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Obsessive Inmate

Submitted Darksbane , Aug 29 2010 08:24 PM | Last updated Sep 28 2010 06:21 PM

Obsessive Inmate

Type: Character Faction: Neutral
Cost: 3 Skill: 3 Icons: (C)(I)(I)
Game Text:
Independent
Willpower. Obsessive Inmate does not un-commit from a story until that story is won.
Set: TTftS
Number: 97
Illustrator: Removed at Illustrators Request

9 Comments

Zephyr

Jun 23 2012 10:56 PM

Obsessive Inmate does stay committed
to the story during the opponentâ€™s turn.
However, the story he is committed to
will not resolve during his opponentâ€™s
turn, unless the opponent commits at
least one character to the story.

Can I use a card effect to uncommit Obsessive
Inmate from a story?
Yes. â€œDoes not uncommitâ€ in this case
is preventing Obsessive Inmate from
uncommitting by normal game effects,
but card effects will be able to uncommit
it.

Panzerbjrn

Jul 16 2015 02:39 PM

FAQ 4.1:

Obsessive Inmate does stay committed to the story during the opponentâ€™s turn.

However, the story he is committed to will not resolve during his opponentâ€™s turn, unless the opponent commits at least one character to the story. Obsessive Inmate can be uncommitted from a story by means of card effects.

However, the struggles still occur, right? So he would score the Investigation struggle even if my opponent doesn't commit, right?

tdnordine

Jul 16 2015 07:25 PM

No. That is what story resolution is, the resolutions of the story struggles and skill.

Therefore, unless an opponent commits a character to the story that Obsessive Inmate is committed to, he will not have the opportunity to get an icon for investigation.

Daevar

Jul 16 2015 07:29 PM

Struggles are part of the Resolving a Story Card step of the story phase and since his story explicitly doesn't resolve unless opposed, there will be no Investigation struggle for him to succeed at.

Panzerbjrn

Jul 17 2015 09:09 AM

Huh, interesting, my group has been playing that the struggles occur, because otherwise what's the point in having This card or Obsessive Detective....

They both seem rather pointless suddenly...

NuFenix

Jul 17 2015 10:24 AM

Means they can oppose a story you don't want them to win without needing to have a character ready to oppose with.

Panzerbjrn

Jul 17 2015 01:01 PM

That just seems a bit pointless when my opponent can see I have nothing else and can just kill them off.

Winning (I) struggles out of turn was what my group basically decided This one and Obsessive detective were for.

Obtuse

Jul 26 2015 05:35 AM

This guy would obviously be better if you could *choose* not to uncommit him, but he is what he is. I had success using him in my Agency/Hastur deck that used 70 steps and Unending Festivities to greatly limit the number ready characters available to go to stories. So not the best 3 drop neutral out there, but certainly not pointless in the right deck.

JonDigman

Jul 26 2015 03:42 PM

All of the obsessive characters could be interesting with pervasive toxemia. Especially early game.

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