[PACS][Gameday IX] AAUGHWHY's Season of Factions' Favor

Game Master AAUGHWHY

Hi everyone!

Please dot into the gameplay thread and feel free to discuss characters. Factions' Favor uses Mummy's Mask, so you may want to keep Triggers and the Scourge Table in mind.

Once you've decided, please register the character on the orgplayonline database and post the following information:

Character
Character PFS # I know these are on the signup sheet already, but we'll need it if we continue after the gameday
Timezone/Usual posting time

If there isn't any strategic reason to use a particular order, we can use posting time to set up the initial turn order.

I'll set up a Discord server for all the games I'm running during the Gameday and post again when that's ready.

Discord server is active; click the link to join it. Once you join I'll add you to the appropriate table and give you relevant permissions.

Hopefully you are unable to see the tables that are not relevant to you. If that is not the case, let me know and I'll try to fix it.

Hey everyone,

One of the other BRs just announced they configured their Discord server to make it easy to handle multiple BRs. So in the interest of reducing the number of servers, we will likely just use that.

Hold off on joining my Server using the link above. I'll post more info once I have it.

Please disregard the discord link above. I'll be deleting that server so it won't work.

Instead, please join Skizzerz's PACG PbP Discord Server

Once you're there, start a DM with the BRBot and copy/paste this into your DM: !join 532292241537105940 xtMH1i3wAe

That should automatically add you to the relevant channel. Let me know if you have any issues. Thanks!

Hi,

Kulko Logging in. This is my first precore PACG Season apart from having played the app, so I hope I dont Mess things up too much.

my IOdea is to play Drelm from The Mummys Mask Character Add-On together with the Ultimate magic Add on.

Hope I have understood correctly whats legal, so far I only played Adventurers Packs with core.

I am currently on holiday, but will return on 30th of august to setzup my character.

Suggestions of better choices fpor characters or decks are highly welcome, but currently I only own all of the Ultimate XXX decks and one POccult Adventures deck apatrt from the base set.

Hello there...I am looking to play one of the summoners with Adventurer packs and at the moment considering either Zetha or Alase.

Well zetha seems to be fun, but I have two games with him running already so a bit of variety would be welcome.

Here the missing infos and my alias. Deckhandler still in creation.

Character: Drelm
Character: PFS # 2386250-1003
Timezone/Usual posting time: Central European time 8 am and early evening

Well zetha seems to be fun, but I have two games with him running already so a bit of variety would be welcome.

All good; I decided to go with Alase even before seeing this likely for the same reason.

Dotting in with Ahmotep

Character: Ahmotep
Character PFS # 215382-1011
Timezone/Usual posting time: PST, mornings/evenings

Merisiel (Rise of the Rune Lords)
283767-1027
Using Rogue Class Deck with Finesse & Ranged packs
Timezone: EST (Normal posting times = Morning)

Excuse me! How do I get set up? Also:
Ukuja (Hunter deck)
Character: #2374381-1002
Using the Hunter Deck
Timezone: PST (midday posts)

Alase - 4-1A: Amid the Yellow City (Take 1)

Rewards - None - Did not Succeed

Tier/XP 1.0->1.1
Hero Points (Prior + Gained - Used = Current)
0 + 0 - 0 = 0

Will adjust if needed
Deck Upgrades
Binder's Tome (Item 1)
Banished Cards: None
Holes Filled: None
Removed: Spellbook

Planned Loot for next scenario: None

Drelm
Deck Upgrade:
Item B (Pearl of Wisdom swapped in for Token of rememberance)

Ahmotep will take the Item 1 upgrade (if no one minds): Grounding Staff -> Anubis Staff

Merisiel
Scenario
- 4-1A: Amid the Yellow City

Scenario Reward
-Failed. No reward

Adventure Reward
NA

Tier 1.0
- Hero point = No gained

Card Upgrade
Ally B: 1d1000 ⇒ 292
= Old Salt in, Spider Slot

Banished Cards
-

Loot
-

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K35dvbCewSduFVZQROhiUr8AjhxgYptURIr 6xiKHYAc/edit#gid=1691583861

Here's my Deck Handler.

The best way to handle this usually:

Gi under Account Settings --> Messageboard Alias
Create an Alias named "Ukuja (Gothic Artificer)" and choose a matching picture.
Open the alias and click on Profile
Create a new profile.
In the Line Gender enter {url=TheLink}Deckhandler{/url}
In the Line Classes/Levels enter | {url=https://pacg.fandom.com/wiki/Ukuja}Ukuja {/url} | Hunter class deck

Save and use this alias to do all your posts in this campaign. That way the Links will be there whenever you take a turn like you see with alase or Drelm.

IMportant: Whenever I used {} in the examples above please use [] instead. I needed to replace this with something else, otherwise you would not be able to see it.

Also I could not open the link you posted. Did you share it as viewable for everybody?

As promised some annotations to help you better understand things.

[color=red]Red are things that should have happened here [/color]
are explanations for this

Out of Turn Updates: None

Turn - Hour: XXX - YYY [color=red]Turn 5 - Blessing of Bastet[/color] In the scenario Update is a section Hourglass Here you can look up the spoiler with your turn and see the corresponding blessing which is your Hour. There might be a favour there instead in which case read it carefully and ask if you have questions
Hour Rules: None This will likely be none most of the time is this adventure but there are a few exceptions. read the Hour blessing carefully
SOT: None
Give Card: None
Move: Stay at Location
Location Powers: None [color=red]Recharge an ally, or you may not move.[/color] its written under "At this location" in the scenario post

Explore: Lurking Spy
None
Henchman 1
Type: Monster
Traits:
Human
Spy
Trigger
Veteran
To Defeat:
Combat 11
OR Stealth
Perception 8
The difficulty of the combat check to defeat is increased by twice the scenario’s adventure deck number. The difficulty of the Stealth or Perception check to defeat is increased by the scenario’s adventure deck number.
When you examine this card, encounter it and ignore its before you act power.
Before you act, suffer the scourge Curse of Poisoning.

[color=red]BYA Ukuja suffers the Scourge of Poisoning[/color] Also mark this in your deckhandler, as it will have a lasting effect until healed.

Ukuja Banishes the Javelin to add 4d6 to ranged combat check. I think Banish was overkill. Banish means you lose it completely so you should only do this in the worst cases, or with things yu only need temporarily. OTOH Bury is not much better as you still lose it for the scenario. In general I use anydice,com to guess dice rolling chance or calculate like this: 1d10+2 + 2d6= 10/2+2+2*6/2=13 > 11 so I probaly have already a 65% chance at least.
Now that you have banished the javellin you need to gte a new weapon after the scenario, but that can be aanother Javellin. But be careful with higher level items which are not as easily replaced.

Ukuja Range attacks Lurking Spy:

Ranged: 1d10 + 2 + 4d6 ⇒ (2) + 2 + (6, 1, 5, 3) = 19 [color=red]Defeated by 7 or more [/color]
the more than 7 thing is a special condition which can be found under During This Adventure or During This Scenario.
[color=red]Shuffle a random Monster (Geniekin) in my location deck[/color]
The geniekin can be found under random cards --> Monsters --> Spoiler #2. You have to choose spoiler #2 because i had a similar result and used up #1

[color=red]Ask Amhotep for remove curse.[/color]
Scourges are bad, therefore Amhotep should remove this immediately with his remove curse. Its okay to assume he does if he has noted it in available support in his hand.
Now you can strike the scourge of Poisoning again in our deck handler.

Ukuja discards Fox to continue exploring the location.
[color=red]Choose random card.
{dice=card (geniekind as #1)} 1d10 {/dice}[/color]
The deck is shuffled now so you must randomly find out which card you draw. #1 (the spy) is not in the deck anymore so I used that number for the new monster

Stopping here because the meeting starts now

Stopping here because the meeting starts now
Magma Spirit
MM
Monster B
Traits:
Elemental
Outsider
Fire
Basic
To Defeat:
Combat 9
The Magma Spirit is immune to the Fire trait.
If the check to defeat has the Cold trait, add 1 die.
Before you act, each charcter at your location is dealt 1 Fire Damage.

[color=red]Take 1 Damage Discard Dog [/color]
Needs to be done directly as the card cannot be used anymore in the combat
Ukuja attempts to defeat the Magma Spirit:

ranged: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 No success. Ukuja discards “Dog”, due to damage.
[color=red]{dice=Combat 9]1d10 + 2{dice}[/color]
You should always note the DC in any diceroll for easy reference

[color=red]Discard all remaining cards for damage[/color]
You rolled 3 and needed to roll 9. For any check to defeat this means you take the difference (9-3) as damage. Since you have not enough cards you need to discard all of them.
If you have a armor you can often bury it to reduce all of the damage so they help in such a case.

