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Card Overview[]

Detained
Name: Detained
Card Type: Condition
Traits: Restriction
Effect: Yes
Action: Yes
Reckoning: No
Variants: 5

Card Front[]

Effect You cannot move or perform actions other than the action on this card.

Instead of resolving an encounter, flip this card.

Local Action Test Influence. If you pass, discard this card.
Reckoning N/A

Card Back[]

Flip Title Set Flavor Text Effects
Cruel and Unusual
01Core
Your captors are going to subject you to vicious tactics designed to break your will if you do not give them the information they require. Spend Clue 1 Clue or test Will-1. If you fail, lose Sanity 3 Sanity and gain a Paranoia Condition.

Then, discard this card.

Holding Cell
01Core
Your captors rarely speak, except to interrogate you for information. You don't think you can hold out much longer, and you hope that the guard that watches your cell might take pity on you. Spend Clue 1 Clue or test Influence-1. If you fail, they beat you and leave you to die; lose Health 2 Health and Sanity 2 Sanity.

Then, discard this card.

Starvation
01Core
"The food is poison" a fellow prisoner whispers, "Don't eat it." You will surely starve to death if you do not give your captors the information they're seeking. Spend Clue 1 Clue or test Strength-1. If you fail, lose Health 3 Health and gain an Internal Injury Condition.

Then, discard this card.

Contaminated Water 02
Forsaken Lore
Your captors question you for days without food or water. The only source of water you can find in your cell comes from a rusty pipe in the wall. Spend Clue 1 Clue or test Observation-1. If you fail, gain a Poisoned Condition and a Hallucinations Condition and become Delayed.

Then, discard this card.

Starved for Weeks 03
Mountains of Madness
You are kept in a small cell without food for weeks. Everyday, your captors interrogate you for information. Spend 1 Clue 1 Clue or test Strength-1. If you fail, when you are finally released, you are ravenous; lose Health 2 Health and gain a Hunger Condition.

Then, discard this card.

Notes[]

Rulings, clarifications, and reminders[]

  • Any other effect unrelated to moving or performing actions will still be resolved as normal. For example, investigators affected by The Bermuda Triangle can be Delayed but not moved.[1]
  • The effect means "During the Encounter Phase, flip this card instead of resolving an encounter." It replaces the normal choice of an encounter with flipping the card. Any other effects that would cause the investigator to resolve an encounter will still function as normal. This means the Hound of Tindalos will be encountered as normal. Likewise, if the investigator was ambushed by a Monster, that Combat Encounter would be resolved as normal.[2]

References[]

  1. Official answer from Nikki Valens for The Bermuda Triangle on BGG icon BoardGameGeek.
  2. Official answer from Nikki Valens for Detained on BGG icon BoardGameGeek.
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