[ACG] BR skizzerz's Season of the Righteous

Game Master Yewstance

Gameplay thread for my table of Season of the Righteous for Cards Against Gnomanity. The event starts July 9.

Current Players:

• Yewstance
  
• Void_Eagle
  
• Greenclaw

Please dot this thread (post and then delete your post) so that you can easily find it in your Online Campaigns tab :)

SEASON OF THE RIGHTEOUS

The Worldwound tore reality apart at the dawn of the Age of Lost Omens, murdering the nation of Sarkoris and unleashing a ravenous demonic horde upon the world. Only the quick action of several other nations of knights, barbarians, and heroes halted the demon army and contained it within lost Sarkoris. For the next century, crusade after crusade tried to defeat the demons, only to fail time and time again. Their greatest success was the creation of a line of magical artifacts known as wardstones that still stand sentinel along the Worldwound’s border, although they barely manage to contain the demons. The world doesn’t know it yet, but those wardstones are about to suffer a fearsome trial. With courage, cunning, magical might, and a little bit of luck, your band of stalwart adventurers now has a chance to defend the Worldwound and save the world of Golarion.

Adventure 1: Herald's Chosen

Welcome to the Worldwound! We expect your stay will be an eventful one.

The Worldwound is a land controlled by demons. It was once called Sarkoris, a thriving land of great commerce and knowledge. Then the machinations of demon lords ripped it open, leaving a gap through which all manner of nightmares enter our world.

In the aftermath of this invasion, the nation of Mendev refuses to surrender. Mendev has marshaled four crusades against the demons, though each has been inconclusive. The Fourth Crusade is ongoing, and some progress has been made. The frequency of incursions has lessened, leading some to speculate that victory is within Mendev’s grasp. A few troubled souls say this is just the calm before an even greater storm, but they are typically silenced, brushed aside by the citizenry’s newfound wave of confidence.

You have arrived at the gleaming city of Kenabres, the crown jewel of Mendev. While the Worldwound is beset with the demons from the Abyss, Kenabres stands strong. Once damaged by the demon lord Khorramzedah, Kenabres has recovered from its wounds. Crusaders meet here to test their might against each other, knowing what they learn will soon prove valuable against their foes. High Queen Galfrey has come to Kenabres, secure in the knowledge that this great city will never be brought low by the forces of evil.

The queen knows of a recent discovery that could save the Worldwound from its plight. She believes there is a way to close the maw to the Abyss, although she has kept the details confidential. As part of this plan, she has recruited a council of powerful heroes who can find solutions to the problems troubling her realm.

With the queen’s arrival has come enhanced security. Crusaders now patrol the walls of Kenabres in greater numbers, and visitors are being checked at the city gates by oracles who have talents for detecting demonic spies. Both of these strategies have proven effective, but the most notable enhancement is the presence of the Herald of Iomedae, the goddess’s mighty servant.

This herald is known as the Hand of the Inheritor because he sits at the right hand of the goddess Iomedae. The goddess has taken a personal interest in the Abyssal incursions into our plane, and she manifests her dismay through the Herald. Of course, his dismay will manifest through you and the other heroes of Queen Galfrey’s council. You have heard the Herald’s trumpet, and you have embraced his cause.

1-1A: Cloven Trail

“I seek your aid in destroying the information network used by demons in Kenabres,” the Herald says. “If you can discover where the demons are arriving in the city, you can cut off their reinforcements. That should buy Queen Galfrey’s council enough time to locate the treasure we need to close the Worldwound.”

Tonight, you’re on patrol as members of the Eagle Watch, seeking the malefactors behind a series of attacks on crusaders. Survivors of those attacks reported that they fought off minotaurs—beasts whose eyes burned with Abyssal fire. Most likely, they’re low-ranking quislings of the demon prince Baphomet. The crusaders forced them back to Kenabres’s labyrinthine sewers, although that may be a hollow victory. After all, minotaurs are adept in mazes.

Your quest has led you to the area around the Watchtower on the bulwark of the city. If the bulwark has been breached, that could delay the city’s response to attacks. Your contacts in this area have spread word of a pitborn witch named Faxon who’s been rallying the demons to his side. Seek out this witch and bring him in for questioning. The Herald would have words with him.

You have one great advantage over the sinister Faxon. The Herald is not one to simply dispatch his allies and leave them to the mercy of the Abyssal horde. You can summon him once you’ve unearthed a major threat against the citizens of Kenabres. The Hand of the Inheritor awaits your call.

