[ACG][OutPost I]Hawkmoon269's Season of Plundered Tombs Table 3 (Inactive)

Game Master Hawkmoon269

Move to Windswept Chasm (I would need two perfect rolls with a blessing to encounter her).

Will use a dice to decide according to current card numbers minus Roc. Rolling Sphere will be the last card.

Explore Card 1d7 ⇒ 1: Guardian Scroll.

Discard Master Gunner to Explore Card 1d6 ⇒ 2: Blessing of Isis

With chances of running into something pleasant I will stop my turn here so Blessing of Isis will be available for the villain.

End Turn. Reset Hand.

Hand: Crocodile Skin Armor, Game of Afterlife, Wheellock Pistol, Blessing of Isis, Hand Cannon, Tetisurah,

Displayed:
Deck: 8 Discard: 4 Buried: 1
Notes: Hand Cannon to add 2d6 to combat at another location for villain. Blessing of Isis for 1 die/2 die on Intelligence checks for villain.
Sideboard cards:

Can assist with villain using hand cannon and blessing.

Ending turn. Resetting hand
Qualzar was too busy continuing his experiments at the Towering Obelisk to concern himself with Jamirah. The slippery lamia could wait.

Hand: Chain Lightning 1, Headband of Alluring Charisma, Tablet of Languages Lost, Swipe, Elven Chain Shirt, Good Omen, Chain Lightning 2,

Displayed: Elemental Treaty,
Deck: 3 Discard: 7 Buried: 1
Notes: Elemental Treaty (-1 Acid/Cold/Electricity/Fire/Poison damage) at Shifting Dunes.
Ask before using: Swipe (-3 to Combat difficulty); Good Omen (+4 to acquire/close)
Can use without asking: Good Omen for closing or Boon 3; Swipe for villain

During This Adventure: •The scourge die is 1d6+1.
•When you are dealt Electricity damage, if that damage is not reduced by at least 1, suffer the scourge Curse of Fevered Dreams.

During This Scenario: •After creating the blessings deck, shuffle 6 Sandstorm villains into it.
•Before building the location decks, set aside the barrier Lightning Storm. After placing token cards, display the Lightning Storm at a random occupied location. When that Lightning Storm would move to a closed location or be banished, display it at a random open location instead.
Additional Rules:

Top of Blessing Discard Pile:

Blessings Deck

Howling Sands
Closed
At This Location:
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 0 Sp: 0 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ?: 0
Located/Displayed Here: None

Shifting Dunes
At This Location: At the start of your turn, shuffle any armors into your deck.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Giant Sand Eel.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 0 Sp: 0 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Cogsnap/VampByDay, Qualzar/EmpTyger, Location Includes: Chain Lightning

Towering Obelisk
Closed
At This Location:
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 0 Sp: 0 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ?: 0
Located/Displayed Here:

Windswept Chasm
At This Location: All damage dealt is Electricity damage.
When Closing: Discard your hand.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw 1d4-1 random cards from your discard pile.
M: 0 Ba: 2 W: 0 Sp: 0 Ar: 1 I: 0 Al: 0 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Estra/Yewstance, Skizza/agent_eclipse, Lightning Storm Elemental Treaty (Estra) Elemental Treaty (Estra)

Sulfur Pits
Closed
At This Location:
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 0 Sp: 0 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ?: 0
Located/Displayed Here:

Start of turn, explore-Oh look, it's the boss! Estra discards her hand to temp-close the location.

Knowing that they've cornered the boss, Cogsnap (alone, for some reason?) walks in. The lamia blasts him with with a gust of wind to blow him away.
Use my blessing as well as Skizza's
DC8 vs. 1d6(str)+2d6(2 blessings): 3d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 4) = 11
Success
With the prayers of his friends, he manages to power through the wind and get close to her, then lobs an alchemist's fire at her.
Throw alchemist's fire, Qualzar casts swipe,
combat 1815 vs. (1d8+2)+2d6(Alchemist's fire)+1d6(bonus from power): 1d8 + 3d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + (3, 2, 6) + 2 = 18
[ooc]success? And we all draw cards?
The flask flies through the air, and just as the Lamia looks like she is ready to deflect it, Qualzar's magic deflects her hand and the flask hits her full on.

Also recharge a random card to get an item: Alchemist's Kit

  The lamia will prey on travelers here no more. With her defeat, the alchemists come to their senses. Alhaman sheepishly offers you potions to recover from the battle.
  At this point, you can hardly turn them down.
  “Thank you, friends,” he says. “I hope these tonics ease your wounds, and once we can harvest reagents from these mountains, we shall be able to produce even stronger medicines. Come, the thriae hive lies just over the next pass.”

Scenario Reward
For the rest of the Adventure Path, 1 character may temporarily replace 1 item in her deck with the loot Sun Falcon Pectoral and 1 character may temporarily replace 1 item in his deck with the item Potion of Healing. At the end of each scenario, return the items to the game box.
For the rest of the Adventure Path, when you would banish the item Potion of Healing for its power, you may bury it instead.