Ukuja ends his turn.
[color=red]reset Hand[/color]
You must draw cards up to your hand size again. This is not optional.

Tactically it was probably unwise to explore a second time.
But remember you have the Power You may discard a card that has the animal trait to evade a bane you encounter.
You could have used that to power to avoid the whole confrontation with the Magma spirit, just discard the dog.

ranged: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 No success.

This is not a valid play

Ranged can only be used with a Card that tells you use ranged e.g.
Longbow
For your combat check, reveal to use Dexterity or Ranged + 1d8.

@ Ukuja

short explanation on discard/recharge

Discard:
Put the card on top of your discard pile. (usually from your hand)
In the discard pile its not usable anymore unless healed in some manner.
Sometimes Powers also discards hands from the top off your deck or some other location in which case you discard it directly from there.

Whenever you take damage and cannot prevent it through armor or other means, you discard 1 card per damage from your hand immediately.

Recharge:
Put the card at the bottom of your character deck.
from there it will slowly rise thorugh your deck until you can use it again later.
Recharge from your hand signifies you use the ressource and it needs rest to be used again. Also there are some powers, like your third one, which recharge cards from your discard pile, which is basically a slow kind of healing.

Heal
Healing works siilar, you take a certain number of random cards from your discard pile and shuffle them into your deck. thats better then recharging discarded cards, beause you do not need to wait until they rise through the whole deck.

Reload
is even cheaper than recharge, as you put thigs on top of your character deck, meaning you cn be certain to draw them next turn again.

On the older cards these effects are sometimes not yet named (reload and heal where only added as keywords later. but the effect described is the same.

Out-of-turn update: None

Ukuja moves to, and attempts to explore the Smoking.

Stabbing Spear Staircase
MM
Barrier 1
Traits:
Obstacle
Trap
Piercing
Elite
To Defeat:
Disable
Perception 6
OR Dexterity
Acrobatics 8
If defeated, you may explore again.
If undefeated, you are dealt 1d4 Combat damage. Then examine the top card of your location deck. If it is a bane, encounter it. If it is a boon, banish it and examine the top card of your location deck.

Ukuja attempts a Dexterity check.
[color=red]you decide to roll a basic dexterity check so you only had a 30 % chance of success. For a check against a bane thats quite bad. You had multiple other options here.
You could use your Power to evade costing you only one card, but alos an exploration
You could also bless your check, giving you a second d10 and a chance of 64% of success
Or you could use the explorers Staff to use the Disable with two extra dice. Unfortunately you don't have the disable skill so it would have meant 1d4 as base dice but the DC is also lower. Tehrefore 3d4 give you a 84% chance
And lastly you could have combined the blessing and the staff for 4d4 and a chance of 98% and still costs you the same two cards but without loosing the chance to acquire the next boon[/color]

[dice=Dexterity]1d10

Having failed, Ukuja takes combat damage.

[dice=damage]1d4

After taking 2 combat damage, Ukuja checks the top of the location deck.
[color=red]You should name the cards you discard that the BR can easily check for correctness[/color]

Blowgun
MM
.......

Since it is a Boon, it gets banished, and Ukuja automatically examines the location, again.
[color=red]Yep thats how it works[/color]

Blessing of the Elements
MM
.....

Ukuja attempts to obtain the Blessing.
[color=red]Note the language. You only get to examine the card, not to explore so I fear you do not get to obtain it. [/color]
...

Ahmotep also acquired a Blessing 0 from Sun Falcon

Here are Ahmotep's upgrade preferences:

Weapon 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 183 Djinni Quarterstaff
Ally 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 562 Staffbearer
Blessing 0: 1d1000 ⇒ 630 Blessing of Pharasma

Ally 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 120 Priest of Pharasma
Weapon 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 508 Morningstar +1
Blessing 0: 1d1000 ⇒ 893 Blessing of Pharasma

