Urgraz - The Patient's page

As the last of the so-called 'Blades' is flung from the mountain; charred and broken, its compatriots already left as bloody messes and greasy smears, Urgraz laughs and laughs and laughs. Standing upon this vast peak, on the ruins of great Thassilon, he has proven his power beyond any measure. The glorious corruption of Mazmezz now infuses every inch of the mountain; claiming these ruins under a new dark liege!

Salim... The Inquisitor's mind has been forever twisted. Pharasma may whisper all she likes, but the Inquisitor will never forget the greater, darker power he's tasted. The Lady of Graves' influence is weaker than ever before, and perhaps now Salim will not be able to tell the difference between the words of the God he unwillingly follows, and the twisted echoes of a Demon's influence. Such chaos that can be wrought as Mazmezz's web of chaos is weaved through Pharasma's threads of fate!

Urgraz only regrets that the plan has worked all too-well - for Salim to continue to sow chaos, he must live. For now.

Yoon... Such power, such ferocity. The Antipaladin may choose to travel with her further yet. A small prod her, a suggestion there... she may become a tool too valuable to let slip from his hands.

Ezren... Surely the mission would have been a failure without the depths of his knowledge, his spells, his wisdom. But he has remained resilient to Urgraz's corruption, much to the Antipaladin's secret glee. When this is over, as the group goes their separate ways; Urgraz will give Ezren one last gift in secret. A truth the Wizard never dared to learn - one that threatens to break their very mind. Only as Ezren struggles to conceive of the reality the Antipaladin presents - only then will Urgraz's magic paralyze the old man, and his mailed fist choke the life from him.

Surely the wizard would not have the strength to oppose him - would he even wish to, at that point? Only one way to find out for certain.

Corruption, Manipulation and Murder. Urgraz's treachery will be complete.

Off-Turn: Urgraz buries Blessing of the Lady of Graves (Salim), discards Suurlahetas and topdecks Vampiric Backsword +3 to randomly recharge Blessing of the Gods from his discard pile.

I also just realized I forgot that my Shield should've increased the difficulty of the Villain for Urgraz's check - but it didn't matter, he still would've passed.

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Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of the Gods discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Salim's deck: Blessing of Eternal Rose.
Urgraz leaves it there.
Urgraz attempts to recharge Divine Fortune.
Divine 13: 1d8 + 4 + 1d6 + 1d4 ⇒ (3) + 4 + (4) + (2) = 13 -> Divine Fortune recharged.

Urgraz moves to the Warrens.
Urgraz takes his free exploration.

Urgraz recharges Staff of Minor Healing to randomly recharge Suurlahetas from his discard pile.

Urgraz discards Blessing of Mephistopheles to explore his location.

BYA: Urgraz makes a Constitution check in the hope of failing...
BYA: Constitution 12: 1d10 + 1d4 ⇒ (1) + (3) = 4 -> Good. Urgraz takes 1d4 Electricity damage.
BYA: Electricity Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4 -> Oh, that ruins that plan. Very well, Urgraz won't increase the damage, and Spell Ward Shield decreases the damage taken by 4, to 0.

Urgraz reveals and additionally discards Corrosive Backsword +4 for the first combat check.
Difficulty Increase (Spell Ward Shield): 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3 -> Difficulty is increased by 3.
Urgraz discards and additionally buries Blessing of Rovagug to draw Blessing of Mazmezz from his discard pile and add 3 dice to his check. For adding 3 dice, Urgraz banishes 1d6+1 blessings from the blessings deck...
Blessing Destruction: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6 -> Urgraz banishes the top 6 blessings of the blessings deck.
Combat 28+3: 4d8 + 7 + 3d6 + 4 + 1d4 ⇒ (3, 8, 1, 1) + 7 + (3, 1, 3) + 4 + (1) = 32 -> First combat check passed.

Urgraz requests that Ezren or Yoon take the second combat check to defeat Sharpening Blade.

Upon the peak of the mountain, having clambered up with the Inquisitor, Urgraz calls his challenge to the giants that think to stop them. When one appears to answer, it is driven away by spell, by fire and by the twin blades of Inquisitor and Antipaladin - a communion of dark fire that compares to even the magic of the Thassilonian Runelords.

But Urgraz was not content with simply matching one of the great beings in combat - he left Salim's side to chase them into their Warrens, hurtling himself down the mountain as a personal avalanche of furious chaos, his weapons spitting blood and acid as he tracks down one of the giants - the same, a different? Does it matter? - to fight, to wound, to murder.

Life is good.

After their (presumably successful) check, the location will be automatically closed and Urgraz will end his turn. In the meantime, turn paused.

Hand: Blessing of Mazmezz,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul,
Deck: 14 Discard: 3 Buried: 8
Notes: Blessing of Mazmezz will add 2 dice to a check against a monster, or 3 dice if everyone at Urgraz's location discards 1d4 cards as an additional cost.

Whoever takes this second check is very welcome to it, of course.

OFF TURN

Urgraz discards Blessing of Mammon to add 2 dice to Yoon's check, and recharges Armor of Skulls (Salim) to his power to ignore the corrupted trait on the blessing.

Salim's encounters Killing Blade, and we both need to make a BYA check...
BYA: Urgraz intentionally chooses to roll Constitution roll for the BYA check. Sadly, though he wants to fail, Divine Fortune and Steal Soul may force a success here.
BYA: Constitution 12 (Divine Fortune, Steal Soul): 1d10 + 1d6 + 1d4 ⇒ (1) + (5) + (2) = 8 -> Good, Urgraz takes 1d4 Fire damage.
BYA: Fire Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3 -> Urgraz increases the damage by 2, to 5 with his power. Urgraz buries his displayed Gambeson to decrease damage taken to 0.
From increasing the damage dealt by 2, Urgraz draws 2 cards (Suurlahetas, Blessing of Mephistopheles).

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Urgraz will be taking the second combat check to defeat The Killing Blade. If Salim passes his combat check, I would like the following roll to be BOTTED for me in his post...

Vampiric Backsword +3 {1d8+7+2d6+3} +
Discard top card of Salim's deck (if he doesn't mind; otherwise discard from Urgraz) {1d6+1} +
Discard Suurlahetas to add 2d6 {2d6} +
Divine Fortune + Steal Soul {1d6+1d4}.

Total Roll to bot: 1d8+7+2d6+3+1d6+1+2d6+1d6+1d4. 97.5% odds. He'll also topdeck his Vampiric Backsword for a heal.

If Urgraz still fails, then bury Blessing of the Lady of Graves (since he never played a blessing on his check) to add his Wisdom die (1d8) post-roll.

Hand: Corrosive Backsword +4, Blessing of Rovagug, Blessing of the Lady of Graves (Salim), Vampiric Backsword +3, Suurlahetas, Blessing of Mephistopheles,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Divine Fortune, Steal Soul,
Deck: 10 Discard: 3 Buried: 6
"Notes: All of my cards are free to use.
(Blessings for support - Rovagug for 3 dice, Mephistopheles for 1 die or 2 dice at another location, Lady of Graves to add your Wisdom Die after a roll.)
(At my location - Divine Fortune always adds 1d6.)"

Off-Turn;
Urgraz buries Aegis of Recovery to draw Emerald Codex to his hand.
Urgraz buries Consencrate to draw Torch to his hand.

Thanks for the cards and updating my handler! Additionally, thank you for moving back to Urgraz's location!

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Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of the Gods discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Salim's deck: Heister.
Urgraz leaves it there.

Urgraz gives Emerald Codex to Salim.
Salim banishes Emerald Codex to draw 3 Divine Spells from the box, as listed:

Urgraz banishes Emerald Codex to draw 3 random Divine Spells from the box, as listed:

Such dark forces serve the Antipaladin as well as the Inquisitor - if not more so. Power flows through Urgraz's veins, as he prepares to cut down the last of the opposition - the final trial before his grand plan can be complete!

Urgraz displays Restoration (as per the FAQ) to draw 2 cards (Armor of Skulls (Salim), Heart's Bane (Redeemed)).

Urgraz moves to the Death Zone.
Urgraz takes his free exploration.

Urgraz sets aside Augury, naming Monster...
Death Zone Card 2: Ogrekin
Death Zone Card 3: Sneak
Death Zone Card 4: Crushing Door
Neat. Urgraz sets aside the Ogrekin and Sneak, shuffles the location deck, then places Ogrekin on the bottom of the location deck, and Sneak second-from the bottom.

On his recharge check for Augury, Urgraz displays Divine Fortune, adding 1d6 to all checks at his location until the start of his next turn.
Divine 8 (Death Zone): 1d8 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 4 + (6) = 11 -> 1 becomes 0, but Augury recharged.

Urgraz buries Torch to explore his location.
Death Zone Card #: 1d7 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Anyway, I'll go heavy-handed on buffs here - these are some big Combat checks, and Death Zone is harsh on dice.

Urgraz reveals and additionally recharges Heart's Bane (Redeemed) for the first combat check. Because he has the Antipaladin trait, it adds an additional 1d10 and the Fire trait.
Difficulty Increase (Spell Ward Shield): 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0 -> Difficulty is increased by 0.
Combat 28 (Divine Fortune, Death Zone): 1d8 + 7 + 1d8 + 3 + 1d6 + 6 + 1d10 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 7 + (2) + 3 + (4) + 6 + (4) + (1) = 31 -> Oof! Death Zone subtracts 2+1 = 3, to leave a total of 28. Luckily, that's still precisely a Pass. No need to use my BoLady of Graves.

Urgraz reveals Vampiric Backsword +3 for the second combat check. Urgraz is proficient, and adds an additional 1d6.
Difficulty Increase (Spell Ward Shield): 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3 -> Difficulty is increased by 3.
Urgraz discards the top card of his deck (Blessing of the Vaultmaster) to add 1d6+1 to his check.
Urgraz discards Blessing of Mazmezz to add 2 dice to his check to defeat, using his power and recharging Speed to ignore Blessing of Mazmezz's corrupted trait.
Combat 33 (Divine Fortune, Death Zone): 3d8 + 7 + 2d6 + 3 + 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 5) + 7 + (5, 4) + 3 + (3) + 1 + (2) = 38 -> Death Zone subtracts 2+2 = 4, to leave a total of 34, which is super close yet again! But The Killing Blade is defeated. From defeating a monster, Urgraz places Vampiric Backsword +3 on top of his deck to randomly recharge Blessing of the Vaultmaster from his discard pile. From defeating a monster, Urgraz displays Steal Soul.

As the party splits up to confuse the giants, Urgraz easily tricks one of the fiery beings to approach him. The creature throw fierce fire-magics upon him, but the empowered Duergar simply laughs - feeling his own dark aura and armor easily withstand the attack, leaving nary a scratch on him. Infuriated, the giant draws a vast greatsword and makes to cleave the Antipaladin with it, but Urgraz binds the giant's arm with a dark chain of his magic, pinning it down as he draws his own golden, flaming blade.

With Heart's Bane in hand, Urgraz hacks at the giant's remaining, swinging limbs, leaving cuts and gashes, soon drawing a second blade to continue his flurry of attacks at the vast monster's thick hide - piercing it with fire and serrated edges. The giant howls, casting some kind of wave of force that sends Urgraz flying off a ledge, leaving the armored Duergar to fall almost thirty feet further down the mountain, leaving his armor to take the worst of the impact. Before Urgraz can recover, he's slipping and rolling further still down the mountain as he curses and scrambles for grip, even as the wind is knocked from his lungs.

The giant escaped his grasp this time, but he swears upon Mazmezz he will end that creature!

The Death Zone is automatically closed and The Killing Blade escapes.

Urgraz ends his turn, and attempts to recharge Restoration.
Divine 14: 1d8 + 4 + 1d6 + 1d4 ⇒ (2) + 4 + (6) + (3) = 15 -> Thanks to Steal Soul; Restoration recharged.
Urgraz resets his hand.

