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#2 seems to me to be a clear case of "If something is impossible, don't do it." I generally rule #1 the same way, unless you've already killed one, and then it becomes possible again. It would depend on the exact wording of #3, but assuming the knowledge check is before you act, that comes before determining what cards are affecting the check, so yes, you could do that. I'll let the experts weigh in, even though Theryon was just assuring me today that he's not an expert. :-p
She can eventually get perception and survival off charisma, and I am all about MOAR SKILLS. I'm excited for the oracle deck regardless of the characters inside, because it means I can play Alahazra from S&S in OP, and we have yet to see a set that her scouts would not make better. Some scenarios do render her less effective. (I'm looking at you, Whalebone Pilk. Oh, but what's that second check to defeat? Divine? Have d12+2 to the face.)
I love, love, love Alahazra. She can recharge any card with the divine trait to scout, so you load up her deck with divine cards, and then tell everyone where things are. I played 2 scenarios a couple weeks back, and I think I did one combat. In the three player game, we almost always have at least half the blessing deck left because we always know what's coming and don't send anyone somewhere they can't handle.
We had someone play Siwar. She died in her third scenario, and we had to expend a lot of resources propping her up to get her that far. Her starting deck only has 2 options for combat: lightning touch and inflict. And her strength is a d4. I actually want to play Siwar a lot, and I'm hoping she's more viable in Mummy.
I ran this last week in the low tier. A player solved the puzzle right away. One question I had---Henbane doesn't have knowledge(local), at least not at low tier, didn't check high. To use her bane ability, she has to be able to id the creature. Can we assume she knows the basic Society humanoids? Does she have to roll a 10 untrained to target them?
Oracle class deck, cuz it means I can play Alahazra in guild play. I want to see what they do with the rest as well, since oracles are so varied. I want to see what they do with my favorite rpg classes, so inquisitor and investigator. Imrijka had some really interesting powers, but I ended up not enjoying playing her, but I could see variations being fun. I'd like to see some crazy skill powers on investigators.
So I think I've been playing this wrong, and I wanted to check with everyone. Sorry if this has come up before and my search fu is failing me. So the Cell in WotR has a "When Permanently Closed" condition that tells you to move to another location "and end your turn." I don't remember the exact wording, but the important thing is that it does not say "reset your hand and end your turn." So in the name of "Cards don't do what they don't say," I'm starting to think this means you don't get to reset your hand. But, you know, that's terrible, and I hate terrible, so I was hoping I was wrong. So, if a card says to end your turn and does not say to reset your hand, do you skip the resetting?
I wasn't sure I would like Alahazra. I usually like standing up front and hitting things. I just picked her because my sister and her bf picked Merisiel and Jirelle, and I figured we needed someone with heals. Turns out I love her. I love being complete support and consider it a success when I do no combat checks in a game and can use my attack spells to scout. I thought I would like Imrijka but ended up disappointed. I found myself having to spend everything shoring up combat that I wanted to be more effective on its own.
Ugh! I so wish there was a store near me hosting the card guild. I might have to make a few special trips up into Pennsylvania or down into Maryland to get the full experience. Definitely need to see about getting and more play by post going.Hawkmoon, I would be happy to schedule some game days in my neck of Maryland if you're going to plan to be there! Perhaps we could try to plan a couple of full days of gaming on a weekend? I could find us space in Baltimore pretty easily... it's the least I can do for such a helpful member of the community!! 100% this. I actually organize all day Saturday games north of Baltimore periodically and could be persuaded to do another soon.
I could see it being an adventure reward? "Select a weapon or spell of your choice from your class box OR a weapon or spell of at least one level lower than the current adventure deck from another class box." Maybe add the caveat that you can never have cards from more than 2 classes in your deck.
I am considering Raise Dead for my WotR Kyra, since I'll have plenty of spells and I can always recharge it to blast a demon or undead. This. Though I was planning to have one in my deck anyway, because I'd rather have one and not need it than not have one and need it. Though mythic hierophant lessens the need for it a bit.
For the main game (outside of 1-0), players have to play from a class deck. I have all the class decks so that I can loan them to people who want to try the game, but you as an organizer are under no obligation to invest that much. Official rule is you have to have a class deck to play. When I know how many people are coming, I try to prep ahead of time. I shuffle all the decks and deal out the cards for each location, then put elastic bands around them. I put the villains and henchmen on top so that a.) I can take them back out again if I need to re-allocate decks for last minute player changes and b.) the boss doesn't end up visible at the bottom. I haven't been doing this as much lately because of fluctuating table size and because I've been getting there early and have time. But sometimes pre-setup can mean the difference between playing one game or two.
We've got some people who have played across seasons in Baltimore. Those of us who have been playing all along have a bunch of partial characters, and we converted some. And even with my new group, the other organizer with a box couldn't make it one week, so I had the second table play out of my Shackles box.
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