[PBP Gameday VII] [PACG] Assault on Absalom by Yewstance [Tier 2] (Inactive)

Game Master Yewstance

It is the hour of Bastet.

Valeros stares grimly around Scar Bay. There's clearly some malevolent force here, though whether it is a henchmen or the villain remains to be seen. "Here, I think you might make better use of this than me," he says, handing his staff to Grazzle.

Explore Scar Bay 1 Another scurvy zombie! These zombies really need to eat their fruit!

The zombie approaches for battle in a ship of its own.
Random Ship: 1d10 ⇒ 3

Reveal Sharper
Reveal Grazzle's Binder's Tome (the zombie is immune to this because Mental trait, but I don't believe that applies to the ship

Diplomacy 8: 1d8 + 3 + 3 + 1d4 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 3 + (4) = 17 The ship is defeated

Plunder: 1d6 ⇒ 3 Armor of the Sands

With his new set of armor that he's looted from the zombie's ship, Valeros prepares to face the vile scurvy zombie.

Recharging Menacing Backsword
Combat 13: 1d10 + 5 + 1d6 + 1 + 2d4 ⇒ (6) + 5 + (5) + 1 + (1, 4) = 22 Scurvy Zombie is banished

Now Valeros sets out to shut down Scar Bay. It will take some skill at the Divine, which is not his specialty. Using Divine rather than Wis so that I can use Armor of the Sands

Recharge Armor of the Sands
Discard Blessing of Gorum
Recharge Raheli's Blessing of the Quartermaster
Divine 8: 4d4 ⇒ (2, 1, 2, 1) = 6 Bah. It was an 86% success chance. I could use Seoni's BotG as Bastet to reroll one of those 1s, but that's still only a 50% chance, gonna just leave it for Grazzle.

Grazzle is reminded once again that he is a warrior, not a priest.

Reset hand (including discarding Chain Mail), end turn

Hand: Spiked Chain +1, Sorrowsoul, Sharper, Shock Glaive +1, Tussah Silk Coat (Grazzle),

Displayed:
Deck: 7 Discard: 6 Buried: 1
"Notes: Unless noted otherwise, use my cards as needed
Sharper: Reveal my ally to add +1d6+1 to your combat checks at my location;

Sorrowsoul: On a check against a bane by a character at your location, after the roll, recharge this card to add 1 for each die that is a 1 or 2. If the check invokes the Cold or Undead trait, add an additional 1.

Location: Scar Bay"
Sideboard cards:

Notes:
*Gave Staff of Minor Healing to Grazzle
* Until Stuart posts a scenario update, note that the Blessings deck is shifted by one due to discarding of Maat during Seoni's turn as part of closing the Atoll.
* Recharged Raheli's BotQ
* Scar Bay has no cards left but is NOT closed.

Blessing of Abadar in effect.

"Ah more magic staffs. Thanks."

Grazzle is feeling much better so channels his own energy into healing the party.

Discard 6 cards to Heal Raheli for 3, Seoni for 4, Valeros for 5 Pyrotechnic Blast, Staff of Minor Healing aq, Armor of the Sands, Blessing of Abadar, Druid of the Flame, Blessing of the Spellbound 2

Now that Valeros has handled the hard part, Grazzle performs a ceremony to cleanse the Bay.

Recharging Seoni's Blessing of the Spellbound.

Divine 8 recharging Seoni's Blessing of the Spellbound and revealing Binder's Tome: 2d8 + 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (6, 2) + (3) + 4 = 15

He then uses his new staff.

Recharge Staff of Minor Healing to recharge Find Traps. Then ending turn.

Hand: Blessing of the Gods, Heavy Pick, Binder's Tome, Stone Skin Raheli, Holy Light, Frigid Blast,

Displayed:
Deck: 4 Discard: 8 Buried: 0
Notes: Binder's Tome: Reveal to add 1d4 + mental trait to combat at this location or 1d4 to a charisma non-combat check at this location. Stone Skin: Display next to anyone and prevents 4 dmg of any type to them until the end of my turn. Location: Scar Bay
Sideboard cards:

Healing noted - thx.