Hand: Corrosive Backsword +4, Blessing of Rovagug, Blessing of the Lady of Graves (Salim), Armor of Skulls (Salim), Vampiric Backsword +3, Blessing of Mammon, Confidence Boost,

Displayed: Gambeson, Spell Ward Shield, Divine Fortune, Steal Soul,
Deck: 10 Discard: 2 Buried: 5
Notes: See below.

After Ezren's start-of-turn, Urgraz sets aside Confidence Boost, examining the top 3 cards of his character deck (Blessing of Maat, Book of the Damned (Redeemed), Boots of Teleportation), then drawing Boots of Teleportation. Urgraz shuffles the remainder into his deck, clearing his recharged pile.

Urgraz then recharges Boots of Teleportation to move to Mountain Peak. I'm well-suited to temp-closing it in case we need to control where another villain ends up (remember to try to move them into the Crypts of Gluttony). If anyone else is at my location, I can provide additional support to them.

Hand: Corrosive Backsword +4, Blessing of Rovagug, Blessing of the Lady of Graves (Salim), Armor of Skulls (Salim), Vampiric Backsword +3, Blessing of Mammon,

Displayed: Gambeson, Spell Ward Shield, Divine Fortune, Steal Soul,
Deck: 11 Discard: 2 Buried: 5
Notes: All of my cards are free to use.
(Blessings for support - Rovagug for 3 dice, Mammon for 2 dice, Lady of Graves to add your Wisdom Die after a roll.)
(At my location - Armor of Skulls for an evade, Divine Fortune always adds 1d6.)

If Urgraz gets an opportunity to temp-close off turn, he autopasses the Wisdom 6 check. (1d8+3+1d6+1d4 due to Steal Soul and Divine Fortune.)

OFF-TURN:
Urgraz displays Gambeson and Spell Ward Shield for a bunch of damage resistance, auto-passing checks to keep the Shield in play indefinitely.

Salim buries Blessing of the Lady of Graves to examine the entirety of the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, examining...
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 1: Blessing of Nethys
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 2: Vicious Blade (VILLAIN #1)
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 3: Winged Shield
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 4: Skull Ripper
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 5: Crushing Door
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 6: Trapped Spellbook
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 7: Blessing of Abadar
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 8: Poison Blast
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 9: Headband of Alluring Charisma
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 10: Scout

The Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony is shuffled. Urgraz buries The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed) to draw Blessing of the Lady of Graves into his hand instead of letting it be buried.

(Note that there's a Blessing 6 there that I'll probably search out can grab with Suurlahetas later, as well as one of the Villains. We should probably look to exploring other locations and try to push the remaining villains here for the win.)

The top of Urgraz's deck is examined; it's Torch.

Hand: Corrosive Backsword +4, Armor of Skulls, Blessing of Rovagug, Aegis of Recovery, Blessing of Mazmezz, Divine Fortune,

Displayed: Gambeson, Spell Ward Shield,
Deck: 12 Discard: 0 Buried: 1
Notes: All of my cards are free to use. (Blessings for support - Rovagug for 3 dice, Armor of Skulls for an evade at my location, BoLady of Graves to add your Wisdom Die after a roll, Divine Fortune for +1d6 at my location - though it's best used on my own turn.)

Urgraz will be moving to the Death Zone on his next turn, and will be displaying Divine Fortune as soon as he moves, in case that influences anyone's decision. Feel free to bot his card buries if anything (like Suurlahetas or Emerald Codex) can be grabbed with his power.

Urgraz takes no Loot.

Urgraz will start at the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, and requests that Salim start there with him as well.

Urgraz is pretty well suited to all of these locations, so he'll move on his turn to wherever he's needed most or whatever his hand is best suited for. If in doubt, he'll take on the Death Zone, as it's the most hostile location for the party.

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Urgraz draws his opening hand, with a hand size of +2 cards.

Hand: Corrosive Backsword +4, Armor of Skulls, Blessing of Rovagug, Gambeson, The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed), Spell Ward Shield, Aegis of Recovery, Blessing of Mazmezz, Divine Fortune,

Displayed:
Deck: 12 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes: (Note that The Asmodean Disciplines may be replaced by Vestments of False Faith after Deck Upgrades.)

Huh, all 4 of my Armors are in my opening hand.

At the beginning of the first turn, Urgraz displays Gambeson and Spell Ward Shield. He'll fail any BYA check he has to make against the henchmen/villains and use his power to draw 2 cards every time that happens.

All of my cards are free to use. (Blessings for support - even Rovagug for 3 dice, Armor of Skulls for an evade at my location, Divine Fortune for +1d6 at my location - though it's best used on my own turn.)

My Corrosive Backsword is further encouraging me to move to the barrier-heavy Death Zone on my first turn, so I'll be doing that.

For Scenario 2-6D: Escape from the Gravevault

Tier Reward (6.4): Urgraz earns a Card Feat, and checks off...
Armor: 3 [X] 4 [ ] 5

Scenario Reward: Urgraz earns a Skill Feat, and checks off...
Wisdom d8 [X] +1 [X] +2 [X] +3

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

Off-Turn: Salim's Major Cure shuffles 3 cards (Blessing of Mazmezz, Blessing of the Lady of Graves, Blessing of Pharasma) from Urgraz's discard pile into his deck. Recharged pile cleared.

Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of the Gods discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Salim's deck: Striking Wing Scimitar.
Urgraz leaves it there.

Urgraz attempts to recharge Divine Fortune.
Divine 13: 1d8 + 3 + 1d6 + 1d4 ⇒ (8) + 3 + (5) + (4) = 20 -> Divine Fortune recharged.

Urgraz gives Suurlahetas to Salim.
Salim banishes Suurlahetas to search the entirety of the Location #1: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, and draws the following boon from it...

Urgraz remains at the Location #1: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, using the Adventure 5 reward to randomly shuffle Blessing of Mammon from his discard pile into his deck and clearing his recharged pile.
Urgraz takes his free exploration.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card #: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Urgraz buries (instead of discarding) Blessing of Rovagug to explore his location, additionally drawing Blessing of Norgorber from his discard pile. Any encountered blessing or ally will be banished.

Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card # (2/4): 1d2 ⇒ 2

Urgraz discards Blessing of Norgorber to explore his location.

Urgraz ends his turn; from the scenario power, his location closes. We win!

The Antipaladin laughs as the Inquisitor feeds him more power. His plan is coming together; his influence is too far gone to be purged. He simply must silence the grating whispers of the Lady of Graves, and he will have finished preparing for the grand finale of his long-running plot. At last...!

As the party runs through the halls; Urgraz uses the senses gifted to him by his race to identify quickly where collapses are less likely, and - more importantly - which passages bring them closer to the surface; to safety at last!

Hand: Suurlahetas, Corrosive Backsword +4, Dominate, Flaming Icy Axe +1, Vampiric Backsword +3, Bolstering Armor, The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed), Amulet of Fiery Fists,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul,
Deck: 8 Discard: 5 Buried: 7
Notes: Game over!

I'm interested in continuing; we're so near the end of the season after all!

I know that Andrew/Hawkmoon has a lot on his plate at the moment, but I'll leave it up to him how he wants the table to handle that. We could call a hiatus until things calm down, set up botting rules, etc. (Dinketry also has a lot on his plate, but Yoon's turns have been pretty consistent regardless.)

I do, however, have a preference that we aim to complete the AP before Core hits store shelves everywhere, but I know that may not be plausible.

Off-turn; Urgraz discarded Blessing of Mephistopheles for Yoon's check.
Urgraz buries Book of the Damned (Redeemed) to recover the Emerald Codex during Salim's turn. (Thanks for adding it to my Deck Handler, by the way!)

At the end of Salim's turn, Urgraz recharges Boots of Teleportation to move to Location #4: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony.

Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Torag discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Salim's deck: The Melted Blade.
As darkly hilarious it would be for the Antipaladin to just blatantly steal Salim's iconic weapon from him... Urgraz leaves it there.

Urgraz gives Suurlahetas to Salim.
Salim banishes Suurlahetas to search the entirety of Location #6: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony , and draws the following boon from it...

Evil power infuses Urgraz and Salims armaments as they delve into their ritualistic communion. Urgraz laughs, brandishing two cruel blades as he charges to clear a path out of these collapsing halls - one appearing to drip with blood, the other with acid.

Urgraz remains at Location #4: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, using the Adventure 5 reward to randomly shuffle Blessing of Mephistopheles from his discard pile into his deck and clearing his recharged pile.
Urgraz takes his free exploration.

Dark deities watch over the bloodthirsty, maniacal antipaladin. Their cruel glee at his wanton destruction leads some to lend their blessing to the Duergar, curious to see what use he makes of it.

Urgraz discards Blessing of Norgorber to explore his location.

Urgraz sets aside Augury 2 to examine the top 3 cards of his location deck, naming BARRIER. (I have an idea...)
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 3: Hand Chopper
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 4: Warlord
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 5: Troll

Location #4: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony is shuffled, with Hand Chopper (re-)placed on top.
Divine 8: 1d8 + 3 + 1d4 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + 3 + (1) + (4) = 15 -> Augury 2 recharged.

Urgraz races through the crypts; guided by a miraculous prescience. Mazmezz's influence? Pharasma's? Norgorber's? It doesn't matter. The antipaladin is certain of his path; that is all that is necessary.

Urgraz discards Blessing of Mammon to explore his location.

Urgraz briefly pauses as he comes across an odd contraption; featuring hooks and dull, rusted blades, coated with curiously fresh blood. Its positioning - atop an altar surrounded by burned-out candles - suggests a ritualistic purpose; and its appearance suggesting that it would claim the blood (and possibly the fingers) of anyone willing to stick their hand within a terrifyingly sharp, dark aperture within the monstrosity.

Urgraz has a better plan. He summons a petty demonling with abyssal magics, and forcibly drags one of its small arms into the opening. It screams in agony as a horrible sound emerges from the machine, and Urgraz dismisses the imp after feeling a wonderful surge of ritualistic power flow from the contraption - entering and enhancing the antipaladin's senses and strength. What a glorious device of sacrifice!

Hand Chopper deals no damage in the end; Urgraz discards the top card of his deck (Heart's Bane (Redeemed)) to its power. Urgraz draws 2 cards from using his power earlier: Boots of Teleportation, Torch.

Ha-ha! 4 cards drawn! A quick hand update mid-turn...

Hand: Suurlahetas, Vampiric Backsword +3, The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed), Blessing of Maat, Corrosive Backsword +4, Augury, Dominate, Blessing of Mephistopheles, Blessing of Mazmezz, Boots of Teleportation, Torch,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul, Divine Fortune,
Deck: 3 Discard: 6 Buried: 4

Urgraz discards Blessing of Mazmezz to explore his location, using his power and recharging The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed) to ignore Blessing of Mazmezz's corrupted trait.

Urgraz buries Torch to explore his location.
Location #4: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card #: 1d3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Lost warriors with haunted gazes try to impede the Duergar's way, even as the halls fill with debris and dust. They are no match for his vicious blades, and their lives only serve to feed Urgraz's bloodlust further.

Urgraz discards Blessing of Pharasma to explore his location.
Location #4: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 3/5: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Trolls - test subjects or guardians of these halls, held in some stasis that was shattered with the collapse - also charge at Urgraz in blind rage. Urgraz cuts them down, and hacks their bodies to pieces with his acidic blade for the sheer fun of it.

Urgraz discards Blessing of Mephistopheles to explore his location.

Finally, Urgraz cuts through the remaining traps and chains that bar a path closer to the exit; severing them with his acid-spewing magic blade. He laughs, finding a long hallways which he can safely teleport to the end of; further from the epicenter of the tremors behind him and closer to safety.

