[PBP Gameday VII] [PACG] Assault on Absalom by Box Runner Nalshene (VC Cartmanbeck) [Tier 5] (Inactive)

Game Master cartmanbeck

This is the gameplay thread for the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game version of Assault on Absalom. Here are my players for this table:
Player Name Character Name
skizzerz Feiya
LucianC Bekah
Redgar Radillo
zeroth_hour MM Damiel
If you're one of these four players, please post in this thread, and then you can start discussing strategy or just introducing yourselves over on the Discussion thread. I will be asking each of you if you'll be comfortable having a Google Hangouts thread made for this game, so that quick questions and discussions can be done there, but if any of you would prefer not to use Hangouts, then we will not do so for this table.

Posting as requested.

Posted. I should be able to catch up this character in time for the special.

3-2C solo was pretty blech.

Currently he's Tier 3-0, but this character is self-sufficient enough to complete a lot of stuff solo. My goal is to get him to at least Tier 5 before the start. I'll star this weekend. But even if not, my main T6 character _can_ play in the special, though I don't really want him out of commission in my F2F games.

3-4E was incredibly painful for me solo; I ran into an Attack-immune monster that discarded cards from the top of your deck as damage instead of from your hand... twice. Barely managed to punch it to death the second time around thanks to all of my debuff powers.

Feiya fidgets as she waits around in the Grand Lodge, taking in the scene around her. Nearby stand a lanky alchemist, a bard, and a wizard. She holds her fox Daji in her arms, nervously petting him and wondering what sorts of orders will be forthcoming.

She could scarcely believe the rumors circulating about Absalom these past couple of days, with talk about an otherworldly army mustering and getting ready to assault the city. She thanks her lucky stars again that her teleport was on-target, or else she may have had the misfortune of discovering that news firsthand.

If there was one nice thing about all of this, it was getting a chance to get out of the gods-forsaken heat of Osirion to answer the summons. The last time she had a chance for a break and went travelling on some faraway comet, it ended up being even hotter than the desert!

A note arrives by carrier pigeon (aka Pathfinder Novitiate):

"I say, sorry to be a bore, but I'm afraid I'm a little tied up in the desert at the moment. Not sure I'll be able to break free in time, but in my place I can promise the inimitable services of my good friend Lem. You've doubtless heard of his many talents?

Must dash, have a party full of nobles to impress,

TTFN,

Radillo"

Dotting in; unfortunately, looks like Radillo is currently stuck in a game that isn't ending in time. :( I should have a back-up in the form of Lem, though? Will confirm.

Also, am good with Google hangout. 'tis vital, in my xp, to keeping things moving along.

Fine with Hangout or a Discord channel might work too.

  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.”

Alright folks, so we will be getting started with the first scenario on October 2nd. This gives us a few days for everyone to figure out their characters, and also for you to choose which of the first two scenarios you'd like to start with!

The event has three parts. In Part 1, event organizers are
mustering tables, and players are being seated, unpacking dice, and
introducing themselves. During this time, decide what character
you are playing, and decide as a group whether you would like to
begin the event by playing Scenario 9–00A (a scenario that focuses
more on consolidating Absalom’s resources and recruiting help) or
Scenario 9–00B (a more combat-heavy scenario). You will play each
at least once, so where you begin is a matter of group preference.

So, would you like to start with 9-00A: A City in Chaos or 9-00B: The Black Echelon Strikes? I'd like to see all of you vote on this.

1d2 ⇒ 1

Feiya feels that, despite the great showing in the Grand Lodge, we're going to need more help from people outside the Pathfinders if we're to pull through this. Organization is key, and getting more people informed means that there's less of a chance for the attackers to find cracks in our defenses.

I don't really care either way, so if people actually want to do B first then I'm fine with that too.

Radillo is non-plussed either way.

Damiel doesn't exactly like people or animals. On the other hand, a scenario focused on gathering resources could prove to be useful. Everyone else seems to be rather social, so Damiel doesn't mind recruiting help.

not sure if the recruiting scenario gives more boons. But I do have both Liquid Persuasion and Potion of Focus so I can do quite a bit in the gathering help department. I am currently 3.3 and should get to T4 easily by the end of the day. I'll try to get to at least 4.2 at the end of Monday at least. This character has a card feat boon attached to him so it's like he's a 5.0 character :), though I hoped to get him further.

