[ACG] Season of the Runelords (Inactive)

Game Master MorkXII

Actually Kyra I think you may get a BotG instead we have three left and six turns to get through 4 banes at the waterfront (including the bandit to close) If one of them proves really tricky I would like the option of double blessing in our corner. Hopefully one of the barriers is of the shuffle or banish if undefeated variety. Even with a minus 2 or 3 on the check the bandit shouldn't be too difficult to defeat. We just need to make sure we can get to him.

My next turn will be at the waterfront

I think Lirianne should probably take a crack at closing the glassworks. Especially if her firearm powers are for characters at other locations. plus closing that now leaves us free to concentrate on the Waterfront

Any other thoughts?

Yeah, I think I should close the Glassworks. I have the Spyglass to add to my Perception.

I'd be OK with that. I have my blessings to assist if needed. Should you fail the check to close then I could go there and use a blessing to get it closed. 2d10+1=94%. Otherwise if you succeed then I'll head to waterfront and work on that on my last turn.

Kyra, thanks for the heal. Would you like to take my Scale Mail (heavy armor -- recharge for 2 combat damage, or 3 vs BYA / AYA damage) to help you in the Waterfront?

Lirianne flips Blessing of Torag. She gives her Scale Mail to Kyra and continues her exploration of the Glassworks.

She finds a Longbow +1 (weapon 1).

It's a Ranged 9 check. Do any of you guys want it? Otherwise I won't risk the check.

Thanks, and I know Reta wanted a weapon 1. If you were planning on taking a weapon 1 then it might be good to try it because we only have acquried one weapon1 upgrade so far I think. I won't need a weapon 1 upgrade this round.

If you need a blessing I could offer one, but then we'd need to decide if it's worth putting my last blessing in your close check or having me close with my last blessing at a 94% success rate. Either way you could use both if needed unless you thought it'd be better to wait for me to close.

We have one Weapon 1 so far, and every character gets to pick 2 deck upgrades (instead of the normal 1).

Kyra, I'm taking your BotG for the Weapon 1 check to acquire.

Ranged 9: 2d10 + 3 ⇒ (6, 10) + 3 = 19 and Longbow +1 acquired. I can discard this to assist in combat checks in another location to add 1d4+1.

Attempt to close Glassworks, reveal Spyglass to add 1d6 Perception 6: 1d8 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + 2 + (6) = 16. Glassworks is closed.

Discards Arquebus, Spyglass, Shock Musket +1. Draws Master Gunner, Quartermaster, and Magic Leather Armor.

Ends turn.

Hand: Magic Leather Armor (non CD), Master Gunner, Quartermaster, Matchlock Hackbut, Longbow +1 (non CD),

Displayed:
Deck: 5 Discard: 8 Buried: 4
Notes: I can add 1d6 to a combat check in another location via my Matchlock, and add 1d4+1 via Longbow +1.

Remember, I can discard Matchlock to add 1d6 to a combat check, and Longbow +1 to add 1d4+1 to another combat check.

Seoni flips the blessing of Gorum

she hands a BotG to Kyra and heads to the waterfront

Where the ceiling collapses on her

Seoni is d6 wisdom and dexterity

2 blessings is 83pc
or marginally worse than Kyra with one blessing, two blessings on kyra is 98%

We have the turns to spare I'm inclined to risk the damage of a straight roll and keep blessings in hand and have Kyra clear next time

thoughts

Probably safer to straight roll. The difficulty is 9 (veteran) so I think your success percentages are lower than you think. 2 blessings for you would be 74% which isn't terrible but I don't know if we could recover from burning two blessings for nothing. I believe I have no more blessings in my deck unless I healed myself next turn and then used my blessing to explore.

You guys could save up your blessings to pour them on Lirianne and Reta. We each have a d10 for dex, which should help with both barriers. Reta has no blessings, but has an ally to discard for an explore.

