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

Game Master dinketry

Loot: Lem's not interested in the new loot cards.

Adventure Reward: Lem uses the Adventure Reward to increase his Skill Feat maximum to Tier +1 (all three of his feat types now have a max of tier +1). He spends the hero point from the Adventure Reward on Skill Feat: Dex (which is now at Dex +1).

Character Advancement: Lem saves the other received hero point; he now has 3 hero points in the bank. The experience point gained brings him to Tier 5, 4 xp. He trades in his 4 xp to tier up to tier 6.

Card upgrades:
Spell 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 785 Add Wall of Light, replacing Lightning Bolt
Blessing 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 819

1.) Varril is going to save his new Hero Point.

2.) Varril is going to increase his Skill feats to Tier +1, but he's going to save his bonus Hero Point as well.

3.) Varril will Tier up to Tier 6.

4.) Upgrade preferences:
Blessing 5: 1d1000 ⇒ 73
Spell 5: 1d1000 ⇒ 253
Item 5: 1d1000 ⇒ 142
Weapon 5: 1d1000 ⇒ 272

5.) Varril will stop using Iomedae's Justice if he gets the blessing he wants. He would be interested in Darb Tuttle only to make sure that someone uses him for his closure power. He'd like to continue to use Lady of Valor.

6-5D: An Unwelcome Reunion - Skizza Rewards

Scenario Reward: No interest in either loot; my ally slots are required for my plants synergy!

Adventure Reward: Skizza increases his Card Feat cap to Tier+1 and gains a Hero Point.
Skizza expends the Hero Point on his newly-available Card Feat, and checks off...
Blessing 4 [X] 5 [ ] 6
To fill the new slot, Skizza adds in Blessing of Horus (Ultimate Wilderness, Blessing 3).

All three feat types are now capped at Tier+1 (which, unless overruled by something later, is the absolute limit).
Also, I think I may have missed some of my earlier earned Hero Points, if each of these Adventure Rewards came with a bonus hero point and I'd missed that every time until now. Oh well, not a big deal.

Tier Progression: (5.5) Skizza gains a Hero Point.
All of his feats are capped for now, but he expends all of his XP to Tier Up to Tier 6.

Skizza has 2 remaining Hero Points.

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

@Skizza, unless I've missed it, I think this is the first time we've gotten a bonus hero point.

6-5D Results (so far):

6-5D: An Unwelcome Reunion

1.) Save Hero Point. It’s been a while since I’ve got one.

2.) Use bonus feat on skill and bonus Hero Point goes into Strength +1

3.) Tiering up.

4.) Roll for your upgrades

Blessing 5: 1d1000 ⇒ 673

5.) Loot:

Could use Kavazon’s shield, would replace Ebon Thorn with it.
Could use the ally if no one wants it.

6.) Bask in glory for a bit.

1.) Save Hero Point. Up to 3

2.) Use bonus feat on skill, taking Dex +1

3.) Tiering up to 6

4.) Upgrades

Spell 5: 1d1000 ⇒ 283 Safety Bubble

5.) Loot: Definitely Pharasma's Knowing and Sadomasochism.
Lem can take the Steal Soul if he still wants it. Zellara isn't super great for me since I don't have many harrow cards.

6.) Basked

6-5D Results (so far):

Skizza: Banked Hero Point; Blessing 5 upgrade; bonus Card Feat (blessing); new Card Feat slot
Varian: Banked Hero Point; Spell 5 upgrade; bonus Skill Feat (DEX); new Skill Feat slot
Varril: Hero Point banked; Spell 5 upgrade; bonus Hero Point banked; new Skill Feat slot
Lem: Banked Hero Point; Spell 3 upgrade; bonus Skill Feat (DEX); new Skill Feat slot
Brielle: Banked Hero Point; Blessing 5 upgrade; bonus Skill Feat (STR); new Skill Feat slot

Varril will keep Iomedae's Justice and Lady of Valor since he lost out on the Blessing 5 upgrade.

He will replace Detect Thoughts with Righteousness.

He'd like to make sure that Darb Tuttle gets taken, but he's a bit hesitant to release any of his current allies.

Lem will take Darb Tuttle for loot (swapping out Pyromaniac Mage) and will take Steal Soul (loot), swapping out Deathgrip.

In addition, Lem will take Soothing Word (as usual) from the Dragon's Demand reward but instead of swapping Djinn for it, he'll swap Spyglass (not too useful given the scenario rule re examinations). He'll also continue to take Urgathoa's Gluttony, swapping Sands of the Hour for it.

