thanks for playing and glad you liked the presentation
I think the shields mean if you take that card you take 1 dmg? Alot of the mechanics weren't super intuitive and reading them each time isn't exactly fun todo.
shields reduce DMG by one, you can see what a modifier does by right clicking a card with one on it
its cool that the card layout if different for what I assume is each character
it's a random chance where more normal levels are more likely to be picked
Maybe a more visual tutorial and highlighting activatable abilities and separating passive abilities and color coding text (Like dmg, healing, and other effects)
all hopefully in the future. i only say hopefully because i think making a real tutorial will be a pain