ST passive (balance tweak / redesign [which might be OP])
while going first on two rounds isn't that big of a deal, "winning" the round-1 coin flip against ST is quite a nightmare since you'll (realistically) have to start all 3 rounds. a simple balance fix to this would be if the ST player always got to start on round 1 (with the ability to use the passive, if so desired)
basically, the same thing as it currently is, but the ST player always "wins" the initial coin flip.
for the proposed redesign; i always thought making your opponent start the round was quite a boring passive... ST always struck me as the faction of consistency, with francesca being able to redraw cards and brouver hoog playing a target silver from the deck. the idea i had would be this: "after the mulligan phase (in round 1) you have to option to swap a gold card in your hand with one in your deck"
to elaborate on how it works: let's say you have saskia and igni in your hand, with isengrim and aglais being in your deck. you can choose to swap one of your golds for one in the deck; IE, swapping igni for isengrim.
the word "swap" means that the card you tossed will go to the same place in your deck as the card you picked; so if isengrim was the 9th card in your deck, igni will take its place as the 9th card in your deck.
in essence, you don't get more chances to draw gold cards; you just get to "decide" one of the golds you're going to draw.
but if it's still too powerful it can simply be altered from gold to silver card; (i just didn't see a point in doing it for silvers since it's the effect of brouver hoog)
or make the card you get a random one from the deck (as if it were a mulligan that exchanges a gold card for another)
while going first on two rounds isn't that big of a deal, "winning" the round-1 coin flip against ST is quite a nightmare since you'll (realistically) have to start all 3 rounds. a simple balance fix to this would be if the ST player always got to start on round 1 (with the ability to use the passive, if so desired)
basically, the same thing as it currently is, but the ST player always "wins" the initial coin flip.
for the proposed redesign; i always thought making your opponent start the round was quite a boring passive... ST always struck me as the faction of consistency, with francesca being able to redraw cards and brouver hoog playing a target silver from the deck. the idea i had would be this: "after the mulligan phase (in round 1) you have to option to swap a gold card in your hand with one in your deck"
to elaborate on how it works: let's say you have saskia and igni in your hand, with isengrim and aglais being in your deck. you can choose to swap one of your golds for one in the deck; IE, swapping igni for isengrim.
the word "swap" means that the card you tossed will go to the same place in your deck as the card you picked; so if isengrim was the 9th card in your deck, igni will take its place as the 9th card in your deck.
in essence, you don't get more chances to draw gold cards; you just get to "decide" one of the golds you're going to draw.
but if it's still too powerful it can simply be altered from gold to silver card; (i just didn't see a point in doing it for silvers since it's the effect of brouver hoog)
or make the card you get a random one from the deck (as if it were a mulligan that exchanges a gold card for another)