Enora could use Spell 3 (Coordinated Blast), Blessing 2 (of Nethys), or Spell 2 (which would probably be Spell 1 Pyrotechnic Blast; although all the immune enemies this scenario are making me give Marionette a second glance).
But to be honest, I feel I've been doing well on getting higher level upgrades lately, so if there's not enough to go around, I'm willing to defer to others.
WotR Enora really can't not maximize INT first, can she.
Tier Reward:
Skill Feat: Strength [ X ] +3
Deck Upgrade:
Beaststrike Club
Blessing of Cayden Cailean
Interested in the Weapon, the Blessing is an upgrade but not a crucial one. Agna could also take an Item 2 for Draughtcap Fungus which would benefit everyone since we're sticking together most of the time (Olenjack would benefit most). The downside is it would replace Angelstep.
Tier Reward: Charisma +1 (Skill Feat). I think my combats are solid for the time being given how much free help there is on checks and the fact we mostly stick together. So, I can start branching feats into other areas to shore up my non-combat checks and make them more likely to succeed with only minimal assistance.
Deck Upgrade: Not interested in any of them. At this point, only 3's would be solid upgrades for me.
5-3A: ESCAPE FROM THE TITAN’S JUNGLE - Olenjack Rewards
Tier Progression: (3.1) Olenjack gains a Skill Feat, and checks off...
Dexterity d8 ☑ +1 ☑ +2 ☑ +3
Scenario Reward: Added to Deck Handler.
Olenjack banished Call Potion and Fencer during the scenario.
Olenjack's Deck Upgrade preferences are as follows...
Olenjack replaces the following Empty Card Slots.
As an aside, Marionette is a surprisingly good spell... at least in Mummy's Mask. In my table as MM Ezren, I convinced our Zarlova player to give it a go and she ended up keeping the spell all the way into AD6 due to the sheer variety of enemies that it was strong against, whilst allowing her to pierce attack-immunities.
Maznar's skill feat: Divine [X] +3
He would take the Blessing 2, if it remains available. After that, he'll take whatever is best and available.
Maznar would be interested in a Blessing 3, is it became available, for Blessing of the Starsong:
If that doesn't work out, he'll take whatever he can get (assuming a 3 is available).
Power Feat: Hand Size [X]7 for fun.
Enora would like Blessing 3 (of the Qi Zhong) or Ally 3 (Vampire Bat), but if there aren't enough to go around, I'll take Spell 2 (Spell 1 Pyrotechnic Blast).
5-3B: MEETING THE LOCALS - Olenjack Rewards
Tier Progression: (3.2) Olenjack gains a Power Feat, and checks off...
Hand Size 5 [X] 6 [X] 7
Scenario Reward: I have an interest in the Monkey loot, though since it's a distinct risky 'sidegrade' I'll wait to see if it interests anyone else.
Olenjack's Deck Upgrade preferences are as follows...
Note: If there's a leftover AD3 card that isn't a Blessing 3 (or a second Ally 3 for Olenjack) after everyone has picked, then I'll likely use my Treasure Hunter Boon to take a bonus Deck Upgrade here.
Speaking of boons, I apply the Amateur Swashbuckler player boon to Olenjack, since I earned 2 copies of it during Retrocon and haven't used either yet. I can send the appropriate documentation to the BR on request.
□ □ □ □ Amateur Swashbuckler: You may check an unchecked box that precedes this reward to add or remove the Swashbuckling trait from your check. If your character has the Swashbuckler trait, you may add an additional 1d4.
The boon is detailed on my Deck Handler "Character Reward" tab in full, and it will also be listed in the 'additional rewards' section of my skills/power summaries
Scenario Reward:
Agna is definitely interested in the Monkey loot since she can recharge it for both powers. She would likely replace a weapon in her deck with it.
Tier Reward:
Power Feat - Hand Size 5 [ X ] 6 [ ] 7
Deck Upgrade:
Reed Moccasin for Stone Weasel
Wounding Spear-Axe +1 for Main Gauche
Main Gauche +1 for Main Gauche
Agna will add Fire Lizard (Ally 1) back into her deck since it was banished last scenario.
Echoing Olenjack's comments: I'm happy to defer to another character if an upgrade I rolled for would help the party more in someone else's hands.
No interest in the loot Ally.
And will be extending my fire/cold shield to those at my location.
Power Feat: Hand Size 6
Deck Upgrades (also fine with discussions):
Replace Psychic Detective with Evangelist.
Replace Gambeson with Diviner's Blight.
Replace Blessing of the Gods with Blessing of the Midnight Lord.
Replace Punching Dagger with Disrupting Rapier +1.
Like Olenjack, I may use Treasure Hunter here as well. We'll see after all upgrades are settled :)
Maznar isn't particularly excited by any card options, but he should probably be upgrading so he'll take whatever is the highest option out of the cards that no one claims.
No interest in the two loot cards.
I’d be happy with Ally 3 Vampire Bat or Blessing 2 of Nethys. Could take Spell 1 Pyrotechnic Blast if neither of those are available.