Hand: Spiked Chain +1, Sorrowsoul, Sharper, Shock Glaive +1, Tussah Silk Coat (Grazzle),

Displayed:
Deck: 12 Discard: 1 Buried: 1
"Notes: Unless noted otherwise, use my cards as needed
Sharper: Reveal my ally to add +1d6+1 to your combat checks at my location;

Sorrowsoul: On a check against a bane by a character at your location, after the roll, recharge this card to add 1 for each die that is a 1 or 2. If the check invokes the Cold or Undead trait, add an additional 1.

Location: Scar Bay"
Sideboard cards:

Elements Day

Raheli shares her knowledge of Acid with Seoni: Give Card: Acid Splash

Raheli takes to the Fringes of the Eye where Admiral Arminus Pythareus is making his play for Absalom aboard the...

Ships Ahoy!: 1d10 ⇒ 10

Thresher

BYA Bury no cards in Discard. Recharge Blue Star and Game of Afterlife

Knowledge 9: 1d8 + 2 + 2d4 ⇒ (3) + 2 + (2, 1) = 8

Raheli takes 1 Structural Damage: Discard Smoked Glass Goggles

Raheli attempts to board the ship but it just hides just inside the storm.

Hand: Fox, Frilled Lizard, Blessing of the Elements, Sacred Candle, Compass, Corrosion,

Displayed: Flying Squirrel,
Deck: 8 Discard: 1 Buried: 1
Notes: Fox, Corrosion and Blessing Available. If there's a Blessing 1 or 2 in Blessing Discard, I want to Candle it! @Fringes of the Eye
Sideboard cards:

During This Adventure:

In response to BR's comment in hangouts about recharging a random buried card

Valeros recharges Candle of Comity (his only buried card).

Recharging Scimitar
A silver crusader retrieved the scimitar from the slain zombie captain. “May it be sheathed in many more unholy creatures.”

Moving to Fringes of the Eye.
Exploring Fringes of the Eye 1: Blessing of Maat

Discarding Blessing of the Gods to explore Fringes of the Eye 2: Porcupine

Discarding Porcupine to explore Fringes of the Eye 3: Blessing of the Elements

Discarding Blessing of the Elements to explore Fringes of the Eye 4: Marianix Karn

Discarding Blessing of the Spellbound to explore Fringes of the Eye 5: Corridor Dart Trap

Discarding Marianix Karn to explore Fringes of the Eye 6: Bonecrusher Hyenamaster

Discarding Blessing of the Spellbound to explore Fringes of the Eye: The Third Law

Ending turn. Recharging hand

Hand: Acid Splash, Chronicler, Remove Curse, Fire Snake, Blessing of the Gods 1, Blessing of the Gods 2, Frostbite,

Displayed:
Deck: 8 Discard: 10 Buried: 0
Notes: At Fringes of the Eye. Okay to cure, but don't need it.
Ask before using:
Can use without asking: 2 Blessings of the Gods; Remove Curse

It is the hour of Abadar.

Valeros heads to the Fringes. He's kind of a fringe-y guy anyway.

Explore Fringes Card 8 Before he can confront the Admiral, he needs to walk across Burning Tar.

Discard Seoni's Blessing of the Gods 2 to act as Blessing of Abadar

Dex 6+3=9: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 5) = 8 Undefeated.

Fire dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Just as Valeros is about to be badly scorched, his friend Grazzle casts Stone Skin from afar

Fire damage is reduced to 0 by Stone Skin

Burning Tar is shuffled back into the location deck.

Discard Sorrowsoul to Explore Fringes 8-9: 1d2 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Valeros can see the Admiral aboard his ship, the Thresher!

Random Ship: 1d10 ⇒ 10

BYA - Mindblade is buried.

Recharge Raheli's Fox to add 1d4
Discard Grazzle's Blessing of the Gods to add 1d4
Discard Seoni's Blessing of the Gods 1 to add 1d4

Wis 7: 4d4 ⇒ (2, 3, 2, 2) = 9 The ship Thresher is defeated

Plunder: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Valeros is pleased to find a nice Magnifying Glass on board the ship.