Upgrade Pool
Kafar (Ally B)
Basif Iosep (Ally 2)
Azaz Arafe and Zazu (Ally 1)

Blessing of Maat (Blessing 2)
Blessing of Isis (Blessing 3)
Blessing of Isis (Blessing 3)
Blessing of the Ancients (Blessing B)

Alchemist's Kit (Item B)
Djinn Favor Amulet (Item 1)
Mummified Cat (Item 1)
Soul Stimulant (Item 2)

Chain Lightning (Spell 3)
Chain Lightning (Spell 3)
Holy Light (Spell B)
Find Traps (Spell B)

Frost Sling +1 (Weapon 1)

Nice work! My full upgrades will be listed in a later post, but a reminder that Estra chooses to Tier-Up early at this point in time. She will also be crossing off her Society Initiate boon to gain a Card Feat.

I probably don't need to include the Potion of Healing text, but here's the card text for Sun Falcon Pectoral; a very impressive little item.
I've also added both Loot cards to the Loot List spreadsheet.

Estra would like one of the Spell 3s, and would like to take Neferekhu into some/most future scenarios.

From completing her 4th scenario for Tier 3, Estra earns a Card Feat, and checks off...
Spell: [X] 6

Estra chooses to Tier Up to Tier 4 early, which causes her to gain a Role card and a Power Feat.
Estra picks the Spiritual Counselor Role Card, and checks off the power...
[X] Gain the skill Diplomacy: Charisma +3.

Estra crosses off her Society Initiate Player Boon, earned as the Welcome to Pathfinder Reward, to gain a Card Feat, checking off...
Ally: [X] 5

I actually won't take a Spell upgrade, as the one I want most is actually a deck B one right now, which will be filled into my empty slot if I don't take a Spell upgrade.
Estra's card upgrade preferences are as follows...

Gaining Card Feat: 3 items (taking Item 1 Wand of Shield).
Upgrading Spell 1 Good Omen into Spell 3 Scrying.
The alchemists and Qualzar compared research findings. "Interesting... repeatable force energy... quite interesting..." Qualzar alternated between forming circles of force energy and copying copied manuscripts. But at last, the time had come to continue on the mission. The gnome instilled force energy into a metallic wand to take with him, while leaving behind a charm that he could use to scry on any further findings.

Gaining Card Feat: Blessing.
Reward: Blessing 3 (#2): Blessing of Shizuru.

3-3E: UP IN FLAMES
Up in Flames presents a choice to the party. The decision you make will affect the villain and henchmen you face, the rules for the scenario, the reward, and the story development text. Read the text below before setting up, then choose to support either the alchemists or the thriae. If you support the alchemists, use this scenario card. If you support the thriae, use the scenario card Up in Flames—Thriae. (When replaying, you may earn the reward for each card once, but must choose a different RPG character for each reward.)

  The thriae live in a towering complex, with many of the structures accessible only by flight or by a strong climber. A host of guards flies out to intercept you, but upon seeing a scroll tube stamped with the sage Mnesoset’s cartouche, they put away their spears and motion for you to accompany them to the hive.
  An elegant thriae seer awaits. “Countless queens have reigned since last we saw the mark of the Spinel Sage Mnesoset outside of our hive. When Osirion fell under foreign rule, she asked that we keep her possessions safe while she awoke a great army to the west to reclaim her homeland. We have honored that request and honor you, but you travel with thieves and scoundrels who have stolen our merope!” You look to Alhaman with shock, remembering merope is the magical honey thriae produce. Your guide flashes you a knowing grin as he throws an explosive toward the ground that engulfs the area in smoke.
  “Help us overwhelm the guards, Pathfinders!” he shouts as his comrades begin clambering up the cliff to loot the hive. “We can recover your documents in the process!” As the smoke clears, you find yourself facing angry thriae who seem as likely to skewer you as they would the alchemists! What do you do: Assist the alchemists of the Hidden Flame or try to stop them
to gain the favor of the thriae?

3-3E: UP IN FLAMES—ALCHEMISTS
VILLAIN

HENCHMEN

DURING THIS SCENARIO
•Using the deck list from the Thriae Hive, build a number of Thriae Hive locations equal to the number of characters. When you close a Thriae Hive location, do not flip the Thriae Hive card over.
•After adding villains and henchmen, shuffle 1 henchman Stolen Larvae into each location deck.
•Each character starts at a different unoccupied Thriae Hive location.
•When you discard cards as damage, first choose Stolen Larvae if you have any.
•When you would banish Stolen Larvae or put it into a deck or pile, shuffle it into a random open location deck instead.
•You win the scenario only when all of the Stolen Larvae are in characters’ hands. (You do not have to defeat and corner the villain.)

PLAYERS LOCATIONS
1-6 PRECIOUS MINE
1-6 STONEWORK PASSAGES
1-6 THRIAE HIVE

REWARD
For the rest of the Adventure Path, 1 character may temporarily replace 1 item in his deck with the loot Scarab Brooch and 1 character may temporarily replace 1 item in her deck with the loot Scarab of Mummy Defense.At the end of each scenario, return the loot to the game box.
Each player chooses 1 of her Pathfinder Society RPG characters. That character may purchase potions of cure serious wounds as though their market price were 500 gp.

