"Wrong" Blessings


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My family owns all four PACG Base Sets, all the the Class decks and most of the add-on decks. We're probably running 20 different campaigns among the four sets. Most campaigns are running with character decks. In turn, the success or play of some elements are more reliant on the base set cards than what comes in the character boxes, so I'm curious about either the Paizo approved adaptations or what people have done in the following instances:

Most all of the Class decks use Blessing of the Gods as the "main" blessing. In WotR and MM, not starting with Ascension or Elements/Ancients blessings as part of a deck (due to it being from class deck) seems inhibiting. Is anyone just subbing in those actual blessings or a photocopy representative? Other alternatives.

Along the same line, in MM once you complete the first scenario you get access to two Traders. The rules tell me to draw cards from the box to use with the traders, but in theory, I'm only adding cards from the Character Class box to enhance my deck. What is "appropriate"? I ask this since many cards from the MM box would be useful if I could trade and I've likely "maximized" the use of the cards from the Class decks.

Should I be able to use/hold/carry with a Class deck character "loot", such as the Scarab Buckler?

Yes, I'm talking about casual play with my wife and son, but I'm very "type A" about the rules, so making the above departures, while seemingly logical, are outside my comfort zone barring "an official ruling". Curious what others are doing and preparing to adapt.

I know that somewhere it says to throw in all the Class Deck cards with the base set that you're using, but since we're kind of all over the place in terms of Classes working through different base sets (plus some Society play) doesn't make that feasible.

Thanks.


Way I see it, the whole *point* of the (Class) Deck upgrade system is that in OP you can't have random drop-in players walking way with cards from your box - so it feel utterly extraneous to home games. Of course, you playing several campaigns out of a single box creates similar issue, however.

AFAIK:

- OP Traders work differently than home game: you use them at START of scenario - so you trade you Class Deck cards for MM-appropriate cards (Remove Curse, etc.)

- There IS some sort of "replacement" mechanic, usually given as a reward (ex. Reward: "at start of scenario, one character may replace 1 card in their deck with Scarab Buckler"

- There is also some sort of stipulation about replacing Blessings - I believe at start of game, you can replace any 1 Class Deck blessing with 1 Blessing with the same AD or lower from the box.

Disclaimer: I'm not OP player and I've 'gathered' the above info from random posts, so it may not be correct. Furthermore, I'm not sure if the above rules are set in the Organized Play Rules (which are available as free download on this site) or/and in part in the Seasons themselves (Seasons being the OP "sets").

Finally, for your specific issue - I would just recommend - whenever you start a scenario, you freely replace all your Basic Class Deck blessings with the set-specific Basic blessing(s); at the end of scenario you make the reverse switch - so your box remains game-ready for the other parties that use it. You *could* also do the same for Loot (at start of game replace any armor with Scarab Buckler; switch back at end game) and potentially ALL of your deck cards - but it all comes down to the amount of upkeep overhead you're willing to do (presumably, a lot of notes/spreadsheets would be involved).

Good luck!


Mostly those things Are from seasons. The deck upgrade prosedure and character advancements come From OP rulebook.

Most of your home games Are done by using OP rules and Seasons. They Are very good and interesting, and solve Many problems that OP characters causes in normal Box games!


We have similar things going with some friends I play with. Since we have some many different campaigns running we always use society rules. The great thing about Blessings of the Gods is that it can copy the other basic blessings. So you should be able to use it in Wrath to get Mythic charges or to copy Blessing of the Ancients to recharge.

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