You need to be able to draw all cards you need to survive resetting your hand. Even one card short and its all over...
You need to be able to draw all cards you need to survive resetting your hand. Even one card short and its all over...
Really? That doesn't seem right - even one card is one hit point.
Yeah... that's not how I'll be doing it. That seems needlessly brutal and pedantic. Not to mention not at all fun.
That makes no sense to me, and even worse limits your game.
I'd also argue that there's actually more nail-biting going on when you watch your deck shrink to 5...4...3...2...1 rather than die with 5 cards beside you because, for example, Ezren gets wiped out and his hand size is 6.
Different ways to play though, I guess.
Edit - dagnabbit, brutal is the way of the rules - 'Finally, if you have fewer cards than your hand size you MUST draw cards until the number of cards in your hand matches your hand size' (Revised rules,page 9)
Caps are mine, but yeah - I won't be playing by that rule at all :)
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Yeah... that's not how I'll be doing it. That seems needlessly brutal and pedantic. Not to mention not at all fun.Fair enough. Personally, I've opted to just change how I approach exploring. Once I see my deck getting low, I start playing more cautiously. If I'm ever down to one or two cards, I usually just bail (flip over the blessing deck), take my loot and run. Hopefully I'll have gotten better cards to deal with that scenario again in the future.
It might be my rogue's mentality, but you know what they say "He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day!". :)
If you fail to complete a scenario, you have to reset your hand to what it was before you started playing. You only get to keep boons you get during the game when you win.
If you fail to complete a scenario, you have to reset your hand to what it was before you started playing. You only get to keep boons you get during the game when you win.
Actually, you do get to keep the boons you get from exploration. The rulebook says:
Once you’ve completed a scenario, whether you win or lose, rebuild
your character deck (see Between Games, below). Put all other cards
back into the box.
And the between games section says you can use the cards in your hand, discard pile, draw pile, or buried pile to rebuild your deck. Assuming you acquired some of those during the failed scenario, they are fair game in rebuilding your deck.
That makes no sense to me, and even worse limits your game.
I'd also argue that there's actually more nail-biting going on when you watch your deck shrink to 5...4...3...2...1 rather than die with 5 cards beside you because, for example, Ezren gets wiped out and his hand size is 6.
Different ways to play though, I guess.
Edit - dagnabbit, brutal is the way of the rules - 'Finally, if you have fewer cards than your hand size you MUST draw cards until the number of cards in your hand matches your hand size' (Revised rules,page 9)
Caps are mine, but yeah - I won't be playing by that rule at all :)
It's not brutal - spellcasters are designed to play risky. If you play that you don't lose until your cards in hand and in the deck are gone, your spellcasters are going to be overpowered compared to your melee specialists.
If you don't have to be cautious earlier, you get more power from being able to risk more.
But on the other hand, it's your game, so you can play however you want.
If you are going to make house rules to nerf the game, your call, but just don't be one of the folks decrying how easy the game is.
Hmm - not sure if that's for me, but I'm loving the game, not decrying it.
As for the available cards in the deck/hand merry-go-round... I actually saw the point of that last night. Wasn't really contemplating risk, but more the well known squishy-ness of casters. Having to replace a larger hand can, in effect cause them to have less health. There's more chance that Val can reset 4 cards than Ez can reset 6.
Fiendish, Mr Selinker; my hat is doffed. And the rules will be followed henceforth. Understanding is key to fun :)
@Daarck - welcome to the forums, I'm really enjoying your posts so far and glad that you've come round to understand Mike's design of the character's squishyness and how they face down death.
Fiendish, Mr Selinker; my hat is doffed.
Appreciated. But if you think I'm going to engage in reciprocal hat-doffing in this frigid weather, you're daft.
Appreciated. But if you think I'm going to engage in reciprocal hat-doffing in this frigid weather, you're daft.
Fah. We have a high of 0 today (not counting wind chill or "real feel") and my hat still goes off to you... :)