[Gameday VIII][PACS] The Hao Jin Cataclysm by redeux (Inactive)

Game Master redeux

During This Adventure: Summoned Banes | Summoned Ships

• 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.
• Do not read any scenario’s villains or henchmen before playing it.
• Use the Thresher as your ship.
• 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.

Rewards:
•For the rest of the adventure, ships gain the additional power “When commanding this ship, you may discard a card from the blessings deck to add 1d12 to your check to defeat a barrier.”
• For the rest of the adventure, ships gain the additional power “When commanding this ship, you may discard a card from the blessings deck to succeed at your check to acquire an ally.”
• For the rest of the adventure, each character on a ship may reduce structural damage by discarding cards from the top of their deck or recharging cards from their hand.
• For the rest of the adventure, each character gains the power “When another character at your location attempts a non-combat check, you may recharge any number of cards to add 1 for each card recharged.
• For the rest of the adventure, each character adds 1d6 and the Magic trait to her checks against banes that have the Undead trait.
• Guardian’s Last Stand: Shuffle a number of Conflagration henchmen equal to 1 plus the number of characters into the blessings deck, then discard an equal number of cards from the blessings deck. Also do this when setting up any subsequent scenarios in this adventure.

During This Scenario: • Set out the locations in a circle in the order listed. When you move
to a different location on your turn, indicate whether you are
going clockwise or counterclockwise around the circle to reach
it. Then attempt a Wisdom or Survival check with a difficulty of 4
plus the scenario’s adventure deck number; if you fail, you instead
move 1d4 locations in that direction.
• For purposes of play-by-post, clockwise movement is going DOWN. and counter-clockwise is going UP the list. Locations 1 and 6 are next to each other
• If you are the only character at your location, the difficulty of
checks to defeat the henchman Buccaneer is increased by 1d6.

Additional Rules: Plunder: 1 Spell

Ship:

Scenario Level (#): 2

Turn: 12, Erasmus/kuey

Current Hour:

Hourglass

Location #1: Cannibal Isle
Closed
At This Location:
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 0 Sp: 0 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ?: 0
Located/Displayed Here: Zadim/Redeux, None

Location #2: Gannet Island
At This Location: If you fail a check to defeat a bane, discard 1d4 cards from the blessings deck.
When Closing: Discard 1d4 cards from the blessings deck.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, each character at this location may roll on the Plunder table and add a random non-Basic, non-Elite card of that type from the box to his hand.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 2 Sp: 0 Ar: 1 I: 2 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Blood Moon Pirate

Location #4: Lonely Island
At This Location: If you are the only character at this location, add 1d4 to checks attempted at this location.
When Closing: Banish an ally.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a random ally from the box and recharge it.
M: 0 Ba: 3 W: 2 Sp: 1 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 0 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Location #6: Fog Bank
At This Location: After a character at any location examines cards in this location deck, shuffle it.
When Closing: Recharge your hand, which must contain at least 1 card.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw the same number of cards you recharged when closing.
M: 2 Ba: 0 W: 0 Sp: 0 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 0 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Alase/MorkXII, Rivani/Greenclaw, Conflagration, Treasure Map

Out of Turn Updates: Nil
Turn Order: Rivani, Alase, Zadim, Erasmus,
Turn: Turn 12: Hour of Erastil
SOT: Choose Item and recharge Boots of Friendly Terrain (Core) for +2 till EOT
Give Card: Nil
Move: Move to #4: Lonely Island
Wisdom DC4+2: 1d6 + 1d4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + (1) + 2 + 2 = 11 ==> Success
Explore:

Discard Swab to explore again.

Discard Blessing of the Quartermaster 2 to explore again.

Discard Old Salt to explore again.

End Turn: Reset hand.

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Hand: Boomerang, Longsword, Cloth Armor, Helpful Haversack, Kami Medium, Blessing of Wadjet,

Displayed:
Deck: 11 Discard: 5 Buried: 0
Current Location: #4: Lonely Island
Hero Points: 2
Tier.XP: 2.3
Reroll: No
NOTES:
Available Support: Blessings: Use as needed (Wadjet only for acquiring boon)

It is the hour of Erastil
Start of Turn: Conflagration
Recharge Venomous Hand Crossbow +1 to use Knowledge skill instead of Craft.
Knowledge 11: 1d12 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16 Defeated!

Move step: Examine top card of location: Blessing of Gozreh.
Shuffle the location.
Explore.
Random Card: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Discard Idorii to explore again.
Random Card 1,3,4: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Discard Blessing of Gozreh to explore again.
Random Card 3,4: 1d2 ⇒ 1

Recharge hand to close the location.
Reset Hand. End Turn.

Hand: Blessing of the Master of Masters, Mind Thrust, Life Drain, Inflict Pain, Pyrotechnic Blast, Blessing of Pharasma 1,

Displayed:
Deck: 10 Discard: 7 Buried: 0
Notes: Use blessings or signs as needed. Reroll used: Y
Sideboard cards:

Hour: Blessing of the Gods

Draw Tonbrase.

Try to move up to Lonely Island. Survival 4+#=6: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 Shirt reroll.
Survival 4+#=6: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 Made it!

Display Tonbase.

Explore Lonely Island 5: Storm Displayed at Lonely Island.

Discard Blessing of Abadar to explore LI 6: Man Overboard Failed.
Display next to (A, Z, E, R): 1d4 ⇒ 2 Zadim gets Man Overboard.

Reset:
Discard Blackcloth Armor. Draw up to 6.

Skills and Powers:

Skills

STRENGTH d6
DEXTERITY d6
CONSTITUTION d6
INTELLIGENCE d6
WISDOM d8
Perception +2
Survival +2
CHARISMA d10 +3
Arcane +2

Powers
God Caller
Hand Size 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8
Proficient With Light Armors Arcane
After you play an Attack spell, bury it.
At the start or end of your turn, you may examine the top card of the cohort Tonbarse’s location (☐ then, if it is a blessing, you may encounter it), then (☑ you may) shuffle that deck, then draw Tonbarse.
When you play a blessing (☑ or a spell or an ally) on a check by a character at Tonbarse’s location, you may recharge it (☐ or shuffle it into your deck) instead of discarding it. (☐ You may add d8s instead of the normal dice added by the card.)
[X3] When you encounter a card and Tonbarse is displayed, you may display him at your location. (☐ If you do, add 1d4 to your combat checks during the encounter.)
☐ While you attempt a check to acquire (☐ or would banish) a card that has an adventure deck number at least 2 less than the scenario's adventure deck number, you may recharge a blessing to gain the skill Divine: Charisma +2.
☐ When a character at Tonbarse's location is dealt damage, that character may recharge any number of blessings to reduce all damage by 2 for each blessing recharged.

Favored Card Type: Spell or Blessing
Weapon 0 ☐ 1
Spell 5 ☑ 6 ☑ 7 ☐ 8
Armor 1 ☐ 2
Item 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4
Ally 2 ☐ 3
Blessing 5 ☑ 6 ☑ 7
Cohort: Tonbarse

Hand: Augury, Charm Monster, Eloquence, Stone Skin, Staff of Minor Healing, Bound Imp
Displayed: Tonbarse
Deck: 6 Discard: 6 Buried: 1
Hero Points: 2 Shirt Reroll Available (10-00E): Yes
Notes: Use any blessing at Tonbarse's location!
Tonbarse at: Gannet Island

Augury:

Augury
Spell 1

Traits
Magic
Arcane
Divine

Powers
Discard this card to choose a type of card and examine the top 3 cards of your location deck. If there are any cards of the chosen type, set them aside. Return the remaining cards to the deck, shuffle it, then put the cards you set aside together in any order at either the top or bottom of the deck.
After playing this card, if you do not have either the Arcane or Divine skill, banish it; otherwise, you may succeed at an Arcane or Divine 8 check to recharge this card instead of discarding it.

Charm Monster:

Charm Monster
Spell 2

Traits
Magic
Arcane
Divine
Veteran

Powers
When a character attempts a combat check against a monster, bury this card to draw a non-Basic monster from the box. The difficulty to defeat the encountered monster is reduces by 3 plus the drawn monster's adventure deck number. After the check, you automatically defeat the drawn monster; ignore its powers and banish it.
If you do not have the Arcane or Divine skill, banish this card after playing it.

Eloquence:

Eloquence
Spell B

Traits
Magic
Arcane
Divine
Basic

Powers
Display this card next to a character's deck. While displayed, add 3 to that character's Charisma checks. At the end of the turn, if you do not have either the Arcane or Divine skill, banish this card; otherwise, discard it, or you may attempt an Arcane or Divine 8 check to recharge it instead.

Stone Skin:

Stone Skin
Spell 1

Traits
Magic
Arcane
Divine

Powers
Display this card next to a character's deck. While displayed, reduce all damage to that character by 4. At the end of the turn, if you do not have either the Arcane or Divine skill, banish this card; otherwise discard it, or you may succeed at an Arcane or Divine 9 check to recharge it instead.

Staff of Minor Healing:

Staff of Minor Healing
Item 1

Traits
Staff
Magic
Divine
Healing

Powers
Recharge to heal a local character a card.

Tonbarse:

Tonbarse
Cohort B

Traits
Outsider
Eidolon
Arcane
Veteran
Owner: Alase

Powers
Display this card next to a location. While displayed, for your combat check at that location, you may use your Arcane skill plus the scenario's adventure deck number and add the Melee trait. When a character at that location encounters a bane, you may give a card to that character or that character may recharge a card.
While displayed, if you have the Summoner trait, you may draw this card at the start or end of your turn.

Zadim flips BoGozreh

Man Overboard DC 7 con: 1d8 ⇒ 6 bury flawless monocle

Zadim attempts to move down
Move DC 6 wis: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Number of locations: 1d4 ⇒ 3 Zadim moves to lonely island

Zadim explores

Dragon Pistole DC 9 dex: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 banished
recharge dreamstalker to examine top card: BoGozreh

EOT
N/A

RESET
zadim drew quick change mask which he'll use to recharge random ally at start of next turn: Mindblade

remaining hand:

Hand: BoAbadar2, Cat-O'-Nine-Tails, Shadowless Sword, Lockpick Shield, Captain's Cutlass,

Displayed: Cockroach Coat, Man Overboard,
Deck: 7 Discard: 7 Buried: 1 Shirt Reroll Available: Y Hero Points: 6
Notes: feel free to use whatever (card powers listed below).

If erasmus or Alase is moving to gannet island then Zadim would like a ride via the ship mechanic (as long as one other player is at lonely island still

I moved Rivani to lonely island with the assumption she moved with the alse&ship mechanic, but feel free to start at Fog bank if that's a bad assumption on my part

During This Adventure: Summoned Banes | Summoned Ships

• 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.
• Do not read any scenario’s villains or henchmen before playing it.
• Use the Thresher as your ship.
• 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.

Rewards:
•For the rest of the adventure, ships gain the additional power “When commanding this ship, you may discard a card from the blessings deck to add 1d12 to your check to defeat a barrier.”
• For the rest of the adventure, ships gain the additional power “When commanding this ship, you may discard a card from the blessings deck to succeed at your check to acquire an ally.”
• For the rest of the adventure, each character on a ship may reduce structural damage by discarding cards from the top of their deck or recharging cards from their hand.
• For the rest of the adventure, each character gains the power “When another character at your location attempts a non-combat check, you may recharge any number of cards to add 1 for each card recharged.
• For the rest of the adventure, each character adds 1d6 and the Magic trait to her checks against banes that have the Undead trait.
• Guardian’s Last Stand: Shuffle a number of Conflagration henchmen equal to 1 plus the number of characters into the blessings deck, then discard an equal number of cards from the blessings deck. Also do this when setting up any subsequent scenarios in this adventure.

During This Scenario: • Set out the locations in a circle in the order listed. When you move
to a different location on your turn, indicate whether you are
going clockwise or counterclockwise around the circle to reach
it. Then attempt a Wisdom or Survival check with a difficulty of 4
plus the scenario’s adventure deck number; if you fail, you instead
move 1d4 locations in that direction.
• For purposes of play-by-post, clockwise movement is going DOWN. and counter-clockwise is going UP the list. Locations 1 and 6 are next to each other
• If you are the only character at your location, the difficulty of
checks to defeat the henchman Buccaneer is increased by 1d6.

Additional Rules: Plunder: 1 Spell

Ship:

Scenario Level (#): 2

Turn: 16, Erasmus/kuey

Current Hour:

Hourglass

Location #1: Cannibal Isle
Closed
At This Location:
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 0 Sp: 0 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ?: 0
Located/Displayed Here: None

Location #2: Gannet Island
At This Location: If you fail a check to defeat a bane, discard 1d4 cards from the blessings deck.
When Closing: Discard 1d4 cards from the blessings deck.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, each character at this location may roll on the Plunder table and add a random non-Basic, non-Elite card of that type from the box to his hand.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 2 Sp: 0 Ar: 1 I: 2 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Blood Moon Pirate

Location #4: Lonely Island
At This Location: If you are the only character at this location, add 1d4 to checks attempted at this location.
When Closing: Banish an ally.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, draw a random ally from the box and recharge it.
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 0 Sp: 1 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 0 Bl: 1 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Alase/MorkXII, Zadim/Redeux, Erasmus/kuey, Rivani/Greenclaw, Storm displayed at this location (SoT)

Location #6: Fog Bank
Closed
At This Location:
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 0 Sp: 0 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 0 Bl: 0 ?: 0
Located/Displayed Here:

Out of Turn Updates: Nil
Turn Order: Rivani, Alase, Zadim, Erasmus,
Turn: Turn 16: Hour of Sivanah
SOT:
Storm: 1d6 ⇒ 1 ==> 1 Structural damage, recharge Cloth Armor to reduce to 0.
Storm move to which location?: 1d6 ⇒ 6 ==> #6: Fog Bank

Reveal Helpful Haversack to examine top in deck ==> Skyrockets
Discard to put into hand.
Choose Ally and recharge Kami Medium for +2 till EOT.
Give Card: Nil
Move: Move to #2: Gannet Island
Wisdom DC4+2: 1d6 + 1d4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + (1) + 2 + 2 = 11 ==> Success. Zadim comes along.
Explore:

Alase guard #4: Lonely Island by banishing Bound Imp

BYA: Request blessing from someone (Rivani has two, Zadim has one). Request Alase for Eloquence
BYA: Charisma DC7+2: 1d8 + 2 + 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 2 + (5) + 3 = 12 ==> Success

Reveal and discard Longsword for Str+1d8+1d6, Zadim recharge weapon for +1d8+4
Combat DC12+4: 1d6 + 1d8 + 1d6 + 1d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + (8) + (3) + (6) + 4 + 2 = 26

Reveal and reload Boomerang for Dex+1d4+1d6, discard Skyrockets for +1d8, Zadim recharge weapon for +1d8+4
Combat DC12+4: 1d8 + 1 + 1d4 + 1d6 + 1d8 + 1d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (3) + (2) + (3) + (6) + 4 + 2 = 22

We win?

development:
The hag Aslynn is long gone, but you’ve put a stop to her foul
plots and saved hundreds of lives.
Dara and her pirate lackeys are on the run. They may be able to
evade the Thresher for a little while, but they will be brought to justice.

reward:
•Report one Phoenix success to the Overseer GM or HQ Staff;
•Each character adds 2 boons that have an adventure deck number less than or equal to his tier from the game box to the cards acquired during this scenario. Adventure Card Guild characters may choose a bonus deck upgrade. Everyone gets to pick a type or two and we can draw cards of that type from the box. Note that the "vault" still doesn't have any tier 3 cards though, so the highest we can draw is tier 2 even if you're tier 3

Tentative deck upgrades:
Swab (Ally B)
Boatswain (Ally B)
Sandara Quinn (Ally 1)

Cloth Armor (Armor B)

Blessing of Gozreh (Blessing B)
Blessing of Hshurha (Blessing 2)

Helpful Haversack (Item 1)
Eye Patch (Item B)

Rage (Spell 1)

Magic Weapon (Spell B)
Longsword (Weapon B)

I'll need:
1. boon roll
2. how you're spending/saving hero point (i think everyone is saving at this point).
3. What boon type(s) you want to draw from for your reward.
4. There may not be enough time to repeat this final scenario, do we want to try anyway?

**OVERSEER ANNOUNCEMENT**

The colossal ruby phoenix grows more resplendent and terrifying with each restored feather that soars into the sky to meet it. The magnificent bird lets out a final screech as its shroud of flames intensifies, utterly consuming it. The phoenix is gone. As ruby ashes drift towards the tapestry, the invaders, seeing the tapestry’s last defense has failed, pour through, their entire force pushing through the largest rift in a massive final attack. The entire world shudders as the rift widens.

Aram Zey steps forward to rest under the falling ashes. “Pathfinders, you fought bravely and well, and your sacrifices were not in vain.” Aram Zey pauses, and his expression turns pensive. “But, the tapestry’s tale has not yet ended. There is clearly a force at work here that is greater than we realized,” he gestures out toward the invaders, “Furthermore, we have not permanently repaired the demiplane—we have only patched the worst of the damage and prevented irreversible catastrophe. I fear that…” Aram Zey’s voice trails off for a moment, “Yes, just as I thought.”

The ruby ashes begin to glow, faint as smoldering coals at first, and then intensifying, coalescing, and swirling in beautiful patterns as they lift Aram Zey into the air. “It seems the key to defending the tapestry is allowing its guardian to be reborn. I will do whatever I can to provide the arcane energy necessary to keep the tapestry stable. In the meantime, I hope the Society will search for a more permanent solution. I refuse to believe that the knowledge of the legendary Ruby Phoenix herself has been lost to us forever.” The ashes and Zey converge on a single point, a great ruby ember in the sky. There is a spark, and then the ember explodes. A wave of fire engulfs the tapestry as the Ruby Phoenix emerges from the explosion with a triumphant, piercing cry. Aram Zey floats within its heart, his body engulfed in ruby fire. The explosion’s flames reach the invaders first, turning them to ash and cinders. The flames wash over the tapestry’s defenders without harming them. The tapestry burns—but the fires replenish it, scouring the wasteland and restoring the tapestry’s original environments. The phoenix beats its wings, sending wave after wave of fire into the Astral rift and searing the portal shut. The phoenix soars in a great arc across the sky and flies off toward the sun.

Thank you everyone for playing, this concludes the adventure! Thanks especially to the GMs, ACG box runners, and intrepid backup GMs that made this event possible.