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Alright, I finally have a chance to post. So here goes; I'll go try to kill the villain!
For future reference, Gronk, it's often easier to heal by using the "Random from Discard" section of your deck handler, rather than individually rolling a dice in the forum. (I've designed a little speedier way to do it in my version of the Deck Handler, personally, but it's entirely up to you how you do it!)
EDIT: And that's all she wrote. Scenario, and Adventure, complete! Now we need to see what rewards we get, and discuss how we're going to proceed. Who wishes to, and is able to, continue? Will we invite any other players? Et cetera.
Having used Google Hangouts with my other table, I'm somewhat more in favor of using that to interact in closer to real-time as well, especially since I've heard that this season can get pretty tough in the later adventures. But EmpTyger's specific point about Discussion thread being more lurker-friendly (a goal I certainly can empathize with) is a consideration.
Well done team!!
Re Loot:
I would think it most fair if Gronk, who has yet to get one, gets first pick of the loots? (Assuming Wei Ji decides to continue, of course.)
Qualzar would be interested in either loot, but only if everyone else passes. (His evasion ability makes armor a lower priority; he only gets 2 items slots and 1 of them is already a post-roll loot item.)
Re Upgrades:
Qualzar's only interested in the blessings. Would prefer the Blessing 1, but Blessing B would be fine.
Re Google Hangouts:
Honestly, in using it at my other table, I haven't been finding it especially advantageous: just 1 more place to have to check.
However, I'll defer to the party. If others want to try that here and no one else objects, I'd be willing to give it a go.
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Well, we're currently waiting for confirmation for moving forward. Are you still interested and able to continue, Wei Ji? You indicated earlier that you weren't certain you'd have the time to spend. We also haven't heard from Eclipse for a while.
If we drop down to 3 or less players, it's worth considering if we want to try to recruit an additional player.
Are we finished with the first section, or do we have more to do?
We just finished Adventure 1 (of 6). We can start Adventure 2 for anyone that is interested (and recruit additional players if we want).
Regardless of whether you are continuing, everyone should select an upgrade.
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I'll potentially be unable to post over my Saturday and Sunday (which is more like Friday and Saturday to those in North America) due to travel.
Currently, everyone's sorted out the deck upgrades except for Wei Ji. We also need Wei Ji's final confirmation on continue or not, now that the entire first adventure is finished.
Current Deck Upgrades, awaiting Wei Ji, are Item 1 to Estra, Blessing 1 to Qualzar, Blessing B to Skizza.
RE Loot:
If Wei Ji is continuing and wants it - or anyone else is recruited and wants it - then I'm happy to step aside. Currently it just seemed like it was best suited for Estra. She has Light Armor proficiency (unlike Qualzar) and has not gotten an Armor upgrade and is still using a basic (unlike Gronk with his Armor 1). In the interests of fairness, though, distributing Loot between as many players as possible should be encouraged if a player wants a Loot and hasn't already taken their pick.
What is involved in adding more players in Organized Play? We could conceivably recruit 1-2 players for the next adventure, which would give us 4-6 (depending on what Wei Ji decides).
But how does it work in terms of a player not having completed Adv 1? They would lag behind the rest of the party in terms of upgrades and feats. And they wouldn't have the Adv 1 rewards (ie access to traders).
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They will lag behind, but they can also join with a Tier 2 character that they've already got, which is not entirely uncommon. Players can also play through a season solo, as long as they have someone to report it to, to catch up.
Last I saw in the flaxseed recruitment thread, there were a lot of people interested in finding a Play-by-Post game. Even if none of them want to solo to catch up, I'm sure some would jump at the opportunity to join, even from a Tier behind. They can catch up in Tiers over time, they just won't start with the Adventure 1 rewards we've got.
I don't know if there's any established procedure for recruiting. Any objections if tomorrow I post in the Lodge for 1-2 more interested players? Or is that more proper for Hawkmoon to be doing?
(And no problem if there are objections. Kind of just trying to get things moving.)
