What are Equipment Cards? In short, equipment cards are items that some character cards can be equipped with. They are marked by the armor symbol in the upper right corner. These are mostly legendary armor, hermetically improved items, special weapons or other useful things. But there are also special things like animals or shrines that characters can be equipped with.
What are the Equipment Cards for?
When you equip a character with an item, one of the character's 4 core values improves depending on the item. Exactly the same principle as with the enhancement effect type.
The color of the value in the lower left corner of the Equipment Card indicates which of the 4 core values is to be improved.
In this case the attack value is improved because the "plus 1" is black. If you equip Ygridd Icestorm with an orcas stone, for example, her attack value increases by 1. Once used, equipment cards can no longer be used. The character takes the item, so to speak, and the equipment card with its effect "vanishes".
Which characters can be equipped?
All characters of the levels Pioneer and Master can be equipped. For characters of the Warrior level, the focus is on troop strength. Since these cards can be stacked to form troops, they cannot be equipped with items. And frankly, not everyone can handle such powerful objects. Heroes and Guardians already have their own powerful equipment and utensils. One day, their weapons and armor are likely to become legendary items themselves. Thus there are no equipment cards for them as well.
It should be noted, however, that equipment cards are always assigned to a battle class. Marksmen cannot be equipped with melee equipment cards. You will receive more information about the battle classes in a separate episode soon. To summarize very briefly, equipment cards are assigned to a level (Pioneer or Master) and a combat class (melee, marksman, hermeticist). There will be enough choice for each variant and, accordingly, there will be much flexibility for the deck composition.
How many equipment cards can be included in the deck and when can they be played?
3 equipment cards can and must be selected for a deck. They can be played at any time during your own turn. Regardless of whether the character to be equipped has already performed an action or not.
What made us implement this game element?
As you have already noticed, we focus very much on characters in our game. Each of them not only has their own story but individual values, strengths and weaknesses. This is precisely why equipment cards are so perfect. Items allow the player to compensate for the weaknesses of the characters or even to use their strengths all the more. And often it only takes a small difference in movement value, for example, to decide the game. We leave it up to the players which equipment cards they take with them. No matter if only items for cards of the level master or items that only improve defense. That is your choice.
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