Urgraz ends his exploration step. He's at a location with no cards in it, so he attempts to close Location #4: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony.
Wisdom 12: 1d8 + 2 + 1d4 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 2 + (1) + (5) = 9 -> Urgraz discards Blessing of Maat to add 3, bringing his result to 12 and closing Location #4: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony.

Urgraz recharges Boots of Teleporation between his closing step and his end of turn step to move to Location #1: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, just in case I get a chance to clear some cards from it.

Urgraz sets aside Augury 2 to examine the top 3 cards of Location #1: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, naming MONSTER.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 1: Mammoth
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 2: Explosive Runes
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 3: Mummy

Location #1: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony is shuffled, with Mammoth (re-)placed on top, and Mummy placed second-from the-top.
Divine 8: 1d8 + 3 + 1d4 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 3 + (2) + (3) = 9 -> Augury recharged.

Urgraz ends his turn.
Scenario Power ('Difficulty' 2): 1d10 ⇒ 5 -> No effect.
Urgraz resets his hand.

Hand: Suurlahetas, Corrosive Backsword +4, Dominate, Flaming Icy Axe +1, Vampiric Backsword +3, Blessing of Rovagug, Augury 2, Bolstering Armor, The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed),

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul, Divine Fortune,
Deck: 3 Discard: 9 Buried: 5
Notes: If a Blessing 6 is flipped from the Blessings deck, Urgraz will acquire it with the Asmodean Disciplines' power.

All of my blessings are free to use. Blessing of Rovagug may be used with its downside to add 3 dice freely (there's no way we'll need the amount of time we've got left), and I'll additionally bury it to draw Aegis of Recovery from my discard pile when it's used.

Augury may be freely used as desired.
Players gain +1d6 to ALL checks at my location because of Divine Fortune.

In short... a Weapon 6 was acquired, an Armor 6 was acquired, a location was closed and we know for certain no more AD6 boons remain in location decks.

Off Turn: After Salim buries Blessing of the Lady of Graves, Urgraz uses his power and buries Blessing of the Vaultmaster to draw Blessing of the Lady of Graves into his hand.

Off Turn: After Salim's movement step, Urgraz recharges Boots of Teleportation to move to Location #3: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony with him.

Off Turn: When Salim defeats the Ogre, Urgraz displays Steal Soul.

Urgraz feels no fright or concern from the collapsing ruins and tunnels; his heritage allows him to navigate the collapsing passages with ease, as does his teleporation magics and gift of prescience as granted by his dark patron's favor.

Leaving the wizard, the girl and the would-be ritual participants to fend for themselves, Urgraz shadows Salim's movements - oddly stealthy for a heavily armed and armored Antipaladin when he wants to be. Teleporting from point to point, remaining out of sight, Urgraz weaves silent magical compulsions to further stoke Salim's growing violent urges. The sin-magic pervading these halls makes the job almost too easy.

Urgraz stifles a dark laugh, drawing power from Salim's bloodied foes as the inquisitor so kindly partakes in the bloodlust that Urgraz has inspired. The only bothersome note is the awful, intrusive whispers of the Lady of Graves in the Duergar's ear. Can She not leave him be!?

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Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Shelyn discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Salim's deck: Emerald Codex.
Urgraz leaves it there.

Urgraz gives Suurlahetas to Salim.
Salim banishes Suurlahetas to search the entirety of Location #4: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, and draws the following boon from it...

Urgraz moves to Location #6: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony.
Urgraz takes his free exploration.

Urgraz teleports away from Salim as the magic in his armored boots begins to fade, leaving the inquisitor to drift in the aftermath of Urgraz's compulsions. Urgraz makes his way for the safety of the surface, coming across some giant that appears to be waking from some magically-induced stasis; not dissimilar from the Trolls from earlier in their expedition. The giant is disoriented by the collapsing mountain, and is no match for the dark dwarf's wicked blade.

Urgraz discards Blessing of Rovagug to explore his location. Any encountered blessing or ally will be banished.

As Urgraz comes across a store of odd, old symbols of forgotten Gods; a dark, nihilistic fury briefly overtakes him. The antipaladin freely - almost joyously - gives himself to the urges; burning, shattering and desecrating the symbols with a dark, fervent glee, despite the immediate treacherousness of his situation as the place collapses around them.

Urgraz ends his turn.
Urgraz reveals Aegis of Recovery to randomly recharge Blessing of Rovagug from his discard pile.
Urgraz rolls for the end-of-turn scenario power...
Scenario Power (4 Open Locations): 1d10 ⇒ 2
Scenario Power (Banished Cards + Damage): 1d6 ⇒ 4 -> The following cards are banished from Location #6: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony...
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 3: Blessing of the Gods
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 4: Icy Ledge
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 5: Hungerer
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 6: Mirror Image

Urgraz takes 4 Combat damage, which is reduced by 2, to 2, from Spell Ward Shield. Urgraz discards Aegis of Recovery and Blessing of the Lady of Graves to damage.

Urgraz resets his hand.

Hand: Suurlahetas, Vampiric Backsword +3, Blessing of Mephistopheles, Confidence Boost, Divine Fortune, The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed), Blessing of Maat, Blessing of Mammon, Book of the Damned (Redeemed),

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul,
Deck: 6 Discard: 2 Buried: 2
Notes: See below.

Urgraz sets aside Confidence Boost, examining the top 3 cards of his character deck (Torch, Blessing of Mazmezz, Corrosive Backsword +4), then drawing Corrosive Backsword +4. Urgraz shuffles the remainder into his deck, clearing his recharged pile.

Hand: Suurlahetas, Vampiric Backsword +3, Blessing of Mephistopheles, Divine Fortune, The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed), Blessing of Maat, Blessing of Mammon, Book of the Damned (Redeemed), Corrosive Backsword +4,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul,
Deck: 5 Discard: 3 Buried: 2
Notes: Requesting that Salim come to Urgraz's location; he can banish Emerald Codex immediately and Urgraz will recover it. (Urgraz will bury Book of the Damned, Asmodean Disciplines, or Vampiric Backsword as needed)
If a Blessing 6 is flipped from the Blessings deck, Urgraz will acquire it with the Asmodean Disciplines' power.

All of my blessings are free to use. Mammon always adds 2 dice, Mephistopheles adds 2 dice at a distant location and Maat may give +3 post-roll.

Salim drew Bolstering Armor from a location deck, discarded Blessing of the Midnight Lord, and has Emerald Codex atop his character deck.
All cards in 'Location #4: Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony' are known. The only locations that could still have AD6 cards are Locations 5 and 6.

Urgraz makes no Loot trades.

Urgraz will start at the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony with Salim.

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Urgraz draws his opening hand, with a hand size of +2 cards.

Hand: Aegis of Recovery, Spell Ward Shield, Boots of Teleportation, Steal Soul, Suurlahetas, Blessing of Rovagug, Vampiric Backsword +3, Armor of Skulls, Blessing of the Vaultmaster,

Displayed:
Deck: 11 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes: See below.

At the start of Ezren's turn, Urgraz displays Spell Ward Shield.

Hand: Aegis of Recovery, Boots of Teleportation, Steal Soul, Suurlahetas, Blessing of Rovagug, Vampiric Backsword +3, Armor of Skulls, Blessing of the Vaultmaster,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield,
Deck: 11 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes: Blessings are available on demand. Steal Soul will be cast as soon as is usable. Suurlahetas will be given to Salim for use on Urgraz's next turn.

That’s a good call on the Aspect of the Bull. I’d take a Spell 4 upgrade and replace Kinetic Blast with it, but there’s no Spell 4 upgrade to be had.

*sad trombone*

Then feel free to take a Spell 5; nobody else wants it. :)

(Yep, you can use a Deck Upgrade to fill your deck with the same card type up to the Adventure Deck Number of your chosen upgrade, not exclusively the exact same number.)

For Scenario 2-6C: The Opus Sundered

No Tier reward for 6.3.

Not even the slightest bit of interest in the ally. What a junk end-game ally by today's standards with Ultimate Add-On decks backing us up.

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

Off-Turn; I'm assuming that at the end of Salim's turn, Ezren sets aside Mass Displacement to move everyone to Urgraz's location.
Ezren draws Volcanic Storm from his deck to his power.
Ezren adds 1d6 to his check to recharge due to Divine Fortune; but attempting and succeeding will mean he has to recharge another card.

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Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Desna discarded from the blessings deck. (Technically this is wrong, because Salim shuffled some blessings back, but honestly it seems like too much work to manually calculate what blessings were returned and then which were flipped over, so I'm just ignoring Salim's use of Invoke unless the top of the blessings deck somehow really matters.)

Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Ezren's deck: Secret Broker.
Urgraz swaps it with his Boots of Teleportation.

Urgraz does not attempt to recharge Divine Fortune. Divine Fortune discarded.

Urgraz sets aside Confidence Boost, examining the top 3 cards of his character deck (Blessing of Mephistopheles, Blessing of Mazmezz, Detect Evil), then drawing Blessing of Mephistopheles. Urgraz shuffles the remainder into his deck, clearing his recharged pile.
Urgraz does not attempt to recharge Confidence Boost. Confidence Boost discarded.

Urgraz remains at the Shimmering Veils of Pride, using the Adventure 5 reward to randomly shuffle Divine Fortune from his discard pile into his deck and clearing his recharged pile.

Urgraz takes his free exploration.

Urgraz discards Blessing of the Vaultmaster to explore his location, adding 1 die to checks against barriers during it.

Urgraz discards Secret Broker to explore his location. During this exploration, he may recharge a card to add a die to any check that invokes a trait on the recharged card.

Urgraz discards Blessing of Mephistopheles to explore his location.

Urgraz reveals Mokmurian's Club for the second combat check, additionally discarding Chainmail of Cold Resistance to its power to add another 1d10.
Difficulty Increase (Spell Ward Shield): 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2 -> Difficulty is increased by 2.
Ezren discards Entice to Staff of Hungry Shadows to decrease the difficulty by 1d12.
Difficulty Decrease (Staff of Hungry Shadows): 1d12 ⇒ 4 -> Difficulty is decreased by 4.
Urgraz discards the top card of his deck (Blessing of Mazmezz) to add 1d6+1 to his Combat check.
Yoon discards her remaining Sign to add a die.
Urgraz discards Blessing of Mammon to add 2 dice to his check, using his power and recharging Blessing of Maat to ignore its corrupted trait.
Urgraz sets aside Fiery Weapon to add 1d4 to his check.
Combat 27-2: 4d8 + 7 + 1d10 + 2 + 1d10 + 1d6 + 1 + 1d4 + 1d4 ⇒ (4, 6, 8, 8) + 7 + (6) + 2 + (9) + (6) + 1 + (3) + (1) = 61 -> Second check passed. Urgraz recharges Mokmurian's Club to the location power.
Nosferatu defeated. (Urgraz gets a heal from the Club, but nevermind that.)

Urgraz catches sight of Zervo, after he'd teleported away earlier. With the remainder of the party having interrupted the ritual, Urgraz wastes no time at charging at him in his shapechanged, giant form - swinging his club (for once proportionate in size to the rest of his form) with madness in his eyes. Urgraz lets out a roar; dark, oppressive magic cast from his mailed fist that shattered the words of arcane power as they try to escape from Zervo's mouth; silencing and breaking apart his attempts at teleportation or further casting. Before Zervo can recover from the magic, Urgraz is upon him, and a single blow from the club smashes the necromancer against the wall.

Urgraz smashes at the doubly-dead lich-like creature, bashing its skeleton to dust with blow after blow, working out an intense, hollow fury at the corpse.

Nosferatu cannot escape; We win!.

Hand:

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul, Shapechange (Hand Size: 10),
Deck: 7 Discard: 10 Buried: 8
Notes: We win!