Blessing 5 deck upgrade: replace Blessing of the Quartermaster by Blessing of Yaezhing.

Is someone interested in the loot Achaekek's Claws?

Varril would swap out Iomedae’s Justice for Achaekek’s Claws if given the chance.

Upgrade Harrowing into Safety Bubble.

For loot, take Pharasma's Knowing, Sadomasochism, and Zellara, swapping out Gozreh, Death's Touch, and Nightspear respectively.

I forgot to ask everyone to roll for a convention boon! Skizza is the 1st d20.

Boon Town: 5d20 ⇒ (11, 18, 20, 12, 17) = 78 Oh my! Population: ME!

I forgot to ask everyone to roll for a convention boon! Skizza is the 1st d20.

[dice=Boon Town]5d20 Oh my! Population: ME!

Oops. Looks like I did this already back on October 1st. No boons. *sad trombone*

Things to Do 6-6A:

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

2.) Roll for your upgrade.

Potential Upgrades:

1.) Varril will spend his hero point on the following Power Feat:

"After you defeat a bane on your turn, you may discard a card to explore your location. ([X] If the discarded card is a blessing, you may recharge it instead.)"

2.) Varril would like one of the following boon upgrades:

Armor 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 770
Spell 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 555
Item 5: 1d1000 ⇒ 189
Weapon 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 728

3.) Boons for BRs?: 1d20 ⇒ 13

4.) Varril has no interest in the new loot, but he'd like to continue to use Achaekek's Claws and Lady of Valor.

5.) Woot.

6-6A

1.) Hero Point: spend it on Skill feat, increasing charisma from +2 to +3

2.) Deck upgrades:

1. Weapon 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 995 To improve Improvised Club to Improvised Boulder. I could pass on that if someone really wanted a weapon 6 upgrade.
2. Armor 6: 1 = 1 Just to increase the one in the character’s deck, because available loot is better than those.

3.) Roll for your convention boon: Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 13

4.) That Hellknight Plate seems even better than the Demon Armor I planned to get. There’s also the Angel armor and the shield and Brielle only has 2 armor cards for now.

1.) Hero Point: spend it on Power feat (#7). Lem-aid now adds 1d4+3. (Lem has 3 hero points still in the bank).

2.) Deck upgrade:

Spell 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 539
Weapon 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 632
Blessing 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 53

3.) convention boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 20 !!!

4.) Loot: same as last scenario:
* Soothing Word (Dragon's Demand reward), replacing Spyglass
* Urgathoa's Gluttony (2), replacing Sands of the Hour.
* Darb Tuttle (unless someone else wants it), replacing Pyromaniac Mage.
* Steal Soul (2) (unless someone else wants it), replacing Deathgrip.

5.) Prep for the next scenario: unless anyone objects, Lem would like to draw Aviva again. Having another spell is super helpful for Lem.

1st xp at tier 6. Take Power Feat, maxing hand size at a ridiculous 9 cards.

Upgrades:
Spell 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 248 Dominate
Item 5: 1d1000 ⇒ 378 Ring of Regeneration

Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 5

Still taking Sadomasochism, Zellara, and Pharasma's Knowing for loot. Will take Steal Soul if Lem doesn't want it.

Lem will give up the Steal Soul loot card to Varian (he still has his own one in his deck). That puts Deathgrip back in his deck, which - presuming that Lem gets the Spell 6 upgrade - he will upgrade to Dominate.

6-6A - Skizza Rewards

Scenario Reward: Despite not being proficient, a displayable armor that you can draw to reduce any damage by 2 is sweet! Especially given that Skizza has a literal tendency to burn himself.

I'll happily take the armor if Brielle doesn't (or, alternatively, I'll take Angelic Armor if that's left unused). If Brielle wants both, I encourage her to use both, however - they're objectively the best in her hands, and my two armors are both adequate.

Tier Progression: (6.1) Skizza gains a Hero Point.
Skizza expends the Hero Point on a Skill Feat, and checks off...
Dexterity d10 ☑ +1 ☑ +2 ☑ +3 ☐ +4

Skizza still has 2 remaining Hero Points.

Boon Roll: 1d20 ⇒ 1

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

6-6A Results (final?):

Skizza: Skill Feat (DEX); Armor 6 upgrade
Varian: Power Feat; Item 5 upgrade
Varril: Power Feat; Armor 6 upgrade
Lem: Power Feat; Spell 6 upgrade; Convention Boon!
Brielle: Skill Feat (CHA); Weapon 6 upgrade

All good?