3-3E: UP IN FLAMES—THRIAE
VILLAIN

HENCHMEN

DURING THIS SCENARIO
•Using the deck list from the Thriae Hive, build a number of Thriae Hive locations equal to the number of characters. When you close a Thriae Hive location, do not flip the Thriae Hive card over.
•After adding villains and henchmen, shuffle 1 henchman Stolen Larvae into each location deck.
•Each character starts at a different unoccupied Thriae Hive location.
•Add 1d8 to non-combat checks against monsters that have the Thriae trait.
•When you discard cards as damage, first choose Stolen Larvae if you have any.
•When you would banish Stolen Larvae or put it into a deck or pile, shuffle it into a random open location deck instead.
•When you defeat a Conflagration, you may immediately attempt to close the location it came from or is displayed next to.

PLAYERS LOCATIONS
1-6 PRECIOUS MINE
1-6 STONEWORK PASSAGES
1-6 THRIAE HIVE

REWARD
For the rest of the Adventure Path, 1 character may temporarily replace 1 item in his deck with the loot Scarab Brooch and 1 character may temporarily replace 1 item in her deck with the loot Scarab of Mummy Defense. At the end of each scenario, return the loot to the game box.
Each player chooses 1 of her Pathfinder Society RPG characters. That character may purchase scrolls of augury as though their market price were 100 gp.

Cogsnap looks at the alchemists with a look of disdain on his face.
”You-you give alchemists a bad name! People think we’re bomb-crazed lunatics as it is! We don’t need to add thieves to the accusations!”
I vote against siding with thieves.

Estra hacks and coughs as the smoke clears, Honaire materializing at her side, weapon drawn. Estra waves her cane in fury at the alchemists.

"Arsonists! Kidnappers!" Estra shouts, conveniently ignoring her own history of deceit and theft. At least she had never physically harmed anyone with her old cons - robbing a Thriae Hive of its sustaining nectar, setting it aflame and robbing its larvae was crossing numerous lines she wouldn't have ever approached, even in her misspent youth.

'This is not why I became a Pathfinder...!' Estra thinks to herself, making her decision as she sights the closest Alchemist, preparing her spells. (...then rethinks and targets the second-closest Alchemist, given that the closest one is Cogsnap.)

Estra votes against siding with the Alchemists (in other words, Estra votes for UP IN FLAMES — THRIAE).

Going to Hadden Hoppert
Vote for siding with the alchemists
Qualzar was already impressed by the alchemists' talents. But learning the details of their trickery just made the gnome burst out in laughter. "Of course we'll help you, Alhaman," said the sorcerer. But then Cogsnap's and Estra's words made him more confused than any smoke bomb. "Er, won't we?" He looked up from Hadden Hoppert's catalogue to give his companions a confused look.

Ah, internal party conflict. The savoury spices of an entertaining campaign. :)

As the bombs are dropped and flames begin to spread around the room Skizza jumps up with excitement.

"Now this is excitement!...Hey why are you point a spear at me!" he screeches as the guards move forward holding his own gun up in retort.

He looks at the others and calls out to Estra.

"Better that than bugfood!" he holds up another gun pointed at one of the other guards.

Skizza is going to side with the alchemists here. Explosions are always fun and he doesn't want to be bug food or friends. Time for fate to decide, lol.

1 = Alchemists
2= Thriae

Which way will you go?: 1d2 ⇒ 1
Alchemists it is.

I half expected you to go that way in character with Cogsnap and Skizza.

During This Adventure: •The scourge die is 1d6+1.
•When you are dealt Electricity damage, if that damage is not reduced by at least 1, suffer the scourge Curse of Fevered Dreams.

During This Scenario: •Using the deck list from the Thriae Hive, build a number of Thriae Hive locations equal to the number of characters. When you close a Thriae Hive location, do not flip the Thriae Hive card over.
•After adding villains and henchmen, shuffle 1 henchman Stolen Larvae into each location deck.
•Each character starts at a different unoccupied Thriae Hive location.
•When you discard cards as damage, first choose Stolen Larvae if you have any.
•When you would banish Stolen Larvae or put it into a deck or pile, shuffle it into a random open location deck instead.
•You win the scenario only when all of the Stolen Larvae are in characters’ hands. (You do not have to defeat and corner the villain.)

Location #1: Precious Mine
At This Location: The difficulty to defeat banes that have Construct trait is increased by 1d6.
When Closing: Succeed at a Strength or Melee check of 6 plus the scenario's adventure deck number.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw an item from the box.
M: 2 Ba: 2 W: 1 Sp: 1 Ar: 0 I: 3 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ? :0
Located/Displayed Here: None

Location #2: Stonework Passages
At This Location: Damage dealt to you is reduced by 1.
When Closing: Succeed at a Wisdom or Survival check with a difficulty of 6 plus the scenario's adventure deck number.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, you may examine the top card of any location.
M: 2 Ba: 3 W: 1 Sp: 1 Ar: 1 I: 0 Al: 0 Bl: 1 ? :0
Located/Displayed Here: None

Location #3: Thriae Hive
At This Location: At the start of your turn, summon and encounter the henchman Thriae Dancer.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Thriae Soldier.
When Permanently Closed: At the end of your turn, you may recharge a weapon from your discard pile.
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 2 Sp: 2 Ar: 2 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 1 ? :0
Located/Displayed Here: Estra/Yewstance, None