Aw man, Salim gets all the cool Spells (including 3 spell 6s); Invoke, Dominate, Sign of Wrath, Raise Dead... I get such great cards such as Detect Evil. XD

Changed my mind about just taking 1 exploration and closing this location - since I drew a healing spell, I'll burn some cards on more locations and heal myself afterwards. Worst comes to worst, there's even a Raise Dead spell, so there's not really much compelling me to play conservatively.

Urgraz moves to the Shimmering Veils of Pride.
Urgraz displays Divine Fortune.
Urgraz discards (does not attempt to recharge) Detect Evil to examine the top card of the location deck.

Hm... Ideally, I fail this check by a tiny amount; then I can exploit my power, its 'undefeated' power, and my shield to draw a bunch of cards. But I won't risk weaponless combat, so I'll just have to get "lucky" and roll super low.
Urgraz reveals Heart's Bane (Redeemed) for combat. Because he has the Antipaladin trait, it adds an additional 1d10 and the Fire trait.
Difficulty Increase (Spell Ward Shield): 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3 -> Difficulty is increased by 3.
Divine Fortune adds 1d6. Steal Soul adds 1d4.
Combat 17+3: 1d8 + 7 + 1d8 + 3 + 1d10 + 1d6 + 1d4 ⇒ (7) + 7 + (1) + 3 + (5) + (3) + (1) = 27 -> Pass, and no chance that I can force that to fail. Urgraz recharges Fiery Weapon to the location power.
Deathweb defeated.

The air around him warping from his giant, power-ridden presence, Urgraz roars a challenge to the denizens of the halls. A vast, undead spider reacts and ambushes the Duergar from above, but he hacks it to pieces easily - its oversized legs soon littering the floor, still twitching and curling up.

Urgraz takes his free exploration.

Some old, maddened priest remains. Urgraz grabs the man's full torso in a now-giant, armored hand, crushing the priest's ribcage and draining the man of any remaining divine power. Satisfied with the new flow of magic, Urgraz tosses the human powerfully against a nearby wall, where he falls, lifeless.

Urgraz discards Blessing of Sarenrae to explore his location.

Urgraz buries (instead of discarding) Blessing of Rovagug to explore his location, additionally drawing Blessing of the Vaultmaster from his discard pile. Any encountered blessing or ally will be banished.

His path of destruction draws the attention of demons - bound into servitude or willing inhabitants of these halls? It matters not; Urgraz cuts them to pieces all the same.

Urgraz buries Father Zantus to heal himself.
Aegis of Recovery: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 -> Urgraz recharges 3 random cards (Blessing of Mephistopheles, Blessing of Mazmezz, Detect Evil) from his discard pile.

Urgraz ends his turn.
Technically, he must make a Melee 6 check to keep his Spell Ward Shield in play. I normally don't bother mentioning it, but since passing a check makes me recharge cards, I pass the check and recharge Heart's Bane (Redeemed).
Urgraz resets his hand and ends his turn.

Hand: Blessing of the Vaultmaster, Aegis of Recovery, Mokmurian's Club, Blessing of Mammon, Confidence Boost, Book of the Damned (Redeemed), Boots of Teleportation, Fiery Weapon, Major Cure, Blessing of Maat,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul, Shapechange (Hand Size: 10), Divine Fortune,
Deck: 4 Discard: 1 Buried: 8
Notes: Well, I must admit I was hoping I'd encounter the villain here, close the location, then recover my full buried pile. That constant hand recharging hurts - and I was going out of my way to try to avoid making spell recharge checks, even.

Anyway, whilst I would appreciate a Scrying or Object Reading or something similar to hopefully examine or bring the villain higher, I'd otherwise like the location left to Urgraz so he can get the closing effect. If you are here anyway, Divine Fortune adds 1d6 to your checks.

Blessing of Mammon is free to use to add 2 dice to any check. Blessing of the Vaultmaster is free to use, and adds 2 dice against barriers. Blessing of Maat is free to add 3 to any check after the roll. I can use Confidence Boost to draw new blessings if desired.

Off-Turn; Urgraz discards Blessing of Mazmezz to add 2 dice to Yoon's combat check, using his power and recharging Book of the Damned (Redeemed) to ignore the Corrupted trait on it.

Such power, such violence! Mazmezz rejoices at the growing savagery of the kineticist!

At the end of Salim's turn, Urgraz recharges Boots of Teleportation to move to the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony.

The oversized, shapechanged Duergar pulls upon the power of his equipment to teleport to the Inquisitors side - driven by dark whispers that hint of more power to siphon from the Rahadoumi.

Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of the Gods discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Salim's deck: Scrying.
Urgraz swaps it with his Suurlahetas.

Salim banishes Emerald Codex to draw 3 Divine Spells from the box, as listed:

Urgraz gives Emerald Codex to Salim.
Salim banishes Emerald Codex to draw 3 Divine Spells from the box, as listed:

Urgraz banishes Emerald Codex to display 3 random Divine Spells from the box, as listed:

7 more random divine spells must be drawn from the box before Urgraz can continue his turn. The first 4 for Salim, the last 3 for Urgraz himself.
Turn Paused.

[b]Hand: Blessing of Maat, Blessing of Sarenrae, Heart's Bane (Redeemed), Divine Fortune, Blessing of Rovagug, TBD, TBD, TBD,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul, Shapechange (Hand Size: 10),
Deck: 7 Discard: 3 Buried: 6
Notes: We already know there are no cards worth acquiring in these location decks; once I've got the spells I'm almost certainly just going to kill the Baykok and close the Crypts of Gluttony, then end my turn.

Nice turns all! Top notch plays!

Urgraz's mouth twitches into a smile. The kineticist has her precious toy back, but the cursed emetic he provided has also laid the groundwork for him to exploit her powers with his magic. His corruption now infests both the Inquisitor and the girl - his plan so close to being complete it's painful to have to wait.

But patience. Patience will ensure the sweetest relief, the most glorious triumph, when his treachery is at hand.

...if only the blasted Lady of Graves would leave his thoughts alone!

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Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Gozreh discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Yoon's deck: Shapechange.
Urgraz swaps it with his Blessing of the Lady of Graves.
Urgraz attempts to recharge Divine Fortune.
Divine 13: 1d8 + 3 + 1d6 + 1d4 ⇒ (1) + 3 + (1) + (1) = 6 -> Hah! Divine Fortune discarded.

Urgraz gives Suurlahetas to Yoon.
Yoon banishes Suurlahetas to search the entirety of the Shimmering Veils of Pride, and draws the following boon from it...

Urgraz puppets the kineticist's power - ensuring she won't recall the experience afterwards - to command more powerful magics. Trinkets and small decorative items in the vicinity shudder, then begin to be dragged by some invisible force towards the duo; pulled by some gravity towards the centre of the ritual. Urgraz pockets the more interesting looking baubles, then moves on.

No other boons of note, but the villain is at the Shimmering Veils of Pride, so that's nice.

Urgraz remains at the Iron Cages of Lust, using the Adventure 5 reward to randomly shuffle Divine Fortune from his discard pile into his deck and clearing his recharged and topdecked piles.
Urgraz takes his free exploration.

Urgraz buries Torch to explore his location.

Urgraz grunts, looking for a way out of these twisted halls, finding that the entire area is ringed in some cage. That wasn't there before, surely? Nevertheless, he finds a hatch sealed with a powerful - but worn - lock, and he shatters the lock with the hilt of his blade to free Yoon and himself from the sickening palace of illusions and allure.

May as well try to finish this location so it's not left awkwardly open.
Urgraz sets aside Confidence Boost, examining the top 3 cards of his character deck (Blessing of Mephistopheles, Book of the Damned (Redeemed), Divine Fortune), then drawing Blessing of Mephistopheles. Urgraz shuffles the remainder into his deck, clearing his recharged pile.
Divine 11: 1d8 + 3 + 1d4 ⇒ (8) + 3 + (2) = 13 -> Confidence Boost recharged.

Urgraz discards Blessing of Mephistopheles to explore his location.

Urgraz ends his exploration step, and attempts to close his empty location.
Urgraz reveals Heart's Bane (Redeemed) for his Diplomacy. Because he has the Antipaladin trait, it adds an additional 1d10 and the Fire trait.
Diplomacy 12: 1d8 + 7 + 1d8 + 3 + 1d10 + 1d4 ⇒ (6) + 7 + (8) + 3 + (4) + (4) = 32 -> Iron Cages of Lust closed.

Urgraz displays Shapechange, choosing to set his hand size to 10 for the remainder of the scenario.

Urgraz once again exploits the Kineticist's vast latent powers - his specially treated emetic leaving her both vulnerable to, and ignorant of, the power she's granting him. Upon enlarging himself with his innate Duergar powers, he draws upon the stolen power to greatly extend the duration of the sizeshifting form, able to stroll through the halls with a size comparable to that of a small ogre, but exceptionally superior in speed and dexterity.

Urgraz ends his turn and resets his hand.

Hand: Blessing of Maat, Suurlahetas, Heart's Bane (Redeemed), Blessing of Sarenrae, Divine Fortune, Blessing of Rovagug, Book of the Damned (Redeemed), Boots of Teleportation, Vampiric Backsword +3, Blessing of Mazmezz,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul, Shapechange (Hand Size: 10),
Deck: 4 Discard: 2 Buried: 4
Notes: All Blessings are free for support. Blessing of Maat can add 3 to a check after the roll.
Urgraz can move to another character's location with Boots of Teleportation and then display Divine Fortune to add +1d6 to all checks made there.

If Yoon comes back to Urgraz's location before his next turn (and he doesn't teleport away) then I can bump Suurlahetas off her again. If not, I'll teleport to someone just before I start my turn.

And don't worry about my small deck size - I have plenty of stacked damage resistance on me, and healing options left in my deck.

Shapechange was stolen from Yoon's deck by Urgraz, and a Blessing of the Lady of Graves ultimately placed into her discard pile.
Shimmering Veils of Pride was searched and a Blessing of Irori drawn from it (by Yoon). The villain was found there.
The Iron Cages of Lust were closed.

To clarify, Urgraz had listed his starting location as the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, not the Catacombs of Wrath. Ezren and Urgraz appear to have had their starting locations switched, actually.

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Urgraz growls and draws his wicked blade. He will end this ritual - anything to destroy any trace of the runelords' legacies - by magic or sword, it matters not.

Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Lamashtu discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Salim's deck: Isiem.
Urgraz leaves it there.
Urgraz displays Spell Ward Shield, and will automatically pass checks to keep it displayed.

Urgraz gives Suurlahetas to Salim.
Salim banishes Suurlahetas to search the entirety of the Runewell, and draws the following boon from it...

There's no other boons of note in that location except an Item 5.
I also think Salim will appreciate this, as it leaves him with no blessing in hand so that his power works...
Salim buries Blessing of the Lady of Graves to search the entirety of the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony.
Urgraz buries Armor of Skulls to draw Blessing of the Lady of Graves into his hand.
Once again, no notable boons, and no villain.

Urgraz's head swims with Pharasma's whispers. More of the inquisitor's damnable influence, or sin-magic fulfilling Urgraz's growing paranoia?

And yet, such power is in the messages, such prophecies and new insights...

Not entirely sure where to go. 2 locations have been fully searched and/or examined, and there's no sign of any notable boons or villains. Urgraz is well suited to the Festering Maze of Sloth, can certainly find a monster to Steal Soul from at the Catacombs of Wrath, and (thanks to Heart's Bane) he's perfectly well suited to acquiring allies, blessings and fighting monsters at the Iron Cages of Lust. Lots of choices to make.

I think I'll go to the Iron Cages and make the most of my very high Diplomacy right now.

Urgraz moves to the Iron Cages of Lust.
Urgraz takes his free exploration.

