[Gameday VII][ACG] Hawkmoon269's Assault on Absalom (Inactive)

Game Master Hawkmoon269

This will be our Gameplay thread.

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  As you gather at the Grand Lodge, Master of Swords Marcos Farabellus addresses the crowd: ”Pathfinders, our beloved Absalom faces the threat of invasion and needs our help. Just as Absalom has been our Society’s home for centuries, so does it fall to us to aid in its defense. Find the group to which you’ve been assigned, lend a hand as the city prepares for the siege, and be ready for more instructions.”
  Hundreds of Pathfinders stand waiting at the Grand Lodge for news of the coming battle, and a murmur of anticipation has risen from the nervous crowd. Master of Swords Marcos Farabellus takes the lectern, raises his hand for attention, and speaks: “Pathfinders, thank you for answering my call. It has been two days since we received news of an army of demonic abominations building a siege castle in the Cairnlands north of Absalom. Today, the Grand Council of Absalom announced they have invoked an old wartime law, according to which a Siege Lord must be appointed to oversee the city’s defense. They’ve made an excellent choice: Wynsal Starborn, District Seat on the Grand Council and retired Captain of the First Guard.
  “He has already organized scouting forays and evacuations of the outer towns in preparation for a siege. The Pathfinder Society has pledged to help the Siege Lord with the preparations. All of you have been assigned to teams, and if you have already found the other members of your team, you should get started. Go now, but be ready to return here when you hear the signal horn.”

OVERSEER ANNOUNCEMENT
  Heavy clouds are gathering above Absalom, and the city is tense with
anticipation of the coming battle. Suddenly, bright light patterns flash from atop Skyreach. A few minutes later, the sound of an explosion rumbles through the city as an old wooden granary erupts in flames. A little farther away, a stone bridge collapses, dropping a group of soldiers to their deaths. Soon the air is alive with frightened screams, the sound of hurried footsteps, and moments later, the booming blare of a brass horn that rises above the din of a city in chaos. A messenger runs past, shouting: “The horn! We should gather at the Grand Lodge! Let’s go!”
Final preparations are being completed. I will singal the start of part 2 tomorrow (10/2/18).

During This Adventure:•Do not read any scenario’s villains or henchmen before playing it.
•If you are dead at the end of a scenario, you may play another character for the next scenario.
•If you fail a scenario, immediately replay it.
•The scourge die is 1d6.
•Any character may bury a card that has the Healing trait, an ally, or a blessing to give a displayed or buried Reinforcements support card to another Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild table that does not have one displayed or buried.

During This Scenario: Before setting out locations, choose the Dark Archive or the Grand Lodge. When possible, choose one that the table has not yet completed.

Dark Archive
•Add the locations Great Library of Tephu and Guardian Vault, and use the villain Velriana Unborn.
•If the Great Library of Tephu or the Guardian Vault is open, the difficulty of checks to defeat monsters is increased by the scenario’s adventure deck number.

Dilapidated Plaza
At This Location: When you play a boon that has the Acid trait, you are dealt 1 Acid damage.
When Closing: Succeed at a Diplomacy check with a difficulty of 4 plus the scenario's adventure deck number.
When Permanently Closed: For the rest of the scenario, when a character at any location attempts a check, after the roll, he may bury a card to reroll 1 die and take the new result.
M: 2 Ba: 3 W: 1 Sp: 1 Ar: 1 I: 0 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ? :0

Dye Market
At This Location: When you discard cards as damage, suffer the scourge Curse of the Ravenous.
When Closing: Choose three types of boons, then recharge 1 boon of each type.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 1 Sp: 0 Ar: 3 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ? :0

Alchemical Laboratory
At This Location: If you defeat a bane by 4 or more, each character at this location is dealt 1d4 Acid damage.
When Closing: Succeed at an Intelligence or Craft check with a difficulty of 5 plus the scenario's adventure deck number.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw 3 random items that have the Alchemical trait from the box and shuffle them into this location.
M: 1 Ba: 2 W: 0 Sp: 2 Ar: 0 I: 3 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ? :0

