Gatekeeper XII · Collector of What's Owed
The Arrears
Collector of What's Owed
Its moves
- opens the ledger12
- marks what's owed (it skims before you can spend)Debt 2
- collects a toll15
- garnishes your strength (what's owed comes out of your arm)Weak 2
- the debt compounds9
- calls in everything still owed24
Nothing here is free. Everything you bank, it already owns a piece of.
The ledger that collects before you can spend. Only three tenths of the heat you bank ever reaches your hand; it takes its cut the moment it lands and calls the rest in as a debt on your hide.
How to beat it
Bank nothing you cannot spend this turn. The Arrears skims seven tenths of your Seethe the instant it lands, so decks that build up and release (Simmer, Blood) pay a toll every turn, while decks that spend as they go (Flame, Storm) walk past the ledger. When it marks what's owed, that is the turn to hit, not to guard.
The real fight
The real fight: The Arrears in its stone ring at 192 health, with the Tithe-Collector at its side and a hand of five cards.
The Gatekeepers
Twelve bosses stand at the bottom of the Descents. Each one is a door that learned to fight back.