The game starts July 9 at midnight EST (04:00 UTC). Please determine your turn order. You can either roll 1d1000 so we can randomize it, or you can go by time zone, or something else. Please also choose your starting location. For this scenario, the Cohort Herald of Iomedae is displayed next to the Blessings deck.

During This Adventure: The servitor demon is the henchman Demonling.

During This Scenario: Treat the henchman Brimorak as if it is the henchman Fiendish Minotaur.
During the first exploration of each turn, damage dealt is decreased by 1.

Additional Rules:

Turn: 0

Blessings Remaining: 30

Guardpost
At This Location: At the start of your turn, summon and encounter the henchman Corrupted Soldier.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Corrupted Soldier.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a random armor from the box.
M: 3 Ba: 0 W: 2 Sp: 0 Ar: 2 I: 0 Al: 2 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Maze
At This Location: When you move, succeed at an Intelligence or Knowledge check with a difficulty of 6 plus twice the scenario's adventure deck number or immediately return to this location.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Fiendish Minotaur.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, move each character at this location to a random other location.
M: 1 Ba: 2 W: 0 Sp: 0 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Watchtower
At This Location: You may summon and defeat a random monster instead of the normal check to acquire a boon.
When Closing: Banish a weapon.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a random weapon from the box.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 2 Sp: 0 Ar: 2 I: 0 Al: 2 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Forsaken Cloister
At This Location: When you move or are moved here, bury a card. Any character at another location may discard a card to evade an encounter and then move here.
When Closing: Each character at this location must summon and defeat this adventure's servitor demon.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M: 1 Ba: 1 W: 0 Sp: 2 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 2 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Wounded Lands
At This Location: When you encounter a bane, you may not play allies on your checks.
When Closing: Succeed at a Wisdom or Survival 8 check.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, bury a boon.
M: 2 Ba: 3 W: 1 Sp: 0 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Ukuja will start at the Wounded Lands.
Ukuja chooses Weapon as his Favored Card Type.
Ukuja chooses Leryn and Giant Chameleon as his Cohorts, adding them to his starting hand.

I have a preference for going second in the Turn Order. The earlier my turn, the slightly more useful evasion and examination abilities are (more information for other players), but I cannot use Leryn to examine if I start the game, since I have no chance to Display it. Otherwise, we can go with a dice roll.
Starting Turn?: 1d1000 ⇒ 467

Strategy Note: Herald of Iomedae is in effect for this scenario, giving us almost free healing all game - should make this game largely trivial - just throw everything you have at a bane if you're in doubt.

Flavour text will come in next post. Opening hand is spoilered below; players should not read it until their starting location is picked.

Amaryllis will start at the Forsaken Cloister.

I don't really care about the turn order, just let me know when my turn is. But if we need to roll:
Starting Turn?: 1d1000 ⇒ 9

Not sure why the second spoiler wasn't working, sorry.

Annoyingly, in the Paizo forums you can't put a spoiler inside another spoiler IF the inner spoiler has a 'name'. If you use the spoiler tags inside the first spoiler without giving them a 'name' with the equals sign, it works fine.

Flavour post only.

Ukuja stands on the watchtower at the outskirts of Kenabres, quietly observing the landscape around. There was beauty here, once, but it's been scarred and broken by the Worldwound and its corruption so many times that little grows any longer; less still that could be considered beautiful.

Ukuja was not the first of the Uprooters to step on these stones, constructed by human hands, destroyed by demon's, and then rebuilt anew. Cecilla and Lanveral had made their mark in their campaigns here; and so it was not so unusual that Mendev's call for aid would reach so far, to the borders of Kyonin, once again. And Ukuja heard it, and traveled far to follow in the footsteps of some of the most renowned of his people. This land suffered, just as the Tanglebriar had. But the crusaders here dwell on the people and their empire, not the plight of the land itself, and that focus - however admirable - will not alone breathe life back into this accursed land.

And so Ukuja is here to assist, to observe, and where possible; to direct their attentions to the land that all life, even in Kenabres, ultimately needs.

The Herald's presence was a boon that Ukuja was not entirely prepared for. Whilst he was familiar that the land enjoyed the protection of Iomedae, the sight of such a divine servant was one that threatened to strike awe even unto Ukuja's stoic presence. He had bowed his head, finding it difficult to gaze at the blazing, armored presence, but had accepted its aid with grace. Ukuja shall not let the Herald down, nor will he leave this land to die at the hands of the corruption that plagues it. This is where Ukuja will make his mark on Avistan, of that he is certain.

