PACG Season of the Runelords: Dark Waters Rising (Inactive)

Game Master jduteau

Then I will enter the treacherous cave, and I will carry no lantern

Treacherous Cave - Alahazra

Dagger +1 - Weapon 1
Knife/Ranged/Piercing/Finesse/Magic

Check
Dexterity/Ranged 6

I stumble over it and I hear a metallic clinking as it bounds away into the darkness

Use Eloquence to foresee the next card

Top card of the Treacherous Cave is Black Fang - Villain/Monster B.

Lucky find!

Recharge Blessing to scry the Thassilonian Dungeon

Reset hand

Hand: Holy Light, Amulet of Life, Seer's Headdress , Lookout, Blessing of the Gods, Blessing of the Gods

(Displayed: )
Deck: 8 Discard: 1 Buried: 0
Note: Treacherous Cave

Sorry my turns take a while guys

Top card of the Thassalonian Dungeon is Poison Trap - Henchman/Barrier B.

Turn 06
Blessing: Blessing of Pharasma
06/24
Radillo

Locations:

Nettlemaze
At This Location: You may attempt a Wisdom/Perception 9 check to evade a monster.
When Closing: Summon and defeat a random monster.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, you may shuffle an item from your discard pile into your deck.
M:6 Ba:1 W:1 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:1 Al:0 Bl:0 Henchman:1(Total: 10)
Ostog

Thassilonian Dungeon
At This Location: If you play a spell with the Arcane trait, you may immediately draw a card.
When Closing: Succeed at an Intelligence or Arcane 7 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M:1 Ba:0 W:1 Sp:2 Ar:1 I:1 Al:0 Bl:0 Henchman:1(Total: 7)
Top card is Poison Trap - Henchman/Barrier B
Radillo

Treacherous Cave
At This Location: You must succeed at a Constitution/Fortitude 6 check to move or be moved to another location.
When Closing: Succeed at a Wisdom/Survival 7 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
Top card is Black Fang - Villain/Monster B
M:2 Ba:1 W:1 Sp:0 Ar:2 I:2 Al:0 Bl:0 Villain:1(Total: 9)
Alahazra

Deeper Dungeons
At This Location: The difficulty of combat checks is increased by 1.
When Closing: Succeed at a Constitution/Fortitude 8 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M:3 Ba:2 W:1 Sp:1 Ar:0 I:1 Al:0 Bl:0 Henchman:1(Total: 9)
Top card is Skeleton Horde - Barrier B

Desecrated Vault
At This Location: If you would defeat a bane with the Undead trait here, roll 1d6. On a 1, the monster is undefeated.
When Closing: Succeed at a Wisdom/Divine 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, each character at this location may recharge an item from their discard pile.
M:3 Ba:1 W:0 Sp:1 Ar:0 I:1 Al:0 Bl:1 Henchman:1(Total: 8)
Top card is Poison Trap - Henchman/Barrier B
Mother Myrtle

Warrens
At This Location: When you encounter a monster, put a random monster from the box on top of another random open location deck.
When Closing: Succeed at a Dexterity/Acrobatics 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
Top Card is Greatsword - Weapon B
M:2 Ba:1 W:2 Sp:1 Ar:0 I:1 Al:2 Bl:0 Henchman:1(Total: 10)

Hmm, this whole looking at cards by Alahazra is proving to be very useful.

We know where the villain is and where two henchmen are. We can go close the Thassalonian Dungeon and the Desecrated Vault and then go to the locations and corner the Villain. Very useful!

Ostog, I didn't scry yours as its basically all foes, and that's what you want!

Ostog, I didn't scry yours as its basically all foes, and that's what you want!

Pound Heads! Take no prisoners! Crush your enemies! See them driven before you! Hear the lamentations of their women!

I'll explore my location:

I remain awesome! End and Draw Up:

Hand: Arcane Armor, Force Missile, Lightning Touch, Phantasmal Minion, Jinx Eater, Blessing of the Gods

Deck: 6 Discard: 4 Buried: 1
Note: @ Thassilonian Dungeon

Turn 07
Blessing: Blessing of Desna
07/23
Mother Myrtle

In case you need help with disposing of the Poison trap, Ostog can spare his blessing from the gods. But you owe me a good turtle and mushroom soup!

