Materia Spotlight- Mephistopheles Gift

“Mephistopheles is a demon- a worker of Satan- who grants corrupted men with a gift. Mephistopheles is known from his deal with Johann Georg Faust in which he exchanges his soul for unlimited knowledge and other pleasures. In the Afterlife, Mephistopheles grants the Student a more physical gift with a very powerful flame. This flame allows the Student to cast physical, magical and astral cards at a reduced cost but will get hit rather hard if they are attacked.”

Welcome back Students! In this Spotlight we will be looking at another Construct but on the Dark side known as Mephistopheles’ Gift! As you read above, this fire Homunculus takes the idea of trading something valuable for something just as valuable. Like Faust, you’re receiving immediate gratification for your body which may not affect you right away. This was another card where the name came first and the Ability came second.

Mephistopheles’ Gift specifically states that your cards cost 1 less to play. Attacks made against you gain 1A (This includes Magical and Astral attacks). This passive is extremely powerful and has a lot of utility. It is easy for new players to pick up and play multiple cards without worrying about dice fluxing too much. It is difficult to master however because that additional dice hitting you can add up really fast. When designing this card we thought about how powerful it was to be able to cast cards with less dice for ALL pools. So we initially had the enemy roll two dice instead of one. If you didn’t already guess, this overwhelmed your Homunculus and made games extremely one sided so that was changed after quite a few paper prototyping sessions.  

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