Card stack vs. Expansion slots? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Card stack vs. Expansion slots? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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echoota
12-01-06, 10:20 AM Are these two things the same? I'm using the Ancient Blood of Xen'drik card, which says that it takes up three stack slots. So when I play in a game at first level I can only have two rewards cards in front of me, the ABoX card + 1 additional card since I have a max of 4 Action points at 1st level.

Now on Table CS-7 it doesn't list what a creation card costs in terms of an expansion. The text seems to imply that it takes at least 1 expansion slot to use the creation card and thus unlock everything that the card explains. But is it 1, 2, or 3 expansion slots?
smerwin29
12-01-06, 10:30 AM Expansion slots are completely different than card stacks.

Expansion slots: You get 1 per level. You can use there to unlock items for your character. Table CS-7 gives the cost for unlocking items. If you unlock something that costs 2 slots at first level, you can't take something next until 3rd level.

Card Stack: You can create a stack of player reward cards, up to the maximum for your level. These count as action points, or what it says on the cards. Some creation cards take up more than one spot in the card stack.

I hope that helps.

Shawn
echoota
12-01-06, 10:53 AM I guess that's the confusion. Our group is under the impression that the creation cards are taking up at least one expansion slot, as many of us have +1 level adjustment races. But I guess we are incorrect. Even though we have Half-giants, Cat Folk, Drow, etc. All of us still have an open expansion slot to unlock something from table CS-7.
smerwin29
12-01-06, 10:57 AM Correct. There may be some confusion because there are some reward cards that unlock things, just like the expansion slots do.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
echoota 12-01-06, 10:20 AM	Are these two things the same? I'm using the Ancient Blood of Xen'drik card, which says that it takes up three stack slots. So when I play in a game at first level I can only have two rewards cards in front of me, the ABoX card + 1 additional card since I have a max of 4 Action points at 1st level. Now on Table CS-7 it doesn't list what a creation card costs in terms of an expansion. The text seems to imply that it takes at least 1 expansion slot to use the creation card and thus unlock everything that the card explains. But is it 1, 2, or 3 expansion slots?
smerwin29 12-01-06, 10:30 AM	Expansion slots are completely different than card stacks. Expansion slots: You get 1 per level. You can use there to unlock items for your character. Table CS-7 gives the cost for unlocking items. If you unlock something that costs 2 slots at first level, you can't take something next until 3rd level. Card Stack: You can create a stack of player reward cards, up to the maximum for your level. These count as action points, or what it says on the cards. Some creation cards take up more than one spot in the card stack. I hope that helps. Shawn
echoota 12-01-06, 10:53 AM	I guess that's the confusion. Our group is under the impression that the creation cards are taking up at least one expansion slot, as many of us have +1 level adjustment races. But I guess we are incorrect. Even though we have Half-giants, Cat Folk, Drow, etc. All of us still have an open expansion slot to unlock something from table CS-7.
smerwin29 12-01-06, 10:57 AM	Correct. There may be some confusion because there are some reward cards that unlock things, just like the expansion slots do.