He frowns, his brow furrowed; his keen eyes observing something curious outside the borders of the city; into the pained, bleeding lands beyond. Movement, and suspicious persons. Struck by a sudden inspiration, he prepares as well as he can, calling his dearest travelling companions - a great wolf and equally great reptile - to guide and guard him as he investigates. The witch may not even be in the city, after all.

Erasmus will take favored card: Spell and start at the Maze

Hand: Planchette, Magnifying Glass, Blessing of the Gods 2, Blessing of the Gods 1, Possession, Spirit Relatives,

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

Erasmus Turn order: 1d1000 ⇒ 449

Turn order will be as follows:
1. Amaryllis / Void_Eagle
2. Ukuja / Yewstance
3. Erasmus / Greenclaw

During This Adventure: The servitor demon is the henchman Demonling.

During This Scenario: Treat the henchman Brimorak as if it is the henchman Fiendish Minotaur.
During the first exploration of each turn, damage dealt is decreased by 1.

Turn: 1 Amaryllis/Void_Eagle

Top of Blessing Discard Pile:

Blessings Deck
Displayed Cards: Herald of Iomedae

Guardpost
At This Location: At the start of your turn, summon and encounter the henchman Corrupted Soldier.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Corrupted Soldier.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a random armor from the box.
M: 3 Ba: 0 W: 2 Sp: 0 Ar: 2 I: 0 Al: 2 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Maze
At This Location: When you move, succeed at an Intelligence or Knowledge check with a difficulty of 6 plus twice the scenario's adventure deck number or immediately return to this location.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Fiendish Minotaur.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, move each character at this location to a random other location.
M: 1 Ba: 2 W: 0 Sp: 0 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Erasmus/Greenclaw

Watchtower
At This Location: You may summon and defeat a random monster instead of the normal check to acquire a boon.
When Closing: Banish a weapon.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a random weapon from the box.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 2 Sp: 0 Ar: 2 I: 0 Al: 2 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Forsaken Cloister
At This Location: When you move or are moved here, bury a card. Any character at another location may discard a card to evade an encounter and then move here.
When Closing: Each character at this location must summon and defeat this adventure's servitor demon.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M: 1 Ba: 1 W: 0 Sp: 2 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 2 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Amaryllis/Void_Eagle

Wounded Lands
At This Location: When you encounter a bane, you may not play allies on your checks.
When Closing: Succeed at a Wisdom or Survival 8 check.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, bury a boon.
M: 2 Ba: 3 W: 1 Sp: 0 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Ukuja/Yewstance

Amaryllis goes looking around the Forsaken Cloister and finds... a Skitter spell.

Arcane 6: 1d12 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

She can't seem to understand even this simple spell, and moves on.

She sends her Chronicler to explore some other parts of the cloister, encounter a Blessing of Ascension. Amaryllis looks it up in her Codex to try to figure out what it is.

Charisma 6: 2d12 ⇒ (11, 12) = 23

Recognizing that it might be important, Amaryllis grabs it and decides it might be a good time to rest.

Hand: Lightning Touch, Bestiary of Garund, Blessing of the Spellbound 2, Blessing of the Gods 1, Bracers of Protection, Blessing of Ascension 1,

Displayed:
Deck: 8 Discard: 2 Buried: 0
Notes: Either blessing is up for grabs
Sideboard cards:

During This Adventure: The servitor demon is the henchman Demonling.

During This Scenario: Treat the henchman Brimorak as if it is the henchman Fiendish Minotaur.
During the first exploration of each turn, damage dealt is decreased by 1.