I had forgotten the henchmen were the Poison Traps.

Well, with Ostog's blessing and my Flash freeze I'd have 3d4 to hit 5. To close, though, I'd only have 1d12+1 vs. 6. I'm sure Radillo or Alahazara would let me use a blessing.

What have we here?: 3d4 ⇒ (2, 1, 4) = 7
Black Fang's not here: 2d12 + 1 ⇒ (12, 10) + 1 = 23

Hand: Potion of Fort, researcher, noxious bomb, lightning touch, tussah coat, cure
Discards: 2

@ closed vault. Someone needs to play a BoA for my close check.

And you can recharge the Flash Freeze on closing the vault (Vault's Closing power).

Turn 08
Blessing: Blessing of the Gods
08/22
Ostog

Locations:

Nettlemaze
At This Location: You may attempt a Wisdom/Perception 9 check to evade a monster.
When Closing: Summon and defeat a random monster.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, you may shuffle an item from your discard pile into your deck.
M:6 Ba:1 W:1 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:1 Al:0 Bl:0 Henchman:1(Total: 10)
Ostog

Thassilonian Dungeon
CLOSED
Radillo

Treacherous Cave
At This Location: You must succeed at a Constitution/Fortitude 6 check to move or be moved to another location.
When Closing: Succeed at a Wisdom/Survival 7 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
Top card is Black Fang - Villain/Monster B
M:2 Ba:1 W:1 Sp:0 Ar:2 I:2 Al:0 Bl:0 Villain:1(Total: 9)
Alahazra

Deeper Dungeons
At This Location: The difficulty of combat checks is increased by 1.
When Closing: Succeed at a Constitution/Fortitude 8 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M:3 Ba:2 W:1 Sp:1 Ar:0 I:1 Al:0 Bl:0 Henchman:1(Total: 9)
Top card is Skeleton Horde - Barrier B

Desecrated Vault
CLOSED
Mother Myrtle

Warrens
At This Location: When you encounter a monster, put a random monster from the box on top of another random open location deck.
When Closing: Succeed at a Dexterity/Acrobatics 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
Top Card is Greatsword - Weapon B
M:2 Ba:1 W:2 Sp:1 Ar:0 I:1 Al:2 Bl:0 Henchman:1(Total: 10)

Nettlemaze - Ostog

Xulgath - Monster B
Xulgath/Basic

Check
Combat 9

Powers
BYA, put 1 card of your choice from your hand on top of your deck.

I swing my Greatsword at this lizard-like creature!

Combat 9: 1d10 + 3 + 2d6 ⇒ (8) + 3 + (3, 6) = 20

Sliced it into tiny bits!

Hand: Heavy Pick, Longspear, Greatsword, Crowbar

Deck: 9 Discard: 2 Buried: 0
Note: Here @ Nettlemaze, alone with my monsters!

And you can recharge the Flash Freeze on closing the vault (Vault's Closing power).

Bonus! Done.

Turn 09
Blessing: Blessing of the Gods
09/21
Alahazra

one less monster at the Nettlemaze :)

With two of us at closed locations now might be a good time for the Skeleton Horde

True, the alternative is that we place ourselves at the locations that we can close and then encounter the Villain, hopefully defeating him and temp closing everything.

Radillo + blessing at Warrens for Dex check.
Ostog either at Nettlemaze for monster or Deeper Dungeons for Fort check.
Mother Myrtle at whichever Ostog doesn't do.
And Alahazra takes on the Dragon with her Holy Light!

Just a thought. :)

Did we use my blessing?

Did we use my blessing?

Mother Myrtle used either yours or Radillo's for closing the Vault.

Alahazra Stargazer wrote:

Did we use my blessing?

Mother Myrtle used either yours or Radillo's for closing the Vault.

We can use mine, but Alahazra has a smaller discard pile... ;-)

I'd have trouble with temp closing the other locations, with Warrens and Nettle being within reach. Warrens would need a blessing and Nettle depends on the draw (but I've got a hand full of elemental pain, just Basics though)

Alahazra, you make the call.

Apologies for tardy response, this was Dallas Games Marathon weekend and Aldie, Eddy and I were there from Friday morning onwards

OK Blessing used.

