[PACS][PBP GDVIII] BR Dinketry's Season of Rotting Ruins (Inactive)

Game Master dinketry

1.) Varril will spend a hero point on a power feat and take his role card (Incorruptible). My choice here was partly inspired by the story that we're weaving here, and was triggered by some of Skizza's prose, so thanks! I will tick the box on the power: "[X] Add 2 (☐ 4) to a check by another character at your location (☐ or your check) that invokes the Divine trait." I think this will gel nicely with the direction that Lem's character is moving.

2.) Upgrades!

Upgrade #1
Blessing 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 127
Ally 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 260
Weapon 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 98

Upgrade #2
Ally 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 13
Item 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 183
Weapon 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 278

Those are the worst d1000 rolls I've ever seen.

I admittedly don't understand precisely how upgrades are distributed when referring to separate lists.

With that said, as per BR's instructions...

Skizza's Second Deck Upgrade preferences are as follows...

Hero point: Still making my mind on which power feat and role card she picks up.

Deck upgrade

1. Item 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 697
2. Ally 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 413
3. Blessing 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 8
4. Ally 2: 1d1000 ⇒ 812
5. Item 2: 1d1000 ⇒ 745
6. Armor 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 96

Extra deck upgrade

1. Item 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 735
2. Ally 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 867
3. Blessing 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 910
4. Ally 2: 1d1000 ⇒ 610
5. Item 2: 1d1000 ⇒ 637
6. Armor 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 136

6-3B Results (so far):

Skizza: Card Feat (Armor); Weapon 3 upgrade #1; Armor 3 upgrade #2
Varian: Skill Feat (INT); Ally 3 upgrade #1; Ally 1 upgrade #2
Varril: Power Feat + Role; Blessing 3 upgrade #1; Ally 3 upgrade #2
Lem: Hero Point ???; ??? upgrade#1; ??? upgrade #2 ???
Brielle: Power Feat + Role ???, Item 3 upgrade #1; Ally #3 upgrade #2

Awaiting Lem's rolls before any of us can finalise the upgrade choices.

What's left over:

Djinn (Ally 3)
Wolverine (Ally 3)
Korvosan House Drake (Ally 2)
Naval Hero (Ally 2)
Priest of Pharasma (Ally 1)
Giant Slug (Ally 1)
Ruan Mirukova (Ally 3)
Gentleman Explorer (Ally 1)
Noble (Ally 2)
Voidglass Armor (Armor 3)
Magic Leather Armor (Armor 1)
Magic Chain Shirt (Armor 1)
Magic Full Plate (Armor 2)
The Real Rabbit Prince (HARROW MATCH!) ---> (Blessing 3)
The Rakshasa (Blessing 1)
Gorum's Iron (Blessing 1)
Liquid Courage (Item 2)
Wand of Flame (Item 2)
Belt of Physical Prowess (Item 2)
Wand of Enervation (Item 3)
Knock (Spell 1)
Locate Object (Spell 1)
Vicious Scythe (Weapon 2)
Snakebite Dagger (Weapon 1)
Sawtooth Saber (Weapon 3)
Keen Starknife (Weapon 2)
The Tall Knife (Weapon 3)

I specified only getting the Ally 1 second upgrade if I got the Item 3 as my first. I'll thus take Blessing 1: The Hidden Truth as my second blessing, replacing Sands of the Hour. And Ally 3: Acadamae Scholar replaces Card Caster.

6-3B Results (so far):

Skizza: Card Feat (Armor); Weapon 3 upgrade #1; Armor 3 upgrade #2
Varian: Skill Feat (INT); Ally 3 upgrade #1; Blessing 1 upgrade #2
Varril: Power Feat + Role; Blessing 3 upgrade #1; Ally 3 upgrade #2
Lem: Hero Point ???; ??? upgrade#1; ??? upgrade #2 ???
Brielle: Power Feat + Role ???, Item 3 upgrade #1; Ally #3 upgrade #2

Hero Point: Kneecapper role, Power Feat: When you attempt a check before you act, you may use you Melee skill instead of any listed skill.

Ally 3: replace Recruit by Valet
Item 3: replace Compass by Wayfinder

1) Lem saves his Hero Point. He now has 2 saved. He is at Tier 3.4.

2) Normal Upgrade: Spell 1
Bonus Upgrade: Ally 1

3) Loot: Lem will give up the loot card Plaguebearer's Mask, so it's available if anyone else wants it.

Lem is going to try out the new Adventure Pack option going forward. Instead of the deck combo he's been using (Bard + Ultimate Magic), he will now use Bard + Divine + Support. I'll post the specific cards that he'll be swapping out in a separate post.