Location #4: Thriae Hive
At This Location: At the start of your turn, summon and encounter the henchman Thriae Dancer.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Thriae Soldier.
When Permanently Closed: At the end of your turn, you may recharge a weapon from your discard pile.
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 2 Sp: 2 Ar: 2 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 1 ? :0
Located/Displayed Here: Qualzar/EmpTyger, None

Location #5: Thriae Hive
At This Location: At the start of your turn, summon and encounter the henchman Thriae Dancer.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Thriae Soldier.
When Permanently Closed: At the end of your turn, you may recharge a weapon from your discard pile.
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 2 Sp: 2 Ar: 2 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 1 ? :0
Located/Displayed Here: Skizza/agent_eclipse, None

Location #6: Thriae Hive
At This Location: At the start of your turn, summon and encounter the henchman Thriae Dancer.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Thriae Soldier.
When Permanently Closed: At the end of your turn, you may recharge a weapon from your discard pile.
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 2 Sp: 2 Ar: 2 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 1 ? :0
Located/Displayed Here: Cogsnap/VampByDay, None

These will be added to the update in the next post:

Any other traders besides Hadden?

Not from me. Sunburst Market and standard loot will be posted for Estra at a later time.

Estra struggles with herself, furious, as Skizza further escalates the divide between them and the Thriae, as Qualzar openly states his own promises of assistance to the damnable thieves. She clenches her cane, before striking its base along a nearby stone with a loud crack, coming to a pained decision.

"Noble Seer!" She calls out over the din of violence, hoping the Thriae Seer can hear, "Call off your warriors, I beg you! We bear you no ill will, but cannot allow these men to be harmed!"

Estra curses, directing Honaire to shield one of the nearby, villainous Alchemists as a Thriae guard moves to strike. She knows the seer couldn't possibly stand back and let these men loot their sacred hives... but nor can she bank the safety of her allies and the success of her mission on the Thriae's willingness to cooperate - not when the stakes of their competition with the Aspis being so high. And nor will some of her compatriots give her the room to come to a diplomatic conclusion.

She feels sick, and even as he goes to obey; she cannot shake the feeling that Honaire is gazing at her, his spectral brow marked with deep shame.

Estra summons a powerful ward as another Thriae fires a poison-tipped arrow at Cogsnap, shielding him.

"Sorry, dear. Cogsnap; we're not going to get the chance to explain ourselves better, we have to fight!"

So, strategy-wise, a constant onslaught of Thriae (until we get some Larvae to protect ourselves with), a bunch of likely Poison damage and a henchman (Thriae Constructor) that requires a Strength/Dexterity/Acrobatics 6 check as one of their checks to defeat. Thankfully, the only one of us where that might be a consistent issue is Qualzar, so he should probably hang out with another character (Estra, if she uses Honaire, has the best odds) who can pass that first check for them.

Other than that, just look for the Larvae. Closing locations is in no way necessary; but doing so will banish (and therefore move) any Larvae still inside the location, which may be beneficial. Closing more locations helps us channel where lost Larvae end up better, too.
For the most part, the scenario seems to play itself. No real strategic insights of much note, except that handing off Larvae may be good to save your hand size. I'm also glad that Estra now has a solid Diplomacy skill to deal with some Thriae, since her combat skills are not exactly top of the line.

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Estra visits the Sunburst Market Trader.
TRADE: Spiritual Ally -> Camel

LOOT: Walking Stick -> Spear of the Watchful Guardian
LOOT: Padded Armor -> Akhentepi's Armor
LOOT: Byzantine Lexicon -> Mask of the Forgotten Pharaoh
LOOT: Camel (From Sunburst Market) -> Neferekhu : (We were playing that you can trade for a card, then swap that for Loot, right? Since the Guide doesn't specify an order of operations? If we're not playing that way, then I'll change my trades.)

Note that Estra is NOT taking Hand of the Honest Man.
A reminder that Sun Falcon Pectoral (an Item which can be recharged to explore, plus has additional benefits in combat) is now up for grabs as a Loot card.

There's no choice of starting locations here. :)
I'll wait to post my starting hand for when traders are finished.

During This Adventure: •The scourge die is 1d6+1.
•When you are dealt Electricity damage, if that damage is not reduced by at least 1, suffer the scourge Curse of Fevered Dreams.

During This Scenario: •Using the deck list from the Thriae Hive, build a number of Thriae Hive locations equal to the number of characters. When you close a Thriae Hive location, do not flip the Thriae Hive card over.
•After adding villains and henchmen, shuffle 1 henchman Stolen Larvae into each location deck.
•Each character starts at a different unoccupied Thriae Hive location.
•When you discard cards as damage, first choose Stolen Larvae if you have any.
•When you would banish Stolen Larvae or put it into a deck or pile, shuffle it into a random open location deck instead.
•You win the scenario only when all of the Stolen Larvae are in characters’ hands. (You do not have to defeat and corner the villain.)