Turn: 2 Ukuja/Yewstance

Top of Blessing Discard Pile:

Blessings Deck
Displayed Cards: Herald of Iomedae

Guardpost
At This Location: At the start of your turn, summon and encounter the henchman Corrupted Soldier.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Corrupted Soldier.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a random armor from the box.
M: 3 Ba: 0 W: 2 Sp: 0 Ar: 2 I: 0 Al: 2 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Maze
At This Location: When you move, succeed at an Intelligence or Knowledge check with a difficulty of 6 plus twice the scenario's adventure deck number or immediately return to this location.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Fiendish Minotaur.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, move each character at this location to a random other location.
M: 1 Ba: 2 W: 0 Sp: 0 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Erasmus/Greenclaw

Watchtower
At This Location: You may summon and defeat a random monster instead of the normal check to acquire a boon.
When Closing: Banish a weapon.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a random weapon from the box.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 2 Sp: 0 Ar: 2 I: 0 Al: 2 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Forsaken Cloister
At This Location: When you move or are moved here, bury a card. Any character at another location may discard a card to evade an encounter and then move here.
When Closing: Each character at this location must summon and defeat this adventure's servitor demon.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M: 1 Ba: 1 W: 0 Sp: 1 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Amaryllis/Void_Eagle

Wounded Lands
At This Location: When you encounter a bane, you may not play allies on your checks.
When Closing: Succeed at a Wisdom or Survival 8 check.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, bury a boon.
M: 2 Ba: 3 W: 1 Sp: 0 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Ukuja/Yewstance

Off turn: Ukuja Displays Leryn, as per his notes.

Ukuja starts his turn.
Ukuja examines the top card of the Wounded Lands with Leryn's ability.

Wounded Lands Card 1: Fortune-Teller

As Ukuja approaches the curious figures in the Wounded Lands, he quickly observes them to be nothing more than travelling charlatans and petty oracles. No threat. Without breaking stride, he turns and returns to the city.

A powerful Ally, and a potentially good card upgrade already. I'll leave that for Amaryllis to grab.

Ukuja moves to the Guardpost, then displays Giant Chameleon and explores.

Guardpost Card 1: Mace

Strength 4: 1d6 ⇒ 5 -> Mace acquired.

As he passes through the checkpoints; the guards notified of his official business, he equips himself with one of the weapons from the armory. Not the most refined of weapons, but in close quarters he may not get a chance to prepare a bow if there are indeed threats inside the city proper.

Ukuja discards Vulture to explore again.

Guardpost Card 2: Spellcaster's Shield

Divine 6: 1d10 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10 -> Spellcaster's Shield acquired.

He also slings a lightly enchanted shield over his back from the armory. Little point in not using the tools gifted to you for a task, after all.

Ukuja places Leryn on top of his deck to examine the top two cards of his location deck.

Guardpost Card 3: Pig From Hell
Guardpost Card 4: Scale Mail

Leryn alerts him of something approaching, even in the apparently safe area of the guardhouse. Ukuja frowns, preparing his crossbow as he senses a creature nearby, crying out in pain, touched by deep corruption. Perhaps he can recall it from the brink; if not, he can put it out of its misery.

Ukuja ends his turn, recharging Desna's Star to randomly recharge Vulture from his discard pile. During hand reset, Ukuja recharges Spellcaster's Shield and discards Mace.

Hand: Atlatl, Leryn, Blessing of the Elements, Light Crossbow, Crow, Fox,

Displayed: Giant Chameleon,
Deck: 12 Discard: 1 Buried: 0
Notes: Feel free to use my Fox (recharge for 1d4 to any Intelligence or Wisdom check) or Blessing of Elements whenever you need.
Sideboard cards:

Ukuja displays Leryn at the start of Erasmus' turn.

This is not where Erasmus expected he'd end up...out at the Worldwound! He hadn't had much luck finding allies to help him take back his birthright from his conniving brother, but at least out here it seemed he had been given some purpose.

Oh, and the voices were still with him of course. He'd learned to accept them. His uncle Balsamo, his brother Baylock and his two sisters, Nissa and Veldira. He'd even begun to see their presence as a sort of blessing, allowing them to come forward and take control over his body in times of need, when their particular skills could be of use.

They could very well be of use very soon. Erasmus finds himself at the mouth of a maze. Who knows what dangers are lurking within? Besides his spirit relatives, there was also this Herald, of course. Apparently he could be called on when needed?

With a sigh, Erasmus decides the time for waiting is past. Onwards into this maze, then!

Explore Maze

Ok, I'll take the 1st ally from the Random Allies List!

Before he can take even a single step forward, however, his uncle Balsamo's voice rings out in his head. "Boy, you're not ready for this. You need my wits if you're going into this maze, that is if you ever want to find your way out...some more help may even be needed!" Unable, or maybe unwilling to argue, Erasmus lets Balsamo exert control over his body for a moment and watches through his own eyes as his uncle approaches a passing librarian and strikes up a conversation with him, asking him for help navigating the maze.
Display Spirit Relatives. Place Marker on Balsamo. Gain Arcane: Charisma & Knowledge: Intelligence skills
Knowledge DC6: 1d8 + 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (6) + (3) + 1 = 10 SUCCESS!