I will move to Deeper dungeons to encounter the Skeleton Horde

Holy Light will smite: 3d12 + 4 - 0 ⇒ (6, 12, 2) + 4 - 0 = 24

Recharge: 1d12 + 2 - 0 ⇒ (1) + 2 - 0 = 3

I will recharge the blessing to scry the Nettlemaze

Then I will recharge the lookout to see what's ahead here and recharge my headdress to see what is on the bottom!

Hand: Cure, Frigid Blast, Amulet of Life, Boatswain, Clockwork Butterfly, Blessing of the Gods

(Displayed: )
Deck: 6 Discard: 3 Buried: 0
Note: Deeper Dungeon

Top card of the Nettlemaze is Mattock - Item B (Check: Strength/Melee 6)
Top card of Deeper Dungeons is Poison Trap - Henchman/Barrier B.
Bottom card of Deeper Dungeons is Trapped Locker - Barrier B.

Ostog has a Skeleton to fight since his location is open. All of my weapons are Slashing/Piercing so Greatsword it is!

Combat 11: 1d10 + 3 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 3 + (4, 3) = 11

Just defeated.

Turn 10
Blessing: Blessing of Desna
10/20
Radillo

Locations:

Nettlemaze
At This Location: You may attempt a Wisdom/Perception 9 check to evade a monster.
When Closing: Summon and defeat a random monster.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, you may shuffle an item from your discard pile into your deck.
M:5 Ba:1 W:1 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:1 Al:0 Bl:0 Henchman:1(Total: 9)
Top card of Nettlemaze is Mattock - Item B
Ostog

Thassilonian Dungeon
CLOSED
Radillo

Treacherous Cave
At This Location: You must succeed at a Constitution/Fortitude 6 check to move or be moved to another location.
When Closing: Succeed at a Wisdom/Survival 7 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
Top card is Black Fang - Villain/Monster B
M:2 Ba:1 W:1 Sp:0 Ar:2 I:2 Al:0 Bl:0 Villain:1(Total: 9)

Deeper Dungeons
At This Location: The difficulty of combat checks is increased by 1.
When Closing: Succeed at a Constitution/Fortitude 8 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M:3 Ba:1 W:1 Sp:1 Ar:0 I:1 Al:0 Bl:0 Henchman:1(Total: 8)
Top card is Poison Trap - Henchman/Barrier B
Bottom card is Trapped Locker - Barrier B
Alahazra

Desecrated Vault
CLOSED
Mother Myrtle

Warrens
At This Location: When you encounter a monster, put a random monster from the box on top of another random open location deck.
When Closing: Succeed at a Dexterity/Acrobatics 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
Top Card is Greatsword - Weapon B
M:2 Ba:1 W:2 Sp:1 Ar:0 I:1 Al:2 Bl:0 Henchman:1(Total: 10)

I'll move to the Warrens and do absolutely nothing.

Hand: Arcane Armor, Force Missile, Lightning Touch, Phantasmal Minion, Jinx Eater, Blessing of the Gods

Deck: 6 Discard: 4 Buried: 1
Note: @ Warrens. BotG for my closeing check.

With my Potion of Fortitude I can guarantee someone to close the Dungeons if they can defeat the poison trap (I have a Dex d4).

Mine is also d4

I think Radillo's idea is that she'll temp close the Warrens, Mother Myrtle temp closes the Dungeons with her Potion, Ostog temp closes the Nettlemaze by defeating some monster and Alahazra takes on Black Fang with the Frigid Blast + blessing.

So Mother moves to the Dungeons, I stay at the Nettlemaze, and Alahazra moves to the Cave and takes on the dragon.

I think Radillo's idea is that she'll temp close the Warrens.

Fixed it for you ;)

Warrens is one of the few places I can close. Beyond that, I didn't think it through

I'm done with my turn. Who's up?

You don't want to at least get the greatsword out of the deck, just in case?

Nah, already have a great sword and I'm good with weapons.

I meant Radillo, in case Black Fang manages to escape there.

I meant Radillo, in case Black Fang manages to escape there.

I can't possibly acquire it, but feel free to remove it as a failed check.

I'm done with my turn. Who's up?

