Hard / Expert

: -1 for every 3 cards Subject 8L-08 has devoured.

: -3. If this token is revealed during an attack against an enemy, it gains retaliate for this test.

: -4. After this skill test ends, Subject 8L-08 devours each card that was committed to the test.

: -7. Choose up to 7 cards from your hand. Subject 8L-08 devours each of those cards. You get +1 skill value for this test for each card devoured in this way.

Choose 2 Oozified locations, other than The Crater, without a copy of Vulnerable Heart. Subject 8L-08 devours both of those locations, along with all non-Ooze cards at those locations (Ooze enemies are instead discarded).

Shuffle 1 set-aside copy of Cubic Ooze and 1 set-aside copy of Grasping Ooze into the encounter deck, along with the encounter discard pile.

Choose 2 Oozified locations, other than The Crater, without a copy of Vulnerable Heart. Subject 8L-08 devours both of those locations, along with all non-Ooze cards at those locations (Ooze enemies are instead discarded).

Shuffle both set-aside copies of Oozewraith into the encounter deck, along with the encounter discard pile.

Subject 8L-08 devours all cards in play and out of play, all cards in your collection, all cards that ever were, and all cards that ever will be. (→R1)

If this is the first time this act has advanced, read the following:

You've seen the anomaly's true heart. It lies beneath the surface of the ooze, pulsing with unseen power and guiding its myriad forms with alien hunger. You suspect this organ, whatever it may be, holds the secret to destroying the anomaly once and for all.

After hours of investigation, you believe that you have pinpointed the creature's heart. Due to the way it shifts throughout the surface of its all-encompassing body, you know it won't stay at its current location for very long. Then you'll have to track it down again...

Choose any Oozified location. Spawn the set-aside Vulnerable Heart enemy at the chosen location.

If this is the first time this act has advanced, read the following:

You've seen the anomaly's true heart. It lies beneath the surface of the ooze, pulsing with unseen power and guiding its myriad forms with alien hunger. You suspect this organ, whatever it may be, holds the secret to destroying the anomaly once and for all.

After hours of investigation, you believe that you have pinpointed the creature's heart. Due to the way it shifts throughout the surface of its all-encompassing body, you know it won't stay at its current location for very long. Then you'll have to track it down again...

Choose any Oozified location. Spawn the set-aside Vulnerable Heart enemy at the chosen location.

Remove all damage from Vulnerable Heart and set it aside, out of play. The amount of damage that is removed from Vulnerable Heart in this way is X.

All around you, the anomaly reels back for a moment. Then it erupts into the sky in a massive geyser of anger and hate. You duck for cover as gobs of ooze slam into the ground all over the city, splitting into even more sentient masses.

Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and discard cards from the top until Manifold enemies with a total of at least X health have been discarded. One at a time, in a random order, spawn each of those enemies at different Oozified locations.

If this is the first time this act has advanced, read the following:

Throughout your struggles, an alien presence has watched your progress with curiosity. Now, they descend from orbit in order to hatch their plot.

Shuffle each of the set-aside Mi-Go Drone enemies into the encounter deck, along with the encounter discard pile.

As the hours pass, the ooze seeps back into the ground and lies dormant once more.

Place 1 clues on each revealed Oozified location, to a maximum of its clue value.

Draw the set-aside story card chosen as determined by the event organizer, resolving the side with the Part 1 trait.

Reset the act deck to act 1a.

If this is the first time this act has advanced, read the following:

Throughout your struggles, an alien presence has watched your progress with curiosity. Now, they descend from orbit in order to hatch their plot.

Shuffle each of the set-aside Mi-Go Drone enemies into the encounter deck, along with the encounter discard pile.

As the hours pass, the ooze seeps back into the ground and lies dormant once more.

Place 1 clues on each revealed Oozified location, to a maximum of its clue value.

The lead investigator chooses a random set-aside story card and draws it, resolving the side with the Part 1 trait.

Reset the act deck to act 1a.