At last, Valeros is face to face with the Admiral! Only one of them will leave the battlefield alive! Well, only one of them *is* alive. But hopefully that one will leave alive...

BYA Valeros is dealt 1 Ranged Combat, which is negated by Stone Skin (by the villain's power, the damage can't be reduced). Valeros discards Sharper

Recharging Spiked Chain to add 2d4+1d6
Discarding Raheli's Corrosion to add 1d10 - Raheli may roll to recharge
Scarab Sages: bury Magnifying Glass to add 1d8
Combat 10+4=14: 1d10 + 5 + 2d4 + 1d6 + 1d10 + 1d8 ⇒ (1) + 5 + (2, 3) + (6) + (5) + (6) = 28

Recharging Shock Glaive +1 to add 1d10+1+1d8 and the Electricity trait
Recharging Raheli's Blessing of the Elements to add 1d10
Scarab Sages: bury Tussah Silk Coat to add 1d8
Combat 13+4=17: 1d10 + 5 + 1d10 + 1 + 1d8 + 1d10 + 1d8 ⇒ (9) + 5 + (6) + 1 + (3) + (7) + (3) = 34

AYA Valeros is dealt 1 Ranged Combat but has no cards left in hand so no effect.

The villain is defeated. Pathfinders are victorious! Absalom is saved... For now.

Do I still need to do the perma-close stuff for the location (add barriers and blessings and then encounter the top card? I think killing the villain ends the scenario then and there, right?

Per the permanently closed condition for Fringes:

Add 1d4 random barriers to the location deck: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Add 1d4 random blessings to the location deck: 1d4 ⇒ 4

There is already 1 barrier still at the Fringes location (Burning Tar, which was undefeated by me earlier in the turn) and there are no other cards besides these newly added ones, so there is a 50-50 chance of encountering a barrier or a blessing

Barrier 1, Blessing 2: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Autofail the acquire check

9–00C2: SILENCING THE TIDE - COMPLETED

REWARDS:

9-00C2: SILENCING THE TIDE (Replay)

And you may continue re-playing the scenario as many times as you wish. The reward for this Success has not been earned yet, so you may be helping yourselves or other tables in the process - and earning more loot, of course.

I recommend not pushing yourselves too hard; there's one more Part to go and It probably won't start for a while.

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During This Adventure:

Blessing of Horus in effect.

Starting Hand as guessed correctly will be starting in Scar Bay.

Hand: Blessing of Sivanah, Holy Light, Druid of the Flame, Cure 2, Binder's Tome, Find Traps,

Displayed:
Deck: 10 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes: Blessing of Sivanah: Discard this card to add 2 dice to any non-combat Intelligence or Charisma. Binder's Tome: Reveal to add 1d4 + mental trait to combat at this location or 1d4 to a charisma non-combat check at this location. Find Traps: Discard to add 2 dice vs Barriers.
Sideboard cards:

Time to fight pirates. And for that you need supplies. Grazzle starts his search at Scar Bay.

What he thought was a nice mosaic path proved not to be the case.
Dexterity 8 discard Blessing of Sivanah: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 5) = 13

He narrowly avoids a fall and continues on.

Taking free explore from defeating trap.

Out of nowhere a Shock Toad zaps him.

Discard Binder's Tome to dmg

Pausing here for players to draw their hand. Blessing of Horus is in effect and adds 2 dice to checks that invoke Electricity trait. I think that means a Blessing of the Gods can be used to copy it and add 2 dice to my 1d6 strength check.

Drawing Spell 1 Pyrotechnic Blast.
Gaining Card Feat: 6 Spells. Taking Basic Spell B Fire Sneeze
Upgrading Spell B Lightning Touch to Spell 1 Pyrotechnic Blast.
Starting at Fog Bank
With all the warnings from the vizier, Seoni realized she should get better at focusing her magic. But her pyromancy would not be contained: if she weren't shooting fire from her hands, flames would belch from her mouth. Perhaps she had some draconic ancestry?
There was no time to puzzle it out midbattle; she followed Valeros back into the fog to prepare for the next invasion.

