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NVM I got it to work correctly.

I am trying to subscribe to the ACG starting with the new core set but no matter what I try the checkout procedure wants to start with the previous product (Ultimate Wilderness). I click on the button for the core set in the shopping cart but it resets to the Wilderness pack when I go to place my order. Is it possible to start with the new core set?

Please cancel my Adventure Card Game subscription. My group has moved on to other games.

Thanks

The chariot race scenario is probably my favorite scenario so far. Really fun change of pace.

To give us all a bit of a break from rules minutiae, I thought I'd ask: what party are you forming to go through Mummy's Mask? Are you using only characters from the box, or are you also using class deck characters, or characters from another box set?

I usually play solo with three characters until I get a chance to get a group to catch up (one group has been on Skull & Shackles for a good 2+ years). I considered two sets: either Ezren (or Mavaro), Yoon, and Drelm, or a combo of Channa Ti, Simoun, and Amhotep. I went with the latter and haven't regretted it - loads of skills covered (Craft, Divine, Survival, Disable, Ranged, Perception, Melee, Arcane, and Diplomacy), and the fact that none of them are iconics is a big plus.

Estra seemed only situationally useful. Zadim looked OK but Amhotep won out because I needed some INT. Various versions of Ezren, Alahazra, and Damiel have been discussed to death on these boards and so I wasn't eager to play them. Drelm and Mavaro both look really interesting, but I figured I'd save one or the other for when I'm in a group - Mavaro especially seems like he requires enough attention to play that he perhaps wouldn't be best for me in a solo game with multiple characters.

So who are your heroes?

Our four players chose Amhotep, Zadim, Simoun, and Estra.

Thanks for all the effort you put into the game. I enjoyed the open session you ran this year. Good luck with the new career.

Those who made the Gen Con ACG Seminar may have the information missing from this thread. We talked a lot about the characters in Mummy's Mask :)

I recall talk of a genie.

Will the open use pre-generated characters like last year or do we need to bring a character deck.

This was the highlight of GenCon 2015. I hope to play in again this year.

Character Name: Alain
Role Card: Lancer
Skill Feats: STR+4, DEX+1, CON+1, INT+1, WIS+3, CHA+2
Power Feats: +1 hand size, discard a card for 2+adv number, rechage card if defeated, recharge allies and items, recharge a card or put it on top of your deck to search for a mount, recharge, shuffle or put a polearm or spear on top of your deck, discard mount or put on top of deck to move.
Card Feats: Weapon +3, Armor+2, Item +1, Ally +1, Blessing +2
Weapons: Holy Radiance, Mace of Smiting, Master's Lash, Mournful Razor, Norizigath, Sunsword, Vorpal Blade
Spells:
Armors: Armor of the Pious, Demon Armor, Pauldrons of Unflinching Fortitude, Stole of the Inheritor, Tarnhelm
Items: Banner of Valor, Boomcrown, Thorncrown of Iomedae
Allies: Celestial Unicorn, Dire Griffon, Orengofta, Suurlahetas
Blessings: Inheritor, Iomedae x4
Mythic Path: Sword of Iomedae

Character Name: Enora
Role Card: Occularium Scholar
Skill Feats: STR+1, DEX+2, CON+1, INT+4, WIS+3, CHA+1
Power Feats: +1 hand size, Use knowledge to acquire an item or defeat a barrier, discard book, reduce acid, electricty, or force damage for any character at your location to 0, reveal book to add 1d4+2 to a check, recharge boon to look a t top 3 cards and put them back in any order.
Card Feats: Spell +3, Item +3, Alluy +1, Blessing +2
Weapons:
Spells: Death's Touch x2, Elemental Bombardment x2, Form of the Dragon, Meteor Swarm, Sign of Wrath, Steal Soul, Transmogrify
Armors:
Items: Demon Hunter's Handbook x3, Fasciculus Labyrinthum, Ring of Forcefangs, Skinstitcher's Manual
Allies: Chevalier, Druid of the Flame, Druid of the Storm
Blessings: Abraxas x2, Inheritor x2, Xoveron x2
Mythic Path: Archmage