Ruined Temple
At This Location: When you play a card that has the Divine trait, bury it.
When Closing: Bury a blessing.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, banish a card that has the Curse trait next to the deck of a character at this location or draw a random blessing from the box.
M: 1 Ba: 1 W: 0 Sp: 2 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 2 ? :0

Great Library of Tephu
At This Location: If you fail to acquire a boon, shuffle it into this location deck.
When Closing: Succeed at an Intelligence or Knowledge 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a spell from the box.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 0 Sp: 3 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 2 Bl: 1 ? :0

Guardian Vault
At This Location: If you move to this location, you are dealt 2 Poison damage.
At the end of your turn you are moved to a random location.
When Closing: Draw a random scourge from the box.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, you are moved to a random location.
M: 1 Ba: 2 W: 1 Sp: 1 Ar: 0 I: 2 Al: 1 Bl: 1 ? :0

I'll start wherever Tup starts. :) My starting hand:

Hand: B of Elements, Dandy Brute, Red Leathers, Sorrowsoul, Augury,

Displayed: Norge and Quang forms; Norge display: monsters []; Quang display: boons + monsters []; Viridio display: monsters [] {only 2 forms active},
Deck: 12 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes: Local chararacters have poison, fire, ranged combat damage reduced by 1.
Sideboard cards:

I don't have a weapon in hand (preferred card type = Ally), but my combat is decent without it: 1d8+2d4+3. And with a Tup recharge, that jumps to 2d8+2d4+7+(banished monster's AD#).

Starting at Guardian Vault.
Displaying Snapping Turtle on the first turn.

Hand: Blessing of the Gods, Frostbite, Sapphire of Intelligence, Conch Shell, Blessing of the Elements, Black Spot,

Displayed: Snapping Turtle,
Deck: 9 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes: I can heal characters at my location at the end of my turn. Support cards: Black Spot (reduce your combat check by 1), Blessing of the Gods, Blessing of the Elements,
Sideboard cards:

Starting at Guardian Vault

Hand: Deliverance, Leather Armor, Alchemist's Fire, Monkey, Potion of Vision, Potion of Fortitude,

Displayed:
Deck: 11 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes: T-Shirt Re-roll: Available. Playmat: available. Die Bump: Used.
Sideboard cards:

I'll choose the Great Library of Tephu for Rivani.

Hand: Mind Thrust, Hand Crossbow, Sign of the Thrush, Blessing of the Gods, Frigid Blast, Riffle Scrolls,

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

OVERSEER ANNOUNCEMENT
Several agents assist in marshaling Pathfinders as Marcos Farabellus unfurls several maps of Absalom’s districts. Once a crowd has gathered, he straightens to address the gathered Society. “Pathfinders, Absalom is under attack. We have received many reports of undead saboteurs attacking armories, granaries, water supplies, and guard outposts—targeted strikes to undermine our city’s infrastructure. Absalom is losing key resources, and enough people are panicking that it’s difficult to organize an effective defense.
  Zarta Dralneen, head of the Dark Archive faction, steps forward and interjects. “I have learned someone—someone who knows our home well—has stolen the Black Echelon codebook from our archives. A force of Taldan agents attacked Absalom long ago while following those encoded orders, and with the right combination of illuminated signals, one could draw these oathsworn operatives from beyond the grave to continue their attack.”
  Farabellus narrows his eyes. “That explains the acts of sabotage. Absalom’s First Guard is struggling to restore order, and they need our help. Pathfinders, stand by for instructions!”
  Ollysta Zadrian of the Silver Crusade raises her sword high, announcing, “We should not wait—Absalom needs us now!”
  Clasping the paladin’s upraised hand with her own, Lady Gloriana Morilla adds, “Each of us has accumulated considerable influence and resources in recent years, and this is the prime opportunity for each of us to lend Absalom our strength in its our of need. We may call ourselves factions, but today we can act as one!”
  Nodding with approval, Marcos Farabellus calls out to the assembled Pathfinders. “It’s decided. Pathfinders, we’re deferring to the specialized expertise of these seven organizations to rally Absalom. Seek out the leaders for instructions, and make the city proud.”
  Table GMs, Part 2 has begun.