Kyra has her Pearl of Wisdom, which gives her a d10 on any one non-combat check as well. Basically, Seoni is the worst character to be dealing with this barrier. :)

I probably agree with the plan to have Seoni fail the check and pass to Kyra, although with only a few turns left, it gets a little risky.

con dc4: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Seoni is caught in the collapsed ceiling but doesn’t take any damage

Ends turn

Hand: Sihedron medallion, Surgeon, Bastard Sword +1, Frost Ray, Blessing of the gods 3, Blessing of the gods 2,

Displayed: Blessing of the gods 4 ( Kyra ),
Deck: 7 Discard: 5 Buried: 1
Notes: Use blessings on villain, henchmen, closing locations and lingeing barriers only recharge blessing of pharasma if you can

Hmm might be the only time the surgeon gets used to explore

Blessings available

During This Adventure:

During This Scenario: The difficulty of checks to acquire allies is increased by 5. When you encounter an ally, you may bury any number of cards; for each card buried, add 5 to your check to acquire that ally.
To win the scenario, close all of the locations.

Turn: 27 Kyra/redeux

Top of Blessing Discard Pile: Blessing of Calistria

General Store
At This Location: NO BOX
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:1 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

The Rusty Dragon
At This Location: NO BOX
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed
Located here: Kyra

Town Square
At This Location: NO BOX
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Glassworks
At This Location: NO BOX
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed
Located here: Lirianne

Waterfront
At This Location: When using a weapon, subtract 1 from each die rolled.
After your exploration, you may discard 2 card to explore again.
When Closing: Summon and defeat a Bandit henchman.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, all characters at this location discard a card.
M:1 Ba:2 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Located here: Reta, Seoni

Temple
At This Location: When you move or are moved here, discard a card.
Any character at another location may evade an encounter and move here, discarding 2 cards instead of the normal 1, then reset her hand and end her turn.
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

One more turn each!!

Just a reminder that Seoni handed a Blessing of the Gods to Kyra at the beginning of her turn.

Available blessings:
Liranne - None
Kyra - Gods (x2), Gorum (x1)
Reta - None
Seoni - Gods(x2)

Thanks for armor and blessing Lirianne and Seoni!

Hand: Scale Mail (from Lirianne), Pearl of Wisdom, Longsword, Fireblade, BoGorum, BoGods 5 (from Seoni),

Displayed:
Deck: 4 Discard: 12 Buried: 0
Notes:

Kyra moves to Waterfront and takes a small break to heal herself.

heal: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Kyra heals 4 cards (in past I was rolling for these heals but I just realized there's a function for that in the spreadsheet

BoGods 2, BoGods 4, BoCaydenCailean 3, BoPharasma healed.

(pretty lucky, though 9 of 12 cards in discard were blessings lol).

Kyra Discards Fireblade for the heal

Kyra is now ready to help her teammates now that she has sat by hearing them scream for help for a bit.

discard BoGorum to explore

She encounters the collapsed ceiling barrier.

Kyra prays to the Gods and Calistra grants her strength...err...dexterity.

recharge Pearl of wisdom and discard BoGods 5 which acts as BoCalistra this turn due to discard pile--+2 die!!

Collapsed Ceiling Dc 9 dexterity: 3d10 ⇒ (2, 9, 10) = 21

Never in her life has she felt more agile

Collapsed Ceiling banished

Kyra has spent all her energy and must rest. She's so tired she drops her scale mail and longsword

reset hand and end turn

Hand: Chain Mail, BoPharasma, BoGods 4, BoCaydenCailean 3, BoGods 2,

Displayed:
Deck: 5 Discard: 13 Buried: 0
Notes: Use blessings at your own discretion, i'm out of turns and trust everyone's judgement :)

During This Adventure:

During This Scenario: The difficulty of checks to acquire allies is increased by 5. When you encounter an ally, you may bury any number of cards; for each card buried, add 5 to your check to acquire that ally.
To win the scenario, close all of the locations.

Turn: 28 Reta/Redelia

Top of Blessing Discard Pile: Blessing of Lamashtu

General Store
At This Location: NO BOX
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:1 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

The Rusty Dragon
At This Location: NO BOX
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Town Square
At This Location: NO BOX
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Glassworks
At This Location: NO BOX
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed
Located here: Lirianne

Waterfront
At This Location: When using a weapon, subtract 1 from each die rolled.
After your exploration, you may discard 2 card to explore again.
When Closing: Summon and defeat a Bandit henchman.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, all characters at this location discard a card.
M:1 Ba:1 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Located here: Reta, Seoni, Kyra

Temple
At This Location: When you move or are moved here, discard a card.
Any character at another location may evade an encounter and move here, discarding 2 cards instead of the normal 1, then reset her hand and end her turn.
M:0 Ba:0 W:0 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:0 Al:0 Bl:0 ?:0
Closed

Available blessings:
Liranne - None
Kyra - Gods (x2), Cayden Cailean (x1), Pharasma (x1)
Reta - None
Seoni - Gods(x2)

Reta explores the Waterfront, and finds another barrier. This one is a pit trap. Does she notice it before falling in?