Character Name: Balazar
Role Card: Tyrannomancer
Skill Feats: STR+1, DEX+1, CON+1, INT+3, WIS+1, CHA+4
Power Feats: +2 hand size, draw a card after playing a non-attack spell, recharge spell to draw a monster, use monster from discard pile, uise monster to add 1d4 to defeat barrier or acquire weapon, armor, item, reduce damage by 3 or add 1d6 to a combat check, add 1d8 against summoned monsters, draw a monster after defeating a summoned monster.
Card Feats: Spell +3, Item +2, Ally +3, Blessing +1
Weapons:
Spells: Glibness x2, Lend Mythic Path, Restore Mythic Power, Rune of Jandelay, Steal Mythic Power, Winds of Vengeance x2
Armors: Horns of Naraga
Items: Chalice of Ozem, Robe of the Rifts, Torc of the Heavens x2
Allies: Dire Griffon, Druid of the Leaf, Eliandra, Lann, Merchant Lord, Waxberry
Blessings: Nethys x2, Starsong x3
Mythic Path: Marshall

Character Name: Arueshel
Role Card: Redeemed
Skill Feats: STR+1, DEX+4, CON+1, INT+1, WIS+1, CHA+4
Power Feats: +1 hand size, Electricity, fire, and poison reduced by 5, move after evading, +2 to the gift, addd gift to hand on any turn, heal 1d4 +2 instead of first explore, character may draw a card after healing, examine location and may put boon on the bottom.
Card Feats: Weapon +1, Armor+1, Item +2, Ally +2, Blessing +3
Weapons: Deskari's Tooth, Dragonbreath Bow x2, Spirit Blade, Starbow
Spells:
Armors: Mantle of Faith x2
Items: Fortune's Arrow, Ring of Reflection, Spherewalker Staff, Swallowtail Bracers, Talisman of True Faith
Allies: Celestial Unicorn, Nocticula, Wolf x2
Blessings: Baphomet, Deskari x4, Inheritor x2, Starsong
Mythic Path: Champion

Redeemed cards: Corroded Helm, Fasciculus Labyrinthum, Horns of Naraga, Rod of the Viper, Skinstitcher's Manual, Soulshear, and Unholy Aspergillum +3

Shardra died during Vengeance at Sundered Crag (replaced by Balazar).

Mixed emotions for me. We should finish W0tR in the next few weeks but the break will give us time to play other games while we wait for Mummy's Mask.

The scenario Closing the Worldwound does not have enough henchmen listed. It has Favored of Deskari, Gimcrack, Blackfire Adepts. It seems to read that we should use multiple adepts to fill out the locations but there was only one in the base set. Was that a misprint? Which henchmen should we use if we have more than four locations?

Yes it is tough. If you get hit by it you might roll low or have armors which could block the damage. If not it is a hand wipe. I don't mind really hard banes every now and then.

Yes, Enora was the Occularium Scholar and had the feat that allowed her to use Knowledge against barriers.

We played it today. She showed up late in the game and Enora had to fight her. We hadn't closed Heaven but we did defeat four of the henchmen. With blessings and spending all her mythic charges, Enora was able to win the encounter and we decided to end the scenario since we had encountered a lot of the cards.

It is the coolest weapon ever.

Left off one of Alain's powers. He can recharge allies and items.

Character Name: Alain
Role Card: Lancer
Skill Feats: STR+3, DEX+1, INT+1, WIS+1, CHA+1
Power Feats: +1 hand size, discard a card for 2+adv number, discard mount to move.
Card Feats: Weapon +1, Item +1, Blessing +2
Weapons: Fiendsplitter, Lance +1, Radiance, Soulshear, Unholy Aspergillum +3
Spells:
Armors: Barding of Pleated Light, Commander's Field Plate, Imperial Army Greathelm
Items: Abyssal Traveler's Kit, Banner of Valor, Scale of Disguise
Allies: Chuffy Lickwound, Riftwarden, Warhorse
Blessings: Iomedae, Shax x4
Mythic Path: Champion

Character Name: Enora
Role Card: Occularium Scholar
Skill Feats: STR+1, DEX+1, INT+4, WIS+1, CHA+1
Power Feats: Use knowledge to acquire an item or defeat a barrier, reduce acid, electricty, or force damage to 0, reduce damage for any character at your location to 0.
Card Feats: Spell +2, Blessing +2
Weapons:
Spells: Dazzle, Fiery Glare, Fire Shield, Ice Strike, Life Drain x2, Scorching Ray, Steal Soul
Armors:
Items: Demon Hunter's Handbook, Ring of Forcefangs, Sage's Journal
Allies: Druid of the Flame, Druid of the Storm
Blessings: Abraxas x4, Deskari x2
Mythic Path: Archmage