Urgraz leaves the Inquisitor behind, the rush of magical insight warning him to focus points of this ritual embedded within nearby opulent halls filled with curiously tall cages, thick carpets and golden threads - more illusions, no doubt, protected by more Thassilonian magic. Undead monstrosities, increasingly familiar, try to slow the Duergar down but find their flesh and bones cleaved through with his fiery sword with ease as he snarls and searches for whatever ritual cornerstone he knows must be here...

Urgraz discards Blessing of the Vaultmaster to explore his location, adding 1 die to checks against barriers during it.

Urgraz ends his turn.
Urgraz resets his hand.

Hand: Blessing of Maat, Suurlahetas, Blessing of the Lady of Graves, Wand of Scorching Ray, Heart's Bane (Redeemed), Confidence Boost, Torch,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Divine Fortune, Steal Soul,
Deck: 9 Discard: 1 Buried: 2
Notes: Blessings of Maat and the Lady of Graves are both free for support, and either can assist a check after the roll, so keep them in mind.
Characters at Urgraz's location gain +1d6 to all checks thanks to Divine Fortune.

If Salim comes to Urgraz's location, please use Urgraz's Confidence Boost on Salim to try to draw the Emerald Codex whenever you're ready, then banish it to draw 3 spells (Urgraz will grab the Codex).

Finally, if Salim does not aim to end his turn at Urgraz's location, I request that Yoon move to Urgraz's location with her power so that I have someone to give Suurlahetas to.

So I wasted the effort digging out so many Spell 6s, got it. :P

LOOT: Urgraz will trade Scizore +3 for Mokmurian's Club

Urgraz will start at the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, and requests that Salim start there with him as well.

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Urgraz draws his opening hand, with a hand size of +2 cards.

Hand: Blessing of Maat, Suurlahetas, The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed), Spell Ward Shield, Divine Fortune, Blessing of the Vaultmaster, Steal Soul, Heart's Bane (Redeemed), Armor of Skulls,

Displayed:
Deck: 11 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes: Strong opening hand! Any requests for where to use Suurlahetas first? I'm thinking the Runewell.

I've a request that the party leaves Urgraz to close the Shimmering Veils of Pride - Urgraz frequently buries 5+ cards per game, and that effect looks awesome as a result.

Also, I note that the Runewell is harmless for Yoon to move to - she can always move to a different location with her new power before her next turn starts.

Well I'd really like the great Hawkmoon to weigh in on the "When you encounter the Cannibal Haunt, you may immediately attempt to close this location" vs "Before the encounter, banish either a card of your choice from your hand or the top card of your deck" (and explain what I misunderstood with the above linked forum thread, if necessary), but either way there's no difference to my deck upgrades.

I'm also really happy to see that power from Yoon; I request that she always move to Urgraz's location before the start of his turn if there's nobody already there (so I can do Suurlahetas, Emerald Codex or similar tricks).

For Scenario 2-6B: Feast of Famine

During the scenario, Urgraz banished The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed) and Mokmurian's Club (traded from Bloodblade), leaving him with an empty Item and Weapon slot.

For the scenario reward, Urgraz will draw whatever is most in demand.

Urgraz earns a Power Feat from Tier Progression, and checks off...
When a character at your ([ ] or any) location is dealt damage when you fail a check, you may increase the damage by 1 to draw a card ([X] or by 2 to draw 2 cards) after the check.

Between that power and Spell Ward Shield; BYA/AYA damage (as long as it includes a check that I can actually fail) has never been more profitable!

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

Actually, I have a reliable source that states otherwise. "When you encounter" effects appear to be before "Before the Encounter" effects - in fact, they're before you even get a chance to evade, bizarrely (so you could close off the Cannibal Haunt and, if you failed the close, even evade him).

(And yes, the timing of "Before The Encounter", despite the confusing name, is identical to the timing of "Before You Act"; it wasn't changed in functionality, it was solely renamed to make it clearer to people. As that linked thread details.
Yes, I'm aware that that means that "before the encounter" literally occurs during an encounter, and always has. Hence why they changed the silly wording.)

It's odd, but that linked forum covers it very well.

It doesn't matter, though - if I have to banish a card I'll just banish Mokmurian's Club, which is a non-issue.

No flavour for the moment; perhaps tomorrow in a separate post. Seems better to finish off the scenario now rather than hold the team up.
(EDIT: I found some extra time.)

Also, Salim's had Dominate in his hand for a bit, but I think he'd thrown that card into Urgraz's deck a couple of turns ago (exchanging it for Blessing of Maat), and I suspect he never removed Dominate from his Deck Handler (nor set it aside), leading him to redraw a card that he shouldn't have.

Also, Urgraz took Book of the Damned from Salim during Urgraz's last turn (by having Salim use it, then Tyranting it back into my hand), so that couldn't be in Salim's hand either (sorry if I'd missed modifying the Shared Deck Handler for that).

Also, I've seen a mistake in my own hand, where my repeat handing-off-then-use of Suurlahetas confused me at some point, and I have two copies of it in my hand. Clearly, several mistakes were made this scenario. I'll just clear it from my hand and leave myself with -1 cards in hand.

Won't effect the rest of the scenario, anyway.

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Off Turn; Ugraz was given Spite Cloud.

Off-Turn; Urgraz shuffles in 2 random cards (Divine Fortune, Blessing of Abadar) from Salim's Major Cure. Recharge and topdeck piles cleared.

Urgraz reluctantly accepts the Inquisitor's uncomfortable healing magics, meditating briefly. The powers behind the sin-magic of these halls must have been great, but trapped in this twisted hunger threatens to drive the Antipaladin into a ravenous, insane fury should he linger too long.

He must destroy the worst of the magic at its source, then leave. Truly these accursed ruins are a test of Mazmezz, to demonstrate to him that everything is built to be broken - everything exists to be torn down. Exploit. Desecrate. Annhilate.

The only, blessed, truth. The only thing that will ever give Urgraz a measure of calm, a measure of peace. To shatter the feeble delusions of individuals, and the fragile empires of mortals, to break both brick and mind beneath his machinations, and to unveil the hollow savagery that so many hide under layers of ignorance and feigned civility.

Even depraved Thassilon's greatest mistake - their greatest sin - was to try to build. To believe that it would last, to believe that their empire meant something beyond a flicker of a wringle in the vast skein of fate. Their time is no longer, and these ruins have no right to exist.

Urgraz has made a decision. He will return one day and demolish these accursed places. To shatter their statues, desecrate their symbols, and return to rubble these pitiable halls.

Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Norgorber discarded from the blessings deck.

Urgraz recharges Boots of Teleportation to move to the Vault of Greed.

Urgraz remains at the Vault of Greed, using the Adventure 5 reward to randomly shuffle Blessing of Dispater from his discard pile into his deck.
Urgraz takes his free exploration.
Vault of Greed Card 1: Cannibal Haunt

Urgraz attempts to close the Vault of Greed.
Urgraz discards the top card of his deck (Restoration) to add 1d6+1 to his Wisdom check.
Yoon discards Blessing of Chaldira Zuzaristan to add a die.
Steal Soul adds 1d4.
Wisdom 12: 2d8 + 2 + 1d6 + 1 + 1d4 ⇒ (7, 1) + 2 + (5) + 1 + (4) = 20 -> Vault of Greed closed.

His meditation complete, Urgraz teleports deeper into the halls, rapidly coaxing himself into a rage. He tears the spectres that try to stop him apart, as he shatters furniture, dislodges stonework and weaves webs of dark fire that purge the Thassilonian runes engraved into the stonework at every turn. The runes, invisible to the naked eye at first, shimmer into view at his dark magic, then shatter with the sound of screams and broken glass - sin-magic dispersing as he fuels all of his rage into a destructive storm that exorcises these halls of their lingering, hunger-inducing magic.

We win!

Hand: Book of the Damned (Redeemed), Suurlahetas, Heart's Bane (Redeemed), Aegis of Recovery, Mokmurian's Club, Spite Cloud,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul,
Deck: 7 Discard: 2 Buried: 15
Notes:

Flavour.

Urgraz grumbles, staggering from the presence of the Inquisitor - flashes of the Lady of Graves' symbol flaring in his mind. He digs his mailed fingers into his skull, trying to drive out the divine image. It's not enough for her to torment the Rahadoumi; but also to try to impress Her will upon a servant of Mazmezz?

Some deep well of laughter erupts from Urgraz, uncharacteristically manic. A cruel joke! What joyous despair, what blessed darkness!

Urgraz would very much like to meet the Goddess of Death. To gaze upon her as he spits in her face.

Urgraz weaves a web of infernal magic to clear his thoughts from the accursed "Divine" influence of the Inquisitor's sickening aura. With his newfound clarity, he identifies the true state of these halls - rotting, ancient, tarnished, with nothing of value or repute remaining but what the delusions of sin-magic appear to provide.

We should leave these halls as soon as possible. To continue to feed the ravenous urges is of no use; there's not even any meaningful bait to salvage from this trap.

Off Turn: Urgraz discards Blessing of Mammon, and recharges Vampiric Backsword +3 to his power to ignore it's corrupted trait.

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Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Pharasma discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Salim's deck: Evangelist.
Urgraz leaves it there.
Urgraz attempts to recharge Divine Fortune.
Divine 13: 1d8 + 3 + 1d6 + 1d4 ⇒ (2) + 3 + (1) + (1) = 7 -> Divine Fortune discarded.

Urgraz gives Suurlahetas to Salim.
Salim banishes Suurlahetas to search the entirety of the Vault of Greed, and draws the following boon from it...
Vault of Greed Card 1: Holy Candle

Salim banishes Book of the Damned (Redeemed) to shuffle...
Blessings Healed: 4d4 ⇒ (2, 4, 4, 4) = 14 -> All 9 blessings are shuffled from the blessings discard pile into the blessings deck, refilling it entirely. There is no card atop the blessings discard pile.
Urgraz buries Lockpick Shield to draw Book of the Damned (Redeemed) back to his hand.

Urgraz moves to the Glassworks.
Urgraz buries Blessing of the Lady of Graves to examine the entirety of the Glassworks, then shuffling it.
Urgraz examines...
Lightning Bolt, Treachery Demon, Avalanche, Ring of Protection, Shalelu Andosana, Cannibal Haunt, Father Zantus, Tickwood Boar, Clay Golem, Dancing Scimitar +2.
No boons to worry about clearing in either remaining location deck; we can just end the game as soon as we find the henchmen. There's also no banes for me to worry about (my Shield protects me from all of them), so despite having few cards in deck I'll happily still explore.

Urgraz takes his free exploration.
Glasswords Card #: 1d10 ⇒ 10
Glassworks Card 10: Dancing Scimitar +2

Urgraz ends his turn.
Urgraz reveals Aegis of Recovery to randomly recharge Blessing of Mazmezz from his discard pile.
Urgraz resets his hand.
Flavor will be edited in.

Hand: Book of the Damned (Redeemed), Suurlahetas, Heart's Bane (Redeemed), Suurlahetas, Boots of Teleportation, Aegis of Recovery, Mokmurian's Club,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul,
Deck: 4 Discard: 4 Buried: 15
Notes: If a player wishes to hand off a card to Urgraz, he will recharges Boots of Teleportation to move to their location in order to accept it, to bolster his card count a bit more.
If there's any card in a remaining location deck that a player wants (I doubt it) then Urgraz can hand you Suurlahetas to grab, no matter your location (via Boots of Teleportation), so just mention to me if you want a Suurlahetas use.

Otherwise, Urgraz has no support to offer.

I feel, perhaps, I should've recharged Boots of Teleportation to move back to Yoon, so she could hand me Invoke, given how costly this scenario is in cards from being unable to normally expand our decks with acquisitions.

Also, Yoon's Restoration was banished during Urgraz's last turn.

Urgraz draws Restoration, Speed and Find Traps from banishing Emerald Codex.

Urgraz continues his turn.