Turn: 1, Estra/Yewstance

Top of Blessing Discard Pile:

Blessings Deck

Location #1: Precious Mine
At This Location: The difficulty to defeat banes that have Construct trait is increased by 1d6.
When Closing: Succeed at a Strength or Melee check of 6 plus the scenario's adventure deck number.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw an item from the box.
M: 2 Ba: 2 W: 1 Sp: 1 Ar: 0 I: 3 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ?: 2
Located/Displayed Here: None

Location #3: Thriae Hive
At This Location: At the start of your turn, summon and encounter the henchman Thriae Dancer.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Thriae Soldier.
When Permanently Closed: At the end of your turn, you may recharge a weapon from your discard pile.
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 2 Sp: 2 Ar: 2 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 1 ?: 2
Located/Displayed Here: Estra/Yewstance, None

Location #5: Thriae Hive
At This Location: At the start of your turn, summon and encounter the henchman Thriae Dancer.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Thriae Soldier.
When Permanently Closed: At the end of your turn, you may recharge a weapon from your discard pile.
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 2 Sp: 2 Ar: 2 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 1 ?: 2
Located/Displayed Here: Skizza/agent_eclipse, None

Location #6: Thriae Hive
At This Location: At the start of your turn, summon and encounter the henchman Thriae Dancer.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Thriae Soldier.
When Permanently Closed: At the end of your turn, you may recharge a weapon from your discard pile.
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 2 Sp: 2 Ar: 2 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 1 ?: 2
Located/Displayed Here: Cogsnap/VampByDay, None

Same Loot Load-out.
Visiting Sunburst to pick up another Blessing.

I can take the Pectoral if everyone would rather keep their current items as I usually trade one. If I do I won't trade anything at the traders.

I will hold off on my turn until all trades are resolved, and starting hands drawn.

I don’t need traders, I’ll go with Estra to give her an extra card draw from whatever trader she takes.

Going to Sunburst Market instead. Trading Armor 1 Elven Chain Shirt for Basic Item B Crowbar.
Replacing Item 1 Crown of Charisma with Loot Item 3 Sun Falcon Pectoral.
Replacing Item 1 Wand of Shield with Loot Item 1 Tablet of Languages Lost.
Replacing Weapon B Allying Dart +1 with Loot Weapon 2 Natron Fang.
Replacing Ally B Sage with Loot Ally B Kafar.
Qualzar put down the catalog. This skirmish was developing too quickly to receive new toys from Hadden Hoppert. Or for that matter even to put on his armor; instead the gnome grabbed an ornamental breastplate that the alchemists had been working on. The sorcerer telekinetically took a crowbar from a crate of Sunburst Market supplies as he made his way into the hive.

Hand: Sun Falcon Pectoral, Swipe, Blessing of Pharasma 1, Scrying, Apprentice, Blessing of the Gods, Frost Ray,

Displayed:
Deck: 11 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes:
Ask before using: Blessing of the Gods; Blessing of Pharasma (+1 die/+2 dice if spell is cast); Swipe (-3 to combat difficulty); Scrying (examine top 3 cards of any location, shuffle in cards not of chosen type, topdeck or bottomdeck chosen type)
Can use without asking: Blessing if would recharge; Blessing for Stolen Larvae

Then we're good to start; no non-Sunburst Market traders used. I'll be posting my turn in a few hours. Cogsnap and Skizza may draw their opening hands when ready.

Hand: Master Gunner, Blessing of Alkenstar 2, Blessing of Shizuru, Blessing of The Elements, Quartermaster, Wheellock Pistol,

Displayed:
Deck: 12 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes:
Sideboard cards:

Hand: Liquid Ice, Flensing Jelly, Alchemist's Fire-Beta, Bone Lamellar, Galvanic Chakrum +1, Alchemist's Fire-Alpha,

Displayed:
Deck: 11 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes:
Sideboard cards:

Hand: Cleric of Nethys, Sign of the Thrush, Akhentepi's Armor, Mindblade, Honaire, Sign of the Daughter,

Displayed:
Deck: 1 Discard: 12 Buried: 0
Notes: Opening hand (discard pile is temporary, from having to redraw my hand twice).

My new Mindblade is my only real method of combat; that might make this challenging.

GM, you noted that the summonable Thriae would be added to the scenario update posts, but I don't see them or in the Campaign Header.

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Estra starts her turn.
Blessing of Isis discarded from the Blessings Deck.
Thriae Hive: Estra encounters Thriae Dancer.

Even as Honaire raises his blade, Estra raises her arms and calls out to one of the fast-moving Thriae that is preparing to strike.

"Stop, please! I don't wish to hurt you!" Estra cries out honestly; trying to imbue her very words with some compelling magics. She mentally winces, but keeps her magical compulsion going as she follows with a lie, "I will find and stop the Alchemist's leader before he does any more damage to your hive!"

It was a hollow promise, but it worked... the Dancer eyes the old lady warily, before flitting off to find another target. Estra leans on her cane, shaking her head as she hobbles towards the mound where the alchemist leader headed... with any luck, he's found what they need for their mission.

Estra moves to the Stonework Passages, and examines the top card of it with her power.
Stonework Passages Card 1: Glacial Khopesh +1

Estra discards Akhentepi's Armor to encounter the Glacial Khopesh +1, adding 1d6 to her Strength, Dexterity and Constitution checks for the encounter.

As Estra walks over the unsteady ground of the hive, Honaire keeps a watchful eye out for any more attackers; he finds a magical blade somewhere, retrieving it for Estra. She nods silently, gripping the Khopesh in a tired hand, her cane in the other. Sadly, it will almost certainly be necessary; with the sounds of violence filling this once-peaceful cavern.