Character Name: Balazar
Role Card: Tyrannomancer
Skill Feats: STR+1, DEX+1, INT+1, WIS+1, CHA+4
Power Feats: +1 hand size, recharge spell to draw a monster, add 1d4 to defeat barrier or acquire weapon, armor, item.
Card Feats: Spell +2, Item +1, Blessing +1
Weapons:
Spells: Agility x2, Create Pit x2, Glibness x2, Skitter
Armors: Stalking Armor
Items: Manual of War x2, Sacred Prism
Allies: Carbuncle, Lann, Splendiferous Hat
Blessings: Abadar, Ascension x2, Baphomet x2
Mythic Path: Marshall

Character Name: Arueshel
Role Card: Redeemed
Skill Feats: STR+1, DEX+4, CHA+3
Power Feats: Electricity, fire, and poison reduced by 5, move after evading, +1 to the gift, heal instead of first explore.
Card Feats: Weapon +1, Blessing +3
Weapons: Demonbane Light Crossbow +1, Marksman's Bow x2, Spirit Blade, Starbow
Spells:
Armors: Celestial Armor
Items: Blood Periapt, Spherewalker Staff, Swallowtail Bracers
Allies: Wolf x2
Blessings: Ascension x3, Pulura, Sarenrae, Shelyn x2, Starsong
Mythic Path: Champion

Shardra died during Vengeance at Sundered Crag.

The answer is A. If it was intended to make it harder it would say "increase the difficulty..."

I was a member (playing Valeros) of the champion team "On the Dot". We named ourselves that when in the opening round we rolled exactly what we needed to pass several checks.

Big thanks to Tanis and the gang for running this event. It was a great event and I look forward to playing in it next year.

All three scenarios were fun and intense. Merisiel died in the first round but we scored enough bonus points to make the semi-finals. We completed the scenario on the last turn by temporarily closing two locations and killing the villain in the third.

The second scenario was my favorite. A neat change of pace. It was designed to be unwinnable, you just had to acquire as many [redacted] as possible. This one ended on time for us. I think we could have gotten a few more [redacted] if we had more time.

The final scenario started off easy for us since we closed two locations really early. Then we had a lot of trouble at the other locations and as time was about to run out closed the second to last location. The other team made the same amount of progress but gave in to [redacted] so we out scored them to take the victory.

Her class is "spy".

I like that you can choose the order you play the first four scenarios.

They get five gold and a party!

Something is wrong with your tournament settings... You could buy tickets for the final event?? Ooh, yeah let us skip the the quarter and semi final and just buy a finale ticket right away ;-)))))

Is there anything you could win ? A price?

Even though the finals are in the list of events it is not possible to buy tickets for it.

Prerequisite: This event is only open to participants who have been invited.

No.

Dark Forest:

Had our first character death today. Shardra was overwhelmed by a Carrion Golem in the last scenario of the base adventure. Enora almost died to one of those in an earlier scenario.

The one negative to his power is that it does not have the magic trait so he cannot defeat banes that require the magic trait.

My copy of the Character Add-on Deck is missing Adowyn's character card. I've e-mailed customer service about it but want to play her this Sunday and may not get the card in time. Can someone post her skills, starting powers, and favorite card type? I can figure out her deck composition from the rules.

Thanks!

Four character group, no deaths, replayed several sceanrios

Character Name: Damiel
Role Card: Grenadier
Skill Feats: DEX+2, CON+2, INT+2
Power Feats: +1 hand size, Weapon proficiency, +3 to combat when discarding a card, d12 when discarding an alchemical card, free explore when after acquiring a alchemical or liquid boon
Card Feats: Weapon +2, Spell +1, Item +3, Ally +1, Blessing +1
Weapons: Blasting Pistol +2, Crossbow of Retribution, Skyrocket Crossbow
Spells: Control Weather, Divine Fortune, Wall of Blades
Armors: Eel Skin Armor
Items: Alkali Flask, Bottled Lightning (x2), Fuse Grenade, Impossible Bottle, Potion of Healing (x2), Potion of Heroism, Potion of the Ocean
Allies: Mase Darimar, Old Salt
Blessings: Blessing of Achaekek, Blessing of Gozreh, Blessing of Kelizandri (x2), Blessing of Milani
Current Party Ship: The Filthy Lucre