9-00B: THE BLACK ECHELON STRIKES
  It’s said that 800 years ago, Taldor’s aristocracy grew envious of
Absalom’s riches and power. Hoping to seize the island metropolis
for itself, Taldor built a mighty armada to invade the city under cover of the spring fog. To ensure Absalom was too weak to defend itself, the invasion included a contingent of saboteurs known as the Black Echelon, who planned to destroy key defensive points and signal the fleet’s approach using prearranged signal lights.
  Those signals never came. Heroes of Absalom had rooted out the infiltrators and put them to the sword, and Absalom’s own navy then launched a surprise counter attack against the Taldannavy, sinking every one of the ships. The failed invasion came tobe known as the Silent Tide and was little more than a historical footnote until the aging military historian Yargos Gill unearthed the old Side Tide codebook and recreated several of the lighted signals in the spirit of historical reenactment. What he did not know was that each member of the Silent Tide had sworn a binding oath to invade Absalom, no matter the cost. When these restless spirits perceived the familiar invasion signals, they rose from the dead. Pathfinders managed to recover the codebook, call off the undead, and lock away the codebook. But it seems someone has recovered it—or a copy—and called to the Taldan marines once more.
  Black Echelon operatives are now attacking strategic locations within the city, including Fort Tempest along the city’s western wall. So far, Absalom’s guards have been too busy to retake the fort. But the nearby Puddles district’s militia, known as the Muckruckers, are eager to oust these undead invaders with whatever help they can get.
  The Pathfinder Society’s Dark Archive faction specializes in acquiring and maintaining dangerous texts and artifacts. Its leader Zarta Dralneen believes that a copy of the Silent Tide codebook lies within the vast Forae Logos library in the Wise Quarter. The trouble is that the library has gone dangerously quiet. Zarta suspects that the Black Echelon may have struck there, too. If you could just reach the library and find where the codebook is hidden, you could then send confusing signals to the undead invaders and lead them astray.
  Either task could turn the tide in Absalom’s favor, and the choice is yours.

VILLAIN:
SEE BELOW
HENCHMEN:
BLACK ECHELON OPERATIVES
LOCATIONS:
2 DILAPIDATED PLAZA
2 DYE MARKET
3 ALCHEMICAL LABORATORY
4 RUINED TEMPLE

DURING THIS SCENARIO:

During This Adventure: •Do not read any scenario’s villains or henchmen before playing it.
•If you are dead at the end of a scenario, you may play another character for the next scenario.
•If you fail a scenario, immediately replay it.
•The scourge die is 1d6.
•Any character may bury a card that has the Healing trait, an ally, or a blessing to give a displayed or buried Reinforcements support card to another Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild table that does not have one displayed or buried.

During This Scenario: Before setting out locations, choose the Dark Archive or the Grand Lodge. When possible, choose one that the table has not yet completed.

Dark Archive
•Add the locations Great Library of Tephu and Guardian Vault, and use the villain Velriana Unborn.
•If the Great Library of Tephu or the Guardian Vault is open, the difficulty of checks to defeat monsters is increased by the scenario’s adventure deck number.