Good news: can confirm Radillo is ready to rock. :)

Okay everyone, I'm finishing up the last of the preparations for the game now. Do you all have a preference of player order? If so, please post it here. At the moment, I have it listed as:
1 Bekah/LucianC
2 Damiel/ZerothHour
3 Feiya/skizzerz
4 Radillo/Redgar
Any changes, please let me know!

You'll also need to make a decision once you close all the currently listed locations about which objective you'd like to attempt first. Here are your options:

Exchange: Summon and build the locations Seaside Warehouse
and Warehouse. When you defeat a monster or acquire an ally,
you may shuffle a weapon from the box into your location deck.
When you acquire a weapon, you may immediately attempt
to close the location the weapon came from. To complete this
objective, close the Seaside Warehouse and Warehouse.

Scarab Sages: Summon and build the locations Altar of Riddles
and Vault of Hidden Wisdom, then shuffle the henchman
Elegiac Compass into each. To complete this objective, 2 Elegiac
Compasses must be displayed next to the scenario. When playing
this adventure in Tier 5, the difficulty of checks to defeat an
Elegiac Compass is increased by 5.

Sovereign Court: Summon and build the locations Pleasure
Barge and Safe House. The difficulty of checks to acquire allies
that have Diplomacy in their checks to acquire is increased by 2
plus the scenario’s adventure deck number; when you acquire
those allies, you may immediately attempt to close the location
the ally came from. To complete this objective, close the Pleasure
Barge and the Safe House.

During This Adventure: At the start of this adventure, choose whether you wish to count the adventure for purposes of tier advancement. If you choose not to count this adventure as tier advancement, you do not gain feats as provided in the Guide, but you do gain scenario rewards and deck upgrades as normal.

This adventure does not use traders.

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.

When playing this adventure in Tier 2, the scourge die is 1d6; in Tier 5, the scourge die is 1d8+1.

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: At the start of the scenario, display the henchman Conflagration next to each location.

When all locations are closed, choose to attempt the Exchange, Scarab Sages, or Sovereign Court objective. When possible, choose an objective that the table has not yet completed.

Exchange: Summon and build the locations Seaside Warehouse and Warehouse. When you defeat a monster or acquire an ally, you may shuffle a weapon from the box into your location deck.
When you acquire a weapon, you may immediately attempt to close the location the weapon came from. To complete this objective, close the Seaside Warehouse and Warehouse.

Scarab Sages: Summon and build the locations Altar of Riddles and Vault of Hidden Wisdom, then shuffle the henchman Elegiac Compass into each. To complete this objective, 2 Elegiac Compasses must be displayed next to the scenario. When playing this adventure in Tier 5, the difficulty of checks to defeat an Elegiac Compass is increased by 5.

Sovereign Court: Summon and build the locations Pleasure Barge and Safe House. The difficulty of checks to acquire allies that have Diplomacy in their checks to acquire is increased by 2 plus the scenario’s adventure deck number; when you acquire those allies, you may immediately attempt to close the location the ally came from. To complete this objective, close the Pleasure Barge and the Safe House.

When you complete an objective, report 1 success to the Overseer GM and earn the listed reward, then you may win the scenario or attempt another objective.
Additional Rules:

Top of Blessing Discard Pile:

Blessings Deck

Smoking Den
At This Location: At the start of your turn, you may reveal a card that has the Poison trait to examine the top card of your location.
When Closing: Summon and acquire a random ally that lists Diplomacy in its check to acquire.
When Permanently Closed: For the rest of the scenario, a character at any location may bury a card to add 1 die to her check that invokes the Human or Poison trait.
M: 1 Ba: 2 W: 2 Sp: 1 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 2 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Bekah/LucianCarter, Damiel/zeroth_hour, Feiya/skizzerz, Radillo/Redgar, Conflagration

Surgery
At This Location: At the start of your turn, shuffle a random card from your discard pile into your deck.
When Closing: Recharge a card that has the Healing trait, or succeed at an Intelligence, Craft, or Survival check with a difficulty of 6 plus the scenario's adventure deck number.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, shuffle 1d4+1 random cards from your discard pile into your deck.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 0 Sp: 1 Ar: 0 I: 2 Al: 2 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Conflagration

Vizier's Hill
At This Location: If you fail a check to defeat a barrier, shuffle a random barrier from the box into this location.
When Closing: You are dealt 1 Poison damage, then succeed at an Intelligence or Perception 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M: 2 Ba: 3 W: 2 Sp: 1 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 0 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Conflagration

Precinct of Left Eyes
At This Location: Recharge an ally, or you may not move.
When Closing: Succeed at an Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma 6 check, then succeed at a different one of those.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, you may draw an item from your discard pile.
M: 2 Ba: 2 W: 2 Sp: 0 Ar: 0 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Conflagration

Feiya will start at the Vizier's Hill. Turn order seems fine by me.

