At the start of this adventure, choose whether you wish to count the adventure for purposes of tier advancement. If you choose not to count this adventure as tier advancement, you do not gain feats as provided in the Guide, but you do gain scenario rewards and deck upgrades as normal.
This adventure does not use traders.
Do not read any scenario’s villains or henchmen before playing it.
If you are dead at the end of a scenario, you may play another character for the next scenario.
If you fail a scenario, immediately replay it.
When playing this adventure in Tier 2, the scourge die is 1d6; in Tier 5, the scourge die is 1d8+1.
Any character may bury a card that has the Healing trait, an ally, or a blessing to give a displayed or buried Reinforcements support card to another Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild table that does not have one displayed or buried.
NEW RULE: REINFORCEMENTS:
This event introduces a new type of support card: reinforcements. The Overseer GM will randomly choose one-third of the Adventure Card Guild tables (rounded up) and give them the support card Reinforcements. When a table gets this card, display it next to the scenario. While displayed, the card’s powers are in effect for characters at that table.
NEW RULE: FAVORS:
This event introduces a new type of support card: favors. Certain scenarios place favors into the blessings deck. When that card is discarded from the blessings deck, do what it says. Afterward, if it would be removed from the blessings deck discard pile, banish it instead.
ANNOUNCED CONDITIONS:
During the adventure, the Overseer GM will announce numerous conditions that affect all characters. If a character is encountering a card at that time, the condition occurs after the encounter. If a character is attempting a check outside of an encounter, the condition occurs after the check.
RULES: SHIPS AND PLUNDER:
This event uses a simplified variation of the ship and plunder rules from Skull & Shackles. Ignore any references to commanding or seizing ships.
Even though a ship is neither a bane nor a boon, encountering a ship is much like encountering a bane. First apply any effects that happen when you encounter a ship. Then, if you don’t evade it, you must attempt a check to defeat it. If you succeed at all of the checks required to defeat a ship, stash a plunder card (see below). If you fail a check to defeat a ship, it deals an amount of Structural damage equal to the difference between the difficulty to defeat the ship and your check result. Characters may play cards or use powers that reduce Structural damage (effects that reduce damage to characters do not reduce Structural damage), then characters must collectively discard from the tops of their decks a total number of cards equal to the remaining Structural damage.
When you are instructed to stash or add a plunder card, roll 1d6 on the table below and draw a card of the corresponding type from the game box.
1: Weapon 2: Spell 3: Armor 4: Item 5: Ally 6: Blessing
Ships:
1-Dominator
Spoiler:
Dominator
Ship B
Class 6
Check to Defeat
Wisdom
Survival
8
OR
Dexterity
Ranged
11
When Encountered
If the Dominator was summoned by a card that has the Captain trait, the difficulty of your check to defeat the Dominator is increased by 2. This ship cannot be seized.
2-Merchantman
Spoiler:
Merchantman
Ship B
Class 0
Check to Defeat
Wisdom
Survival
5
OR
Perception
7
When Encountered
If defeated, when you stash a plunder card, roll on the Plunder Table twice and choose 1 of the results.
3-Sea Chanty
Spoiler:
Sea Chanty
Ship B
Class 3
Check to Defeat
Wisdom
Survival
6
OR
Charisma
Diplomacy
8
When Encountered
You may reveal any number of allies; for each ally revealed, add 3 to your check to defeat the Sea Chanty.
4-Shackles Pirate Ship
Spoiler:
Shackles Pirate Ship
Ship B
Class 0
Check to Defeat
Dexterity
Disable
8
OR
Wisdom
Survival
6
When Encountered
If your check to defeat has the Swashbuckling trait, add 1 to it.
5-Truewind
Spoiler:
Truewind
Ship B
Class 1
Check to Defeat
Intelligence
Knowledge
8
OR
Wisdom
Survival
6
When Encountered
You may discard an ally that has the Pirate trait to add 2 to your check to defeat.
6-Wormwood
Spoiler:
Wormwood
Ship B
Class 5
Check to Defeat
Dexterity
Acrobatics
9
OR
Wisdom
Survival
7
When Encountered
The difficulty of your check to defeat the Wormwood is increased by twice the adventure deck number, if any.
7-Man's Promise
Spoiler:
Man's Promise
Ship 1
Class 1
Check to Defeat
Wisdom
Survival
6
OR
Charisma
Diplomacy
8
When Encountered
If any check to defeat the Man's Promise has the Swashbuckling trait, add 2 to it.
8-Deathknell
Spoiler:
Deathknell
Ship 2
Class 7
Check to Defeat
Divine
7
OR
Wisdom
Survival
9
When Encountered
You may discard a card that has the Divine trait to add 3 to your check to defeat the Deathknell.
9-Devil's Pallor
Spoiler:
Devil's Pallor
Ship 2
Class 2
Check to Defeat
Wisdom
Survival
7
OR
Constitution
Fortitude
9
When Encountered
If defeated, discard a card. Do not roll for the plunder card type; stash a random weapon instead.
10-Thresher
Spoiler:
Thresher
Ship 2
Class 2
Check to Defeat
Intelligence
Knowledge
9
OR
Wisdom
Survival
7
When Encountered
Before you act, bury a random card from your discard pile.