Turn: 1, Tup/Grimsnik

Top of Blessing Discard Pile:

Blessings Deck

Dilapidated Plaza
At This Location: When you play a boon that has the Acid trait, you are dealt 1 Acid damage.
When Closing: Succeed at a Diplomacy check with a difficulty of 4 plus the scenario's adventure deck number.
When Permanently Closed: For the rest of the scenario, when a character at any location attempts a check, after the roll, he may bury a card to reroll 1 die and take the new result.
M: 2 Ba: 3 W: 1 Sp: 1 Ar: 1 I: 0 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Dye Market
At This Location: When you discard cards as damage, suffer the scourge Curse of the Ravenous.
When Closing: Choose three types of boons, then recharge 1 boon of each type.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 1 Sp: 0 Ar: 3 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Ruined Temple
At This Location: When you play a card that has the Divine trait, bury it.
When Closing: Bury a blessing.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, banish a card that has the Curse trait next to the deck of a character at this location or draw a random blessing from the box.
M: 1 Ba: 1 W: 0 Sp: 2 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 2 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Great Library of Tephu
At This Location: If you fail to acquire a boon, shuffle it into this location deck.
When Closing: Succeed at an Intelligence or Knowledge 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a spell from the box.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 0 Sp: 3 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 2 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Rivani/Greenclaw, None

Blessing of the Ancients

Tup is greeted by a Black Echelon Operative as he enters the vault. combat 17(11+2*2+2): 2d12 + 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3, 4) + (6) + 2 = 15Reroll 1st d12: 1d12 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22 banish Deliverance for Arcane Power, using Radovan's Blessing of the Elements, and using re-roll. Using monkey to explore

Tup finds a scroll but burns it to avoid reading it. cannot succeed at check
EOT- Random Location: 1d6 ⇒ 2 Dye Market

Hand: Immovate, Leather Armor, Alchemist's Fire, Frilled Lizard, Potion of Vision, Potion of Fortitude,

Displayed:
Deck: 10 Discard: 1 Buried: 0
Notes: T-Shirt Re-roll: used. Playmat: available. Die Bump: Used.
Sideboard cards:

Recharged BoE for Tup, discarded Dandy Brute per henchman ability. Start turn by Giving Augury to Kasmir

Explore vault, encounter Alchemist's Kit. Auto-fail to acquire

In his search for the codex codes, Radovan trods lightly through the stark vault. But not lightly enough. A shattering of glass indicates that the integrity of a chemical storage box has been violated.

Discarding Sorrowsoul to explore. Note that this adds +1 to any die rolls = 1 or 2 on my next check. Encountering B of Ancients.

Divine 3 to acquire blessing: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Sigh. Even a 2 would have worked, since I would have gotten a +1. Anyway, failed to acquire. Per location ability, get randomly moved. Location #: 1d6 ⇒ 3 so I'm moved to alchemical lab. Hand reset:

Hand: Short Sword +1, Captain's Cutlass, Red Leathers, Rapier 2, B of Pharasma,

Displayed: Norge and Quang forms; Norge display: monsters []; Quang display: boons + monsters []; Viridio display: monsters [] {only 2 forms active},
Deck: 9 Discard: 2 Buried: 0
Notes: Local chararacters have poison, fire, ranged combat damage reduced by 1.
Sideboard cards:

During This Adventure: •Do not read any scenario’s villains or henchmen before playing it.
•If you are dead at the end of a scenario, you may play another character for the next scenario.
•If you fail a scenario, immediately replay it.
•The scourge die is 1d6.
•Any character may bury a card that has the Healing trait, an ally, or a blessing to give a displayed or buried Reinforcements support card to another Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild table that does not have one displayed or buried.

During This Scenario: Before setting out locations, choose the Dark Archive or the Grand Lodge. When possible, choose one that the table has not yet completed.

Dark Archive
•Add the locations Great Library of Tephu and Guardian Vault, and use the villain Velriana Unborn.
•If the Great Library of Tephu or the Guardian Vault is open, the difficulty of checks to defeat monsters is increased by the scenario’s adventure deck number.