Wei Ji:
I think we're also awaiting your choice, of whether to either opt out of the next adventure, or what upgrade/loot you want if you are continuing?
I'll be happy to post the recruitment message. Let's find out about Wei Ji so I know how many spots we'd have open.
I'll let y'all know in a few hours.
I'm on a path of madness.
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As much as I want to 'stay on' and finish this thing out, it wouldn't be a wise choice with GM School for PbP about to start up.
In addition, there is a transitition of system software and hardware going on for the next month for work, and after that is any last-minute preps for GenCon(I had to step up to 8 slots of GMing to get a hotel room close to the convention).
With deep regret, I must withdraw.
Good luck and may your mission be successful!
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Thanks for the adventuring, Wei Ji! It was fun!
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Thanks for joining us Wei Jei. I'll finish up your chronicles and get them to you soon.
I've posted a recruitment in the Flaxseed On Deck thread. I'll give it 24 hours than randomly select from anyone interested.
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Welcome welcome welcome! Sad to see Wei Ji go, but it's a pleasure to see new faces arrive!
I believe that the rewards attained so far (Traders, Loot) are only for players who have personally completed those scenarios, and so are Qualzar or Skizza against me taking Akhentepi's Armor? If I'm mistaken on that assumption, then we'll need to agree on a redistribution.
Let me know if there's anything I can catch anyone up on. The short of it:
-Qualzar has questionable taste in literature.
-Skizza is a friend to all living things, including soon-to-be-not-living things.
-Estra's initial string of bad luck seems to be over, but she still has yet to lighten up.
In the meantime, I walk around and currently deal with the party's Strength/Constitution requirements with Honaire's help, as well as healing.
Welcome VampByDay and khazkhaz!
I'm playing Qualzar, Sorcerer deck (no ultimates).
I'm Central-US.
Yewstance/Eclipse:
I'm okay with Estra taking Akhentepi's Armor.
Who is taking Game of Afterlife?
Qualzar only has 2 item slots, and 1 of them is already the loot Tablet of Languages Lost. But if it's even harder for Skizza or Estra to pick it up, I'll take it.
I do suppose all things being equal, it's better if Qualzar or Skizza takes it, since it requires a INT check to recharge.
FYI: I'm camping this afternoon until Saturday afternoon. I'll be able to update in the morning and evening hopefully.
That should also give time for our new players to acclimate.
I’m ready to go whenever.
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I'm not the biggest fan of the Game of Afterlife, personally. So hard to recharge, and the individual effects aren't phenomenal. Skizza's certainly welcome to it if he doesn't have a preferred item to use.
Also, have fun camping, Hawkmoon!
So we're still waiting on khazkhaz. Any other preferences for turn order? It probably makes sense if I'm either at the start of end, since I'm likely in a very different timezone to most.
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I'm not the biggest fan of the Game of Afterlife, personally. So hard to recharge, and the individual effects aren't phenomenal. Skizza's certainly welcome to it if he doesn't have a preferred item to use.
Also, have fun camping, Hawkmoon!
So we're still waiting on khazkhaz. Any other preferences for turn order? It probably makes sense if I'm either at the start of end, since I'm likely in a very different timezone to most.
I’m fine with whatever turn order. I check the boards multiple times a day. And that game of afterlife looks nice to me. Having played season 4 (which uses mummy’s mask as well) I know how annoying curses are. Getting rid of one even once/game is good. Some of them are mean!
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Well, my current feelings for Turn Order is something like;
Qualzar
Skizza
(khazkhaz's character)
Cogsnap
Estra
Unless khazkhaz is of non-North American timezone or is playing a character that benefits from some turn order change. I like Estra being at the back of the turn order since she's the most likely to have a Cure spell on hand, and I dislike waiting for the optimal time to use them (shrinking my effective hand size) and would rather occasionally have a reason to use it on my first turn.
I hope we hear from him prior to Monday, at least.