Character Name: Jirelle
Role Card: Pirate Queen
Skill Feats: DEX+4, CON+1, WIS+1, CHA+1
Power Feats: +1 hand size, re-roll when attacking ship, re-roll 2 dice, diplomacy skill, craft skill, reveal swashbuckling card to add swashbuckling, move at end of turn when on a ship
Card Feats: Weapon +2, Armor +1, Item +1, Ally +3, Blessing +1
Weapons: Aiger's Kiss, Brine's Sting, Keen Rapier +3 (x2), Rapier +2, Scoundrel Sword Cane
Spells:
Armors: Flaming Buckler Gun, Reflecting Buckler
Items: Besmara's Tricorne, Hurricane Crown, Ring of Regeneration
Allies: Audesso Reyquio, Hanelius Fitch, Lady Agasta Smythee, Old Salt (x2), Tessa Fairwind
Blessings: Blessing of Besmara, Blessing of Erastil (x5)
Current Party Ship: The Filthy Lucre

Character Name: Lirianne
Role Card: Deadeye
Skill Feats: DEX+4, CON+2
Power Feats: +2 hand size, +4 to combat checks at another location when you recharge a card, examine the top card of a location when you move during your move step
Card Feats: Weapon +1, Armor +2, Item +2, Ally +1, Blessing +2
Weapons: Blasting Pistol +2 , Enervating Pistol +3, Flaming Musket +2 (x2), Navigator Musket +1
Spells:
Armors: Blackcloth Armor, Fortified Leather Armor, Howling Skull Armor, Sniper's Studded Armor
Items: Amulet of Life, Crystal of Healing Hands, Magic Spyglass, Ring of Rat Fangs
Allies: Baracuda Aiger, Captain, Ederliegh Banes, Master of Gales
Blessings: Blessing of Abadar (x2), Blessing of Achaekek (x2), Blessing of Gozreh, Blessing of Hshurha
Current Party Ship: The Filthy Lucre

Character Name: Oloch
Role Card: Battle Chaplain
Skill Feats: STR+4, WIS+2
Power Feats: +3 hand size, +2 to checks for displayed cards, take back displayed cards at start of turn, banish encountered allies for extra explore, characters recharge random card when playing a blessing on Oloch's combat or Strength check
Card Feats: Weapon +2, Spell +2, Armor +1, Item +1, Blessing +2
Weapons: Flaming Falcata +3, Grayflame Mace +2, Seaborne Trident +1, Spellsword +2, Venomous Pike +2 (x2)
Spells: Cure (x3), Worldwave
Armors: Besmaran Vestments (x2), Fortified Breastplate, Reflecting Buckler
Items: Immortal Dreamstone, Svingli's Eye
Allies:
Blessings: Blessing of Achaekek, Blessing of Gorum (x5), Blessing of Hshurha
Current Party Ship: The Filthy Lucre

Character Name: Damiel
Role Card: Grenadier
Skill Feats: DEX+2, INT+2
Power Feats: Weapon proficiency, +2 to combat when discarding a card, free explore when after acquiring a alchemical or liquid boon
Card Feats: Spell+1, Item +1, Ally+1
Weapons: Vindictive Harpoon
Spells: Blackspot, Cure, Cure
Armors: Fortified Shell Armor
Items: Alchemist's Fire, Alchemist's Glue, Noxious Bomb, Potion of Flying, Potion of Fortitude, Potion of Healing, Potion of Heroism
Allies: Rickety Hake, Rotgut
Blessings: Blessing of Besmara, Blessing of Gozreh, Blessing of Kelizandri, Blessing of Sivanah
Current Party Ship: Kraken

Character Name: Jirelle
Role Card: Pirate Queen
Skill Feats: DEX+1, CON+1, WIS+1, CHA+1
Power Feats: +1 hand size, re-roll when attacking ship, re-roll 2 dice, diplomacy skill
Card Feats: Armor+1, Ally+1, Blessing +1
Weapons: Brine's Sting, Cutlass +1, Rapier, Rapier
Spells:
Armors: Blackcloth Armor, Shark Skin Armor
Items: Besmara's Tricorne, Crown of Swords
Allies: Besmaran Priest, Foc, Lady Agasta Smythee, Rosie Cusswell
Blessings: Blessing of Achaekek, Blessing of Erastil, Blessing of Erastil, Blessing of Erastil, Blessing of Erastil, Pirate's Favor
Current Party Ship: Kraken