Rather than pause completely, I'll continue a little until having that card or not would change my turn.

Perhaps a little bit over cautious now after the rebuke from his uncle, Erasmus decides to call on the spirits some more to help give him forewarning about what might be ahead and perhaps lead him to some useful item. He gets out some equipment and undertakes a mini seance.
Discard Planchette to examine top card of location deck. Choose item.

"A worm demon!!" Erasmus is instantly thankful he took the precautions. Knowing he's not prepared for such a battle just yet, he stops to regroup

Recharge Planchette - Perception DC6: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Recharge Magnifying Glass to examine top card of character deck Force Missile - not shuffling
End Turn. Reset Hand. Will wait to see if he gets to keep the Librarian before drawing his cards.

Rallying Cry: Ukuja summons and encounters...

Random Ally 2: Athlete

Well I don't have the Acrobatics skill with my current Cohorts, but Dexterity is a nice thing to see. I have a blessing of my own, but may I take one of yours, Erasmus, since you're about to redraw your hand? I'll take my roll - if no other players offer, consider my own blessing used instead. 3 allies is worth it.

Edit: Erasmus discards a Blessing. Thanks!

Dexterity 7: 2d10 ⇒ (1, 3) = 4 -> Failed to acquire.

Bleah. Shoot, 85% odds and I don't even get close. Bottom 3% of possible results.

Hand: Atlatl, Blessing of the Elements, Light Crossbow, Crow, Fox,

Displayed: Leryn, Giant Chameleon,
Deck: 12 Discard: 1 Buried: 0
Notes: Feel free to use my Fox (recharge for 1d4 to any Intelligence or Wisdom check) or Blessing of Elements whenever you need.
Sideboard cards:

No, go ahead and use Erasmus' blessing for the check. As you say, he was about to reset anyway.

Hand: Force Missile, Blessing of the Gods 3, Blessing of the Gods 2, Sign of the Pack 2, Possession,

Displayed: Spirit Relatives (Balsamo),
Deck: 8 Discard: 2 Buried: 0
Notes: Use Blessings as needed for henchman, closes or emergencies as needed.
Sideboard cards:

Amaryllis would be summoning Recruit, but since Ukuja failed the check to acquire, all allies would be banished anyway.

Erasmus, Rallying Cry is undefeated but you have the option to banish it. Would you like to banish it or shuffle it back in the deck? I’ll get the scenario update out with a brand-new random allies list after I hear back from you.

I put my vote in for shuffling it back in. This early in the game, and with the Herald's assistance, failure of the scenario seems exceptionally unlikely. Seems a good opportunity to grab more Ally upgrades.

With that said, what Ally upgrades are desired? There's already an Ally 1 examined on top of the Wounded Lands location, and if only 1 of us wants it then there's no need for more.

Since whether the Rallying Cry gets shuffled or banished doesn't affect my location, I'm continuing on.

Amaryllis continues to look around the Forsaken Cloister...

Forsaken Cloister Card 1: Skeleton

Quickly chanting a few words, Amaryllis's had glows with electricity and she reaches out to touch the skeleton.

Combat 8: 1d12 + 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (10) + (1, 2) + 2 = 15 -> Success!

The skeleton crumbles to dust under her magical assault.

Recharge Lightning Touch - Arcane 6: 1d12 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11 -> Success!

But casting that took a lot out of her, and she decides to rest for minute.

Reset my hand and draw the Jinx Eater

Hand: Jinx Eater, Bestiary of Garund, Blessing of the Spellbound 2, Blessing of the Gods 1, Bracers of Protection, Blessing of Ascension 1,

Displayed:
Deck: 8 Discard: 2 Buried: 0
Notes: The Blessing of the Gods and Blessing of Ascension are both up for grabs. I'd prefer to keep the Blessing of the Spellbound for an Arcane or Divine check, but if one comes up it can be used for that.
Sideboard cards:

Ukuja, Card 2 of the Guardpost was Apprentice, not Spellcaster's Shield -- that card must have been from a different location. Can you re-do that portion of your turn?

Ukuja, Card 2 of the Guardpost was Apprentice, not Spellcaster's Shield -- that card must have been from a different location. Can you re-do that portion of your turn?

