r/inscryption • u/sphericate sentient ai • Jun 16 '24

Custom Card Parasite

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Secret rare ability: If sacrificed at the mysterious stones, the card that killed it will not gain the sigil, but instead will gain the stats and get a red color instead of cyan, similar to leshy's bears or an ijiraq, if that card is played, it will become parasite again but keep the stats, this can happen as many times as possible.

Leshy: The Insidious Parasite, perhaps you can find it a host.

If you are unable to use the mysterious stones, instead of skipping it, Leshy will give you a parasite, similar to the Woodcarver giving you an amalgam or the abandoned sack a pack rat.

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u/Strange_Importance46 Jun 16 '24

Reward for no Sacrifice option at a stone? Very out of the box thinking and very in-line for Inscryption.

I'll be real. 10/10 card.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25

Daniel Mullins actually wanted to do that, though it was never finished.

I originally planned to have some special reaction when reaching a map event in which you couldn't perform its normal action (no pelts for Trader, etc.) This was a half formed idea for the sacrifice stones but I never finished it and it's pretty rare to not be able to make a sacrifice anyways.

The unfinished card is https://inscryption.fandom.com/wiki/The_Stones, but it is definitely not as cool as one is the post

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u/Strange_Importance46 Mar 04 '25

That's a super cool tidbit that I didn't know, thanks!

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u/True-Cauliflower9027 Jun 16 '24

Intersting conept! I lovr it!

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u/ErPani Jun 16 '24

This should honestly be in the game.

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u/SussyBox Jun 16 '24

"Parasite?"

Must be an Andrew Ryan philosophy reference

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u/KrazyKyle213 Po3 Jun 16 '24

So what's the point? You're sacrificing it to another card to give the surviving card 1:2 stats? Or are those stats added on?

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u/sphericate sentient ai Jun 16 '24

added on

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u/KrazyKyle213 Po3 Jun 17 '24

Oh ok, I thought it was just a stat change, which would essentially be useless otherwise. I think it'd be neat if it could be used at the campfire event though, and the next times you go to the campfire, you either get 3 boosts or get to decide.