Lem's upgrades:

Spell 1: Replace Fire Snake (Spell 0 from Ultimate Magic) with Holy Light (Divine).
Ally 1: Replace Burglar (Ally 0 from Bard) with Bodyguard (Divine)

In addition, swap Ultimate Magic for Divine & Support Adventurer Packs, requiring a variety of replacements:

Weapon 2: Replace Mind's Eye Blade (UM) with Deathbane Light Crossbow +1 (Bard)

Spell 1: Replace Locate Object (UM) with Fool's Gold (Support)

Spell 1: Replace Life Drain (UM) with Good Omen

Spell 2: Replace Ghost Whip (UM) with Deathgrip (Divine)

Spell 3: Replace Restorative Touch (UM) with Restorative Touch (Support)

item 0: Replace Flame Staff (UM) with Holy Water (Divine)

Item 1: Replace Binder's Tome (UM) with Sacred Candle (Divine)

Item 1: Replace Wand of Detect Magic (UM, formerly traded for Plaguebearer's Mask loot card) with Mist Horn (Support)

Ally 2: Replace Cleric of Nethys (UM) with Magistrate (Divine)

Blessing 0: Replace Pharasma (UM) with Prayer (Divine)

Blessing 0: Replace Spellbound (UM) with Sands of the Hour (Support)

Blessing 2: Replace Nethys (UM) with Urgathoa's Gluttony (Divine)

Should be quite a different Lem when next you see him! :-)

6-3B Results (final):

Skizza: Card Feat (Armor); Weapon 3 upgrade #1; Armor 3 upgrade #2
Varian: Skill Feat (INT); Ally 3 upgrade #1; Blessing 1 upgrade #2
Varril: Power Feat + Role; Blessing 3 upgrade #1; Ally 3 upgrade #2
Lem: Hero Point banked; Spell 1 upgrade #1; Ally 1 upgrade #2
Brielle: Power Feat + Role ???, Item 3 upgrade #1; Ally #3 upgrade #2

Varril will replace a BotG with the Blessing of the Eternal Rose. He will also replace his Troubadour with the Dreamstalker.

Fyi, my father is in hospice and he's taken a turn for the worse and I'll be driving back north to try to help on Tuesday. My posting is likely to be irregular for the next several days. Thanks for your understanding and please bot me as needed.

Assuming that Brielle is successful and we win (not to jinx us!), Lem is looking for a Spell 3 or Blessing 3, or if neither is available, an Ally 3. Go ahead and roll for me if needed, but Lem will defer to others as needed.

All my best goes with you, Abraham. Take good care.

6-3C Things to Do:

1.) Tell me what you want to do with your Hero Point.

2.) Roll for your potential upgrade:

Potential Upgrades:

1.) I'll use my Hero Point for a card feat, and take Item, aiming for either an Item 2 or an Item 3. If I don't get either of those, then I'll take Blessing as my card feat, hoping for a Blessing 3. And if I don't get that, then I'll use the card feat for Spell and go for a Spell 3. And if I don't get that, then weapon, etc.

2.) (in order of preference)
Item 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 943
Item 2: 1d1000 ⇒ 59
Blessing 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 340
Spell 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 466
Weapon 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 98
Armor 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 291

3.) I would be interested in either of the two loot blessings.

I'll take a card feat as well, increasing allies to 4 and picking up a lvl #-2 = 1: Eando Kline.

Upgrades:
Item 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 334: Wayfinder
Blessing 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 867: The Lady of Mysteries

Not particularly interested in the loot blessings.

Best wishes to Abraham and his family; take all of the time that you need.

6-3C: Inferno of Lies - Skizza Rewards

Tier Progression: (3.3) Skizza gains a Hero Point.
Skizza expends the Hero Point on a Skill Feat, and checks off...
Intelligence d10 ☑ +1 ☑ +2 ☐ +3 ☐ +4

Skizza still has 1 remaining Hero Point. (Apparently I'd never updated my Deck Handler with the 1 Hero Point I'd saved in 6-2D, despite correctly reporting my Hero Point counts in Discussion. I'd certainly never used it, so that's been corrected.)

Scenario Reward: Lady of Valor is... fine, but both are rather worse than my Blessings of Alkenstar. I might take one over another blessing of mine in very specific scenarios (like with difficult barrier story banes, where the +2d8 could be invaluable), but on the whole I'm not really interested.

Skizza's Deck Upgrade preferences are as follows...

I am assuming that Lem will wait tiering up to Tier 4 and will bank his Hero Point. I'm automating his rolls per his requests above.