Hm, I see how that happened, my mistake. When I scrolled up and down I got confused between the Watchtower and the Guardpost, especially because I'd been deciding on which I'd move to. My apologies!

Spellcaster's Shield is cleared from my card, and Ukuja attempts to acquire Apprentice.
Divine 8: 1d10 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11 -> Apprentice acquired.

That means Ukuja would not have drawn the Crow from his deck in the last turn. Amended, and sorry about that!
I'm in the middle of writing my next turn, so you don't need to do a scenario update quite yet, GM.

I went ahead and shuffled Maze and refreshed the Random Allies list. If you wanted to banish it instead, encounter Worm Demon as your first explore in Maze and then continue to use the deck list from this update (for reasons I'll explain below) -- skip over the first Worm Demon or Rallying Cry you encounter in that deck in that case.

I noticed when making this update that a glitch in the program caused no villain to be shuffled into a location (every location had a henchman instead). I rolled a random location for the villain and swapped out the henchman with it, so please use the deck lists from this post and not the deck lists from my original post so that you have a chance of running into the villain.

During This Adventure Path: After you begin Adventure 2, choose a mythic path card. For the rest of the Adventure Path, when you play a scenario in Adventure 2 or higher, the card you chose is your mythic path card.
After you begin Adventure 3, when you would banish a bane that has the Basic trait, remove it from the game; when you would banish a boon that has the Basic trait, you may remove it from the game. After you begin Adventure 5, do the same for cards that have the Elite trait.

During This Adventure: The servitor demon is the henchman Demonling.

During This Scenario: Treat the henchman Brimorak as if it is the henchman Fiendish Minotaur.
During the first exploration of each turn, damage dealt is decreased by 1.

Turn: 5 Ukuja/Yewstance

Top of Blessing Discard Pile:

Blessings Deck
Displayed Cards: Herald of Iomedae

Guardpost
At This Location: At the start of your turn, summon and encounter the henchman Corrupted Soldier.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Corrupted Soldier.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a random armor from the box.
M: 3 Ba: 0 W: 1 Sp: 0 Ar: 2 I: 0 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Ukuja/Yewstance

Maze
At This Location: When you move, succeed at an Intelligence or Knowledge check with a difficulty of 6 plus twice the scenario's adventure deck number or immediately return to this location.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Fiendish Minotaur.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, move each character at this location to a random other location.
M: 1 Ba: 2 W: 0 Sp: 0 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Erasmus/Greenclaw

Watchtower
At This Location: You may summon and defeat a random monster instead of the normal check to acquire a boon.
When Closing: Banish a weapon.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a random weapon from the box.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 2 Sp: 0 Ar: 2 I: 0 Al: 2 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Forsaken Cloister
At This Location: When you move or are moved here, bury a card. Any character at another location may discard a card to evade an encounter and then move here.
When Closing: Each character at this location must summon and defeat this adventure's servitor demon.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M: 0 Ba: 1 W: 0 Sp: 1 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Amaryllis/Void_Eagle

Wounded Lands
At This Location: When you encounter a bane, you may not play allies on your checks.
When Closing: Succeed at a Wisdom or Survival 8 check.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, bury a boon.
M: 2 Ba: 3 W: 1 Sp: 0 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

May I request that one of the other players in the team collect that Fortune Teller before a villain shuffle or the like moves it away?
I have no real Charisma or Diplomacy to speak of, but an Ally 1 is one of the card upgrades I'd like...admittedly quite low on my preferences, though. But it's also an excellent ally to have around!

Ukuja starts his turn.
The top card of the Guardpost is already known, so no need to examine it with Leryn's ability.
Ukuja stays at the Guardpost, then takes his free exploration to encounter the previously examined Pig From Hell.

Guardpost Card 1: Pig From Hell

Ukuja reveals Light Crossbow for the first combat check.
Combat 9 (Ranged): 1d10 + 2 + 1d8 ⇒ (1) + 2 + (7) = 10 -> Check 1 passed.
Now that the first check's down, lets make sure it's not wasted and ensure the remaining succeed.
Ukuja reveals Light Crossbow second combat check, and places Giant Chameleon on top of his deck to add an additional 1d6.
Combat 9 (Ranged): 1d10 + 2 + 1d8 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 2 + (6) + (1) = 10 -> Check 2 passed.
Then Ukuja buries Atlatl for the third and final combat check.
Combat 9 (Ranged): 1d10 + 2 + 3d6 ⇒ (5) + 2 + (1, 2, 1) = 11 -> Pig From Hell is defeated, and Ukuja adds it to his hand with his power. Ukuja draws the random non-basic Armor Sweet Dragon Costume. (Note To GM: I looked at Random Armors 1 and 2)

Ukuja discards Fox to explore again, encountering the previously-examined Scale Mail.

