Arcadia (card Game) - Card Types and Gameplay - Character Packs

Character Packs

Character packs include Character cards, played on the table, and Merit cards, played on the character. Characters are defined by numerical traits called might, resolve, savvy and combat. Various types of Merit cards are used to modify these attributes: Advantages are special skills, Allies are additional Character cards placed on the table that add their skills to the main Character, Arts are special abilities of a magical nature, and Treasures are items of varied type and ability that can be retrieved from locations and carried by the Characters. Five points can typically be added to these attributes, although this number can be modified by taking Flaws, negative attributes which allow additional Merit points. Flaws are divided into three categories: Curses, special liabilities of your character; Enemies, a negative modifier when facing an opponent's Character or Allies of a particular name or faction; and Weaknesses, usually affecting the four defining stats.

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