(using one blessing from Kyra to almost guarantee success)

perception: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (4, 5) + 3 = 12

Yep, she sees the trap and steps around it.

Then she gets to explore again (on the text of the trap), and finds an Attic Whisperer.

wisdom: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Seoni and Kyra need to make this check, and it could cause Kyra to discard a blessing, so I will make sure to not use up her last blessing

Reta uses her shock longbow +1, and asks Kyra to bury a BotG so she can get two extra dice.

3d10 + 1d8 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (4, 5, 1) + (3) + 3 - 4 = 12 The -4 was for location subtract 1 from each die

Reta defeats the attic whisperer.

I will try to close in another post to avoid too long a post.

Now Reta has to face a Bandit Henchman.

Reta recharges Spotol.

Then she uses her shock longbow again. She asks Seoni and Kyra to each discard a blessing.

3d10 + 1d8 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (2, 7, 5) + (6) + 3 - 4 = 19

The Bandit runs home crying to Mommy, and Reta begins her happy dance.

(discards dogslicer, though it doesn't actually matter)

That will do it, even if the Attic Whisper forced both Kyra and Seoni to discard a blessing. I'll get the Reward and Development posts up in a minute.

Development:
Our mayor, no matter how good her heart, can be … shortsighted,” says councilman Thelsikar, head of the mercantile guild. “She sees only the threats in front of her eyes. I can see a bit further.”

“Ah, but I might,” he says. “My sources say there has been prowling around Junk Beach at night. My friends, let us lay a trap.”

REWARD
Each character chooses a type of boon other than loot and adds a card of that type from the game box to the cards acquired during this scenario. Adventure Card Guild characters may choose a bonus deck upgrade.

Everyone please pick one more card type to add to this massive list of acquired cards:
Weapon Bastard Sword +1 1
Weapon Longbow +1 1
Weapon Dart B
Weapon Scimitar B
Weapon Shock Longbow +1 B
Spell Enfeeble 1
Spell Frost Ray 1
Spell Aid B
Spell Detect Evil B
Spell Sleep B
Armor Magic Leather Armor B
Item Staff of Minor Healing 1
Item Wand of Force Missile 1
Item Boots of Elvenkind B
Item Potion of Healing B
Ally Aldern Foxglove 1
Ally Toad 1
Ally Sage B
Ally Soldier B
Blessing Blessing of Erastil B
Blessing Blessing of Gorum B
Blessing Blessing of Pharasma B
Blessing Blessing of the Gods B

wisdom dc 4: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Yeah in your face Attic whisper and bandit

Good Job all! Looking to take spell 1 for Frost Ray Debating whether to make all my spells blasty or stick with some utility probably swapping out arcane armour at this stage

Just to make sure it's clear, everyone will get to pick TWO upgrades this time. But first everyone needs to pick a type of boon, and I will add a random card of that type to the acquired cards. So hopefully we'll get an extra Deck 1 card or two from that.

armor, please.

Blessing for me

Was holding off my second pick until everyone else had made their 1st

I think at this stage we are still picking what we would like added to the list, not yet what we want to take from the list.

I'd like to have a crack at a random weapon.

And great job everyone! Also thanks for yet another smooth game GM!

How much will it mess everyone up if Reta takes a blessing that only applies to her checks?

I am considering one of my upgrades being a blessing B, in which case I could replace a B and basic Blessing of the Gobs with B but not basic Blessing of Hadregash. It only applies to my checks, but if I also discard an ally, I can add 2 dice to any check. It will also often get recharged instead of discarded.

Lirianne picks Armor -- hoping to get Armor 1.