Guardpost Card 2: Scale Mail

Constitution 4: 1d6 ⇒ 4 -> Scale Mail acquired.

Ukuja places Leryn on top of his deck to examine the top two cards of his location deck.

Guardpost Card 3: Giant Maggot Swarm
Guardpost Card 4: Peryton

Well as long as I've got heaps of armor that I'm going to throw out anyway... Ukuja discards Apprentice to explore and encounter the Giant Maggot Swarm.
Guardpost Card 5: Giant Maggot Swarm

Ukuja discards Pig From Hell to acid damage. Note that the FAQed version of this card clarifies that each other character encounters the summoned copy, not the initial character.
Ukuja reveals Light Crossbow for combat.
Combat 6/10 (Ranged): 1d10 + 2 + 1d8 ⇒ (6) + 2 + (3) = 11 -> Giant Maggot Swarm defeated and banished.

Ukuja ends his turn, discarding Scale Mail and Sweet Dragon Costume before resetting his hand. Flavor Text will be added later.

Hand: Dog, Blessing of the Elements, Light Crossbow, Leryn, Giant Chameleon, Javelin,

Displayed:
Deck: 9 Discard: 6 Buried: 1
Notes: Feel free to use my Blessing of Elements if needed.
Sideboard cards:

Ukuja displays Leryn and Giant Chameleon at the start of Erasmus' turn.

Guardpost has you summon and encounter a Corrupted Soldier at the start of your turn.

Guardpost has you summon and encounter a Corrupted Soldier at the start of your turn.

For the love of...! I'm overlooking everything today! Need to get used to the new formatting of scenario updates. And remember I'm playing WotR, that'll help. Sorry again.

With that said, it makes no difference at all to my post besides that I didn't mention it. Ukuja had Giant Chameleon displayed, so he'll use its effect to evade the bane.

Also, flavour for my last turn:

Ukuja notices odd activity surrounding the Guardpost, but his loyal animal companions help warn and guide him through safe paths. He suspects cultist activity has infiltrated these fortifications on the outskirts of Kenabres; something to alert the Herald to. Not Ukuja's mission.

Sensing the corrupted animal get closer, Ukuja lays a trap, and uses his chameleon to flush out what appears to be a monstrous, warped pig. His traps and bolts pepper the creature's monstrous flesh, until blood loss leaves it weak and slow. Only then does Ukuja reach out to it, now it is safe to do so; driving the worst of the corruption from its body and healing its wounds as Leryn scouts the surrounding rooms. Something odd is occurring here...

Ukuja calms and heals the beast as Leryn returns, mentally sharing brief visions, sounds and smells he observed with Ukuja. Ukuja nods, still calming the pig, before pulling back, sensing something wrong. With horror, the pig begins to thrash and squeal, regurgitating... maggots!?

A horde of demontouched maggots devour the pig from the inside as it squeals and shudders, seeming to grow in numbers and size in impossible degrees. Ukuja looses bolts from his crossbow at the hideous vermin as his animal allies claw and bite their way through the oversized creatures, until the few remaining, normal-sized maggots disperse as the largest ones are shot, chewed, gouged and squashed from Ukuja, Leryn's and the Chameleon's attacks.

During This Adventure Path: After you begin Adventure 2, choose a mythic path card. For the rest of the Adventure Path, when you play a scenario in Adventure 2 or higher, the card you chose is your mythic path card.
After you begin Adventure 3, when you would banish a bane that has the Basic trait, remove it from the game; when you would banish a boon that has the Basic trait, you may remove it from the game. After you begin Adventure 5, do the same for cards that have the Elite trait.

During This Adventure: The servitor demon is the henchman Demonling.

During This Scenario: Treat the henchman Brimorak as if it is the henchman Fiendish Minotaur.
During the first exploration of each turn, damage dealt is decreased by 1.

Turn: 6 Erasmus/Greenclaw

Top of Blessing Discard Pile:

Blessings Deck
Displayed Cards: Herald of Iomedae