Arkham Horror: The Card Game – Hunting for Answers: Parallel Investigator
Arkham Horror: The Card Game – Hunting for Answers: Parallel Investigator Rulebook
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The cards in the parallel investigator series can be identified by the expansion icon (two opposing arrows) before each card's collector number.
Parallel Investigators
Parallel investigators are alternate, print-and-play versions of investigators from existing Arkham Horror: The Card Game products. These investigators, along with their advanced signature cards, are fully playable in any scenario or campaign.
- When building a Rex Murphy deck, you may choose whether to use the original version or the parallel version of both his front side and his back side. Each version has its own advantages and disadvantages. You can also mix and match the two versions. This means that you can use both original sides, both parallel sides, the original front side and parallel back side, or the parallel front side and original back side.
- Regardless of which version of Rex you use, you may also optionally upgrade his signature cards to his new advanced signature cards (replacing the original versions). These versions are indicated by the Advanced keyword. These are included only as a set—if you choose to upgrade Search for the Truth, you must also upgrade Rex's Curse. Doing so costs no experience, and may be done at any point between scenarios during a campaign. However, once this upgrade is made, it cannot be undone unless you are instructed otherwise.
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Rex Murphy – The Reporter (Parallel Front Side)
Rex Murphy · The Reporter · Cursed.
- Stats: Agility 3, Combat 2, Willpower 4, Intellect 3. Health 6, Sanity 9.
- Deck Size: 30.
- Deckbuilding Options: Seeker cards level 0-3, Cursed and Gambit cards level 0-4, Neutral cards level 0-5, up to 5 other Rogue cards level 0.
- Deckbuilding Requirements (do not count toward deck size): Search for the Truth, Rex's Curse, 1 random basic weakness.
- Deckbuilding Restrictions: No Fortune or Blessed cards (unless they are also Cursed).
When disaster strikes, Rex Murphy is usually on hand, suffering the consequences. After spending a day with Rex, even the most hardened skeptic will concede that the man is cursed. Anytime he had a lead on a good story, something would go wrong, like that business in Innsmouth with the photographs that blew out to sea. His terrible fortune has more than once exposed him to gruesome beasts and occult conspiracies. To survive, Rex has developed an inquisitive mind, keeping one step ahead of the next disaster.
Rex Murphy – The Reporter (Parallel Back Side)
Reporter. Cursed.
- Forced – When you would either place 1 of your clues on your location, or add 2 curse tokens to the chaos bag: Do the other instead. (This can still satisfy the cost of an ability.)
- Effect: +2 for each curse token revealed during this test. Draw 1 card for each curse token revealed during this test.
"Oh, come on, not again!"
Search for the Truth (Advanced)
Event · Cost 1 · Insight. Rex Murphy deck only. Advanced.
- For each clue on Rex Murphy (to a maximum of 5), you may either:
- Draw 1 card.
- Place that clue on your location and return any card from your discard pile to your hand.
Rex's Curse (Advanced)
Weakness · Treachery · Curse. Advanced.
- Revelation – Put Rex's Curse into play in your threat area.
- Forced – When you would succeed at a skill test: Reveal an additional chaos token. If this effect causes you to fail the test, shuffle Rex's Curse into your deck. (Limit once per test.)