Hand: Daji (Cohort), Blessing of the Master of Masters, Verdure's Wrath, Stone Skin, Marionette, Life Drain, Imp, Riffle Scrolls, Good Omen,

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

• - Will display Daji (Cohort) and Riffle Scrolls ASAP after the first blessing is flipped.
  
• - At my location, recharge the following cards to reduce the difficulty to defeat a monster or barrier or to acquire an ally by the amount listed in parenthesis (in order of preference): Imp (5), Verdure's Wrath (4), Blessing of the Master of Masters (4)
  
• - Stone Skin available to block 4 damage until end of turn
  
• - Good Omen available to add 6 to a check to close or acquire a boon (prefer using it to close over acquiring cards)
  
• - Blessing of the Master of Masters available (1 die to any check, 2 dice to Intelligence checks)
  

Sideboard cards:

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).

Bekah would prefer to start at the Smoking Den, but I work better when other people are also at my location. Did anyone else want to start there?

Radillo could start at the Smoking Den, too. (I'm pretty ok at acquiring Allies).

Hand: Sage, Blessing of Gozreh, Force Missile 1, Marionnette, Augury, Sapphire of Int, Guard,

Displayed:
Deck: 12 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes: Please feel free to use Blessings, if needed for closing, to avoid a hairy situation, or to acquire cool (AD 3+) loot!
Sideboard cards:

Hand: Deathbane Light Crossbow +1, Spyglass, Blessing of Erastil, Lightning Bolt, Ruby of Charisma, Duelist,

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

Hand: Steel Ibis Lamellar, Potion of Focus, Acid Flask, Hawkmoon Bow, Cloud Puff, Potion of Healing,

Displayed:
Deck: 14 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes: Reroll not used. Healing available if needed. Damage Prevention for Acid/Poison available. You can add INT/Craft to your non-combat check if needed. Can give 1d4 + Acid/Poison to a combat check. (All above powers have to be at my location).

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.

During This Adventure: At the start of this adventure, choose whether you wish to count the adventure for purposes of tier advancement. If you choose not to count this adventure as tier advancement, you do not gain feats as provided in the Guide, but you do gain scenario rewards and deck upgrades as normal.

This adventure does not use traders.

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.

When playing this adventure in Tier 2, the scourge die is 1d6; in Tier 5, the scourge die is 1d8+1.

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: At the start of the scenario, display the henchman Conflagration next to each location.

When all locations are closed, choose to attempt the Exchange, Scarab Sages, or Sovereign Court objective. When possible, choose an objective that the table has not yet completed.

Exchange: Summon and build the locations Seaside Warehouse and Warehouse. When you defeat a monster or acquire an ally, you may shuffle a weapon from the box into your location deck.
When you acquire a weapon, you may immediately attempt to close the location the weapon came from. To complete this objective, close the Seaside Warehouse and Warehouse.

Scarab Sages: Summon and build the locations Altar of Riddles and Vault of Hidden Wisdom, then shuffle the henchman Elegiac Compass into each. To complete this objective, 2 Elegiac Compasses must be displayed next to the scenario. When playing this adventure in Tier 5, the difficulty of checks to defeat an Elegiac Compass is increased by 5.

Sovereign Court: Summon and build the locations Pleasure Barge and Safe House. The difficulty of checks to acquire allies that have Diplomacy in their checks to acquire is increased by 2 plus the scenario’s adventure deck number; when you acquire those allies, you may immediately attempt to close the location the ally came from. To complete this objective, close the Pleasure Barge and the Safe House.

