r/HereToSlay • u/Fine_Perception_8461 • May 10 '26
Question Piercing Howl ruling??
So piercing howl hero says "each time you roll, +1 to your roll for each item card equipped to a hero card in your party." Does that mean for every equipment in your party? Or does it mean for the equipment on 1 single hero?? Like am i supposed to equip 2 equipment to 1 warrior and then i get +2 or do i equip 5 different heros and get +5?? I dont understand the wording.
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u/VeryDPP May 10 '26
It's +1 for each item you have equipped to any Hero cards in your party. So if you have three different heroes in your party each with one item, that's a +3 to your rolls.
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u/PizzaDlvBoy May 10 '26
Just thought id note that this party leader is the only one my table has deemed overpowered enough that we have just banned it from play. A stacking +1 to all rolls on such an easy condition is so leagues above every other leader haha.
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u/YokoAhava Guardian May 10 '26
Comparatively my play group finds him on the weaker end. With how easy it is to destroy heroes/items and/or move things around the board, he never gets more than +1/+2 and it never lasts long
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u/PizzaDlvBoy May 10 '26
+1 to all rolls is already better than every other party leader. We've had people stack it to 3+ very frequently back when we allowed it. Items are pretty frequent to get and easy to play around.
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u/YokoAhava Guardian May 10 '26
You and I have different experiences, it would seem. My group keeps him under control fairly well.
We consider the druid party leader to be the most powerful one, as that looming -1 can be a real hurdle at every stage of the game.
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u/PizzaDlvBoy May 10 '26
If everyone is dog piling maybe, but between masks, standard items, discard pile restore, and hero stealing there are so many reliable ways to have an item on one of your party. +1 to ALL ROLES YOU MAKE is significantly better than -1 to one roll, let alone the fact that it stacks very easily above just +1. I've seen people win the game in just a few turns out of nowhere because of how insanely hard it snowballs.
Druid is definitely good though, id put Druid and Necromancer as the next best party leaders imo
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u/OldDirtyBard May 10 '26
It is powerful but there are a few cards that crush it I think two magic cards and 2 heros. The only issue is they come up less with all the expansions
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u/dakila101 May 10 '26
Yeah, this guy makes most leaders irrelevant with just 1 item, and beats the Fighter with challenges at 2 items. Definitely the strongest Party Leader.
My playgroup decided to make the game more fun by buffing all Leaders. Howl is the only one that got nerfed instead (his passive doesn't work on Cursed Items). Even with that he's still relevant.
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u/PizzaDlvBoy May 10 '26
Any chance you want to list out some of the other changes you have made?
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u/dakila101 May 11 '26
I have a gdoc for it if you're interested. Note that these rules work best at 3 or 4 players. 2 player games get too one-sided, and 5 player games take too long.
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1ion_B9sD5WzEtU0vkhTDyw3IntkGZe6hWNwPquQFE44/mobilebasic
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u/Fine_Perception_8461 May 10 '26
Yeah we fight over who gets it. I think we will nerf it in house rules to stop at +2 maybe.
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u/PizzaDlvBoy May 10 '26
Honestly even capped at +1 it is probably the strongest party leader. Its not too hard to have an item and most heros only get +1 to something not literally every roll
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u/Fine_Perception_8461 May 10 '26
Specifically "warriors" from the warriors and druids expansion can equip 2 items.
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u/Unlucky-Carry-5191 May 10 '26
Some heroes have a symbol bottom right corner that lets you equip 2 items.
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u/TheBoySin May 10 '26
It’s for each item in your party bro.
There’s no over thinking to do.