I'm going to make use of these Restoration Spells, I think. Having access to the Boots of Teleportation or Steal Soul would affect my strategy, for example.
Yoon displays Restoration (see the corresponding FAQ) to allow Urgraz to draw 2 cards (Lockpick Shield, Torch).
Urgraz displays Restoration to draw 2 cards (Steal Soul, Divine Fortune).

Urgraz moves to the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony.
Salim buries Blessing of the Lady of Graves to examine the entirety of the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony. Urgraz buries Speed to draw Blessing of the Lady of Graves into his hand instead.
There's an Armor 5; nothing else of note here. Oh well; at least we know there's no need to keep the location open (and the henchman was presumably moved off the bottom!).

Urgraz takes his free exploration.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card #: 1d10 ⇒ 7
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 7: Skull Ripper

Urgraz buries Torch to explore his location.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card #: 1d10 ⇒ 3
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 3: Potion of Ghostly Form

Urgraz discards Blessing of Mazmezz to explore his location, using his power and recharging Lockpick Shield to ignore Blessing of Mazmezz's corrupted trait.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card #: 1d10 ⇒ 3
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card #: 1d10 ⇒ 2
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 2: Winged Shield

Urgraz buries (instead of discarding) Blessing of Rovagug to explore his location, additionally drawing Blessing of Dispater from his discard pile. Any encountered blessing or ally will be banished.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card #: 1d10 ⇒ 1
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 1: Frost Ray

Urgraz discards Blessing of Dispater to explore his location.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card #: 1d7 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 8: Blessing of Abadar

Urgraz discards Blessing of Dispater to explore his location.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card #: 1d7 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 5: Hungerer

Urgraz takes 3 combat damage, and increases the damage by 1, to 4 with his power. Spell Ward Shield decreases the damage by 2, to 2, then recharges Blessing of Maat to reduce the damage by 2, to 0.
Urgraz draws a card (Mokmurian's Club) from increasing the damage dealt to him.

Urgraz ends his turn.
Urgraz attempts to recharge Restoration.
Divine 14: 1d8 + 3 + 1d6 + 1d4 ⇒ (6) + 3 + (3) + (2) = 14 -> Restoration recharged.
Urgraz resets his hand.

Urgraz bears down on the cruel spirits of this dungeon; seeking them out and massacring all in his path. And yet... the deep, overwhelming hunger confuses his senses, baffles his plans, contorts his perceptions. He becomes clumsy. He makes mistakes. Then again. His salvaged goods lies half-eaten, broken or discarded as he staggers through these halls; his blade misses the mark, his magic splutters.

Urgraz finally settles down in a brief moment of quiet to meditate, to commune with his dark patron. He needs willpower - now more than ever.

Hand: Blessing of the Lady of Graves, Suurlahetas, Heart's Bane (Redeemed), Mokmurian's Club, Boots of Teleportation, Aegis of Recovery, Vampiric Backsword +3, Blessing of Mammon, Lockpick Shield,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul, Divine Fortune,
Deck: 2 Discard: 3 Buried: 12
Notes: All blessings are free to use.
Divine Fortune is in effect at Urgraz's location - if you plan to be completing multiple explorations, he'll recharge Boots of Teleportation to move to your location to provide Divine Fortune support.

So I must admit; this scenario power is wreaking havoc with Urgraz's playstyle. Since he buries so, so many cards to his power; he normally uses acquired cards to cover the costs, something that's entirely impossible during this scenario. I knew it'd be a problem, but I pressed ahead anyway with the hope of at least burning down one location. Unfortunately, I didn't hit the henchman at all; alas.

Off Turn: Urgraz randomly shuffles Blessing of Mammon from his discard pile into his deck, thanks to Yoon's use of Shaman.

Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Gorum discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Yoon's deck: Pyrokinesis.
Urgraz leaves it there.

Urgraz gives Emerald Codex to Yoon.
Yoon banishes Emerald Codex to draw 3 Divine Spells from the box, as listed:

Urgraz banishes Emerald Codex to draw 3 random Divine Spells from the box.
Urgraz will pause until 3 more random Divine cards are drawn.

Hand: Blessing of Rovagug, Suurlahetas, Heart's Bane (Redeemed), Blessing of Maat, Blessing of Mazmezz, (+3 Random Divine Spells),

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield,
Deck: 9 Discard: 1 Buried: 4
Notes: Turn paused.

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The top card of Yoon's deck is Pyrokinesis.

Urgraz reels, shocked. The sin-magic is more powerful here than ever before, and even his own wards failed to prevent such powerful compulsions. The kineticist in particular seems intensely effected - what power it has evoked in her! Such fascinating, glorious power...

Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Shelyn discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Salim's deck: Emerald Codex. (What luck!)
Urgraz swaps it with his Book of the Damned (Redeemed).

Urgraz displays Spell Ward Shield at the start of his turn, and will auto-pass checks to keep it in play indefinitely.

Urgraz gives Emerald Codex to Salim.
Salim banishes Emerald Codex to draw 3 Divine Spells from the box, as listed:

Salim's and Urgraz's eyes glow with a curious mix of powers; their subconsciousnesses in a war that both choose to believe is their own dominance.

Sweet, one Spell 6 already acquired!

Urgraz moves to the The Rusty Dragon.
Urgraz takes his free exploration.
The Rusty Dragon Card 1: Ameiko Kaijitsu

Some far-gone bard wanders these halls, perhaps a great adventurer once - now, a gibbering madwoman crazed by these dark halls. Urgraz hacks her to pieces with ease, grimacing with the realization that it was probable a mercy.

Urgraz discards Blessing of Dispater to explore his location.
The Rusty Dragon Card 2: Belt of Giant Strength

Urgraz discovers some magic belt on the bard's corpse, and finds himself seconds later having torn it from the body and chewing on its magic leather, some insane ravenous hunger overtaking him as he stumbles through this accursed place, further from his allies.

Urgraz discards Blessing of Mammon to explore his location.
The Rusty Dragon Card 3: Mercenary

Another mad adventurer howls at the sight of Ameiko's hacked body, charging with shield and sword swinging wildly at the antipaladin. Even as the halls affect them both; the clumsy mercenary is no match for Urgraz's dark power and speed, and his blade smites the fighter with a graceful, flaming arc - beheading the former mercenary.

Urgraz ends his turn and resets his hand.

Hand: Blessing of Rovagug, Suurlahetas, Heart's Bane (Redeemed), Blessing of the Vaultmaster, Blessing of Maat, Blessing of Mazmezz, Emerald Codex,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield,
Deck: 8 Discard: 2 Buried: 3
Notes: All blessings are free to use, and I've got a lot of them. In case of emergency, I strongly recommend that Blessing of Rovagug is discarded to add +3 dice to a check, since I have no concern about the side-effect when I can spam Book of the Damned to regain us as much time as we need.

I strongly request that someone is at The Rusty Dragon before Urgraz's next turn, so that he may pass them Emerald Codex or Suurlahetas for another go at finding an AD6 boon.
Salim may choose to discard the Book of the Damned, or banish it whilst at Urgraz's location so that Urgraz can retrieve it (note that it's redeemed for all players, including you).

Upgrades so far....

Round 1:

Ezren: Spell 6

Salim: Weapon 6

Urgraz: Weapon 6

Yoon: Item 6

Round 2:

Ezren: ???

Salim: Item 6

Urgraz: Item 5

Yoon: I would like the Spell 6.

Some corrections...

Round 1:

LOOT: Urgraz will trade Bloodblade for Mokmurian's Club

Urgraz will start at the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, and requests that Salim start there with him as well.

If Heart's Bane is in Urgraz's opening hand, he'll be moving to The Rusty Dragon very early on, I'm sure.

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Urgraz draws his opening hand, with a hand size of +2 cards. Placed in a spoiler to not influence character starting location choices.

For Scenario 2-6A: A Grim Contingency

During the scenario, Urgraz banished Mokmurian's Club (traded from Sinderbos (Redeemed)), leaving him with an empty Weapon slot.

Urgraz earns a Skill Feat from Tier Progression, and checks off...
Wisdom d8 [X] +1 [X] +2 [ ] +3

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

Off turn: Urgraz displays Divine Fortune.
Off turn: Urgraz discards Blessing of the Vaultmaster for Ezren.

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Villain BYA: Urgraz discards the top card of Salim's deck (Striking Wing Scimitar) to add 1d6+1 to his Wisdom check.
Divine Fortune adds 1d6. Steal Soul adds 1d4.
I can always discard Blessing of Maat to pass this even if I roll 4 1s.
Wisdom 9: 1d8 + 1 + 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 + 1d4 ⇒ (3) + 1 + (2) + 1 + (4) + (2) = 13 -> Passed.

Urgraz takes the first combat check against the villain.

The second check is all for you, Salim; my Blessing of Dispater is free to use to give you 2 dice, and my Divine Fortune provides +1d6. There's a Blessing of Maat, too, if you find a use for it.

Hand: Vampiric Backsword +3, Aegis of Recovery, Blessing of Maat, Blessing of Dispater,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul, Divine Fortune,
Deck: 3 Discard: 8 Buried: 12
Notes: Blessing of Maat may be used to add 3 after any check was rolled (or replace all dice in a noncombat check with d8s).
Blessing of Dispater (2 dice at my location) may be used, and I'll recharge my weapon to ignore the downside.

Off turn: Ugraz buries Blessing of Mazmezz for Yoon's check.
Off turn: Urgraz buries Raise Dead to his power to take Suurlahetas back into his hand.

These unexpected sinful halls have been a surprise boon to Urgraz; they've left the Inquisitor weakened and ever easier to manipulate. In doing so, Urgraz can achieve more than he had ever been able to plot before - the very skein of reality will twist before their combined wills.

Urgraz had to quell a sudden burst of laughter that threatened to erupt from his throat. Ahem.

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Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Iomedae discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Salim's deck: Gloves of Dueling.
Urgraz leaves it there.

Urgraz gives Suurlahetas to Salim.
We've literally seen every single remaining boon anyway, but eh.
Salim banishes Suurlahetas to search the entirety of the Heptaric Locus, and draws the following boon from it...
Heptaric Locus Card 5: Venomous Heavy Crossbow +2

Urgraz's enslaved demon continues to feed them trinkets and information, as he compels the Inquisitor to help him keep the demon in line.

Urgraz moves to the Heptaric Locus.
Urgraz sets aside Augury, naming MONSTER.
Heptaric Locus Card # (5 == 9): 1d8 ⇒ 4
Heptaric Locus Card 4: Baykok
Heptaric Locus Card # (4 == 8, 5 == 9): 1d7 ⇒ 2
Heptaric Locus Card 2: Arrow Catching Studded Leather
Heptaric Locus Card # (2 == 7, 4 == 8, 5 == 9): 1d6 ⇒ 1
Heptaric Locus Card 1: Potion of Ghostly Form

Urgraz places Baykok on top of the location, after shuffling the rest back.
Divine 8: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 -> Augury discarded.

Urgraz takes his free exploration.
Heptaric Locus Card 4: Baykok

Urgraz leaves the Inquisitor for the time being; sensing an opponent to fight. He still needs to assist the party, bring them through this... bide his time. It's not long before the Undead aberration foolishly rushes at the Duergar. Calling his bound demon to his aid; Urgraz rains abyssal fury upon the undead; bringing it down with blade and flame!

From defeating Baykok, Urgraz attempts to close the Heptaric Locus.
Urgraz discards Blessing of Mammon to add 2 dice. He has no cards remaining in hand to recharge to ignore the Corrupted trait... but also nothing to lose to its downside.
Melee 14: 3d8 + 7 + 1d4 ⇒ (4, 8, 5) + 7 + (3) = 27 -> Heptaric Locus is closed, and Urgraz suffers 4 Fire damage from Blessing of Mammon's downside, but has no cards in hand to discard!

Urgraz ends his turn and resets his hand.

