[PBP Gameday VII] [PACG] Assault on Absalom by Box Runner Dinketry [Tier 2] (Inactive)

Game Master dinketry

Welcome welcome!

I'm the BR from New Zealand. Yes, my hours will be a wee bit off.

Come on in and say Hi! Talk strategy and shop!

Hi,

I’m from France but in Japan for the moment, in holidays until the beginning of october.

My nickname is masaru, written 勝 in Japanese.

I’ll play Aric/The Red Raven. He is currently in another game, I hope he will make it. We’re on our third scenario, we didn’t go far due to the site outage.
I’ve played the tablet/pc ACG game and only participated in org play in the aformentioned game.

This is TColMaster. I'm going to be playing Oloch, who is level 2. Earned it from this ACG group:

http://paizo.com/campaigns/ACGCaGSeasonOfTheShacklesAdv1LostAtSeaTable1

Doh. Did I sign up for the wrong table? My Arabundi is a brand new character and I'm seeing all these level 2's.

I've played a ton of the Card Game, and currently have a different character in another PBP scenario.

It's ok, Gimry. You can play a game that is one step different from your current ACG character's level. Your Arabundi would find this challenging, but it is legal.

Oh, and to round out the "round-the-world" group, I'm from central USA. Getting group postings at a good time for this group will be fun! New Zealand, France, USA......

We are still awaiting one more of our group to check in....

Hi all!

Nok-Nok the Godthief here, ready to play!

American East Coast, just to have even more time zones in there...

So... How do I set up/ use an alias for this game, like TColMaster and Dinketry have?

You'll need to go to your Account Settings. Click there and scroll down the left-hand side until you see 'Aliases'.

BTW, I sometimes forget to hit the 'BR' alias of mine and you'll get that default 'GM Dinketry' thing. Nevertheless, it's all still me.

Welcome welcome! So, by my calculations, it's 630pm on Saturday night for Nok-Nok, 530pm on Saturday night for TColMaster, and 730am on Sunday for masaru (20100) right now, though it'll be a different time for you soon.

It's 1040am on Sunday here in New Zealand, if you're curious.

I've posted some information on how this is all going to go down under the Campaign Info tab, if you're curious.

OOPS - Nok-Nok pointed out my error, and I still had time to edit. Thanks, Nok-Nok!

Actually, that would be Saturday evening for TColMaster & I, and Sunday morning for masaru.

So, people-types, we have a few decisions to make.

1.) Do you want to use these scenarios for purposes of tier advancement or no? This is an individual choice for each person, but if you choose to not do tier advancement, you don't get feat rewards; you just get scenario and deck upgrades.

2.) Do you want to start on scenario 9-00A (diplomacy-heavy) or scenario 9-00B (combat-heavy)? You'll play both, so it's simply a matter of where you want to start. This is a group decision.

Talk amongst yourselves here!

1. Yes
2. Oloch is very Combat oriented and would prefer B. But, it doesn't matter to me either way.

1. If I get feat-tier advancement there, can I pass if I go on with the scenario my character is in? Or is that specific to this scenario?
As a tier 1 character, I think I'll go with it.

2. Aric is more diplomacy focused while The Red Raven is combat focused. I don't have a preference for the starting scenario.
They gain much by examining cards, and don't have much in the way of helping other characters.

1. Yes, tier advancement for Nok-Nok.

2. Since a lot of our group aren't really good Charisma-wise, it might be best to start with scenario B, and try to get deck upgrades which help shore up that weakness.

Just to catch up. I'm in the US Central Time Zone.

1)Yes
2)Nok Nok makes a good point. I say we go Combat first.

So, that's a yes for everyone for tier advancement, and a rousing preference for 9-00B as the first scenario. Noted!

A few notes on this game, courtesy of BR skizzerz (I blatantly stole this from them):

Game runs from October 1 to November 12.

Some ground expectations:

Please tell me if your character is currently busy in another game right now. Otherwise, I should be able to start populating our game and set it up in the box runner database.

My character is still in a game. We’re finishing the scenario to try to get boons as we can’t succeed.

rockcreekfarmwebmaster@gmail.com - for google hangouts

Oloch is free and ready to go.

Lastly, I need to know if you want to assist the Dark Archive or the Grand Lodge with your first attempt at 9-00B. I'll go with majority opinion. You'll get a chance to help the other faction next.

Arabundi is good to go. Hangouts is fine.

I don't know either of the factions enough to make a decision.

Dark Archive for first mission, Grand Lodge next.

Don't care either way which faction to support.

Nok-Nok is free and ready to start.

I'll agree with masaru, Dark Archive first.

shnik_lob@yahoo.com for hangouts.

We will start at Dark Archive first.

Masaru, you will need to be finished with your game by September 30th or we will not be able to have you join this time-sensitive special and your seat at my table will be given over to someone else. You could bring a different character if you wish. Please advise me of your decision ASAP.

We're supposed to stop by then, me and another player are using the same characters. We had only a few turn left so it should have been over by now. I'll ask skizzers to hurry things up.

We finished our game and also distributed the deck upgrades. My character is ready for the special. Should I draw before we get scenario information?