Turn: 3, Kasmir/khazkhaz

Top of Blessing Discard Pile:

Blessings Deck

Dilapidated Plaza
At This Location: When you play a boon that has the Acid trait, you are dealt 1 Acid damage.
When Closing: Succeed at a Diplomacy check with a difficulty of 4 plus the scenario's adventure deck number.
When Permanently Closed: For the rest of the scenario, when a character at any location attempts a check, after the roll, he may bury a card to reroll 1 die and take the new result.
M: 2 Ba: 3 W: 1 Sp: 1 Ar: 1 I: 0 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Dye Market
At This Location: When you discard cards as damage, suffer the scourge Curse of the Ravenous.
When Closing: Choose three types of boons, then recharge 1 boon of each type.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 1 Sp: 0 Ar: 3 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Tup/Grimsnik, None

Alchemical Laboratory
At This Location: If you defeat a bane by 4 or more, each character at this location is dealt 1d4 Acid damage.
When Closing: Succeed at an Intelligence or Craft check with a difficulty of 5 plus the scenario's adventure deck number.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw 3 random items that have the Alchemical trait from the box and shuffle them into this location.
M: 1 Ba: 2 W: 0 Sp: 2 Ar: 0 I: 3 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Radovan/wkover, None

Ruined Temple
At This Location: When you play a card that has the Divine trait, bury it.
When Closing: Bury a blessing.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, banish a card that has the Curse trait next to the deck of a character at this location or draw a random blessing from the box.
M: 1 Ba: 1 W: 0 Sp: 2 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 2 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

It is the hour of the Elements. Kasmir is at Guardian Vault.

Kasmir finds a Blessing of the Ancients.

Divine 3: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Kasmir acquires the Blessing of the Ancients.

Recharging Blessing of the Ancients to explore.
Kasmir encounters Burning Tar!
Recharging Blessing of the Elements for the check.
Perception 6: 1d8 + 2 + 1d8 ⇒ (4) + 2 + (3) = 9
The Burning Tar is no match for Kasmir's Perception.

End of turn random location: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Kasmir stays at the Guardian Vault.

Hand: Blessing of the Gods, Frostbite, Sapphire of Intelligence, Conch Shell, Augury, Black Spot,

Displayed: Snapping Turtle,
Deck: 10 Discard: 1 Buried: 0
Notes: I can heal characters at my location at the end of my turn. Support cards: Black Spot (reduce your combat check by 1), Blessing of the Gods,
Sideboard cards:

During This Adventure: •Do not read any scenario’s villains or henchmen before playing it.
•If you are dead at the end of a scenario, you may play another character for the next scenario.
•If you fail a scenario, immediately replay it.
•The scourge die is 1d6.
•Any character may bury a card that has the Healing trait, an ally, or a blessing to give a displayed or buried Reinforcements support card to another Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild table that does not have one displayed or buried.

During This Scenario: Before setting out locations, choose the Dark Archive or the Grand Lodge. When possible, choose one that the table has not yet completed.

Dark Archive
•Add the locations Great Library of Tephu and Guardian Vault, and use the villain Velriana Unborn.
•If the Great Library of Tephu or the Guardian Vault is open, the difficulty of checks to defeat monsters is increased by the scenario’s adventure deck number.

Turn: 4, Rivani/Greenclaw

Top of Blessing Discard Pile:

Blessings Deck

Dilapidated Plaza
At This Location: When you play a boon that has the Acid trait, you are dealt 1 Acid damage.
When Closing: Succeed at a Diplomacy check with a difficulty of 4 plus the scenario's adventure deck number.
When Permanently Closed: For the rest of the scenario, when a character at any location attempts a check, after the roll, he may bury a card to reroll 1 die and take the new result.
M: 2 Ba: 3 W: 1 Sp: 1 Ar: 1 I: 0 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Dye Market
At This Location: When you discard cards as damage, suffer the scourge Curse of the Ravenous.
When Closing: Choose three types of boons, then recharge 1 boon of each type.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 1 Sp: 0 Ar: 3 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Tup/Grimsnik, None