Hand: Blessing of the Vaultmaster, Vampiric Backsword +3, Aegis of Recovery, Divine Fortune, Blessing of Maat, Blessing of Dispater, Blessing of Rovagug,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul,
Deck: 3 Discard: 7 Buried: 11
Notes: Blessing of Maat may be used to add 3 after any check was rolled (or replace all dice in a noncombat check with d8s).
Blessing of Vaultmaster (2 dice against barrier) and Blessing of Dispater (1 die) may be used.
Blessing of Rovagug may be used to add 3 dice to any check - it'll cost us 1d6+1 turns in the blessings deck, but that's irrelevant with how many turns we've got left relative to cards in location decks. Urgraz will bury it on use to draw Blessing of Mammon (2 dice to any check), so I should have no shortage of blessings!

No more AD5+ boons to find, so prepare to corner the villain!

Off turn: Urgraz discards Blessing of Mammon and later is cured for 4, shuffling all cards from his discard pile into his deck.

Thanks for the Divine Spells!

Note that Ezren didn't use the earned Adventure reward to heal 1 card if you don't move, unless he just didn't want the deck shuffle.

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Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Desna discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Salim's deck: Evangelist.

Urgraz swaps it with his Suurlahetas.

Urgraz gives Emerald Codex to Salim.
Salim banishes Emerald Codex to draw 3 Divine Spells from the box, as listed:

Urgraz banishes Emerald Codex to draw 3 random Divine Spells from the box, as listed:

Urgraz remains at the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, passing on the Adventure 5 reward.
Urgraz takes his free exploration.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 1: Blessing of Gorum

Urgraz discards Blessing of Gorum to explore his location.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 2: Elder Water Elemental

Urgraz discards Book of the Damned (Redeemed) by banishing Mokmurian's Club, shuffling 4d4 blessings back into the blessings deck.
Blessing Deck 'Heal': 4d4 ⇒ (2, 3, 4, 1) = 10 -> All 9 blessings from the blessings discard pile are shuffled into the Blessings Deck.

Urgraz ends his exploration step, and attempts to close his empty location.
Urgraz recharges Evangelist to add 1d4.
Urgraz discards the top card of his deck (Confidence Boost) to his power to add 1d6+1.
Wisdom 12: 1d8 + 1 + 1d4 + 1d6 + 1 + 1d4 ⇒ (8) + 1 + (2) + (6) + 1 + (4) = 22 -> Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony closed!

Urgraz ends his turn and resets his hand.

Urgraz continues to channel his powers to unknown - though certainly dark - ends, exploiting the presence of the Inquisitor to pluck his potential for the Divine to feed into his own rituals. Urgraz fuels his greed, his magic spiraling into curious, chaotic results, searing both Salim's mind, and his own, with vast potential. With his newfound storm of magic, Urgraz dismisses a great Elemental bound to protect the area, and re-enables old wards and barriers to block the place off from more danger, giving him the freedom to complete his rituals without disruption.

Hand: Blessing of Mazmezz, Blessing of Mammon, Vampiric Backsword +3, Bloodblade, Raise Dead, Swipe, Augury,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul,
Deck: 8 Discard: 3 Buried: 8
Notes: Blessing of Mammon may be used to add 2 dice to any check.
Blessing of Mazmezz may be used to add a die to any check, or 2 dice against a monster, or 3 dice for the final combat check of the scenario.

Once Salim draws Suurlahetas, I recommend it be used as soon as Urgraz is at his location. Our Spell 6s acquired and the decks increasingly well known, though, it's no longer as important that I dig us out for more boons like that.

The blessings deck is restocked to full, the Crypts of Gluttony is closed and Emerald Codex is banished (with another Spell 6 drawn).

Continuing turn.

Salim additionally drew Mass Cure and Raise Dead from Emerald Codex.

Urgraz remains at the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, using the Adventure 5 reward to randomly shuffle Blessing of Maat from his discard pile into his deck and clearing his recharged pile.
Urgraz takes his free exploration.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 1: Blessing of Shelyn

Urgraz discards Blessing of Shelyn to explore his location.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 2: Warden of Thunder

Urgraz ends his turn and resets his hand.

Hand: Blessing of the Lady of Graves, Emerald Codex, Vampiric Backsword +3, Suurlahetas, Book of the Damned (Redeemed), Consecration, Blessing of Mammon, Bloodblade, Mokmurian's Club,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul,
Deck: 4 Discard: 3 Buried: 6
Notes: The entirety of the Heptaric Locus is known - there are no boons of note there.

Blessing of Mammon may be used to add 2 dice to any check.
Blessing of Mazzmezz may be used to add a die to any check, or 2 dice against a monster.

If Salim moves from Urgraz's location, I request that he move back before Urgraz's next turn, for more Emerald Codex usage. I'll also accept a Mass Cure, and/or handing me any card you want junked - this ongoing stream of card buries is very slowly wearing even Urgraz down.

Urgraz will likely discard Book of the Damned (by banishing Mokmurian's Club) next turn to refill the blessings deck.

Off turn: Salim buries Blessing of the Lady of Graves for Yoon, and Urgraz buries Belt of Giant Strength to draw it into his hand.
Off turn: Urgraz discards Blessing of Maat for Salim.
Off turn: Ugraz displays Steal Soul when Sinspawn Axeman is defeated, adding 1d4 to all checks for the remainder of the scenario.

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The inquisitor... he knows, doesn't he? He must know.

Heh. Won't change a thing.

Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Gozreh discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz attempts to recharge Divine Fortune.
Divine 13: 1d8 + 2 + 1d6 + 1d4 ⇒ (4) + 2 + (4) + (2) = 12 -> Divine Fortune discarded.
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Salim's deck: Blessing of Eternal Rose.
Urgraz swaps it with his Suurlahetas.

Urgraz gives Emerald Codex to Salim.
Salim banishes Emerald Codex to draw 3 Divine Spells from the box, as listed:

Urgraz sets aside Confidence Boost, examining the top 3 cards of Salim's character deck (Suurlahetas, Boots of Teleportation, Gloves of Dueling), then drawing Suurlahetas. Urgraz shuffles the remainder into Salim's deck, clearing Salim's recharged pile.
Divine 11: 1d8 + 2 + 1d4 ⇒ (5) + 2 + (4) = 11 -> Confidence Boost recharged.

Salim banishes Suurlahetas to search the entirety of the Heptaric Locus, and draws the following boon from it...
Heptaric Locus Card 6: Blessing of Abadar

The glowing symbol accompanying Urgraz seems to flare; burning its very shape into the mind of Salim as he witnesses it. As the symbol erupts into thin air within a dark, ensorceling flame; it still burns bright in the inquisitor's eye and mind - an intense, burning epiphany flowing through him. He sees the web of life and death tying this place together; seeing so much, understanding it all so clearly.

Urgraz smiles, letting his magic infest the inquisitor, seeking his very mind for weaknesses to exploit. The inquisitor is smart, but Urgraz has ensnared wiser men than the Pharasma-slave in his time.

...now where did his shoes go?

Pausing turn until additional random Divine Spells can be drawn, as they may affect Urgraz's turn.

Hand: Blessing of the Lady of Graves, Emerald Codex, Vampiric Backsword +3, Suurlahetas, Book of the Damned (Redeemed),

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Steal Soul,
Deck: 8 Discard: 4 Buried: 6
Notes: The entirety of the Heptaric Locus is known - there are no boons of note there.

Got the answers I needed. Salim's third Divine spell is Consecration.

Salim sets aside Augury, naming MONSTER.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 1: Necromantic Deathtrap
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 2: Blessing of Shelyn
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 3: Elder Water Elemental

Salim shuffles the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, then places Elder Water Elemental on the bottom of the location.
Salim reveals Evangelist to add 1 to his recharge check. Urgraz's Divine Fortune adds 1d6.
Divine 8 (Recharge): 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 4) + 1 = 9 -> Salim recharges Augury.

Urgraz remains at the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, passing on the Adventure 5 reward (no cards in discard).
Urgraz takes his free exploration.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card # (3 == 1): 1d9 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 9: Baykok

Urgraz roars, charging into the fray; blade swinging, carving a symbol of power into the air, empowering his blade to cleave through bone with ease as he works himself into a violent frenzy!

Urgraz buries Torch to explore his location.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card # (3 == 1, 9 == 10): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 8: Fiery Weapon

Urgraz discards Blessing of the Vaultmaster to explore his location, adding 1 die to checks against barriers during it.
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card # (3 == 1, 8 == 10): 1d7 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony Card 4: Belt of Giant Strength

Urgraz ends his turn and resets his hand (up to 9 cards, due to his location power).

Hand: Belt of Giant Strength, Suurlahetas, Emerald Codex, Vampiric Backsword +3, Blessing of Maat, Steal Soul, Book of the Damned (Redeemed), Confidence Boost, Fiery Weapon,

Displayed: Spell Ward Shield, Divine Fortune,
Deck: 7 Discard: 2 Buried: 3
Notes: Urgraz will focus on handing back Emerald Codex for players to use as frequently as possible; please be sure that Urgraz starts his next turn with at least one character adjacent (since Salim has multiple methods of movement, he will likely be Urgraz's assigned neighbour).

I can also buy us infinite time with the Book of the Damned, if needed.

Divine Fortune is displayed, adding 1d6 to all checks at Urgraz's location.
Urgraz will display Steal Soul as soon as a monster is defeated at his location.
Confidence Boost can be used by anyone at Urgraz's location (draw 1 of the top 3 cards of your deck, and shuffle the remaining into your deck).
Blessing of Maat can be used to bump any check result by 3 after the roll.

I've drawn 2 additional cards for Salim (Sawtooth Saber + 2, Heister) due to the location power. They're listed in the Shared Deck Handler.

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Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Gorum discarded from the blessings deck.
Urgraz displays Spell Ward Shield at the start of his turn (and will continue autopassing checks to keep it in play indefinitely).
Urgraz uses the Adventure 4 Reward, examining the top card of Salim's deck: The Melted Blade.
Urgraz leaves it there.

Urgraz gives Suurlahetas to Salim.
Salim banishes Suurlahetas to search the entirety of the Treacherous Cave, and draws the following boon from it...
Treacherous Cave Card 1: Winged Shield

No boons of note found in there; safe to close ASAP. The cave is shuffled, but free to look through otherwise.

Working under the assumption that at least one player wants at least one Spell 6, I'll keep banishing Emerald Codex with help until we find one or more of them.
Salim banishes Emerald Codex to draw 3 Divine Spells from the box, as listed:

Urgraz displays Divine Fortune, and requests that Salim Augury their location for Monsters.

Turn paused, awaiting team input and BR random card draws.

To recap events and questions I have...

Urgraz grins wickedly, plotting to himself as the party attempts to open the vault doors.

'Poor, sweet, innocent Mayala. What a shame her precious Brynne is probably already dead, or such joy I could take in arranging a fittingly tragic end for the happy couple.'

'But, I mustn't let myself get distracted. These Thassilonian ruins are far more than I anticipated these fools would drag me into, but they've surprised me with their capabilities. But once we get out... oh yes. I'll use them to get out of here with new riches and new tools and knowledge to spread my goals, and crush them one by one before they ever see civilization or what family they have ever again.'

'No... not the inquisitor. The greatest cruelty I could inflict is to leave him alive; to live out the rest of his days as a slave to a God he despises, weighed down by his failure to protect his allies when it mattered the most.'

'The others though, yes... I must ensure that the wizard's magical defenses carry a weakness that I may exploit. If I don't decide to just axe his spine when he's not looking. And the kineticist... she's a wildcard, but easily manipulable. The toy... yes, the toy! Just a small moment with the stuffed bear-owl, and I can curse it such that her greatest love will spell her final fate. Yes...'