If we're following the plan:

Turn 11 - Mother Myrtle - moves to the Dungeons and waits
Turn 12 - Ostog - tries to acquire the Mattock at the Nettlemaze and then stops.
Turn 13 - Alahazra moves to the Treacherous Cave and takes on Black Fang.

For temp-closes, Mother Myrtle auto-closes the Dungeons, Radillo tries to close the Warrens, and Ostog fights a monster to close the Nettlemaze.

Aounds good, though ostpg ahould try first in case he can't defeat the monster.

Alahazra - you okay with the plan? If so, I'll try to acquire the Mattock and then fight my monster.

Alahazra - you okay with the plan? If so, I'll try to acquire the Mattock and then fight my monster.

I think that's the way forward!

Turn 12 - Ostog and the Mattock (Strength/Melee 6)

Discarding the Crowbar gives me an auto-acquire (3d6 + 3). The recharge check on the crowbar...

Strength 3: 1d10 ⇒ 6

Recharged.

Turn 13
Blessing: Blessing of Irori (+2 dice to noncombat Intelligence)
13/17
Alahazra

Locations:

Nettlemaze
At This Location: You may attempt a Wisdom/Perception 9 check to evade a monster.
When Closing: Summon and defeat a random monster.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, you may shuffle an item from your discard pile into your deck.
M:5 Ba:1 W:1 Sp:0 Ar:0 I:1 Al:0 Bl:0 Henchman:1(Total: 8)
Ostog

Thassilonian Dungeon
CLOSED

Treacherous Cave
At This Location: You must succeed at a Constitution/Fortitude 6 check to move or be moved to another location.
When Closing: Succeed at a Wisdom/Survival 7 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
Top card is Black Fang - Villain/Monster B
M:2 Ba:1 W:1 Sp:0 Ar:2 I:2 Al:0 Bl:0 Villain:1(Total: 9)
Alahazra

Deeper Dungeons
At This Location: The difficulty of combat checks is increased by 1.
When Closing: Succeed at a Constitution/Fortitude 8 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M:3 Ba:1 W:1 Sp:1 Ar:0 I:1 Al:0 Bl:0 Henchman:1(Total: 8)
Top card is Poison Trap - Henchman/Barrier B
Bottom card is Trapped Locker - Barrier B
Mother Myrtle

Desecrated Vault
CLOSED

Warrens
At This Location: When you encounter a monster, put a random monster from the box on top of another random open location deck.
When Closing: Succeed at a Dexterity/Acrobatics 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M:2 Ba:1 W:1 Sp:1 Ar:0 I:1 Al:2 Bl:0 Henchman:1(Total: 9)
Radillo

Treacherous Cave - Alahazra

Villain: Black Fang - Monster B
Dragon

Check
Combat 12

Powers
BYA, each character at this location must succeed at a Constitution/Fortitude 7 check or be dealt 1d4-1 Acid damage.

Nettlemaze Random Monster for Temp Closing:

Cultist - Monster B
Human/Cultist/Basic

Check
Combat 9

I discard the Greatsword for the Cultist...

Combat 9: 2d10 + 3 + 2d6 ⇒ (8, 8) + 3 + (1, 4) = 24

Closed.

Dungeons is auto-temp-closed by using the Potion of Fortitude.

So Radillo has a Dexterity 6 check to make. As a strategy that I just noticed by looking at Alahazra's cards, Radillo could use Phantasmal Minion to pull the Clockwork Butterfly to her. Then she gets a re-roll of 1 die if she fails the Dex check (which I'm sure sure won't!).

Dungeons is auto-temp-closed by using the Potion of Fortitude.

So Radillo has a Dexterity 6 check to make. As a strategy that I just noticed by looking at Alahazra's cards, Radillo could use Phantasmal Minion to pull the Clockwork Butterfly to her. Then she gets a re-roll of 1 die if she fails the Dex check (which I'm sure sure won't!).

Now that the encounter has started, I don't think I could play a card to get a card that doesn't directly effect the check (and even that's still a grey area: Can Balazaar discard spells for monsters during an encounter?) But either way, getting a card via Phantasmal Minion has "at your location" in the power.

Not sure whats in everyone's hands, so I guess I'll be doing this on my own: