I have a question that I cannot seem to find an answer to and was hoping for some input from the community.
What is the adventure deck number for a promo card? Obviously they are marked as P, but would this be the same as the B and C cards or do promos have special rules where their adventure deck number equals the current adventure deck number?
Specifically this question arose while a player was playing Ekkie, and had the ability checked where she can add a dice to checks for or against cards that have a lower adventure deck number than the current adventure deck number. There was a second instance that raised a similar question but I cannot recall the specific cards at this time, but it had to do with discarding a card for a bonus based on its adventure deck number and the card to be discarded was a promo.
Thanks for the quick response, here is some follow up information.
1. Yeah, it was actually during the last scenario and we had had some really bad luck up until then having done Elven Entanglement about 4 times before we finally finished it, all the non-basic weapons were either in location decks or in players decks/hands/discard piles. Every weapon card in the box had the basic trait (they were all B or C but still every one of them was basic as well). Also that was Kyra's only play as the Monster was not undead or a demon, and she had no other cards in hand.
2. I can see that being the case, though you have to admit the wording does make it sound like it could be used anytime and you have to move at the end of your turn (the text in the original post was exactly from the card).
3. Lol yeah we really wanted this to be the case, we did not play it this way at the time because having Abyssal Rift "permanently" closed feels a little cheaty.
4. That definitely clears up that issue, and does help put question 3 in perspective.
Today our small group was finishing up the Base Adventure, and came across a few questions I am having difficulty finding answers too.
First off, during one of our checks, Kyra flipped a monster and cast the spell Sacred Weapon, it reads summon a non-basic weapon from the box. However when we went to pull a non-basic it turns out every single weapon in the box was basic. At the time we ruled that Kyra could pick any of the basic weapons, but is there any errata or rulings for how to handle this situation? Should the spell have fizzled since there were no legal cards to use?
Our second question came about when another player read the text on Alain's Cohort Donahan. He reads "Reveal this card to move at the end of your turn;". The Alain player said that means they could only reveal at the end of their turn, however the non-Alain player suggested that during any phase Alain could reveal Donahan to move at the end of the turn, specifically suggesting to do so during movement phase so that Donahan's second ability could be used to add 1d8 to a combat check that has the melee trait. Is there any errata or rulings on when Donahan can be revealed and if he can be revealed during an earlier phase than end of turn can he also be used on a combat check later in that turn?
And again another question envolving Alain and Donahan, one of the scenarios contains the location Abyssal Rift, and we were wondering about the interaction between Alain with Donahan's ability to move at end of turn and the Abyssal Rift's on closing power of "At the end of your turn, flip this card." Specifically with Alain and Donahan at the Abyssal Rift location, could he, if he is the only character at the location, and during his turn move to another location (ensuring that Abyssal Rift is on its always open side), then do his encounters, reveal Donahan to move at the end of his turn and go back to Abyssal Rift, causing it to flip to is temporarily closed side?
Lastly and this is closely related to the last question, what exactly is the timing of at the end of turn powers. For example if you have multiple things triggering at end of turn are they supposed to happen all at once, can you do them one at a time (like above trigger Alain moving, then trigger the flip of Abyssal Rift)?
I look forward to any input anyone might have about the above questions. Thanks.
Race
AC 11 (touch 11, FF 10); CMD 16;
Classes/Levels
F/R/W: +1/+1/+2 (+1 vs fear); Init: +5; Perc: +0;
Gender
HP: 8/8;
About Chaytah "Rock" Dives Like Rock
CONSUMABLES:
Ammunition dagger (3) X X X
Spell-Like or Racial Abilities mage hand (1/day) X
Set Mind (1/day) X
Class Abilities Battleshaping (5/day) X X X X X
Transmuter of Korada (1/day) X
Male human (Shoanti) Wizard (Shapechange Specialist) 1
NG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +5; Senses Perception +0, Sense Motive +0
Languages Azlanti, Common, Shoanti
DEFENSE AC 11 (Dex +1), touch 11, flat-footed 10
CMD 16
HP 8 (1d6+1+1)
Fort (0) +1, Ref (0) +1, Will (2) +2 (+1 vs fear)
Defensive Abilities None
Immune None
Resist None
SPECIAL ABILITIES Arcane Bond (Ex) Chaytah’s Rhamphorhynchus familiar Screaming Arrow grants him a +4 bonus on Initiative checks.
Arcane School (Ex) Chaytah specializes in transmutation magic, with evocation and enchantment as his restricted schools.
Battleshaping (Su) As a swift action, you grow a single natural weapon. The natural weapon lasts for 1 round and has a +1 enhancement bonus on attack and damage rolls for every four wizard levels you possess. You can grow a claw, a bite, or a gore attack. These attacks deal the normal damage for a creature of your size. At 11th level, you can shape two natural weapons. You may not grow additional limbs or a tail with this ability. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Intelligence modifier.
Overprotective (Drawback) In your youth, you saw a younger friend or loved one suffer a grievous injury or die, and you blamed yourself for not having been there to help, even if there was nothing you could have done. If one of your allies should fall unconscious from hit point damage, you take a –2 penalty on attack rolls and skill checks as long as you are farther than 10 feet away from your fallen ally.
Physical Enhancement (Su) You gain a +1 enhancement bonus to one physical ability score (Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution). This bonus increases by +1 for every five wizard levels you possess to a maximum of +5 at 20th level. You can change this bonus to a new ability score when you prepare spells. At 20th level, this bonus applies to two physical ability scores of your choice.
Set Mind (Trait) Once per day when you fail a saving throw against a charm or compulsion effect that would cause you to act differently than you normally would, you can immediately reroll that saving throw as a free action. You must take the second result, even if it’s worse.
Shoanti Tattoo (Trait) Upon reaching adulthood, you received a tribal tattoo, marking you with the symbols of your quah and totem spirits (see the inside back cover for suggestions and designs for Shoanti tattoos). You gain a +1 trait bonus on saving throws against fear effects. Additionally, you are proficient with earth breakers, klars, and Shoanti bolas.
Transmuter of Korada (Trait) You learned the secrets of transmutation from a follower of the empyreal lord Korada. Whenever you cast a spell from the transmutation school, its effects manifest at +1 caster level. Additionally, select one of the following transmutation spells: bear’s endurance, bull’s strength, cat’s grace, eagle’s splendor, fox’s cunning, or owl’s wisdom. Once per day when you cast that spell, its duration is doubled. A spell affected by this trait cannot be modified further by the Extend Spell metamagic feat or similar abilities.
Varisian Tattoo (Feat) Select a school of magic (other than divination) in which you have Spell Focus—you cast spells from this school at +1 caster level. Additionally, you gain a single spell-like ability usable up to three times per day. The spell-like ability gained (and its Varisian name) are as follows:
Transmutation (avaria): mage hand
BACKGROUND
As a boy, Chaytah lived peacefully along the Varisian sea cliffs of the Calphiak mountains with his greatfather Speaks as Storm, the village chief. The Shoanti villagers fished the Varisian Bay below, lived in luxurious caves halfway up the cliffs, and traded their catch with passing merchants from Riddleport and the Mierani Forest, or with the nearby Dreamstone Monastery, a small community of ascetics who worship Korada and could often be found meditating on rocks by the water’s edge, ignoring the fountains of cold salt spray for hours on end. Chaytah found the monks fascinating and frequently snuck away from the village to visit with them.
Like all youths in his village, Chaytah was a strong swimmer, though he lacked his peers’ grace when diving from the rocks above, often splashing ignominiously into the waves rather than cutting in cleanly. As he matured, his friends began to refer to him as Dives Like Rock. With any luck, such an honorific would not have stuck into his adult years, had any of his friends survived to give him a better.
As an older teen, the monks at Dreamstone recognized that, along with his impressive musculature, Rock (as he was now colloquially known) had a very keen mind and a natural draw to things magical. While the Shoanti youth would never reach the point of taking Koradan vows, a wizard adherent did volunteer to take the boy under his wing and teach him book magic. Though his greatfather was wary of this outside interference, he desired to help change the perception of his people as backward barbarians, so encouraged his grandson in his studies. Rock moved from his village to the monastery fulltime, providing fish in exchange for magical training.
