shub-Niggurath
Cost: 3
Icon: (C)(C) Skill: 3
Mi-Go
All Mi-Go characters gain an I icon.
It had no capacity for regret, but there was something about this planet that it cared little for. Compared to the icy spires of Yuggoth, this place blossomed with unreason.
Illustrator: Alejandro Diaz
Set: Core
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Mi-Go Warrior

Mi-Go Warrior

Type: Character Faction: Shub-Niggurath
Cost: 3
Icon: (C) Skill: 3
Mi-Go
Disrupt: Exhaust to cancel 1 wound to a character.
Illustrator: Tyler Walpole
Set: Core
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