Merisiel
Scenario
- 4-1A: Amid the Yellow City Attempt #2

Scenario Reward
-Failed. No reward

Adventure Reward
NA

Tier 1.0
- Hero point = No gained

Card Upgrade
Item B: 1d1000 ⇒ 544
= Masterwork Tools in, Amulet of Life Slot

Banished Cards
-

Loot
-

Con Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 3

Alase - 4-1A: Amid the Yellow City Take 2

Rewards - None - Did not Succeed

PbB Gameday IX Boon roll: 1d20 ⇒ 15 Not Today

Tier/XP 1.0->1.0

Hero Points (Prior + Gained - Used = Current)
0 + 0 - 0 = 0

Loot rolls
1st choice Ally 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 608 Bound Imp

Can amend if necessary
Deck Upgrades
Bound Imp (Ally 1)
Banished Cards: None
Holes Filled: None
Removed: Acadamae Student

Reward Summary for Scenario 4-1A: Amid the Yellow City (Restart) (Forfeit on 9/1/2020)

Ahmotep - Item 1
Alase - Item 1
Merisiel - Ally B
Drelm - Item B

Reward Summary for Scenario 4-1A: Amid the Yellow City (Attempt 1) (Completed on 9/15/2020)

Ahmotep - Weapon 1
Alase - Ally 1
Merisiel - Item B
Drelm - Ally 1
Ukuja - Spell B

Deck Upgrade:
Defering in favor of Merisiel and Ukuja since they got no Level 1 so far.

Weapon 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 736
Spell 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 316

Hero Point:
Card feat --> Spell

Boon Roll: 1d20 ⇒ 15

Trader: Sunburst Market

Prefer Deck Upgrade: Item 1, followed in preference by Spell 1, and Ally 1.

Item 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 892

Spell 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 249

Ally 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 945

Hero Point: Card Feat ——> Armor 0.

Boon Roll: 1d20 ⇒ 3

Trader: Sunburst Market unless somebody has a different need

Since there is no weapon 1 that line is invalid so my choices are

Spell 1 --> 316
Armor 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 79

Merisiel
Scenario
- 4-1A: Amid the Yellow City Attempt #3

Scenario Reward
-Traders: Falsin Deek, Ghoul Market, Sunburst Market

Adventure Reward
NA

Tier 1.1
- Hero point = Power Feat(Proficient [X] Weapons). 0 Available

Card Upgrade
Ally 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 692
= Gang Enforcer in, Troubador out

Item 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 779
= Helpful Haversack in, Sage's Journal out

Armor 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 930
= Magic Chain Shirt in, Leather Armor out

Banished Cards
-

Loot
-

Trader
Sunburst Market: Corrosive Dagger +1 in, Sage's Journal / Spider Venom out

Con Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Alase - 4-1A: Amid the Yellow City Take 3

Boon Roll: 1d20 ⇒ 6 Not Today

Tier/XP 1.0>1.1
Spend Hero point for Power feat (...then (☑ you may) shuffle...)
Hero Points (Prior + Gained - Used = Current)
0 + 1 - 1 = 0

Loot rolls
1st choice Armor 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 3 Shield Cloak
2nd choice Spell 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 937 Warding

Deck Upgrades
TBD
Banished Cards: None
Holes Filled: None
Removed: If armor then armor of the sands, if spell then steal book

Trader choice: Sunburst Market (subject to change but looking at either stained glass elemental, fire gecko, augury, or a blessing of wadjet)

AH now I understand the sunburst market.

I will upgrade my quarterstaff to a Djinni Quarterstaff at the Market.

Ahmotep will spend a Hero Point on a Power Feat: On your check (☐ or a check by another character at your location), after the roll, you may discard (☑ or recharge) a card to add or subtract 2 from the result.

Deck Upgrade preferences:

-Ally 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 981 Staffbearer
-Spell 1: 1d1000 ⇒ 219 Pyrotechnic Blast

Boon?

Boon!: 1d20 ⇒ 3

Trader:

Will go to Sunburst Market. Will pick up Sistrum of Bastet (if Promo cards count) or Twin Serpent Quarterstaff

AH now I understand the sunburst market.

I will upgrade my quarterstaff to a Djinni Quarterstaff at the Market.

It is even cooler that you can swap out a different boon for the sunburst boon. I plan on swapping out steal book spell for one I listed above or something else. I think the verdict is still out if you can for example use sunburst to swap say a spell for a weapon and then use a loot replacement for a different weapon...Certainly reasonable to rule that only one replacement allowed that is for sure.