Estra takes her free exploration.
Stonework Passages Card 2: Stabbing Spear Staircase

Estra almost falls as some portion of the hive gives way; the soft 'earth' collapsing into some deeper cavern. Estra begins to fall; her cane falling into the depths until Honaire snatches her back up. Estra finds her balance, panting, raising an arm around the phantom - though very real to her feeling - for him to support her as she continues to approach the tip of this curious hive mound.

Stonework Passages Card 3: Void Glyph

Estra treads on some more magical defenses; a freezing void suddenly threatening to overwhelm her from the sheer cold as it saps all heat from the air, but she summons a brief blaze of flame to banish the thing, coughing from the effort.

Estra discards Sign of the Daughter to explore again.
Stonework Passages Card 4: Bonecrusher Hunter

The traps have drawn the attention of a gnoll - what was he doing here? One of the Thriae slaves, perhaps? Estra has heard about the effects of their merope... Certainly the Gnoll seemed not entirely in possession of its own wits. At least here was a foe Estra could fight without guilt - surely it would be a mercy to the creature, and so she summons a phantom blade in the air to fling with deadly accuracy at the creature; slaying it instantly as the phantom knife passes through its heart without leaving a visible wound.

I'm considering discarding Honaire for the heal, with 4 cards in my discard pile (including an ally and 2 blessings), but I will probably need him; both for combat or against the Larvae.

Estra ends her turn and resets her hand..

Hand: Glacial Khopesh +1, Honaire, Neferekhu, Sphere of Fire, Blessing of Qi Zhong, Valet,

Displayed:
Deck: 10 Discard: 4 Buried: 0
Notes: Solid; I've now got a spell-based means of combat, as well as (more importantly) Neferekhu!

At my location, always reveal Neferekhu to add 2 DICE to your Knowledge or Wisdom noncombat checks! I can handle the Diplomacy check to avoid the downside.
Blessing of Qi Zhong is available if needed, though I would prefer it used if the top card of the blessings deck has Wisdom as a check to acquire (which allows it to recharge).

BoTE recharged.

Hand: Master Gunner, Blessing of Alkenstar 2, Blessing of Shizuru, Quartermaster, Wheellock Pistol,

Displayed:
Deck: 13 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes:
Sideboard cards:

Skizza finishes being distracted by all the flames and explosions...he looks around panicked before starting about his business.

"Skizza sorry. Tinnitus real bad in here with buzzing. More gunfire to drown it out?" he says scurrying forward and right into a Thriae Dancer.

Encounter Thriae Dancer.

Explore Thriae Hive (L5) Card 1: Shield Cloak

Recharge Blessing of Shizuru to Explore Card 2: Shotel

Discard Master Gunner to Explore Card 3: Thriae Constructor

Closing. Encounter Thriae Soldier.
Reveal Wheelock Pistol.
Combat 13: 1d10 + 2 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 2 + (4) = 13
Reload: 1d12 ⇒ 6
Discard Wheelock Pistol.
Combat 13: 1d10 + 2 + 2 + 1d6 + 1d10 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 2 + (6) + (8) = 19
Location Closed. Stolen Larvae shuffled into random open location.

The dancer waited for a response from the ratfolk but the only answer he could think of was a blast from his wheellock pistol. The resulting hole in the chest of thriae after the smoke cleared was convincing enough she he hurried past. An alchemist quartermaster tossed him a shield cloak as they ran forward.

A fellow gunner called them over to the sound of battle but was quickly knocked aside by the massive construct as a thriae solder watched. Skizza wanted to run for it but his tinnitus his a fever pitch and he closed his eyes while unloading his pistol. The shots ricocheted sending part of the hive crashing down on the construct while a look of shock appeared on the soldiers face...followed by two more ricochets that tore his abdomen to shreds.

When Skizza opened his eye his gun was scrap but everything around him was dead.

"HAH! That always works. Now I need a new gun...wasn't I looking for something else too?" he asked himself as a larve crawled away slowly.

End Turn. Reset Hand.

Hand: Hand Cannon, Double-Barreled Musket, Blessing of Sivanah, Scarab Buckler, Shield Cloak, Masterwork Tools,

Displayed:
Deck: 10 Discard: 3 Buried: 0
Notes:
Sideboard cards:

(On Skizza's turn)
Random Stolen Larva location: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Random Stolen Larva location: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Stolen Larva that was banished from Thriae Hive C is shuffled into Stonework Passages

(Qualzar's turn)
Blessing 2: Thoth o'clock
Summoning Thriae Dancer. Evading as an Arcane Mental spell
"A taste of honey, tasting much sweeter than wine..." Qualzar charmed the first thriae he found, forcing it to serenade him. "Now where to find some wine?"