Kyra would like the following upgrades -

Spell B would be my first choice (unless Seoni doesn't want the second Spell 1, in which i can take it. My Spell B (Find Traps) I want more than Spell 1 (Augury) but I'd take the Spell 1 now while it's available if it won't be claimed otherwise)

Weapon B would be my second choice (unless Lirianne and Reta don't take the last Weapon 1, in which case I'll take a Weapon 1)

To be clear here: I'm completely OK with the Spell B and Weapon B if you guys/gals want to take the Spell 1's and Weapon 1's, I'll only take the leftovers :)

And Reta, sometimes the best thing for the party is to be a little selfish. I don't know the exact card text of your blessing but I say go for it if you think that's your best choice. I have tons of blessings as is and in general I'm pretty willing to give them to someone else even if it means I might be left without any for my turn.

Kyra, can I convince you to get Armor from the game box instead? I apparently don't have a good Weapon 1 upgrade, so you can have the other Weapon 1 from the pile. But there's a good Armor 1 upgrade for me. Please?

Blessing of Hadredgash
Discard this card to add 1 die to any check by a character that has the Goblin trait.
Discard this card and an ally to add 2 dice to any check.
Discard this card to explore your location.
After you play this card, if the top card of the blessings discard pile has the Basic trait, recharge this card instead of discarding it.

So, it has a pretty good chance of letting you recharge it to explore. Sounds pretty great to me.

Unfortunately I summoned a weapon already, sorry :(

Blessing B and Weapon B for me. Or an Ally 1 and Wepon B if no one is taking Ally 1.

Some of the goblin cards do 1 automatic damage to other players. I'm trying to avoid that kind of stuff.

If it doesn't conflict with others' choices, Reta would like Weapon 1 and Blessing B. She also will then have a full deck and not need to worry about the banished dagger.

I think this summarizes everyone's first picks:

Liranne - Ally 1, Weapon B
Krya - Weapon 1, Spell B
Reta - Weapon 1, Blessing B
Seoni - Spell 1, [upgrade 2]

That still leaves a Spell 1, Item 1 (x2), and an Ally 1 (and a whole mess of B cards). If Seoni doesn't want the second Spell 1, then Kyra could use it.

Seoni's spell 1 options are (in my order of preference)

Frost Ray (as per the previous scenario)
Good Omen (bit like black spot but for acquire and close location checks i/o monsters)
Illuminate (add d8 to any ranged combat check)

So question is does Good Omen beat Augury in the party's selection of spells

Good omen

Magic
Arcane
Divine
Mental

Discard this card to add 1 plus the adventure deck number of the current scenario to any check to acquire or any check to close a location

After playing if you do not have the arcane or divine skill, banish it; otherwise succeed at an arcane or divine 8 check to recharge instead of discarding it

If I'm not taking two spells I would like ally 1 (there are 2 ally 1s) Taking Incanter for Guide

Actually, Reta will take an ally 1 instead of Blessing B. That will be easier to get later.

Reta is getting force shortbow +1 and is replacing frog with Xoff.

Item 1 and Ally 1 for me, then.

Ok two spell 1 s for me

Personally, I prefer Augury over Good Omen, but I always tend to prefer cards that let me scout ahead.

Seoni, Take the second Spell 1 since it seems both Ally 1's are taken. Good Omen and Augury both provide good utility of different sorts to the party, but since you'll be taking the second spell 1 I'll get Find Traps which also provides good utility to the party.

Kyra will take

Weapon 1 - Morningstar +1 - Gives Melee+1d8+1 and discard for 1d4. Also can be played to use bludgeoning trait instead of piercing trait. It lacks the sword trait that Kyra has a power feat for, but wanting to make sure I have options for immunities and also because it is a better weapon than the Scimitars. Next round when I get my card feat I'll be getting another Longsword.

Spell B - Find Traps - two dice to any check to defeat against a barrier. recharge 8. This will be a keeper card for quite a while.

here's my new decklist:

Personally, I prefer Augury over Good Omen, but I always tend to prefer cards that let me scout ahead.

same, but i'm in no rush to get it since find traps is going to be a keeper card for my deck for the foreseeable future

Liranne - Ally 1, Item 1
Krya - Weapon 1, Spell B
Reta - Weapon 1, Ally 1
Seoni - Spell 1, Spell 1

That takes care of all the Deck 1 cards, except for one Ally (and Find Traps is way better than probably any Ally 1 card)

We can't have duplicates, I think, based on my reading of the organized play rules. So Seoni can't take 2 spells.