Trader:

Will go to Sunburst Market. Will pick up Sistrum of Bastet (if Promo cards count) or Twin Serpent Quarterstaff

There aren't any Ps in the vault; only Bs, Cs, and 1s.

Drelm - Kulko wrote:

AH now I understand the sunburst market.

I will upgrade my quarterstaff to a Djinni Quarterstaff at the Market.

It is even cooler that you can swap out a different boon for the sunburst boon. I plan on swapping out steal book spell for one I listed above or something else. I think the verdict is still out if you can for example use sunburst to swap say a spell for a weapon and then use a loot replacement for a different weapon...Certainly reasonable to rule that only one replacement allowed that is for sure.

I'm pretty sure they specifically disallowed chaining replacements; I used that strategy a lot when we went through PluTo and had to stop when we learned it was a no-no. My vague recollection of the reason was that since the Loot exchange and Trader trades happen simultaneously, by the time you complete the Trader trades, the window for Loot exchange is already also closed.

So my thinking is the allocation is
Total Pool
[code]Ally 1000000
Armor 10
Blessing 0
Item 1000
Spell 1
[/code]

First choices
[code]
Card/AD Qty Who
Ally 1 1 Ahmotep 1:981, Merisiel 1:692
Armor 1 1 Alase 1:003
Item 1 1 Ukuja 1:892
Spell 1 1 Drelm 1:316
[/code]

All first picks resolved, Merisiel still to choose Blessing 0 (Blessing of Milani)

Let me know if you think the loot split should have gone differently.

Since Merisiel has yet to obtain a level 1 Item, I would suggest Ahmotep gives up the Ally 1 for her.

Since I have seen that Holy light is a Level B Spell in the class deck I don't really need a spell 1 upgrade for it and could refer to ahmotep for his second choice (spell 1).

but of course thats Ahmoteps decision.

Sure - I'll let Merisiel take the Ally 1 and I'll take the Spell 1.

Thanks for the offer. All good. I built my deck using only B Basic cards, so B Blessings are great upgrades for me. I actually prefer that to the Ally 1 in hindsight. Please stay with the original cards

Reward Summary for Scenario 4-1A: Amid the Yellow City (Attempt 2) (Completed on 9/23/2020)

Ahmotep - Ally 1 + Power Feat: Recharge card for +/- 2 to result
Alase - Armor 1 + Power Feat: "May" shuffle
Merisiel - Blessing B + Power Feat: Weapon Proficiency
Drelm - Spell 1 + Card Feat: Spell
Ukuja - Item 1 + Card Feat: Armor

Merisiel Gain 1 hero point from 283767-1021 Quinn -6-6E: THE LICH'S LEGACY. Leeping = 1 available

Ahmotep will take a Skill Feat: Intelligence +1

Potential Upgrades:
-Armor 0: 1d1000 ⇒ 106 Armor of the Sands
-Blessing 0: 1d1000 ⇒ 981 Blessing of Abraxas

Hero Point:
Skill Feat Wisdom+1

Deck Upgrade:
Blessing B: 1d1000 ⇒ 181 Swapping in Blessing of Iomedae for a clessing of the gods
Armor B: 1d1000 ⇒ 102 Magic Half Plate

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 17

Ukuja will spend his Hero Point and take the Power Boon, “At the end of your turn, you may recharge a random card that has the “Animal” trait from your discard pile”, and will forfeit his chance for going to a trader, along with forfeiting his chance at a deck upgrade.

Con Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 3

Ukuja will spend his Hero Point and take the Power Boon, “At the end of your turn, you may recharge a random card that has the “Animal” trait from your discard pile”, and will forfeit his chance for going to a trader, along with forfeiting his chance at a deck upgrade.

Cobb Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Forgot the Boon roll

Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Merisiel
Scenario
- 4-1B: Imposters in the Compound

Scenario Reward
-Loot: Spear of the Watchful Guardian, Loot: Filter Hood.

Adventure Reward
NA

Tier 1.2
- Hero point = Card Feat(Weapon). 1 Available
=Shortsword (Core) in new slot

Card Upgrade
No upgrades

Banished Cards
-

Loot
-

Trader
Sunburst Market: Corrosive Dagger +1 in, Sage's Journal out

Con Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 1

Loot:
Spear of the Watchful Guardian: 1d1000 ⇒ 614

Trader:
Quarterstaff --> Feather of Maat