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Deciphered Reality



Deciphered Reality

Deciphered Reality

Type: Event
Class: Seeker
Cost: 4
Level: 5
Willpower: 1
Intellect: 2
Combat: 0
Agility: 0
Wild: 0
Insight.
Investigate. The difficulty of this skill test is equal to the highest shroud value among revealed locations in play. If you succeed, discover 1 clue from each revealed location in play.
Quantity: 2
Number: 303
Illustrator: Shane Pierce
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6 Comments

How does this card and any level of Deduction interact?
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slothgodfather
Jul 05 2017 03:26 PM

well, since Deduction says "If this skill test is successful while investigating a location, discover 1 additional clue at that location.", I'd suspect that it would only apply to the specific location you are at, if at all. 

Yeah, you'd get 2 from the location you are at and 1 from the rest. You are still investigating at 1 location even though you gain clues from others. 

I think this doesn't work for Deduction. The condition is "while investigating a location". You are investigating at a location, but you aren't investigating a location. You are using the Investigate action on Deciphered Reality that sets a Shroud value equal to the highest revealed Shroud value. It's not like Flashlight, which actually Investigates the location.

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slothgodfather
Jul 06 2017 04:19 PM

I've sent in the question to the rules form to find out for sure. I'll post back with an update when I get an answer.

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slothgodfather
Jul 06 2017 06:04 PM

Greetings,

 
Deciphered Reality is not a replacement effect; its effect doesn’t use any form of ‘instead’ or ‘but,’ so its effect is in addition to the standard rewards for successfully investigating. (Otherwise it would say something like “instead of discovering a clue at your location…”) (Compare with Burglary). In other words, if you successfully use Deciphered Reality, you would discover 1 clue at your location, and 1 clue at each revealed location.
 
If you commit Deduction to this test, you would still discover 1 additional clue at your location; there is no reason why that wouldn’t also work here.
 
Hope that helps! Cheers,
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Matthew Newman
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