The vault doors open; and as the group finds themself staring down a horde of undead, Urgraz files away his plots and plans and prepares his spells and blade. "TO ARMS!"

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I'm back! Sorry to delay everyone. As an aside, I believe that Yoon has missed a Card Feat somewhere; she has 1 less card in her deck handler listed than anybody else.

LOOT: Sinderbos (Redeemed) -> Mokmurian's Club

Urgraz will start at the Ravenous Crypts of Gluttony, since token placement comes before starting hand draws, Urgraz draws 2 additional cards in his opening hand. (Salim should also draw 2 more cards)

My card texts have been updated with the new weapon, blessing and item I now have.

Opening hand drawn (with 2 additional cards from the location power). Turn will be posted separately.

Hand: Belt of Physical Might, Suurlahetas, Lockpick Shield, Divine Fortune, Blessing of the Vaultmaster, Spell Ward Shield, Vampiric Backsword +3, Torch, Blessing of Maat,

Displayed:
Deck: 11 Discard: 0 Buried: 0
Notes: Suurlahetas in my opening hand; nice!

Don't forget we can now heal if we don't move thanks to the last adventure reward!

I'll be travelling over the next 4 days; whilst I've got arrangements in place to hopefully access a PC for posting purposes at least once a day, my overall posting frequency is uncertain.

Whoa, a generous Adventure reward! I didn't feel like I had issues with healing myself (in fact, that's why I've been switching out my 'rechargeable' blessings like Blessing of the Archdevils in favor of ones that will more often give more dice) anyway, but this just further makes Urgraz incredibly self-sufficient even if he discards from his deck on every check.

For Scenario 2-5E: ...I don't actually know the name of the scenario, as it was never posted.
In that case, I dub the scenario name as follows: "That one where they jump into another portal. Like idiots"

During the scenario, Urgraz banished The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed), Blessing of the Archdevils and Mokmurian's Club (traded from Menacing Backsword +1), leaving him with an empty Item, Blessing and Weapon slot.

Urgraz has added the Adventure Reward to his 'additional rewards' section of his character skills/powers.

From completing an adventure, Urgraz earns a die bump, and now has 3 die bumps in total.

Urgraz officially Tiers up to Tier 6. My new deck upgrade preferences will be updated on my profile shortly.

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

This entire adventure path is us jumping into portals with literally no idea where they're heading, isn't it? A villain could permanently murder the entire party trivially by just opening a portal to a pit of lava - or the inside of a rock wall - and then just walking away and leaving it active.

Sigh.

Off turn: Urgraz buries (instead of discards) Blessing of Rovagug to add a die to Salim's check and draw Blessing of Mammon from his discard pile.

(note: From now on I'm happy for Blessing of Rovagug to burn 2-7 blessings to add 3 dice to checks, since I literally can infinitely refill the Blessings Deck anyway)

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Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of the Gods discarded from the blessings deck.

Urgraz remains at the Shrine to Lamashtu, and takes his free exploration.
Shrine to Lamashtu Card 1: Blessing of the Gods

Urgraz banishes The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed) to permanently REDEEM Book of the Damned, checking it off his Redemption sheet (visible in his Deck Handler).
Urgraz discards Book of the Damned (Redeemed) by banishing Mokmurian's Club to its power, to shuffle 4d4 blessings from the blessings discard pile back into the blessings deck.
Book of the Damned: 4d4 ⇒ (3, 4, 1, 3) = 11 -> All 11 blessings from the blessings discard pile are shuffled back into the blessings deck. There is no blessing currently in the discard pile.

No sense in hiding his true powers now; the antipaladin's plan has been shot with the uncovering of these powerful wizards and traps intent upon destroying the party.

Urgraz begins to speak a horrible, Abyssal incantation - time seems to slow; the cultists frozen in place, as the blasphemous incantation warps the very ruins with horrible energy. There's a horrible scream, as six of the priest's attendants have their skin rent from their flesh all at once; leaving the remaining gore to scream and bleed in agony. Urgraz tries not to collapse; the vile magic having been torn from his very life... but he raises his weapon and holds back the remaining attackers.

Urgraz ends his turn.
Urgraz resets his hand, choosing to discard Blessing of the Gods and Blessing of Mammon.

Hand: Suurlahetas, Blessing of the Lady of Graves, Blessing of the Archdevils, Blessing of Mazmezz, Divine Fortune, Belt of Physical Might, Blessing of Maat,

Displayed: Steal Soul, Spell Ward Shield,
Deck: 3 Discard: 7 Buried: 3
Notes: Blessings of all sorts available. Bonuses to rolls, post-rolls, die replacements? I've got it all. Do not use Blessing of the Archdevils, however, as I want to banish that on closing this location.

If a character comes to my location before my next turn, I'll hand Suurlahetas to them to use, so we can search a full location and pick out a boon of our choice. I believe that will be more efficient than standard explorations for finding AD5 cards. Note that I want another Item 5.

If we're ending the game, I recommend that Ezren bury Charm Person before the villain is encountered, for the random Ally draw. Please bot Urgraz's temp-close check by banishing Blessing of the Archdevils.

Agh. As annoying as it is to just have 3 cards stuff my hand unhelpfully; I don't have any reason to rush us. A Blessing 5 will show up at some point; Urgraz will be playing this scenario super slow for the time being.

Urgraz ends his turn and resets his hand.

Hand: Vampiric Backsword +3, Book of the Damned, Suurlahetas, Impaler of Thorns, The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed), Mokmurian's Club, Blessing of Rovagug,

Displayed: Steal Soul, Spell Ward Shield,
Deck: 9 Discard: 3 Buried: 2
Notes: Blessing of Rovagug is free to use (I'll bury it to draw a blessing from my discard pile, in case I need a blessing to banish to the Disciplines).

If a character comes to my location before my next turn, I'll hand Suurlahetas to them to use, so we can search a full location and pick out a boon of our choice. I believe that will be more efficient than standard explorations for finding AD5 cards.

Correction; Yoon should have recharged Blessing of Ra instead of shuffling it back in, as per Aegis of Recovery's text.

I can't help but feel this scenario would've gone faster if I had drawn Suurlahetas and was able to hand it off - we could ensure we picked out the best boons from any location with ease and speed.

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Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Pharasma discarded from the blessings deck.

I suppose I'll stay here to hopefully close this location.

Urgraz remains at the Shrine to Lamashtu, and takes his free exploration.
Shrine to Lamashtu Card 1: Blessing of Lamashtu

Urgraz discards Blessing of Lamashtu to explore his location.
Shrine to Lamashtu Card 2: Tickwood Boar

Urgraz feels some patron demon's power flow through him, clearly at odds with these bygone wizards. He hacks past the maddened creatures they summon to charge at him, racing towards one of of the priests!

And here's the hard choice...
Either I banish the Disciplines to redeem the Book of the Damned, then discard the Book of the Damned and banish Mokmurian's Club to refill the blessings deck to full. That gets me 3 desirable outcomes (a banished item, to be replaced with a better one. A banished weapon, to be replaced with a better one. A permanent redemption of Book of the Damned).

Or I hold onto all 3, basically dead cards, until a Blessing 5 is finally discarded from the Blessings deck and I grab it. Assuming there's a Blessing 5 in the blessings deck (I assume so, in 30 blessings, even with the enormous weighting towards deck B).

It's not like we need to rush, though I do feel like Suurlahetas would make this go by quicker, and I'm a little unhappy with having to run with basically a hand size of 4 whilst I hold onto these cards...

I need to think about this. Turn paused.

Hand: Book of the Damned, The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed), Mokmurian's Club,

Displayed: Steal Soul, Spell Ward Shield,
Deck: 13 Discard: 3 Buried: 2
Notes: What I would give to know the cards in the Blessings Deck. Or the remaining boons in the location decks...

Currently working off the assumption that I cannot Tyrant Haste into my hand, so I'll take the armor - movement is useful to getting me into position.

Off turn: Urgraz discards Blessing of the Archdevils for Yoon's check.

Off turn: Urgraz displays Steal Soul when Salim defeats a Hill Giant at his location.

Off turn: Urgraz buries Fanged Falchion from his hand to draw Salim's buried Celestial Armor.

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Urgraz starts his turn.
Blessing of Erastil discarded from the blessings deck.

Urgraz remains at the Shrine to Lamashtu, and takes his free exploration.
Shrine to Lamashtu Card 1: Ambush

As the cultists set upon them; one of them looses some kind of Ogrekin from an unseen corner, which makes a beeline for Urgraz. Urgraz shifts in size - thanks to his innate Enlarge Person power - and meets the incoming Ogre with his vast club; crushing the creature's skull. The Duergar drains what little life is left in the beast to enhance himself further, then turns back, ready for whomever else charges him next.

The Shrine to Lamashtu is shuffled.

Urgraz ends his turn, revealing Aegis of Recovery to randomly recharge Blessing of the Lady of Graves from his discard pile.
Urgraz resets his hand, choosing to recharge Celestial Armor.

Hand: Aegis of Recovery, Confidence Boost, Spell Ward Shield, Blessing of Mammon, The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed), Mokmurian's Club, Vampiric Backsword +3,

Displayed: Steal Soul,
Deck: 12 Discard: 0 Buried: 2
Notes: See below.

At the start of Ezren's turn, Urgraz displays Spell Ward Shield.

After Ezren's start-of-turn, Urgraz sets aside Confidence Boost, examining the top 3 cards of his character deck (Book of the Damned, Blessing of Mazmezz, Blessing of Dispater), then drawing Book of the Damned. Urgraz shuffles the remainder into his deck, clearing his recharged pile.
Divine 11: 1d8 + 2 + 1d4 ⇒ (1) + 2 + (2) = 5 -> Confidence Boost discarded.

Hand: Aegis of Recovery, Book of the Damned, Blessing of Mammon, The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed), Mokmurian's Club, Vampiric Backsword +3,

Displayed: Steal Soul, Spell Ward Shield,
Deck: 11 Discard: 1 Buried: 2
Notes: Blessing of Mammon is free to use, and will always add 2 dice.

So, I can now redeem Book of the Damned at my leisure, and I likely will next turn, if there's no Blessing 5 to grab by then. Doing so will officially let me buy us infinite turns at the drop of a hat (pass the redeemed Book to a player, have them banish it for 4d4 turns, then I bury a card to draw it back into my hand; 4 turns later, repeat).

Thanks Nathan for sorting out my opening hand.
To clarify my pre-scenario actions...

Urgraz no longer has Charm Person, Harrow Deck or Corruptive Half-Plate in his deck; in their place are the following cards, including my new item:

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LOOT: Urgraz will trade Sinderbos (Redeemed) for Impaler of Thorns
LOOT: Urgraz will trade Menacing Backsword +1 for Mokmurian's Club
LOOT: Urgraz will trade Torch for Fanged Falchion

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Off turn: Urgraz buries Lockpick Shield to draw Blessing of the Lady of Graves into his hand.

Hand: Aegis of Recovery, Fanged Falchion, Blessing of the Archdevils, Steal Soul, The Asmodean Disciplines (Redeemed), Mokmurian's Club, Blessing of the Lady of Graves,

Displayed:
Deck: 13 Discard: 0 Buried: 1
Notes: Blessings are free to use (Blessing of the Lady of Graves can be used post-roll).
Urgraz will display Steal Soul as soon as a monster is defeated at his location.

Please clearly indicate if any player desires a Blessing 5 card upgrade. If so, Urgraz may be using his Asmodean Disciplines to grab one from the discard pile ASAP.
Urgraz himself doesn't really need the upgrade, and I don't see it listed on anyone's profile, so I probably won't use it unless someone raises it in Hangouts, Discussion or here.

Thanks for the roundup. Forgot to clarify that I'll actually fill my empty spell slot with Confidence Boost from Ultimate Intrigue. Card text of all of my added cards will be in my next Gameplay post when I'm taking Loot.