I was wondering - does the "Fight" on this card (and similar Event-cards) triggers effects on Cards like "Frozen in Fear" (https://arkhamdb.com/card/01164) or the "Hunted by Byakats" from Barkham Horror?

They force you to spend something (an additional action / a ressource) to perform a "Fight" Action. Is the "action" you are performing with an Event card not a "Play a card from your hand" Action that just happens to have that "Fight" effect?

Tanks in advance!

December 31, 2020
To provide clarity to anyone checking this page to ensure they're playing correctly, I will ask:
Is this the correct understanding on how the card works?

• If you draw Shocking Discovery naturally (i.e. Upkeep phase, draw a card action, etc), then you shuffle the card back into your deck. That's it.

• If Shocking Discovery is among the searched cards (i.e. Mr. "Rook", No Stone Unturned, etc), then you discard Shocking Discovery. You cancel the search, shuffle Mandy's deck, then draw the top card of the encounter deck. Shocking Discovery is now in your discard pile.

• If you choose to use Mandy Thompson's ability to "resolve 1 additional target of the search" (ex: No Stone Unturned to search the top 6 cards of your deck and draw 2 of the searched cards instead of just 1 card), and Shocking Discovery is among the searched cards, the entire search is cancelled. This means that you do not draw a card at all because the entire search is cancelled. Then, you shuffle Mandy's deck and draw the top card of the encounter deck. Shocking Discovery is now in your discard pile.

Review of parallel Agnes. I played her for 3 scenarios as cluer (our campaign isn't finished) and found her new ability better than i had expected.

Parallel Agnes can be found here. I created alternate weaknesses for all parallel investigator, based on the boss of each adventure which can be found here. Except the weakness for daisy, i haven't playtested them yet so changes are possible.

Stats

Base stats remain the same, but her HP and Sanity have been swapped. High means she excels when using spells and resisting many treacheries but her low other stats mean she can't do anything without spells.

Higher HP allows for more uses of her new ability. When the game was new, needed sanity to endure side effects of Shrivelling. With the addition of new asset spells like Azure Flame or Eye of Chaos that's not necessary anymore.

Ability

Her new abilites read:

• As an additional cost to play a Spell event, you may take 1 damage. If you do, reduce the cost to play that event by 2, and you may shuffle that event back into your deck instead of discarding it.
• effect: +1. You may heal 1 damage.

Like her old ability, it is both a blessing and curse because liberal use can kill you (enemy attacks, trecheries, location effects, Azure Flame,...). Her new ability is more flexible and gets better with new spell events. cards tend to be expansive and with limited charges so the first part of her ability really helps going all out on events. Shuffling them back into your deck is also a huge boon, as you might draw it again (i think i used read the signs 4-6 times in one scenario). Though it makes drawing other cards less likely.

As of writing this review, i'm not sure you can use her ability on spells that cost 0 ressources to shuffle them back into your deck. I'm assuming yes.

New is a straight heal, keeping her alive and allowing for more uses of her first ability. If you make liberal use of her first ability like i did, you will need this. Also note that it heals you if the test fails (so combos nice with fail to win stuff).

Deck Building

Similar to parallel Skids. When upgrading spells (not limited to events), you may keep the lower level version in your deck, which does not count against your deck size. For 2 XP each, you can have 20 Ward of Protection so you never need to worry about treacheries anymore (but the horror...).

Spells events of note LV 0:

• Blinding Light: Evade with and 1 damage. Potentially lose 1 action, which is why i dislike this.
• Deny Existence: Avoid some nasty effects and damage/ horror. Very scenario dependant.
• Ethereal Form: Evade with + , very high chance of success and can't be engaged. Recommended.
• Hypnotic Gaze: Very costly Dodge, may damage enemy. Enemy attacks can be avoided with tactics and effect is not reliable. Not recommended.
• Moonlight Ritual: Useful in doom based decks. Take 1 damage to shuffle into your deck.
• Open Gate: Qualifies for your ability, 1 ressources may not be worth 1 damage. Scenario dependant.
• Read the Signs: Investigate with + , very high chance of success, gain 2 clues and ignore some effects. Recommended.
• Spectral Razor: Fight with + , very high chance of success, included engage action and 3 damage on non elite. Recommended.
• Storm of Spirits: Damages all enemies at your location. Recommended for 3-4 players.
• Tides of Fate: Lots of / tokens. Use only if you need them for other cards.
• Voice of Ra: Qualifies for your ability, so can be shuffled into your deck. Not recommended unless you need ressources.
• Ward of Protection: Cancel a treachery that would ruin your day. Qualifies for your ability, so shuffle it into your deck. Recommended.

