Power Word Carolyn [4P, Expert] 2.0

Updated and refined the deck. This is ameant to be a Support/Cluever in a 4P Expert Carcossa Blind Run.

How does it Find Clues?

• Grim Memoir + Alice Luxley allows Carolyn to investigate at a respectable 7.
• Scene of the Crime allows her to pick up 2 Clues from high shroud locations without a test.
• Ancient Stone does let her action compress two clues, technically.

How does it handle enemies?

• Power Word can exhaust enemies or send them away.
• Alice Luxley offers some pling damage.
• Mostly, she asks for help in this area.

How does it handle the Mythos Deck?

• Deny Existence, Ward of Protection, and On the Hunt (especially with Power Word) provide a robust anti mythos encounter suite.
• Hallowed Mirror offers some needed sustain.
• Logical Reasoning helps both with Sanity and Terror cards.
• Power Word can be used to heal from the beginning, although it is action intensive until Tongue Twister.

How does it get rolling?

• Carolyn Fern gives nice additional resources.
• Stand Together gives you resources while helping your team.
• Card Draw is weak, at least to start. Empirical Hypothesis offers a trickle of card draw. Perception is a cantrip skill.

Strategy and Upgrade Path

Scenario 1, you want to focus on deciphering Ancient Stone at a Shroud 4+ location (for an inevitable 7+ charges). Besides that, focus on clues.

4xp off your first Encounter lets you upgrade both Ancient Stone for 2xp and then upgrade Power Word with Tongue Twister, Confess, and Betray. At that point the core of your deck is coming together. Ancient Stone is a pile of resources and sustain for your entire team. If needed, use On the Hunt to collect a choice enemy for Power Word. Use Power Word to keep a minion around collecting clues, dealing damage, and staying exhausted.

If you earn another 5xp you'll have enough for two upgraded Stand Together and getting Thrice Spoken on Power Word. That just improves your general consistency.

From there, I would focus on adding in two Field Agents and Charisma (total of 9xp). Meanwhile, use Down the Rabbit Hole to upgrade Empirical Hypothesis with Trial and Error as well as Field Research. Use any excess xp to upgrade Deny Existence, Hallowed Mirror, Logical Reasoning, and On the Hunt.

Try to space your upgrades out to get the most out of Down the Rabbit Hole and Arcane Research. If things are spaced out correctly, you can have all of that upgraded by about scenario six.

Alice Luxley can be traded out for Field Agent. A Grim Memoir can be traded out for Thrice Spoken.