When you complete an objective, report 1 success to the Overseer GM and earn the listed reward, then you may win the scenario or attempt another objective.
Additional Rules:

Top of Blessing Discard Pile:

Blessings Deck

Smoking Den
At This Location: At the start of your turn, you may reveal a card that has the Poison trait to examine the top card of your location.
When Closing: Summon and acquire a random ally that lists Diplomacy in its check to acquire.
When Permanently Closed: For the rest of the scenario, a character at any location may bury a card to add 1 die to her check that invokes the Human or Poison trait.
M: 1 Ba: 2 W: 2 Sp: 1 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 2 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Bekah/LucianCarter, Damiel/zeroth_hour, Radillo/Redgar, Conflagration

Surgery
At This Location: At the start of your turn, shuffle a random card from your discard pile into your deck.
When Closing: Recharge a card that has the Healing trait, or succeed at an Intelligence, Craft, or Survival check with a difficulty of 6 plus the scenario's adventure deck number.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, shuffle 1d4+1 random cards from your discard pile into your deck.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 0 Sp: 1 Ar: 0 I: 2 Al: 2 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Conflagration

Vizier's Hill
At This Location: If you fail a check to defeat a barrier, shuffle a random barrier from the box into this location.
When Closing: You are dealt 1 Poison damage, then succeed at an Intelligence or Perception 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M: 2 Ba: 3 W: 2 Sp: 1 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 0 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Feiya/skizzerz, Conflagration

If it wasn't clear, you may begin play as soon as your table is ready.

Crossbow in hand, Bekah sends her Duelist friend back to get something she forgot.

Place Duelist on top of deck, draw Rapier from bottom of deck.

Bekah takes the rapier and races forward to try to swashbuckle her way to a water source.

Recharge Rapier to add d4+2 to my attempt to stop the Conflagration

Dexterity 9: 1d8 + 2 + 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 + (3) + 2 = 13

The fire fades away.

Bekah continues on. A scroll on the floor catches her eye.

Divine 9: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

The scroll turns out to be gibberish. Bekah pulls out her trusty Spyglass and looks ahead. Discard Spyglass to examine top two cards of the deck.

The next two cards are a Falcata and a Kopis, aka, junk. Leave them in that order.

Bekah plays it safe and holds for now.

Hand: Deathbane Light Crossbow +1, Tooled Crocodile Skin, Blessing of Erastil, Lightning Bolt, Ruby of Charisma, Duelist,

Displayed:
Deck: 11 Discard: 1 Buried: 0
Notes: I can recharge Lightning Bolt to add d4+2 to any check at my location. Would prefer not to, but if it's important go ahead. Same with the Blessing.
Sideboard cards:

During This Adventure: At the start of this adventure, choose whether you wish to count the adventure for purposes of tier advancement. If you choose not to count this adventure as tier advancement, you do not gain feats as provided in the Guide, but you do gain scenario rewards and deck upgrades as normal.

This adventure does not use traders.

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.

When playing this adventure in Tier 2, the scourge die is 1d6; in Tier 5, the scourge die is 1d8+1.

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: At the start of the scenario, display the henchman Conflagration next to each location.

When all locations are closed, choose to attempt the Exchange, Scarab Sages, or Sovereign Court objective. When possible, choose an objective that the table has not yet completed.

Exchange: Summon and build the locations Seaside Warehouse and Warehouse. When you defeat a monster or acquire an ally, you may shuffle a weapon from the box into your location deck.
When you acquire a weapon, you may immediately attempt to close the location the weapon came from. To complete this objective, close the Seaside Warehouse and Warehouse.

Scarab Sages: Summon and build the locations Altar of Riddles and Vault of Hidden Wisdom, then shuffle the henchman Elegiac Compass into each. To complete this objective, 2 Elegiac Compasses must be displayed next to the scenario. When playing this adventure in Tier 5, the difficulty of checks to defeat an Elegiac Compass is increased by 5.

Sovereign Court: Summon and build the locations Pleasure Barge and Safe House. The difficulty of checks to acquire allies that have Diplomacy in their checks to acquire is increased by 2 plus the scenario’s adventure deck number; when you acquire those allies, you may immediately attempt to close the location the ally came from. To complete this objective, close the Pleasure Barge and the Safe House.

When you complete an objective, report 1 success to the Overseer GM and earn the listed reward, then you may win the scenario or attempt another objective.
Additional Rules:

Top of Blessing Discard Pile:

Blessings Deck

Smoking Den
At This Location: At the start of your turn, you may reveal a card that has the Poison trait to examine the top card of your location.
When Closing: Summon and acquire a random ally that lists Diplomacy in its check to acquire.
When Permanently Closed: For the rest of the scenario, a character at any location may bury a card to add 1 die to her check that invokes the Human or Poison trait.
M: 1 Ba: 2 W: 2 Sp: 0 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 2 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Bekah/LucianCarter, Damiel/zeroth_hour, Radillo/Redgar, Conflagration