Exploring Thriae Hive B 1: Acid Splash

Recharging Sun Falcon Pectoral to explore Thriae Hive B 2: Shield of Fire Resistance

Discarding Apprentice to explore Thriae Hive B 3: Fighting Crook

Discarding Blessing of the Gods to explore Thriae Hive 4: Chain Lightning

Ending turn. Resetting hand

Hand: Chain Lightning, Swipe, Blessing of Pharasma 1, Scrying, Acid Splash, Crowbar, Frost Ray,

Displayed:
Deck: 11 Discard: 2 Buried: 0
Notes:
Ask before using: Blessing of Pharasma (+1 die/+2 dice if spell is cast); Swipe (-3 to combat difficulty); Scrying (examine top 3 cards of any location, shuffle in cards not of chosen type, topdeck or bottomdeck chosen type)
Can use without asking: Blessing if would recharge; Blessing for Stolen Larvae; Scrying for monsters at Stonework Passages

Start of turn, BotElements from blessings deck. Start of turn, encounter dancer
As the gnome is pursued by the bug people throughout the hive he loudly starts cursing Qualzar ”We are going to have some SERIOUS words about this later!” he shouts. The bugs corner him and it becomes clear that Cogsnap cannot talk his way out of this problem, so he reluctantly fights in self-defense.

Throw alch Fire, it is discarded because of power.
Combat 16 vs. 1d8+3(dex)+1(ranged)+2d6(Fire)+1d6(power): 1d8 + 3d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + (1, 6, 1) + 4 = 13
really game? Really? Three ones? Why you gotta do me dirty like that? Recharge my bone lamallar to reduce poison damage by 3
But the gnome doesn’t have it in him to kill the guard defending his home and gets speared for his trouble, the armor taking the blow. Luckily Cogsnap manages to scurry away.

Not wanting to have to fight any more guards, the gnome moves to the outskirts of the hive.
Move to precious mine, Initial Explore-Greatclub+1, Cannot acquire-banish.
He finds an abandoned mine. As he knows something about gemstilones, he begins looking for something valuable. Maybe the evil alchemists will accept gems instead of sentient creature babies! He finds a magic club but it is far to heavy and big for him to wield. He pours out his flenshling jelly to see if it can find some gems.
Banishdiscard jelly to explore again.-Clinging venom spell
Dc4 arcane vs 1d10(Int)+1(arcane skill): 1d10 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
The Jelly brings back a an arcane scroll of clinging venom. Cogsnap recons he could probably figure out how to use it in a pinch and pockets the item.
End turn, reset hand

Hand: Liquid Ice, Clinging venom(MM), Alchemist's Fire-Beta, Canteen, Galvanic Chakrum +1, Twitch Tonic,

Displayed:
Deck: 10 Discard: 2 Buried: 0
Notes:
Sideboard cards:

Off turn: Estra recharges Blessing of Qi Zhong for Qualzar.

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Estra starts her turn.
Blessing of Isis discarded from the Blessings Deck.

Estra chooses not to move, and examines the top card of her location deck with her power.
A Thriae Larvae was shuffled into the Stonework Passages, so randomly picking a card...
Stonework Passages Card # (12 == Larvae): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Stonework Passages Card 9: Blessing of the Elements

Estra discards Glacial Khopesh +1 to encounter the Blessing of the Elements, adding 1d6 to her Strength, Dexterity and Constitution checks for the encounter.

Curses! Literally.
90% chance of success and I still failed. Fine; I'll use my faction boon to clear the Curse if need be. In the meantime, there's no longer a downside for using Neferekhu on everything.

Estra reaches the top of the small section of the hive, gasping for air as she looks around. The air shimmers with power here... perhaps a leyline intersecting the hive? The Thriae are a cunning race; it may be no coincidence.

The decaying head, containing the disturbed spirit of an oracle found in previous ruins jabbers nonsensically as it hangs from Estra's back. The spiritualist had not yet been able to encourage the spirit - Neferekhu - from passing on, and a foul magic binds it to the indestructible decapitated head until Estra can find a way to break the awful curse. Despite speaking in a language that Estra does not fully grasp, Estra cannot help but feel that amidst Neferekhu's ravings are deep, cutting accusations towards the elderly woman's misdeeds - a mountain greater than this hive, only most recently topped by this foul treachery against the Thriae.

She reminds herself that the Thriae are hardly kind beings of their own; perhaps this is a crusade, not murder? The lie lingers upon her brow, weighing her down - the behavior of the Alchemists have done little to prove such an ideal to have any merit.

Estra takes her free exploration.
Stonework Passages Card # (12 == Larvae): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 (Already Encountered)
Stonework Passages Card # (12 == Larvae): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 (Uh...)
Stonework Passages Card # (12 == Larvae): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Stonework Passages Card 7: Locate Object

Estra sets aside Locate Object to examine the Stonework Passages until she hits a boon, then encounters it.
Stonework Passages Card # (7 == 11, 9 == Larvae): 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Stonework Passages Card 6: Clawhand Shield -> Encountered.

Estra reaches in all directions with her senses, curiously finding an old, powerful shield buried under a couple of inches of soil nearby. What is the story behind this, she wonders?

Nerefekhu mumbles some old, arcane knowledge, before returning to gibbering ravings.

Estra discards Blessing of the Elements to explore again.
Stonework Passages Card # (7 == 11, 9 == Larvae): 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Stonework Passages Card 12: Stolen Larvae

Estra continues her encounter against the Stolen Larvae.
Constitution 4: 1d6 ⇒ 6 -> Stolen Larvae defeated and drawn!

Estra is set upon by another of the Thriae dancers, as it flitters towards her. Estra raises her hands, appealing to this one like she did the last. As she proclaims her intent not to hurt any Thriae, Estra notices that the dancer is wounded - perhaps from the shrapnel of an Alchemist's grenade - and bleeding a curious ichor. When the injured Thriae lowers its weapons, Estra quietly offers healing magic. Then the Dancer nods, Estra does her best to heal its injury, restoring it to strength.