Agnes looses access to survivor lv 0-2 but gains Spells lv 0-3 and occult 0-3. Note that these spells are not limited to events.

This includes the following cards, at the time of writing of this review:

• Hallowed Mirror: Your relic slot is heavily contested (Holy Rosary for more ), but bonded Soothing Melodys heal is very helpful. They're also spells for Arcane Initiate and your ability. Pay 1 damage, heal 2 damage and shuffle it back into your deck?
• Hand of Fate: Very costly Dodge, may add . Not recommended, unless you need for other effects.
• Blood Eclipse 1, 3: Take damage to deal more. 1 xp version is relatively efficient but i'd not recommend 3 xp version. I'd only take this if you're the groups fighter.
• Radiant Smite: Combo with Tempt Fate for max damage. Rather unreliable unless Sister Mary is in your group, not recommended.
• Obfuscation: Spell asset that ignores 3 OAs. Not recommended.
• Suggestion: Spell asset that evades with + . Use events or some of the with extra effects instead, not recommended.
• Archaic Glyphs: These require tests, but with her 2 base i wouldn't consider these.
• Cryptic Grimoire: This card's upgrades have not been released as of writing this review. Tempt Fate and Tides of Fate may help to translate the grimoire.
• Both versions of Feed the Mind require tests, so you're bound to fail.
• Occult Lexicon: Hand slot that adds draw/ discard/ damage events.
• Occult Invocation: Fight and discard cards for more damage. Arcane Initiate should keep your hand full, so recommended.
• Segment of Onyx: Another contestant for relic slot, so very XP intense (Relic Hunter). Does nothing until you have all 3 parts and needs search effects to work (Backpack). 3 desk slots you lose for spell events. Not recommended.
• Gaze of Ouraxsh: Testless damage, depending on blurse tokens revealed. Use only if your deck is built around that mechanic.
• Alter Fate 1/ 3: Discard nastry treacheries. Scenario dependant.

In short, her new deckbuilding offers access to more combat spells and blurse tech. However lv 0-2 gives her access to cheap soaks and fail to win combo, which means card draw. Some of note:

• Lucky!: Turn a fail into a success
• Leather Coat: Soak damage from your ability
• Flare to search for Arcane Initiate
• Jessica Hyde: Soak damage from your ability
• Peter Sylvestre: Soak for Ward of Protection
• Take Heart, Drawing Thin, Rabbit's Foot (+Relic Hunter): Fail to gain cards and ressources

Combos

• New ability: Arcane Initiate and Word of Command allow you to search for spells for your ability (and the latter can also trigger it).
• 0-2: Scavenging 2, Sixth Sense (or other investigate spells): Recycle items like Leather Coat, Cherished Keepsake, Abyssal Tome or Heirloom of Hyperborea. Items that soak damage combo nice with your ability.
• 0-2: Flare, A Chance Encounter, Summoned Hound: Extra actions without the risk of Vengeful Hound ruining your day

Note that you MAY use or for this attack, so also works. Helpful for Diana Stanley while her is still low.

Agnes Baker can Flare or Chance Encounter Abigail Foreman from another investigator's deck/ discard.

She can also Scavenge 0 or 2 this book after discarding it. Assuming 1 hand slot occupied, 1 Abyssal Tome in play and 1 in discard, Scavenging 2 in play, she can switch them for 2 ressources, removing all doom.

There are already plenty of good reviews for this card, so I just want to add a quick update. Though she can't take the card, Trish Scarborough would be very grateful to any who uses it. As others have noted, you can still engage exhausted enemies and drag them around with you. Handcuffs allow you to haul some hapless bozo around for the entire scenario, making it a lot easier to fire your Scene of the Crimes (Roland, standing over another half-eaten corpse: "Did you do this, too, you sick bastard??" Handcuffed Young Deep One: "Bluurgle... Glorp!"). But all that's pretty situational, and probably not worth the three actions it takes to play the cuffs, then attach them, then engage the cuffed monster.

BUT Trish would just love to frog-march a ghoul minion through a scenario, thereby ensuring that her special ability is in effect at all times: no need to flirt with danger to snag that extra clue.

Not that this is the forum for such things, but an upgraded version of this card that lets you detach it from an enemy, say as a ability, would be great (and maybe some other mechanic to keep you from attaching it and detaching it in the same turn). Then 's would finally have a compelling and reusable evade option. And it fits thematically. You just didn't quite have the evidence to take the suspect in, so you had to cut him loose. (Roland: "You're free to go, Mr. Marsh. But I better not catch you skulking around these caves again! It's for your own safety, you understand: there's a murderous fishman on the loose." Young Deep One: "Gorble!")