Lem's upgrade preferences:
Spell 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 16
Blessing 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 143
Ally 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 823

6-3C Results (so far):

Skizza: Skill Feat (INT); Blessing 3 upgrade
Varian: Card Feat (Ally); Blessing 3 upgrade
Varril: Card Feat (Item); Item 3 upgrade
Lem: Hero Point banked; Spell 3 upgrade
Brielle: ???

Arrived at my parents after a very long day of driving (13 hours). Dad is very weak. Glad I can see him again before the end.

Nice job with the victory, everyone. For future reference, Lem is not proficient with weapons, so Brielle couldn't have used Deathbane Crossbow for support, though it didn't matter in this case.

Yep, Lem will bank his hero point (bringing him to 3 saved, and tier 3.5). For the spell 3 upgrade he'll replace Fool's Gold with Divine Fortune.

Not interested in the loot.

Please continue to bot me as needed. I may have time to check in or I may not, hard to say right now.

I processed these too late last night without considering the rest of my deck.

I'd like to take Spells as my feat, bringing them up to 7.

I'd also like to have a spell 3 upgrade (Chain Lightning from Arcane AP) instead of a blessing 3. I believe there is still one available.

6-3C Results (so far):

Skizza: Skill Feat (INT); Blessing 3 upgrade
Varian: Card Feat (Spell); Spell 3 upgrade
Varril: Card Feat (Item); Item 3 upgrade
Lem: Hero Point banked; Spell 3 upgrade
Brielle: ???

For the deck upgrade, Brielle will go with a blessing 3 (blessing of gorum I think).

For the hero point, card feat: item.

Getting a spare moment. Will go ahead and draw my starting hand for the next scenario. Go ahead and bot me as needed as we go along, as I expect that it will be very unpredictable when I'll have free time.

6-3C Results (final):

Skizza: Skill Feat (INT); Blessing 3 upgrade
Varian: Card Feat (Spell); Spell 3 upgrade
Varril: Card Feat (Item); Item 3 upgrade
Lem: Hero Point banked; Spell 3 upgrade
Brielle: Card Feat (Item); Blessing 3 upgrade

Getting a spare moment to check in. In the days ahead, I may be able to take my turns, but don't hesitate to bot me if it seems like the game is going to get slowed down - the situation here is unpredictable, though it seems likely that my dad will pass sometime in the next week, or less.

A strategy suggestion for Lem-botting: Harrow of Stars creates a significant risk that Restorative Touch will get recharged. Since this is the linchpin of Lem's ability to heal repeatedly, my suggestion would be for him to play it as soon as he gets it in his hand. As long as he has sufficient spells in hand to keep discarding to draw it, that means twice every cycle of turns (because he can draw it from discards at the start of his turn, and again at the end of his turn (after hand reset)). Let me know if this doesn't make sense but basically doing this, while it may mean sometimes giving up the chance of healing the optimum person in the optimum circumstance, greatly increases the chances of just keeping the whole healing pipeline going.

Brielle blessing 3 upgrade: Blessing of Norgorber from Ultimate Equipment.

Brielle Item card feat: Board Game from Ultimate Equipment. The card’s power might be useful at some point and it can always be used for Brielle’s combat checks.

Varril grabbed the Manual of War as his new item card (slot).

6-3D Things to Do:

1.) Tell me what you want to do with your Hero Point.

2.) Tell me if you decide to Tier Up.

3.) Decide what Supporter Feat to take.

4.) Choose the feat type for which you want an increased capacity.

5.) Roll for your potential upgrade:

Potential Upgrades:

1.) Varril will save his Hero Point.

2.) Varril will Tier Up to Tier 4.

3.) Varril will take Jayna Lemore for his Supporter Feat.

4.) Varril will increase his Power Feats to Tier +1.

5.) Upgrades!
Blessing 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 742
Spell 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 424
Armor 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 378

6.) I'm a fan of Lady of Valor.

7.) Boon-y Tunes?: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Tier up to 4.

Will use Adventure reward to increase Power Feat max to #+1, then take the power feat letting me draw and recharge # cards at the start of each turn.

Also take Jayna's supporter feat.

Upgrades!
Spell 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 311 Swipe
Blessing 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 936 The All-Seeing Eye
Possibly a lower tier spell or item if the above don't work out.

I'm interested in Pharasma's Knowing loot.

Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 5

Eh...yeah, I think I like Varian's strategy of actually using the increase in my Power feats NOW. I'm going to amend my Hero Point usage and take:

[X] Add 2 (☐ 4) to a check by another character at your location ([X] or your check) that invokes the Divine trait.