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Well, my current feelings for Turn Order is something like;
Qualzar
Skizza
(khazkhaz's character)
Cogsnap
EstraUnless khazkhaz is of non-North American timezone or is playing a character that benefits from some turn order change. I like Estra being at the back of the turn order since she's the most likely to have a Cure spell on hand, and I dislike waiting for the optimal time to use them (shrinking my effective hand size) and would rather occasionally have a reason to use it on my first turn.
I hope we hear from him prior to Monday, at least.
Turn order looks good. And yeah, I hope KhazKhaz shows up soon, I'm itching to try this play by post.
Eclipse:
Since in our other game my turn comes after yours, do you want to flip Qualzar and Skizza's order so it's the same here?
Realizing that I never finalized my upgrade choice either!
I just realized khazkahz hadn't shown up yet. I've sent them a message. I'm going to give a day to respond. If I don't here back we'll start with the 4 we have.
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Unfortunately, you can't do that, I'm afraid. You're playing a pre-existing character (since you've already taken Card Upgrades, like Talisman Crafter), so you're not building your deck from the ground up, and you can't switch basics on the fly.
...er.
...Unless you cast (banished) your Cure spell during your last game, in which case feel free to throw in any basic spell you want to fill the empty spell slot!
In general, though, if there's any nasty curses out there we should be able to handle it, in my opinion. There's a Remove Curse and Game of Afterlife loot card that Qualzar or I can pick up, and Skizza, Qualzar or I can use Sunburst Market to trade for another Remove Curse if needed.
Incidentally, I've got a suggestion. If any member of the party expects to have a particularly long delay on their turn (lets say 5+ days), would anyone else - including the GM - be happy with re-playing an early scenario in that time? That way we can help VampByDay/Khazkhaz catch up in tier progression and scenario rewards, and we might grab an extra Card Upgrade or two.
Unfortunately, you can't do that, I'm afraid. You're playing a pre-existing character (since you've already taken Card Upgrades, like Talisman Crafter), so you're not building your deck from the ground up, and you can't switch basics on the fly.
...er.
...Unless you cast (banished) your Cure spell during your last game, in which case feel free to throw in any basic spell you want to fill the empty spell slot!
In general, though, if there's any nasty curses out there we should be able to handle it, in my opinion. There's a Remove Curse and Game of Afterlife loot card that Qualzar or I can pick up, and Skizza, Qualzar or I can use Sunburst Market to trade for another Remove Curse if needed.
Incidentally, I've got a suggestion. If any member of the party expects to have a particularly long delay on their turn (lets say 5+ days), would anyone else - including the GM - be happy with re-playing an early scenario in that time? That way we can help VampByDay/Khazkhaz catch up in tier progression and scenario rewards, and we might grab an extra Card Upgrade or two.
Well I did banish my cure so that's not a problem, though it's really stupid that you can't swap Basic cards in and out of your deck between games. I mean, they're basic, so it's not like it would be changing anything major, maybe you just found a better combo that you didn't think of before. It's also really stupid because you should be able to sideboard things like Remove Curse (or Silver Baladeer for the Occult adventures 1 deck) when playing seasons 3 and 4, but swap it out when playing other seasons that didn't have curses. Not blaming you Estra, just saying, that's a dumb rule made by dumb dumby-heads who are dumb.
hmmm, I may be channeling too much Cogsnap here.
[...]Incidentally, I've got a suggestion. If any member of the party expects to have a particularly long delay on their turn (lets say 5+ days), would anyone else - including the GM - be happy with re-playing an early scenario in that time? That way we can help VampByDay/Khazkhaz catch up in tier progression and scenario rewards, and we might grab an extra Card Upgrade or two.
Hm. Honestly, if I'm replaying a scenario, I'd rather play a different character than replay as Qualzar.
Also, could there be space-time continuum issues by a character playing 2 games at once? If, say, a character is banishing a boon in the replayed game, what happens to that boon when the main game is resumed? Which seems like an especially relevant issue with an alchemist.
