Agnes Baker

Summary

Agnes Baker uses her high willpower () to accomplish stuff. Taking horror let’s her ping enemies with her ability.

Overview

• Enemies: Agnes’ signature ability, Baseball Bat, Shrivelling
• Clues: Rite of Seeking, Drawn to the Flame
• Encounter: Ward of Protection

Collection

• Revised Core Set
• The Dunwich Legacy
• The Path to Carcosa

Investigator

Agnes Baker, The Waitress Mystic - Sorcerer

• 5 Willpower (), 2 Intellect (), 2 Combat (), 3 Agility ()
• 6 Health, 8 Sanity
• After 1 or more horror is placed on Agnes Baker: Deal 1 damage to an enemy at your location.
• effect: +1 for each horror on Agnes Baker.

Signature cards

• Asset: Heirloom of Hyperborea
• Weakness: Dark Memory

Deck composition

Assets

Hand x2:

• Baseball Bat: Fight with +2 and +1 damage.
  • Combos nice with Fight or Flight.

Arcane:

• Rite of Seeking: Use to Investigate. Discover 1 additional clue.
• Shrivelling: Use to Fight. Deal +1 damage.
  • Also a possible ping with Agnes’ signature ability.

Accessory:

• Holy Rosary: +1 . Soak horror.

Ally:

• Peter Sylvestre: +1 . Soak a horror each turn.

Other:

• Forbidden Knowledge: Take 1 horror, gain 1 resource.
  • Also a ping with Agnes’ signature ability.

Events

• Delve Too Deep: Each Investigator draws from the encounter deck, get a Victory Point.
  • Use just before you Resign of Resolve.
• Drawn to the Flame: Draw from the encounter deck, discover 2 clues.
• Fight or Flight: Get +x or +x where x is the amount of horror on you.
• Lucky!: Get +2 skill value after a failed skill test.
• Uncage the Soul: Play a spell for 3 less resources.
• Ward of Protection: Cancel drawing a treachery card.

Skills

• Fearless: Heal 1 horror on a successful skill test.
• Guts: and draw a card.
• Unexpected Courage: .

Other considerations

• Painkillers: Gain 1 health, also a ping with Agnes’ signature ability.
  • Switch for Forbidden Knowledge or Delve Too Deep.
• "Look what I found!": Discover 2 clues after a failed skill test while investigating.
  • Switch for Delve Too Deep.

Mulligan guide

• Shrivelling or Baseball Bat
• Uncage the Soul
• Peter Sylvestre

Upgrade guide

Prio 1

• 2x Peter Sylvestre (2) for 2x Peter Sylvestre
  • 2XP: +1 and +1 . Soak a horror each turn.

Prio 2

Pick depending on your team set-up:

• 2x Rite of Seeking (2) for 2x Rite of Seeking
  • 2XP: Use to Investigate. Get +2 , discover 1 additional clue.
• 2x Shrivelling (3) for 2x Shrivelling
  • 3XP: Use to Fight. Get +2 , deal +1 damage.
  • Also a possible ping with Agnes’ signature ability.

• 2x Ward of Protection (2) for 2x Ward of Protection
  • 2XP: Cancel drawing a treachery card for other investigators.

Prio 3

Pick depending on your team set-up:

• 2x Rite of Seeking (4) for 2x Rite of Seeking (2)
  • 2XP (4-2): Use to Investigate. Get +2 , discover 2 additional clues.
• 2x Shrivelling (5) for 2x Shrivelling (3)
  • 2XP (5-3): Use to Fight. Get +2 , deal +2 damage.
  • Also a possible ping with Agnes’ signature ability.

• 2x Flare (1) for 2x Delve Too Deep
  • 1XP (Exile): Fight with +3 and deal +2 damage or search for an Ally and put it into play.
• 2x Fearless (2) for 2x Fearless
  • 2XP: , heal 1 horror or 2 if you succeed by 2 or more.
• 2x Lucky! (2) for 2x Lucky!
  • 2XP: Get +2 skill value when you would fail a skill test and draw a card.

Optional

• 1x Charisma (3) (Permanent)
  • 3XP: Use an extra ally (probably rewarded by scenarios).