Translated Description:
“Transient but Joyous Happiness 韶光易逝 (sháo guāng yì shì)”
Who is she:
I don’t know about you, but I absolutely hate seeing the original Da Qiao character. No no no, it’s not because her ability wasn’t good, but quite the contrary. Da Qiao had fantastic ability! Her ability to put everyone else to sleep with ACEDIA 乐不思蜀 was incredibly useful, and frustrating when she’s not on your side. THAT is why I hate her, because I seldom ever choose her and she’s seldom helping my side!
In this revamped SP version, the character seems less overpowered than the preceding characters. Her new abilities also mirror some of her old abilities, so it’s not a complete overhaul either. It does appear that this SP Da Qiao is rather interesting from the face of it.
Character ability 1: “Gentle Smile 言笑 (yán xiào)”
During the action phase, you can place a card with suit of Diamonds in the judgement area of any player. Players with “Gentle Smile” in their judgement area gets to keep all the judgement cards during that player’s judgement phase.
Character ability 2: “Quiet Elegance 安娴 (ān xián)”
Whenever you cause damage when you use an ATTACK 杀, you can prevent that damage and force the victim to discard 1 on-hand card, after which you draw 1 card from the deck.
Whenever you become the target of an ATTACK, you can discard 1 on-hand card to render the ATTACK useless, after which your attacker draws 1 card from the deck.
Ability relation to story:
You guessed it, none.
Look, we know Da Qiao is beautiful, elegant, and probably has a smile that could have melt the iceberg that sank the Titanic. How that translates into letting others keep judgement cards is a stretch… a long stretch. But hey, the abilities do seem balanced and is not aggro, so i’m pretty happy to ignore the fact that the ability isn’t linked much to the story.
How to obtain this character:
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Her first ability seems useless? Can someone elaborate on how it is used?
【言笑】——出牌阶段,你可以将一张♦牌置于一名角色的判定区内,判定区内有“言笑”牌的角色下个判定阶段开始时,获得其判定区里的所有牌。I think I have to rephrase a bit,"During the action phase, you can place a card with suit of Diamonds in the judgement area of any player. Players with "Gentle Smile" in their judgement area gets all cards in the judgement area at the start of that player's judgement phase."In this connection, I believe even the "Gentle Smile" card can be taken as on-hand card.
Above is correct.If I understand correctly:First of all, it acts as "Negating" judgement for the other player, because the judgement cards are taken at the beginning of the judgement phase, which means that the cards are taken before judgement actually takes place.Second, this means that Acedia or Rations Depleted used by an opponent will be able to be used back on the opposing team.Third, if I remember correctly the FAQ states that there is no limit to how many "Gentle Smile" SP Da Qiao can put in one person's judgement area. So she could put many cards (as long as they are diamonds) to "give" to that player.
So "Gentle Smile" stops the effect of the judgment from happening? Does this mean Acedia/Lightning/Rations Depleted stays in the judgment area till you are no longer affected by "Gentle Smile"? Or do you also get to pick up those judgment cards?