*YAY*

1.) Tell me what you want to do with your Hero Point.
If I'm allowed to, spend it on a Power Feat: increase hand size to 8.

2.) Tell me if you decide to Tier Up.
Lem now has 6 xp so he has to tier up to 4.0.

3.) Decide what Supporter Feat to take.
Which is the one that let's you choose different types of armor? Lem could use some armor so he'll take that one. Ketrik, maybe? Edit: confirmed, I'll check the box on Ketrik.

4.) Choose the feat type for which you want an increased capacity.
Power Feat

5.) Roll for your potential upgrade:

First choice: Ally 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 794 Replace Magistrate with Djinn
Second choice: Blessing 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 816 Replace Sands of the Hour with The Healing Light
Third choice: Blessing 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 731 Replace Sands of the Hour with TBD

6.) Decide upon any loot.
Lem already has Urgathoa's Gluttony but if no one else wants it he'll trade one of his Blessing 0 cards (Sands of the Hour or Prayer) for it.

7.) Roll for your potential convention boon!
boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 15

8.) Prep for Tier 4!
What could possibly go wrong?

1.) Hero Point: use it on a feat if it is possible to benefit from the adventure reward right away. I need to think more about it for now.

2.) Brielle will Tier Up to Tier 4.

3.) Supporter Feat: Jayna Lemore

4.) Increase his Power Feats to Tier +1.

5.) Upgrades:
It will be among Blessing 3, Ally 3, and Item 2. I’m thinking of taking the later as the first choice.

6.) Loot: none

7.) Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 19

6-3D Results (so far):

Skizza: Hero Point ???; Bonus Feat ???; Tier Up ???; Supporter Feat ???; ??? Upgrade
Varian: Power Feat; Bonus Feat (Power); Tier UP!; Supporter - Jayna; Spell 3 upgrade
Varril: Power Feat; Bonus Feat (Power); Tier UP!; Supporter - Jayna; Blessing 3 upgrade
Lem: Power Feat; Bonus Feat (Power); Tier UP!; Supporter - Ketrik; Ally 3 upgrade
Brielle: Hero Point ???; Bonus Feat (Power); Tier UP!; Supporter - Jayna; Blessing 3 upgrade

6-3D: Master of Risen Flesh - Skizza Rewards

6-3D Boon Roll: 1d20 ⇒ 14 -> No reward.

Scenario Reward: I quite like the Pharasma's Knowing blessing, and will take it if it's free; but I expect other people (like Varian) can make better use of it than Skizza. I may take Urgotha's Gluttony for certain scenarios (if they're heavily Undead themed and nobody else takes it).

By default, I won't lay claim to either, to clarify.

Adventure Reward: Skizza will check off the Supporter Feat of Boors...
X You may bury to draw a new Melee weapon and a new Ranged weapon, then banish 1 of them.

I didn't expect the generous feat increase, but I will absolutely increase my Power Feat limit to Tier+1, as is usually the right choice to do.

Tier Progression: (3.4) Skizza gains a Hero Point.
Skizza expends the Hero Point on a Power Feat, and checks off...
[X] When you attempt a check to acquire a weapon or an item, you may use your Craft skill instead of any listed skill. ([ ] If you acquire the card, you may banish it to explore your location.)

Skizza still has 1 remaining Hero Point.
Skizza Tiers Up to Tier 4.

Skizza's Deck Upgrade preferences are as follows...

6-3D Results (so far):

Skizza: Power Feat; Bonus Feat (Power); Tier UP!; Supporter - Boors; Blessing 3 Upgrade
Varian: Power Feat; Bonus Feat (Power); Tier UP!; Supporter - Jayna; Spell 3 upgrade
Varril: Power Feat; Bonus Feat (Power); Tier UP!; Supporter - Pathfinder Bodyguard; Blessing 3 upgrade
Lem: Power Feat; Bonus Feat (Power); Tier UP!; Supporter - Ketrik; Ally 3 upgrade
Brielle: Hero Point ???; Bonus Feat (Power); Tier UP!; Supporter - Jayna; Blessing 3 upgrade

Everyone can get their first choice of upgrade! If Brielle wants an Item 2 instead of Blessing 3, that's fine. If Brielle wants the Ally 3, then she'll need to roll off with Lem for it.

Just awaiting Brielle's choice.

Lem will take the loot card Urgathoa's Gluttony (trading Sands of the Hour for it) but is happy to give it up in the future if anyone else wants it.

I don’t think anyone listed Item 2 and that is my first choice for Brielle.