Quietly, she begs the creature not to harm her allies - a noisy Ratfolk and two Gnomes - and in return Estra will try to prevent any further harm from coming to the hive. The Thriae buzzes irritably, then makes a curious gesture and flies away... was that a yes? A no?

Estra grimaces, knowing she cannot hold her hollow promise. She gasps in pain; a Larvae having attached itself to her leg, draining her of her life. She hisses and tugs the creature off with Honaire's assistance, and her spectral husband carries the creature... perhaps it may be returned to any Thriae as a gesture of good faith? Maybe?

Estra discards Valet to explore again, adding 1d6 to her non-combat checks during this exploration.
Stonework Passages Card 10: Fireball Trap

Estra ends her turn and resets her hand.

Hand: Neferekhu, Sphere of Fire, Honaire, Clawhand Shield, Stolen Larvae, Lithomancy Stones,

Displayed:
Deck: 11 Discard: 7 Buried: 0
Notes: See below.

At the start of Skizza's turn, Estra [b]sets aside Lithomancy Stones, naming MONSTER, then examines the top 3 cards of her location deck and places any found on top or bottom in any order; then shuffling the rest.

To recharge Lithomancy Stones, Estra reveals Neferekhu to add 2 dice to her noncombat Wisdom check.
Perception 10: 3d10 + 4 ⇒ (3, 9, 4) + 4 = 20 -> Lithomancy Stones recharged.
Estra must pass a Diplomacy 8 check against Neferekhu or suffer the Curse of Withering.
Diplomacy 8: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11 -> No effect.

Hand: Neferekhu, Sphere of Fire, Honaire, Clawhand Shield, Stolen Larvae,

Displayed:
Deck: 12 Discard: 7 Buried: 0
Notes: At my location, always reveal Neferekhu to add 2 DICE to your Knowledge or Wisdom noncombat checks! I can handle the Diplomacy check to avoid the downside.

A Larvae's on top of this location; Estra will likely just spend her next turn to grab it, then leave the location open. A 2 card location would be a great place for extra Larvae to be funneled towards by the scenario power, and there's no real benefit to closing locations.

That said, if I do that, Estra's hand will be 33% full of Larvae... I wouldn't mind someone else grabbing the Larvae here, and sharing the load as a result.

Off-Turn: Discard Scarab Buckler to shuffle 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 cards from my discard pile into deck.

So my location is closed but not flipped so I still encounter a dancer, no?

Move to and Explore Stonework Passages Card 1: Stolen Larvae.
BYA:Encounter Thriae Dancer.
Discard Hand Cannon.
Combat 16: 1d10 + 2 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 + (2, 6) = 16
Reload: 1d12 ⇒ 3

Constitution 4: 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + (6) = 12 Drawing the Stolen Larvae.

End Turn. Reset Hand.

As Skizza tried to leave the hives he was attacked by another dancer...or at least the dancer approached him so he fired his musket. The first shot wasn't able to pierce the chitinous armor but after firing from the second barrel the bug suffered a similar fate to the last Thriae.

Not wanting to remain near the home of the far-too-large bugs he headed for the tunnels below and found Estra.

"Did you not see that bugman go by? I had to break another boomstick to kill it. Pesky things. WHOA what is that thing?" he exclaimed pointing at the larvae. As he said that they came upon a second one guarded by...more bugs. Before Estra could even talk Skizza was pulling out another gun to blast past him for his own little pet worm.

As he grabbed for it the small pincers bit down hard on his paw.

"OUCH! I LIKE THIS LITTLE GUY!" he laughed shaking it off and putting on his black powder gloves before handling it further.

Hand: Game of Afterlife, Stolen Larvae, Navigator Musket +1, Blessing of Alkenstar 2, Shield Cloak, Masterwork Tools,

Displayed:
Deck: 10 Discard: 4 Buried: 0
Notes:
Sideboard cards:

Sweet!

I don't really know about closed Hive's, honestly. Normally the text "Do not flip the location over" exists because on a physical game you'd only have 1 copy of the location to refer to; I never understood if it literally meant that the "At this location" power worked whilst closed or not.

Also, Skizza didn't take the examination afforded by killing any of the Dancer's he'd fought this scenario; just checking if that's intentional.

That was me forgetting. I will examine the top of Qualzar's Hive and Precious Mine.

During This Adventure: •The scourge die is 1d6+1.
•When you are dealt Electricity damage, if that damage is not reduced by at least 1, suffer the scourge Curse of Fevered Dreams.

During This Scenario: •Using the deck list from the Thriae Hive, build a number of Thriae Hive locations equal to the number of characters. When you close a Thriae Hive location, do not flip the Thriae Hive card over.
•After adding villains and henchmen, shuffle 1 henchman Stolen Larvae into each location deck.
•Each character starts at a different unoccupied Thriae Hive location.
•When you discard cards as damage, first choose Stolen Larvae if you have any.
•When you would banish Stolen Larvae or put it into a deck or pile, shuffle it into a random open location deck instead.
•You win the scenario only when all of the Stolen Larvae are in characters’ hands. (You do not have to defeat and corner the villain.)
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