No objections. Ring of Regeneration replaces Wand of Enervation (I don't think this ever got used).

Things to Do: 6-6B

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

2.) Choose your Supporter Feat.

3.) Roll for your potential upgrade.

Potential Upgrades:

1.) I'll be taking a Card Feat, but it depends on what I get from the upgrade lottery.

2.) Supporter Feat: Aviva Racovick

3.) Upgrades
Ally 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 114
Weapon 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 754
Item 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 682
Spell 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 934

4.) I'd like to continue to use Lady of Valor. If it's available, I'd love to use Achaekek's Claws, but if Brielle's using it, then I'll use Iomedae's Justice.

1) Hero Point: Card Feat (Ally). Lem spent 1 hero point during the last scenario so he now has 2 hero points and 2 xp at tier 6.

Use the new Card Feat (Ally) to add Old Salt to my deck.

2) Supporter Feat: Boors

3) Upgrade:
Item 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 308 Replace Spyglass with Sihedron Ring
Weapon 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 674
Spell 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 682

4) Loot: same as before -
* swap Sands of the Hour for Urgathoa's Gluttony 2
* swap Pyromaniac Mage for Darb Tuttle
* swap X for Soothing Word (if I get the Item 6 upgrade, I'll no longer have Spyglass, in which case I'll swap Djinn for Soothing Word)

5) Next scenario: if Aviva is part of the next scenario, I'd like to draw her again (and immediately exchange her for an Arcane spell) unless someone objects.

We have come to a crossroads....

If the majority of players wish to parley with the Red Mantis assassins, play scenario 6-6C1: An Unlikely Alliance. If the party would rather fight them, instead play scenario 6-6C2: Backstabbed.

Please vote for your choice as Thing to Do #6.

Varril would parley with the Red Mantis assassins.

1. Spend HP on Skill pt, taking Str +1

2. Supporter Feat: Aviva.

3. Upgrades:
Item 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 142: Shining Wayfinder From finishing season 4
Spell 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 7: Dominate

4. Pass on new loot. Still taking Pharasma's Knowing, Zellara, and Sadomasochism

6. No strong preference, slight preference for fighting.

6. No strong preference either but slight preference for parley.

Btw, Steal Soul was still listed in the loot tracker for Lem but he has his own copy now. I think someone else was taking it but I can't remember who. Anyway, Lem isn't taking it so it might be available.

I'd pick up Steal Soul, but only if nobody else will. Display for-a-full-scenario spells aren't quite as useful for Varian as they would be for others. Literally anybody makes good use of this though, even non-casters.

6-6B - Skizza Rewards

Scenario Reward: Supporter Feat; Skizza checks off the feat on Jayna Lemore. I've added my Supporter Feat to the spreadsheet.

Tier Progression: (6.2) Skizza gains a Hero Point.
Skizza expends the Hero Point on a Power Feat, and checks off...
[X] You may recharge a card that has the Alchemical or Firearm trait to evade your encounter.

It was hard to pick what to take for my final power feat. Slightly increasing my post-roll combat bonus, allowing my post-roll combat bonus to let me evade non-Mental-Immune enemies if I still fail, or just giving me a regular evasion option all are viable in different ways... but this might be the most gamechanging option, I feel. If I had this power when we were all summoning those Vampires, for example.

Plus, we're mostly going to fight Mental-Immune enemies in this Undead-themed AP anyway.

Skizza still has 2 remaining Hero Points.

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

6-6A Results (so far):

Skizza: Power Feat; Weapon 6 upgrade; PARLEY
Varian: Skill Feat (STR); Item 6 upgrade; soft FIGHT
Varril: Card Feat (???); Ally 6 upgrade; soft PARLEY
Lem: Card Feat; Item 6 upgrade; PARLEY
Brielle: ??? Hero Point; ??? upgrade; ??? Red Mantis preference

6-6B

1. Use hero point, use it on card feat: blessing (going from 4 to 5)

2. Do we want Aviva Racovick’s supporter feat? I see no one took it, I guess our Arcane casters probably care more about his ability to draw a spell.

3. Upgrades:

- 1. Item 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 516
- 2. Ally 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 377
- 3. Blessing 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 89
- 4. Armor 6: 1d1000 ⇒ 153

4. Leave Achaekek's Claws to Varril (did not forget, and removed it from Brielle’s deck). Keep using Hellknight Plate, Ukwar Axe, Kazavon's Shield.

5. Brielle wants to fight! Mainly because most of those assassins are humans, and she’s often angry at people. As we are going parley, she will probably shout at them instead.