Surgery
At This Location: At the start of your turn, shuffle a random card from your discard pile into your deck.
When Closing: Recharge a card that has the Healing trait, or succeed at an Intelligence, Craft, or Survival check with a difficulty of 6 plus the scenario's adventure deck number.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, shuffle 1d4+1 random cards from your discard pile into your deck.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 0 Sp: 1 Ar: 0 I: 2 Al: 2 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Conflagration

Vizier's Hill
At This Location: If you fail a check to defeat a barrier, shuffle a random barrier from the box into this location.
When Closing: You are dealt 1 Poison damage, then succeed at an Intelligence or Perception 6 check.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M: 2 Ba: 3 W: 2 Sp: 1 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 0 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Feiya/skizzerz, Conflagration

Discard Ruby of Charisma as fire damage.

In battle, as in experimentation, triage is key. Damiel considered the options; getting rid of the fires was a priority so Damiel accepted Feiya's help even though it was a tad overkill.

Reveal Alchemical item for 2d6 for barrier. Almost always do this unless specified.

Craft 14: 3d10 + 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (9, 1, 2) + (1, 3) + 4 = 20

Conflagration is gone. Triage says to clear the other Conflagrations before going.

Damiel moves over to the Precinct, but on the way, a Girtablilu Ranger blocks his path. He decides to dispatch it.

Actually going to gamble a bit. I can reveal the Cloud Puff to prevent 2 Poison damage. Since disabling the Ranger requires me to discard the Cloud Puff, the only time this isn't profitable is when it deals 4 damage. I can deal with that.

BYA Poison damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3 discard Acid Flask instead.

Reveal Hawkmoon Bow, recharge Potion of Healing for d4 + Acid, reveal Alchemical for 2d6 extra

Combat 17: 1d10 + 4d6 + 1d4 + 6 ⇒ (3) + (5, 3, 4, 2) + (1) + 6 = 24

Damiel was very practiced with the Bow at this point, so the Ranger went down without a worry. The Steel Ibis blocked the flames from reaching him as well.

Draw up to Hand Size 7; Balmberry Bush is available.

Hand: Steel Ibis Lamellar, Potion of Focus, Blessing of Thoth, Hawkmoon Bow, Cloud Puff, Laboratory Coat, Balmberry Bush,

Displayed:
Deck: 12 Discard: 1 Buried: 0
Notes: Reroll not used. Scourge removal + small healing available if needed. Damage Prevention for Cold/Poison available. You can add INT/Craft to your non-combat check if needed. Can give 1d4 + Acid/Poison to a combat check. (All above powers have to be at my location).

During This Adventure: At the start of this adventure, choose whether you wish to count the adventure for purposes of tier advancement. If you choose not to count this adventure as tier advancement, you do not gain feats as provided in the Guide, but you do gain scenario rewards and deck upgrades as normal.

This adventure does not use traders.

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.

When playing this adventure in Tier 2, the scourge die is 1d6; in Tier 5, the scourge die is 1d8+1.

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: At the start of the scenario, display the henchman Conflagration next to each location.

When all locations are closed, choose to attempt the Exchange, Scarab Sages, or Sovereign Court objective. When possible, choose an objective that the table has not yet completed.

Exchange: Summon and build the locations Seaside Warehouse and Warehouse. When you defeat a monster or acquire an ally, you may shuffle a weapon from the box into your location deck.
When you acquire a weapon, you may immediately attempt to close the location the weapon came from. To complete this objective, close the Seaside Warehouse and Warehouse.

Scarab Sages: Summon and build the locations Altar of Riddles and Vault of Hidden Wisdom, then shuffle the henchman Elegiac Compass into each. To complete this objective, 2 Elegiac Compasses must be displayed next to the scenario. When playing this adventure in Tier 5, the difficulty of checks to defeat an Elegiac Compass is increased by 5.

Sovereign Court: Summon and build the locations Pleasure Barge and Safe House. The difficulty of checks to acquire allies that have Diplomacy in their checks to acquire is increased by 2 plus the scenario’s adventure deck number; when you acquire those allies, you may immediately attempt to close the location the ally came from. To complete this objective, close the Pleasure Barge and the Safe House.

When you complete an objective, report 1 success to the Overseer GM and earn the listed reward, then you may win the scenario or attempt another objective.
Additional Rules:

Top of Blessing Discard Pile:

Blessings Deck