Several years later, as Rock’s studies were just completed, villagers working to expand one of their sea caves, broke through a rock wall into a large chamber, apparently sealed long ago, and filled with trinkets and treasures from old Azlant. Though they strove to contain this news, word of the find spread into the outside world, and a Chelish scholar of Azlanti history and artifacts out of Riddleport raised a mercenary expedition to explore and loot the chamber. In a coordinated strike against the village from above and from sea, the mercenary’s forces overwhelmed the peaceful fishing village and looted the caves. So quick and complete was their strike, that Rock had no word of it until he, returning in triumph having been declared a full wizard by his master, found his home destroyed and friends and family murdered.
Overcome with grief and a taste for revenge, Rock left the ruins, taking only his greatfather’s earthbreaker. Enough clues were left behind to point Rock to Riddleport, where he just missed the mercenary, recalled to Cheliax, so the young man followed, making port in Corentyn. It was there, skulking around the docks, that Rock encountered a ship from Sargava offloading crates and cages of bizarre creatures from central Garundi. A small, winged lizard, looking miserable in its tiny cage, called out to the wizard, who used one spell to float the creature some food, then another to remotely pop open the door and free it. His efforts were not nearly subtle enough, however, and he was forced to flee Corentyn itself, before he could properly pick up the trail of the Chelish mercenary, learning only that the man had been sent on a Chelish expedition west to explore more locations of Azlanti interest. None of those expeditions would take a Shoanti barbarian, however, so Rock fled east along the coastal highway, through Westcrown, Egorian, and eventually into Andoran.
Along the way, Rock was joined by his reptilian friend. Glad of the company, Rock took care of the lizard, naming him Screaming Arrow from the way the wind would whistle around the creature’s tail as it dove quickly after prey. Once in Andoran, Rock heard the free nation was launching westward expeditions of its own, to a colony known as Talmandor’s Bounty. The application process was hard and highly competitive, especially for one considered a Shoanti barbarian, but Rock found a niche he could exploit. After several weeks spent in a local library and trading manual labour for lessons with a local sage, Rock showed up for his interview with a working knowledge of how to speak and read the Azlanti language. It had been a difficult task, but the Koradan monks had taught their pupil focus and determination. Impressing the interviewers with his initiative, his berth on the second voyage to Talmandor’s Bounty was assured.
DESCRIPTION
Rock stands at 6’3”, with arms the size of tree trunks and a neck the width of a (small) ship’s mast. His head is shaved, and his brown skin bears several tattoos common to the Shoanti people. He wears sturdy clothing, bought in Andoran and not traditional Shoanti garb, but carries a massive earthbreaker over his shoulder. What would appear to be a money pouch at his waist actually contains pulverized spell components and his backpack bulges from his concealed spellbook: most outsiders would assume the hulking man had stolen such things. Of course, the strange winged lizard that frequently suns itself on the man’s broad shoulders draws many stares of his own.
Screaming Arrow:
SCREAMING ARROW
Male Ramphorhyncus (Mascot Familiar) 1
NG Tiny animal (Ramphorhyncus)
Init +3; Senses Scent; Low-Light Vision; Perception +6, Sense Motive +2
Languages Common
DEFENSE AC 16 (Dex +3, Size +2, Natural +1), touch 15, flat-footed 113
CMD 9
HP 4 (1d6)
Fort (2) +2, Ref (2) +5, Will (2) +4
Defensive Abilities None
Immune None
Resist None
SQ
Affinity for my Team, Lucky Mascot, Sudden Swoop
SPECIAL ABILITIES Affinity for my Team (Su) A mascot is the heart and soul of its team. At first, the team consists of only the familiar and its master, but at 3rd level and every 3 levels thereafter, a mascot can add an additional member to its team. A mascot’s empathic link extends to all members of its team. A mascot can add or remove one team member over the course of a day.
Lucky Mascot (Su) Whenever a mascot uses the aid another action to improve a team member’s attack roll or AC, that team member also gains a +1 luck bonus to AC for 1 round.
Sudden Swoop (Ex) If a rhamphorhynchus makes a charge attack while flying, it does not provoke attacks of opportunity when it enters an opponent’s space to make a melee attack. It also gains a +2 bonus on damage rolls with its bite attack when it makes a sudden swoop.