For 2, after discussion, Brielle will take Aviva Racovick’s supporter feat.

Brielle, I think you missed that Varril was taking Aviva Racovick's supporter feat. It's great that you're taking it as well!

6-6B Results (final?):

Skizza: Power Feat; Weapon 6 upgrade; PARLEY
Varian: Skill Feat (STR); Spell 6 upgrade; soft FIGHT
Varril: Card Feat (Ally); Ally 6 upgrade; soft PARLEY
Lem: Card Feat; Item 6 upgrade; PARLEY
Brielle: Card Feat (Blessing); Item 6 upgrade; FIGHT

It appears that we are 2.5 votes for Parley and 1.5 votes for Fight. We will Parley with the Red Mantis representatives.

Just curious....does anyone want Ashbringer?

It seems like a nicely-powerful piece of loot.

Varril will add an Ally slot and fill it with Echo of Lost Divinity. He will continue to use Lady of Valor and replace Iomedae's Justice with Achaekek's Claws (thanks Brielle!).

6-6B Results (final?):

Skizza: Power Feat; Weapon 6 upgrade; PARLEY
Varian: Skill Feat (STR); Spell 6 upgrade; soft FIGHT
Varril: Card Feat (Ally); Ally 6 upgrade; soft PARLEY
Lem: Card Feat; Item 6 upgrade; PARLEY
Brielle: Card Feat (Blessing); Item 6 upgrade; FIGHT

It appears that we are 2.5 votes for Parley and 1.5 votes for Fight. We will Parley with the Red Mantis representatives.

Since an Item 6 was unclaimed (there were 2, to my count); Skizza will check off a use of his Treasure Hunter Boon to gain an extra Deck Upgrade, and take an Item 6 in addition to a Weapon 6.

For reference, back in 6-2C was the last time I used a Treasure Hunter boon (by my count), which was the 3rd use of my (3-use) Treasure Hunter Boon I was awarded for being a BR during Retrocon. This use, meanwhile, represents the 1st use of my Treasure Hunter boon that I was awarded during PACG Gameday VII for being a BR.

I still have 3 more untouched Treasure Hunter Boons, or a total of 11 more individual uses.

Skizza, I think both of the Item 6 upgrades were claimed (one by Lem and one by Brielle).

Dominate replaces Death's Touch. Still taking same loot (Pharasma's Knowing, Sadomasochism, Zellara)

For the item 6, Brielle replaces Gem of Mental Acuity by Scarab of Ptah.

For the new Blessing slot, Blessing of Gorum (the level 3 one) from Barbarian deck.

Things to do 6-6C1:

1.) Draw a blessing from the vault and add it to our list of potential upgrades. (Of note, the Harrow for this scenario was Books.)

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

3.) Consider the following meagre list.
Potential Upgrades:

1.) Rando blessing - Lamashtu's Madness (Blessing 2) *FART SOUND*

2.) Varril will save his Hero Point.

3.) I'll wait to see what comes of the blessing draws.

4.) I'd like to continue to use Lady of Valor and Achaekek's Claws, if that's ok. I might claim the Staff of Greater Necromancy if no one else really wants it.

1. Draw a blessing to add to the upgrade pool (@Dinketry, do you want to do this for us or should we do it ourselves?).

2. Spend Hero Point on Skill Feat (#7) to increase Dex by +1 (Dex is now D8+2). Lem now has 3 xp at Tier 6 and a balance of 2 hero points remaining.

3. Upgrades (including a bonus upgrade) - Lem is interested in a Blessing 3 upgrade AND a Blessing 1 upgrade and not really anything else. (If no Blessing 3 is available then he is interested in two Blessing 1 upgrades, replacing Healing Light below with something else).

Blessing 3: 1d1000 ⇒ 410 Replace Prayer with the Healing Light.
Blessing 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 785 Replace Sands of the Hour with The Dance

4. Loot: Lem would like to continue using the same loot as before (Soothing Word from Dragon's Demand, Darb Tuttle, and - possibly - Urgathoa's Gluttony). If he receives two Blessing upgrades then he will no longer want to take Urgathoa's Gluttony, so that would be available if anyone else wants it. In addition, Lem is very interested in taking the Staff of Greater Necromancy. If he gets it, he'll swap out Holy Water for it. In case anyone else also wants it:
Staff of Greater Necromancy: 1d1000 ⇒ 939

5. Is this the last scenario?

Go ahead and grab it yourself, Lem. I can’t deal with that pressure. Lol.

And no, it’s not.

Ok, but grab it from where? The random cards in the last update?

Sure.