No - we have time. I'll signal when I'll need you to post your starting hands.

Thanks!

-BR Dink

Rules questions:
- can I use traders I got access to from previous game?
- if I got access to loot, can I give it to other player? I don't think so.

Answers for Masaru:

1.) There are no traders in this particular game.

2.) You can give a card to another character at your location during your turn in the game as the very first thing you do during your turn, but only once the game starts.

I will post the locations in the Gameplay thread in a bit; please choose where you'd like to start. I will signal when the scenario starts.

Please determine what order you'd like to go in. Currently, it is set to Arabundi - 1; Aric - 2; Nok-Nok - 3; Oloch - 4. Let me know if you'd like to change that order.

Dink,

I know it's not usually done in these online games, but is it possible for you to keep listing the initial number of monsters and barriers somewhere in the location details? Kind of necessary for my character...

Thanks!

It should be listed next to each location in the updated post. Of note, you're interested in the PRESENT number of either monsters or barriers at each location for Nok-Nok's powers, not the INITIAL number.

For example, please note the Dilapidated Plaza location as posted in the Gameplay:

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: Arabundi/Gimry, Aric/MatsuKurisu, Nok-Nok/Shnik, Oloch/TColMaster, None

The bolded text tells you Monsters (M), Barriers (Ba), Weapons (W), Spells (Sp), Armours (Ar), Items (I), Allies (Al), and Blessings (Bl) known in each deck. I think the ? category shouldn't apply to Nok-Nok's powers.

Is that clear enough?

Nok-Nok's powers refer to the location's deck list, not the cards in his location deck. I've always seen it as referring to the number written on the location card, and not the number of cards remaining in the deck (which, as you've noted, becomes awkward to establish with unknown Villains/ Henchmen and more added to the deck, and requires an untoward amount of memorisation in ftf games).

Ok, I see the clarification.

Nevertheless, I've just listed the starting locations and their current numbers of monsters and barriers at the start of the game. What's to stop you, Nok-Nok, from copying that down and referencing it throughout the game? If it's truly the deck list that needs referenced, then it won't change, and you may handle your bonuses from monsters and barriers yourself.

If it helps, I've made a chart below:

Nok-Nok's bonuses

Thanks Dink!

So, group huddle time?

First of all, does anyone have any Curse prevention/ removal in their deck?

With the scenario's Additional rules, I'd say closing the Great Library and the Guardian Vault first would be a good priority. What do people think of all starting at the Guardian Vault? That would prevent the Poison damage for the first turn, at least, since no one would move there.

So far I have Oloch starting at the Ruined Temple and Aric starting at the Guardian Vault. Where do Arabundi and Nok-Nok want to start?

I'm assuming that the alphabetical turn order is good for everyone, so we will stick with that.

I don't have any curse prevention or removal cards.

Arabundi at the Vault with Aric....Nok-Nok, where you at?

Ah, I see. Three friends at the Vault.

Good stuff; I think we are ready for when the Overseer makes the call.

Is it too late to change locations Dink? I sent my message to the Hangouts without having time to check this thread. Given my primary power only works when I'm at a different location, I think it would be best for me to start at the Library if Nok-Nok and Aric are both hitting the Vault.

It's not too late. Arabundi starts at the Library.

I actually just noticed I gave the wrong email address for Hangouts. Use this one instead: shniklob@gmail.com

Nok-Nok, per Google Hangouts, that email doesn't exist. I cannot add it myself. I've emailed the link to your reported Gmail address, Nok-Nok. You can add yourself.

Nok-Nok is correct. Until the Library and the Vault is closed, all monsters in this scenario are at a +2 for difficulty. Also, the Ambush is increased by the adventure deck number of the table (2).

Carry on!

Oops. :/

Sorry about that. I'll try to be more thorough. I rushed that turn a little bit.

Don't worry about it - I miss rules like that all the time. Thanks for the call-out, Nok-Nok!

Hey Dink,

Another few requests, if you don't mind?

Could you add the Dark Archive additional rules to the "During this scenario" spoiler at the top of the page (and possibly in your update posts)? It doesn't seem very useful otherwise.

Is there anywhere we can see the Scourge table and list of Scourges? Maybe that can be added to the Campaign Info page? It feels weird to me they'd put rules and a list of Ships but not of Scourges...

I've amended the "During this Scenario" post at the top of the page to include your requested information, Nok-Nok. I won't be including it in my update posts.

There is nowhere where you can reference the Scourge List. It is the same Scourge List as used in the Mummy's Mask set, however, but it's not specifically included in the text information provided for this Special, so I won't include it for reference. I would include that Scourge List in the same category covered by the "Do not read any scenario’s villains or henchmen before playing it" rule.

We have now waited for Aric for ~8hrs. I will give Aric another 4hrs to reply unless people would like for me to give him a full 24hrs to take his first turn. What say you all?

One last thing that has come up a few times in this scenario for other tables so far:

Defeating the Henchman DOES ALLOW for a free attempt at a closure

This was an important change to this scenario made after it was released.

If you defeat the Black Echelon Operative henchman, please take a few chance to close your location (if Conflagration has been banished, of course).