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Card Shark

Adversaries Designed by Rise Press

Adversary overview

An opportunist with an eye for odds, on the hunt for easy marks

With a base difficulty of 12, How About a Wager favors the PCs by default. A well-timed use of their experience Hustler can be used to even the odds though, and the ramping nature of Blood in the Water will skew things further in favor of the Shark the longer they can keep the PCs betting.

Stat block

Tier
1
Type
Social
Difficulty
12
HP
3
Stress
3
Attack mod
-2
Damage thresholds
Minor Damage — Mark 1 HP Minor
Mark 1 HP
4
Major Damage — Mark 2 HP Major
Mark 2 HP
9
Severe Damage — Mark 3 HP Severe
Mark 3 HP

Standard attack

Playing Card
Range: Close
Damage: 1d4
Attack Mod: -2
Damage Type: Physical

Features

Passives

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Actions

  • How About a Wager?

    Offer targets within Very Close range a wager on some game of chance. Each PC who accepts must make either an Instinct or Knowledge Reaction Roll. On a success, they earn 1d4 handfuls of gold. On a failure, they lose 1d4 handfuls.

Reactions

  • Blood in the Water
    stress 1

    When a creature loses money to the Shark, you can mark a Stress to increase the Shark's Difficulty by 1 until the end of the scene, then immediately spotlight the Shark.

Motives & tactics

Hook them in Double or nothing Make a hasty exit

Experiences

  • Hustler +3

Card Shark

Tier 1 social

An opportunist with an eye for odds, on the hunt for easy marks

Motives & Tactics: Hook them in, Double or nothing, Make a hasty exit

Difficulty: 12 | Thresholds: 4/9 | HP: 3 | Stress: 3

ATK: -2 | Playing Card: Close | 1d4 Physical

Experience: Hustler +3

HP:

STRESS:

Features

How About a Wager? - Action: Offer targets within Very Close range a wager on some game of chance. Each PC who accepts must make either an Instinct or Knowledge Reaction Roll. On a success, they earn 1d4 handfuls of gold. On a failure, they lose 1d4 handfuls.
Blood in the Water - Reaction: When a creature loses money to the Shark, you can mark a Stress to increase the Shark's Difficulty by 1 until the end of the scene, then immediately spotlight the Shark.

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