Hand: Blessing of the Gods 1, Blessing of the Gods 2, Blessing of the Spellbound 1, Menagerie Keeper, Spellbook, Chronicler, Remove Curse,

Displayed:
Deck: 9 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes: At Fog Bank
Ask before using: 2 Blessings of the Gods; Blessing of the Spellbound (recharge if Arcane or Divine)
Can use without asking: Blessings if would recharge; Blessings for closing; Blessing for ships; Remove Curse

And we are back. Continuing turn. Discarding Seoni's BotG

Grazzle ain't afraid of no toad and he gives it a kick.

combat 6 discarding Seoni's BotG as a copy of Horus: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 6) = 15

It sails off into the sunset. Grazzle asks his buddy the druid to look around while he cleans off his boot.

Discard Druid of the Flame to explore.

The swarm is more worrying.
He starts by flailing wildly.

Discarding Seoni's BotS.

combat 8 discarding Seoni's BotS and adding the Druid's bonus: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 1) + 4 = 9

Then he just shrugs and blasts the undead swarm with Holy Light.

Combat 8 using Holy Light and including the Druid's bonus: 1d8 + 2d12 + 10 ⇒ (4) + (6, 2) + 10 = 22

Constitution 7: 1d8 ⇒ 6

It is defeated but in the battle Grazzle... somehow forgets how to cast Find Traps.

Bury Find Traps and end turn.

Hand: Tussah Silk Coat, Blessing of the Spellbound 1, Heavy Pick, Cure 2, Blessing of Abadar, Frigid Blast,

Displayed:
Deck: 6 Discard: 3 Buried: 1
Notes: Abadar: +2 dice vs Barriers. Spellbound: Recharge this card to add 1 dice to any check that invokes the Arcane or Divine trait.
Sideboard cards:

During This Adventure:

Starting Location: Fog Bank
Favored Card: Ally

Hand: Sorrowsoul, Gambeson, Captain's Cutlass, Chain Mail, Mindblade,

Displayed:
Deck: 11 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
"Notes: Unless noted otherwise, use my cards as needed
Mindblade: Reveal my ally to add +1d6+1 to your combat checks at my location;

Sorrowsoul: On a check against a bane by a character at your location, after the roll, recharge this card to add 1 for each die that is a 1 or 2. If the check invokes the Cold or Undead trait, add an additional 1.

Captain's Cutlass: Recharge this card to reduce Combat damage dealt to a character at your location by 2.

Location: Fog Bank"
Sideboard cards:

Starting at Fringes of the Eye

Swapping in Game of Afterlife for Amulet of Life

Hand: Silver Raven Figurine, Blessing of the Quartermaster 1, Sapphire of Intelligence, Noxious Bomb, Corrosion, Stone Skin,

Displayed: Flying Squirrel,
Deck: 10 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes: @Fringes of the Eye
Sideboard cards:

It is an Elements Day

Raheli patrols the Raker Shoals and is startled to find a Scurvy Zombie and its ship,...

its ship: 1d10 ⇒ 10

...The Thresher.

Last time I met the Admiral he was on this ship

No cards in discard to bury. Recharge BotQ 1 and Sapphire of Intelligence

Knowledge 9: 1d8 + 2 + 1d8 + 1d4 ⇒ (2) + 2 + (1) + (1) = 6

Sadly the Zombie and his ship evaded Raheli's understanding.

BR: Shuffle Raker Shoals.

Hand: Silver Raven Figurine, Old Salt, Fox, Noxious Bomb, Corrosion, Stone Skin, Blue Star,

Displayed: Flying Squirrel,
Deck: 9 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes: I will move to Grazzle before the end of his turn with Squirrel

If anyone wants to clear room in their deck by getting rid of an item, weapon, armor, I'll Silver Raven it.

Corrosion, Stone Skin and Fox are available!
@Raker Shoals
Sideboard cards:

During This Adventure: