Orb of Knowledge not working?

[Sono]

Was playing a game with a friendo and he got the orb of knowledge, however it would not work. It would glow in the inventory space, but doesn't allow him to click on and replace the card(s) drawn. He tried this in the adventure field and the dungeon, working in neither place.

He was playing as the Thief and had no items, followers or status effects that prevented him from using Magic Objects (nor any Events in play). Game went pretty unlucky for him so that was just the icing on the cake!

Anyone else getting this issue? Ill stick this in bug reports if need be.

[Cross Eyed Basilisk]

I'm guessing, did your friend click on the 'ORB' in his inventory to use the change card action ?

It was 'glowing' as he was able to use the card for this action.

[Quartzquiz]

Was your friend trying to use the Orb on Dragon cards? The rules specifically say that you can't use "prediction" powers on the Dragon cards.

[The Worst]

Originally posted by Quartzquiz:

Was your friend trying to use the Orb on Dragon cards? The rules specifically say that you can't use "prediction" powers on the Dragon cards.

Not quite. The Dragon Lore item does exactly that, but most forms of prediction specify Adventure cards, and while Highland, City, Nether, and Dungeon cards are Adventure cards, Dragon cards are not. They're just Dragon cards.

[Sono]

Originally posted by Cross Eyed Basilisk:

I'm guessing, did your friend click on the 'ORB' in his inventory to use the change card action ?

It was 'glowing' as he was able to use the card for this action.

Yeah it would just bring up the inventory with the only options Dismiss and Discard.

Also we don't have the Dragon expansion yet. :P

[Mark]

Same problem here only with the ♥♥♥♥♥.

[RuFleS]

I can't use the card too, since i've started to play this game, on any of the characters, on any occasion. The AI loves to use it, though. My strategy has been to alchemise it ASAP to prevent AIs to use it.

[Simon]

Are you supposed to be able to use the Orb on a second or third adventure card drawn in the same turn, such as from the Ruins?

The Orb seems to function only to let you replace the first card. I can’t see how this is implied in the card’s text.

I described a similar situation for a different ability (that to replace drawn spells) recently in the Bugs section. I wonder why the game is treating second or third cards drawn differently from the first. That doesn’t seem right to me, at least I wouldn’t have interpreted the rules that way when playing the physical edition.

Any confirmation or thoughts on this?

[sfcthulhu]

I saw the same problem with the Orb in my current game (glows at the bottom, but then can't be selected and used). I'm playing only with Reaper and Frostmarch expansions enabled and never saw this bug before the Aug 30 update. I'm having the same problem with the Staff of Mastery (I enslaved an enemy, card glows at the bottom, but I can't actually use it in the combat).

[caboos15]

Here is a handy tip for anyone who find themselves unable to use the single click and select method of using a card in the game.
When the card glows in your usable card space you can double click it to activate it.
Hope this helps ^_^

[ErikaFae]

Originally posted by caboos15:

Here is a handy tip for anyone who find themselves unable to use the single click and select method of using a card in the game.
When the card glows in your usable card space you can double click it to activate it.
Hope this helps ^_^

Thanks that did the trick