[...]Incidentally, I've got a suggestion. If any member of the party expects to have a particularly long delay on their turn (lets say 5+ days), would anyone else - including the GM - be happy with re-playing an early scenario in that time? That way we can help VampByDay/Khazkhaz catch up in tier progression and scenario rewards, and we might grab an extra Card Upgrade or two.Hm. Honestly, if I'm replaying a scenario, I'd rather play a different character than replay as Qualzar.
Also, could there be space-time continuum issues by a character playing 2 games at once? If, say, a character is banishing a boon in the replayed game, what happens to that boon when the main game is resumed? Which seems like an especially relevant issue with an alchemist.
To be fair, all my current banish-able cards are basic, so that wouldn’t be a problem. However, I do believe that’s illegal as you can’t play the same character in two different ongoing games at once, including online games.
However, if we have a 5 day downtime IN BETWEEN games, then it would work.
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Sorry, I should have clarified. If there was likely going to be a hiatus of a player, I was specifically suggesting we finish up the current scenario first before jumping back.
As for swapping basics in and out between games; the issue is probably because it would be a little exploitable. If the next scenario said "all banes gain the fire trait" (incidentally, there's literally scenario text to that effect early on in the Mummy's Mask AP), then everyone would just switch out all of their basic blessings with Blessings of Elements if they could, right? Or if there was a scenario that caused players to constantly take damage, so they suddenly side in an extra Cure spell. It would give players more flexibility than they do in normal gameplay, and greatly lessen the impact of the Trader mechanic (and how it works in OP).
Well, no word from khazkahz, so we will go with the four of you. I'll get the scenario up shortly.
Well, no word from khazkahz, so we will go with the four of you. I'll get the scenario up shortly.
Cool!
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GM:
You haven't actually added the Defensive Stance rules to the scenario, so players without Mummy's Mask don't know how this scenario works.
Also, could you update the "During this Adventure" rules in the header for the forums?
I'll post the Defensive Stance rules her for the time being.
When you would examine cards in a location deck, you may examine them in the siege deck instead.
When you are dealt damage, if the damage is not reduced to 0, banish the top card of your location deck and each unoccupied location deck; when a location deck has no cards, that location closes automatically.
Note that, as far as I know, all Defensive Stance scenarios reward you with every single boon remaining in location decks if you win. In other words, there's no need to acquire cards here, we just need to avoid banishing boons whilst we clear the deck of banes. We achieve that by making sure we don't take damage and making sure we don't overkill banes.
In particular, Elemental Treaty and Armors are extremely helpful here, to prevent things like Bonecrusher Wizard (BYA 1 damage, AYA 1 damage) from wiping out huge numbers of boons from location decks. Those of us who are able to trade (sorry Cogsnap) should endeavour to trade for protection effects. Even Skizza could grab Elemental Treaty, as long as he trades a basic, since it lasts for as long as a location is open.
Skizza:
Well... Curse of Withering from taking Fire damage is crippling, so this adventure might be painful to you.
I also recommend you formally post your Card Upgrade choice in Gameplay when you setup.
Team:
I strongly recommend Qualzar gets the Kafar ally. Charisma checks include Arcane for him, so he gets an objectively greater benefit from it than any of us.
I'm planning on sticking together, because all staying at 1 location and setting up Elemental Treaties is a great way to almost completely eliminate incidental damage taken from BYA and AYA events. I don't think there's any cards, short of certain barriers if you fail to defeat them, that do AoE combat damage yet... but to be fair we are now in AD2, which I don't know as well.
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One last thing. I've made my trade decisions, but to help keep track of who's using what Loot I've also made a Google Sheet tracking our Loot choices (based off one used by one of my other tables).
We don't have to use if if nobody wants to, but it might make things easier in the future when we end up juggling more and more loot, and have to keep track of which ones weren't open to Cogsnap or not. If everyone's in agreement, the GM may agree to put it in the header of the forums instead of the normal Loot List, which will save space there.