Card draw simulator
| Derived from |
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| None. Self-made deck here. |
| Inspiration for | ||||
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| Tommy Perfected pre exp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Investigating a murder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Soak Tommy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
Calprinicus · 5767
SUMMARY
Tommy Muldoon is pretty straight forward. You soak damage, deal with the enemies, and heal the team.
PROS
- Very high damage output.
- Lots of damage soak and team heals.
- Lots of stat boosts.
CONS
- Lots of actions spent playing allies & soaks.
- Don't expect to find many clues.
- Don't expect to evade enemies.
- Resource Dependent.
Damage Dealing
The Trinity
This build is focused on high damage output. By using Bandolier, Shotgun, and Becky you are versatile on dealing lots of damage to a single target with #shotgun and use #becky to take care of the small stuff.
Finding Weapons
To find all three pieces I use Tetsuo Mori and Prepared for the Worst. Mulligan hard for a gun.
Stat Boosts
With two Charisma, you get 3 allies. If you have the Shotgun, fill them with 2x Beat Cop, Jessica Hyde. Paired with Ace of Swords you can boost your to 8! That's an 11 with each shotgun shot! Steadfast, Take the Initiative help boost the attack.
Bandolier, Brother Xavier, and Peter Sylvestre can also boost your to 6!
Ammo
Venturer and Extra Ammunition keep the shotgun supplied. Becky refills herself with Tommy Muldoon ability.
Other Damage
Beat Cop and Brother Xavier also deal damage.
SOAKS
Return on Investment
I have played this deck alot and it really shines by playing cheap soak with a high return on investment. After an asset is defeated, If you can collect more resources than the initial cost you can build a larger soak pool. Leather Coat, Cherished Keepsake, and the mvp Madame Labranche are great examples. These help you build resources to play the expensive cards.
Team Soak
Brother Xavier, Tetsuo Mori, and Solemn Vow allow you to absorb horror & damage from your fellow investigators. Solemn Vow has an added bonus of transfering that damage & horror in passing after the damage was dealt.
Team Healing
When you have a team soak like Tetsuo Mori, your fellow investigators can use your Painkillers and Smoking Pipe to heal their damage and horror and give it to your allies. It should also be noted that Venturer can refill your Painkillers and Smoking Pipe!
Allies
Allies have long been proven to be the best bang for you buck in terms of soak. They often have useful abilities and normally cost 1 resource per soak. Taking 2 copies of Charisma is a no brainer and gives you 3 ally slots. With 10 allies, you shouldn't have issue filling them.
FINDING CLUES
You will rely on your allies to help find clues. Unless you upgrade into Agency Backup, your best bet is to help on low shroud locations.
UPGRADE PRIORITY
3xp - Charisma
3xp - Charisma
4xp - Baseball Bat -> Shotgun
1xp - Vicious Blow -> Extra Ammunition
1xp - Vicious Blow -> Extra Ammunition
1xp - Leather Coat -> Ace of Swords
2xp - Leather Coat -> Bandolier
1xp - Guard Dog -> Jessica Hyde
1xp - Guard Dog -> Jessica Hyde
2xp - Madame Labranche -> Peter Sylvestre
1xp - Madame Labranche -> Brother Xavier
Extra. If you're playing a high XP campaign I suggest the following:
5xp Madame Labranche -> Agency Backup
5xp Madame Labranche -> Agency Backup
3xp - Emergency Cache -> Emergency Cache
3xp - Emergency Cache -> Emergency Cache
Standalone 9xp
3xp - Charisma
4xp - Shotgun
1xp - Extra Ammunition
1xp - Extra Ammunition
| 8 comments |
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Feb 10, 2020 |
Feb 10, 2020Your understanding of the rules is correct. This was suppose to mention solemn vow. Which allows teammates to transfer damage damage to you and Smoking Pipe and Painkillers to shift that damage around. All my perfected decks will be updated one dream-eaters completes. |
Feb 10, 2020I see, that you for the clarification. |
Feb 11, 2020What do you think about using The Red-Gloved Man and A Chance Encounter to recur him? I found it to be really powerful in Tommy since if you can kill RGM he refunds 4-8 resources and shuffles back into your deck. I wasn’t that big on either Jessica Hyde or Peter Sylvestre since they are very susceptible to Rookie Mistake. I found it better to just use disposable Allies like Guard Dog and Brother Xavier to reload Becky and deal testless damage to things. |
Feb 11, 2020
I might need to try this and also run Resourceful to pull the A Chance Encounter back to my hand. I disagree about Jessica Hyde the stat boost with Shotgun is vital! Also i think her passive healing avoids death from Rookie Mistake. In my newer builds, I don't run Peter Sylvestre and instead run two copies of Smoking Pipe since she allows you to heal horror or damage. |
Feb 13, 2020Have you considered Ever Vigilant to help with the Con of having to spend lots of actions playing assets? |
Feb 13, 2020
All my "perfected" decks will updated after the current Dream-eaters cycle. Ever Vigilant will definately be included. |
Feb 16, 2020out on shotgun. low ammo, unreliable. Your deck seems to require massive draw luck as you have minimum draw engines in this deck. In my experience even with the 0 cost soaks giving money back the resource generation is really inconsistent and I've just as often trapped with 0 resources and assets in hand as I've been flush with cash. If you play 4p a lot I can see the tank build working great, but with fewer players this doesnt look remotely reliable enough to pull weight. just my $0.02 |
Can you explain how fellow Investigators can use Tommys Painkillers or Smoking Pipe? According to my understanding of the rules that is not possible...