Character Name: Lirianne
Role Card: Deadeye
Skill Feats: DEX+3, CON+1
Power Feats: +1 hand size, +2 to combat checks at another location when you recharge a card, examine the top card of a location when you move during your move step
Card Feats: Item+2, Ally+1
Weapons: Dragon Pistol +1, Musket +2, Navigator Musket +1, Toxic Blunderbuss +1
Spells:
Armors: Fortified Leather Armor, Sniper's Studded Armor
Items: Jalhazar's Wheel, Jolly Roger, Svingli's Eye, Totem Necklace
Allies: Captain, Old Salt, Old Salt, Old Salt
Blessings: Blessing of Abadar, Blessing of Achaekek, Blessing of Milani, Blessing of Sivanah
Current Party Ship: Kraken

Character Name: Oloch
Role Card: Battle Chaplain
Skill Feats: STR+2, WIS+2
Power Feats: +1 hand size, +2 to checks for displayed cards, take back displayed cards at start of turn, banish encountered allies for extra explore
Card Feats: Weapon+1, Blessing+1
Weapons: Cutlass +1, Goblin Pegleg, Icy Boarding Pike +1, Keen Falcata +1, Morningstar +1
Spells: Cure, Cure
Armors: Besmaran Vestments, Besmaran Vestments, Fortified Shell Armor
Items: Letter of Marque
Allies:
Blessings: Blessing of Achaekek, Blessing of Cayden Cailean, Blessing of Gorum, Blessing of Gorum, Blessing of Gorum, Blessing of Gorum, Blessing of Hshurha
Current Party Ship: Kraken

We played this one today and lost badly. Our party is Oloch, Damiel, Jirelle, and Lirianne. We encountered the villain twice. Nearly closed the Fog Bank before the game ended. We will try again next week. I think you need to close one location so you don't lose blessings off the blessings deck every time you encounter Pilk.

Oloch is in our party. He chose the power feat that let's him take back cards at the start if his turn.

Our party of four (alchemist, swashbuckler, gunslinger, war priest) completed the intro adventure yesterday. We won the final scenario on the last possible turn. We encountered the Pirate Council twice early in the scenario, losing the first time, defeating them the second time. We closed two locations. When we closed the third one we found the council again leaving that location open. Damiel went to that location on his last turn. While the others successfully closed the other three locations he used his potion of Glibness to conclude a successful negotiation with the council to win the scenario.

I like how this set is more challenging that RotR. In the last scenario Jirelle was down to zero cards in her deck while on Shark Island. A fortunate heal kept her away from death and she was able to defeat the shark twice during her stay on the island.

Would someone mind posting the wording from the scenario? Thanks.

Here is the text:

Deal 1 random henchman into a bane pile. Shuffle the other henchmen and the villain into the location deck, and add 5 random barriers from the box. Each character 's hand size is equal to the number of cards in the bane pile. When you defeat a bane, add it to the bane pile. The Fog Bank cannot be closed. When you would defeat Master Scourge, he is undefeated unless all 6 henchmen are in the bane pile.

There are three boons in S&S that have two checks separated by THEN instead of OR (Buckler Gun, Captain, and Heartbreak Hinson). Were those misprinted or do characters need to pass both checks to acquire these boons?

Will we get character sheets soon? Eager to check out all the new characters.

The Heros of Varisa:

Character Name: Amiri
Role Card: Berserker
Skill Feats: STR +4, WIS +1, CHA +1
Power Feats: +1 hand size, Heavy Armor Proficiency, +4 When burying a card, Move another character
Card Feats: Weapons +3, Armor +1, Items +1, Allies +1, Blessings +2
Weapons: Dancing Scimitar +2, Flaming Icy Axe +1, Flaming Ranseur +3, Greatclub +3, Karzoug's Burning Glaive, Mokmurian's Club, Runechill Hatchet +2, Shock Greatsword +2
Spells: none
Armors: Adamantine Plate Armor, Invincible Breastplate, Invincible Breastplate
Items: Masterwork Tools, Ring of Energy Resistance, Sihedron Medallion
Allies: Charmed Red Dragon, Poog of Zarongel, Sacred Killer
Blessings: Blessing of Gorum, Blessing of Gorum, Blessing of Gorum, Blessing of Nethys, Blessing of Sarenrae, Blessing of Shelyn