No interest in the loot.
Not interested in either loot card.
For deck upgrades, Blessing 3 for Abadar or Ally 3 for Thylacine (Ally 2). If both of those are gone I will take the next highest blessing on the list.
5-3C: THE LURE OF ARTIFACTS - Olenjack Rewards
Olenjack banished Delve during the scenario, and has an empty Spell Slot as a result.
Tier Progression: (3.3) No feat.
Scenario Reward: No interest in either Loot.
Olenjack's Deck Upgrade preferences are as follows...
Olenjack replaces the following Empty Card Slots.
Not interested in loot. While an Ally 3 would be a nice-to-have for me, all my existing allies are also pretty solid. Plus I got an Ally 3 last time. So, I'll let other people have it.
As such I'll just take a Blessing B and replace my final Blessing of the Gods with Blessing of Asmodeus (which is a B card in Ultimate Intrigue surprisingly enough). It'll still be swapped out for Blessing of Besmara 100% of the time, however. (which is why I never bothered upgrading the BotG until now)
So, I'm seeing the following two options:
Option A
Agna: Blessing 3
Enora: Blessing 2
Jirelle: Blessing B
Maznar: Unknown (Item 3, Armor 3, Spell 1, Ally 1 remain)
Olenjack: Ally 3
Option B
Agna: Blessing 3
Enora: Ally 3
Jirelle: Blessing B
Maznar: Unknown (Item 3, Armor 3, Spell 1, Ally 1 remain)
Olenjack: Armor 3
Maznar will go Ally 1; Raven for a Crow.
5-3D: REUNION IN THE RUINS - Olenjack Rewards
Tier Progression: (3.4) Olenjack gains a Card Feat, and checks off...
Spell 0 [X] 1 [X] 2
Tier Progression, Role Card: Olenjack chooses to Tier-Up to Tier 4. As a result, he takes the Spider Role card and gains a Power Feat, checking off...
[X] Reduce all Poison damage dealt to you to 0. If a card that has the Poison trait would cause you to bury a card, you may recharge that card instead.
Tier Progression, Unconventional Firepower: (Tier 3) Olenjack replaces Navigator Musket +1 with Ghostbane Shotgun +2 (Gunslinger Class Deck).
Scenario Reward: Drawing a random Ally (already done by our illustrious BR).
Olenjack's Deck Upgrade preferences are as follows...
Olenjack replaces the following Empty Card Slots.
Enora will take whatever two highest spell upgrades are left after others take any spell upgrades.
With my card feat I’ll (finally!) get back that Basic Item B Spellbook.
I'll choose Spell as my random boon pull.
His card feat will also be Spell. He will fill the empty spell slot with Charm Animal (Spell 1).
Deck upgrades:
5-3D Scenario Reward:
Bonus deck upgrade
Tier Reward:
Card Feat: Ally [ X ] 6
Add Dog (Ally 1) to fill empty card spot (if I don't get the Ally 3 upgrade below)
Deck Upgrades:
Giant Badger
Wounding Spear-Axe +1
Belt of Teeth
Blessing of Gozreh
Tier up to 4. I'll get the role card and role power feat chosen later today once I have some more time to evaluate options. Won't be able to use the role anyway for the time being, but I wanted to be able to fill in the empty slot from card feat with an AD2 card :)
Dreamstalker
Card Feat: Blessing (filling empty slot with Blessing of Zon-Kuthon)
Potential outcome: This gets everyone their first choice listed as well as one option later on in their list (if any), using roll results to resolve ties for the 2nd upgrade only (roll results won't supersede first picks).
Agna: Ally 3, Item 3
Enora: Spell 3, Spell 2
Jirelle: Ally 3
Maznar: Weapon 3, Spell 2
Olenjack: Ally 3, Weapon 3
As per Hangouts discussion, Agna will take a Blessing B and leave the Item 3 for Maznar.
Role Card (not usable until we begin AD4): Pirate Queen
Power Feat (not usable until we begin AD4): You gain the skill Diplomacy: Charisma +3
This was scenario 4.1 for Jirelle.
If we are continuing on with old rules for now, I will take Dex +3 as my skill feat.
If we are transitioning to new rules, I will spend my hero point on the power feat "You may reveal a card that has the Swashbuckling trait to add the Swashbuckling trait to your check."
Not taking any upgrades.
Also my deck handler looks wrong (has too many blessings), so I'll need to investigate that in more depth tomorrow once I have more time.
I'm assuming we're transitioning to the new rules immediately after scenario/adventure rewards. Let me know if I'm wrong.
5-3E: OUTSMARTING THE FLORA - Olenjack Rewards
During the scenario, Olenjack banished 3 cards: Delve, Call Potion and Masterwork Tools.
Tier Progression: (4.1) Olenjack gains a Skill Feat, and checks off...
Dexterity d8 ☑ +1 ☑ +2 ☑ +3 ☑ +4
Scenario Reward: Sweet! Added to Deck Handler text.
Adventure Reward: Sweet! Added to Deck Handler text. Olenjack also earns a die bump (now 2 remain).
