by mawilson4
downeymb wrote:
The benefit from her ability is more strategic and less tactical. By drawing a 1 instead of a 2, means that the overall price of food to come will be higher, since there is one fewer 1 cost meal available in the deck.
Also, you are looking at her in the context of stopping others, not in her ability to not be stopped. No one can prevent her from getting a chance at a meal, so she should always go to the inn last. This allows her to get all of the locations that people skip to ensure they get a meal, and gets her first choice at the next round. She can also prioritize her money elsewhere, since it is simply less important for her to get coin.
Also, you are looking at her in the context of stopping others, not in her ability to not be stopped. No one can prevent her from getting a chance at a meal, so she should always go to the inn last. This allows her to get all of the locations that people skip to ensure they get a meal, and gets her first choice at the next round. She can also prioritize her money elsewhere, since it is simply less important for her to get coin.
Some good points. On the first paragraph, I'd say that there's an equal chance of drawing a 2 or 3-coin meal, so while it's possible to drive up the price for others, it's not an outcome we can bank on. As mentioned, the expected value of each meal will be 2 coins.
On the second paragraph, I agree entirely. I alluded to her ability being able to open up strategies that aren't available to others, but wasn't as explicit as your post here as to why that is. That said, I don't think this makes up for her flaws elsewhere. There's no guarantee you'll use all of her possible free meals, no guarantee it will hurt others' meal chances (it has an equal chance to help them), and even in an ideal situation, her ceiling is about what we'd expect from numerous other characters.