Character Name: Lini
Role Card: Wild Warden
Skill Feats: STR +2, WIS +4
Power Feats: +2 hand size, Weapon Proficiency, +4 When revealing an animal ally
Card Feats: Weapons +1, Spells +1, Items +2, Allies +3, Blessings +1
Weapons: Fanged Falchion
Spells: Augury, Dominate, Holy Light, Major Cure, Mass Cure, Mass Cure, Raise Dead
Armors: none
Items: Cape of Escape, Medusa Mask, Robe of Runes, Wand of Treasure Finding
Allies: Bear, Crow, Eagle, Sabretooth Tiger, Toad, Toad
Blessings: Blessing of Abadar, Blessing of Abadar, Blessing of Lamashtu, Blessing of Lamashtu, Blessing of Lamashtu

Character Name: Merisiel
Role Card: Thief
Skill Feats: DEX +4, CON +1, WIS +1
Power Feats: +1 hand size, Weapon Proficiency, +2 When recharging a card, +2 to close a location, +2 to acquire, Recharge DEX blessings
Card Feats: Weapons +2, Spells +1, Items +2, Allies +1, Blessings +2
Weapons: Force Sling +3, Returning Frost Spear +2, Venomous Heavy Crossbow +2, Venomous Heavy Crossbow +2
Spells: Major Cure
Armors: Snakeskin Tunic
Items: Belt of Incredible Dexterity, Belt of Physical Might, Belt of Physical Might, Revelation Quill, Sihedron Medallion, Staff of Minor Healing, Staff of Minor Healing, Wand of Enervation
Allies: Black Arrow Ranger, Black Arrow Ranger, Shalelu Andosana
Blessings: Blessing of Calistra, Blessing of Erastil, Blessing of Erastil, Blessing of Erastil, Blessing of Norogrber, Blessing of Shelyn

Character Name: Seoni
Role Card: Celestial Sorcerer
Skill Feats: DEX +2, CHA +4
Power Feats: +1 hand size, +4 When discarding a card for innate spell, Auto recharge arcane items, Add d12 when playing Blessing of Pharasma
Card Feats: Weapons +1, Spells +3, Items +1, Allies +1, Blessings +2
Weapons: Chellan Sword of Greed
Spells: Augury, Bewilder, Disintegrate, Lightning Bolt, Poison Blast, Sign of Wrath
Armors: none
Items: Emerald Codex, Robes of Xin-Shalast, Sihedron Tome, Staff of Hungry Shadows
Allies: Black Arrow Ranger, Father Zantus, Mountaineer, Pyromaniac Mage, Pyromaniac Mage
Blessings: Blessing of Gozreh, Blessing of Gozreh, Blessing of Iomedae, Blessing of Pharasma, Blessing of Pharasma, Blessing of Pharasma, Blessing of Pharasma

No deaths though Seoni came close a few times.

It doesn't get banished if you lack the divine or arcane skill so it is great for Merisiel and Sajan since they can carry spells but don't have those skills.

In our game Seoni's first encounter Underneath Sandpoint was with the Iron Golem. That was seven cards into the discard pile. The rest of us were amused. Thankfully she was healed by good Father Zantus and Lini.

Our party of four has eliminated all but three basic banes: Goblin Snake, Trapped Passageway, and Zombie Nest.

I've interpreted that his power gave your check the force trait, not that it needed the force trait.

We can never get that candle. The last time we found it Amiri just kicked it aside.

A1. The role card states that her ability only works with armor, items. and weapons.

A2. Evaded cards are neither defeated or undefeated.

It is an interesting scenario. It is strange though that the villain is not in any of the locations and can't be encountered yet the villain card has text that would only be used during an encounter.

I posted a card inventory on BGG. It's in the files section of the base game.

You add cards from each adventure when you begin that adventure. The Rise of the Runlords adventure path card in the base game has instructions on removing cards.

When you discard cards due to damage you cannot use the cards abilities. You cannot recharge a card you are forced to discard.

Yeah a little upsetting I can't even get package tracking info yet.

I'm in the same boat. My order shows it was shipped on the 25th but still no tracking info.