Mark Olenjack down as taking the Weapon 2 or a Blessing 0 if they're left over - he won't replace any cards in his deck, though.
Olenjack replaces the following Empty Card Slots.
CHARACTER CONVERSION - OLENJACK
Following the application of scenario and adventure rewards, here is Olenjack's necessary character conversion to the new ruleset, if needed.
Olenjack will not replace any card in his deck with a Core/Curse equivalent.
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This does mean I won't be entitled to anymore feats for this entire next adventure - my Role card has ensured that I've hit the power feat cap before even earning one for my tier, and the Card Feat cap was reached and exceeded due to extra rewards and the Assault on Absalom special.
Out of mild spite, I may Tier-Up early again soon, because going 6+ scenarios without any feat upgrade sounds tiresome, especially when there are power feats I seriously want (Hand Size and Weapon Proficiency).
Role Card: Green Faith Acolyte
Power Feat: Instead of the first exploration of your turn, you may bury a card that has the Divine trait to choose a character at your location and shuffle 1d4 ([X] +2) random cards from her discard pile into her deck.
No deck upgrades.
Deck Upgrade:
Agna will take the Weapon 2 and add Main Gauche +1 in place of the banished Main Gauche.
Erutaki Coat will be added to deck again.
Tier Reward:
Die bump acquired.
Agna will take the Beast Master role card and the power feat:
"You may reveal an ally that has the Animal trait to add 1d4 ( [ ] +1)( [ ] +2) to your check."
Figured out my issue with my deck handler: I overcharged on blessing card feats because what I had checked off on my character card didn't match what I actually reported above for previous scenarios.
So: my Tier 3 card feat (from 5-3D), should have been Ally instead of Blessing. For deck composition, I would have kept Sorrowsoul in-place and filled the empty Ally slot with the Dreamstalker I took as the deck upgrade. This means I effectively ran one scenario with an invalid deck, so handle that as you will. I don't personally believe it made much of a difference.
For conversion to Guide 6.0, I'm assuming that my power feat limit is Tier+1 (due to the bonus power feat earned from gaining role card), per discussion in Hangouts. My skill and card feat limits are both equal to my Tier.
Maznar would be most interested in the Spell 3, followed by Ally 4.
I think I'm only interested in the Item 4 upgrade (Magnetic Grimoire).
(Could take Spell 3, but is not a priority- I'll defer to Maznar.)
Need to think over feats; probably taking Skill + Power, but might take Card + Power. (Could depend on whether I get the Item upgrade.)
Scenario 5-P1 Reward:
Power Feat: You may reveal an ally that has the Animal trait to add 1d4 ( [ X ] +1)( [ ] +2) to your check.
Tier Reward:
One hero point - Use immediately for Card Feat: Blessing [ X ] 6
Deck Upgrade:
Vampire Squid
Thylacine
Wounding Spear-Axe +1 (W3)
5-P1: TITAN’S RAMPAGE - Olenjack Rewards
Tier Progression: (4.2) Olenjack gains a Hero Point.
Olenjack now has 3 Hero Points.
Scenario Reward: Power Feat...
Hand Size 5 [X] 6 [X] 7 [X] 8
Olenjack's Deck Upgrade preferences are as follows...
Olenjack replaces the following Empty Card Slots.
5-P1:
Scenario Reward: Power Feat ☑ You may reveal a card that has the Swashbuckling trait to add the Swashbuckling trait to your check.
This gives me free rerolls on literally every check I make, which is amazingly powerful. I have no idea why I didn’t pick this one up last time.
Gain a Hero Point, which I’ll use on a Card Feat—2 Armors. Empty Armor slot will be filled with Blackcloth Armor (Armor 2). This also puts me at the feat cap of 4/5/5 until I hit Tier 5.
Deck upgrade: Weapon 4–Replace Punching Dagger with Invigorating Kukri +1. This will still be swapped out for Brine’s Sting most of the time, but on scenarios where extra healing is important I can keep this in and swap out Bloodcrow Rapier or another weapon instead.
So, upgrade list according to above rolls:
Agna: Ally 2
Enora: Item 4
Jirelle: Weapon 4
Maznar: Spell 3
Olenjack: Ally 4
I feel left out! Every character in the team has a power that lets them reveal a card to add a bonus to any/all of their checks (either 1d4s or Rerolls) except me!
Sorry, was waiting for the upgrade conversation to die down before doing feats, in case something came up. Looks like it is all set:
Power Feat: [X] Add 1d6 to your check against a bane that has the Aberration or Undead trait.
Card Feat: Blessing [X] 7
Filling empty Blessing card slot with Blessing of Ketephys
I'm most interested in an Item 2, and it seems there are enough to go around.
I've no strong preference on ships, but why not take the Dragon for a spin?
Nope
Scenario 5-4A Reward:
Hero Point: Spend on Power Feat
"You may reveal an ally that has the Animal trait to add 1d4 (+1)( [ X ] +2) to your check."
Deck Upgrade:
Vampire Squid
Invigorating Kukri +1
Wounding Spear-Axe