For the power:

You may bury a card from your hand to add 1d12 ☑ +1 ☐ +2 to your Strength or Charisma check. If you succeed at the check, you may recharge that card instead.

6-3D Results (final):

Skizza: Power Feat; Bonus Feat (Power); Tier UP!; Supporter - Boors; Blessing 3 Upgrade
Varian: Power Feat; Bonus Feat (Power); Tier UP!; Supporter - Jayna; Spell 3 upgrade
Varril: Power Feat; Bonus Feat (Power); Tier UP!; Supporter - Pathfinder Bodyguard; Blessing 3 upgrade
Lem: Power Feat; Bonus Feat (Power); Tier UP!; Supporter - Ketrik; Ally 3 upgrade
Brielle: Power Feat; Bonus Feat (Power); Tier UP!; Supporter - Jayna; Item 2 upgrade

Swipe replaces Life Drain.

Blessing of the Lady of Graves replaces BotG.

How good is that scenario reward, amiright?

6-4A Things to Do:

1.) Tell me what you want to do with your Hero Point.

2.) Roll for your upgrade.

Potential Upgrades:

1.) I'm spending that Hero Point on the Power Feat: "[X] Add 2 ([X] 4) to a check by another character at your location ([X] or your check) that invokes the Divine trait. Awwwwwwww yih.

2.) Upgrade Wants:

Spell 4: 1d1000 ⇒ 816
Ally 4: 1d1000 ⇒ 988
Blessing 4: 1d1000 ⇒ 164
Item 4: 1d1000 ⇒ 777

3.) I'll continue to use the Lady of Valor unless something else drops in my lap.

4.) Boon goes the dynamite!: 1d20 ⇒ 15

1. Hero Point: spend on Skill Feat: +1 CHA (bringing Lem to CHA +4).

2. Upgrades, in descending order of preference:

Spell 4: 1d1000 ⇒ 942 Swap out Good Omen for Holy Feast

Ally 4: 1d1000 ⇒ 566 Swap out Bodyguard for either Yap or Wayfarer

Item 4: 1d1000 ⇒ 472 Swap out Holy Water for Headband of Alluring Charisma

3. Continue to use Soothing Word (loot, from a boon) instead of Troubadour; Continue to use Urgathoa's Gluttony (loot), swapped for Sands of the Hour.

4. boon time!: 1d20 ⇒ 4

6-4A - Skizza Rewards

4A Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 10 -> Nope.

Scenario Reward: That is a seriously good scenario reward! I'll mark it in my Deck Handler's powers soon so I don't forget it.

I doubt the 'shuffle your deck' will get used much - if you wanted that, you could just choose to Heal with the Base anyway - but being able to move from the Base mid-turn is huge!

Tier Progression: (4.1) Skizza gains a Hero Point.
Skizza expends the Hero Point on a Skill Feat, and checks off...
Intelligence d10 ☑ +1 ☑ +2 ☑ +3 ☐ +4

Skizza still has 1 remaining Hero Point.

Skizza's Deck Upgrade preferences are as follows...

Spend hero point on power feat, maxing out my urban support's effectiveness:

On a local check at an Urban location, you may recharge a card to add 1d4 ([x] + 1). ([x] If it is an Arcane card, add its level and you may add each of its traits.)

Upgrades
Item 4: 1d1000 ⇒ 343 Crystal Ball
Ally 4: 1d1000 ⇒ 983 Elyana
Spell 4: 1d1000 ⇒ 266 Ice Storm
Item 2: 1d1000 ⇒ 758 Wayfinder

As this was such a good haul, I may use my Treasure Hunter boon. Will wait to see how rewards pan out.

Loot: Pharasma's knowing continues to replace Blessing of Gozreh.

Boon!: 1d20 ⇒ 7

6-4A Results (so far):

Skizza: Skill Feat; Ally 4 upgrade
Varian: Power Feat; Item 4 upgrade
Varril: Power Feat; Ally 4 upgrade
Lem: Skill Feat; Spell 4 upgrade
Brielle: ??? Hero Point usage; ??? upgrade

Awaiting Brielle...

6-4A

1. Hero Point: Card Feat: Armor

2. Upgrade: Item 4 (no need to roll as there is a second item 4, and others upgrade is chosen already) Star Candles

4. Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 3

6-4A Results (final?):

Skizza: Skill Feat (INT); Ally 4 upgrade
Varian: Power Feat; Item 4 upgrade
Varril: Power Feat; Ally 4 upgrade
Lem: Skill Feat (CHA); Spell 4 upgrade
Brielle: Card Feat (armor); Item 4 upgrade

I understand that Varian might take a bonus upgrade. Go for it!