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Assuming S&S sells well, will there be more 6-pack adventure sets like Runelords & S&S after the S&S cycle ends? Assuming this is so, will there be a Cthulhu adventure at least in consideration?

I was just reading the rulebook and it did mention on page 17 under Check to defeat that if the Bane had the word None in it, it could not be defeated, then it immediately stated that you must take damage dealt by monsters, so I thought some of the banes with the None check would be monsters. I am still awaiting the game to arrive early next week and I wanted to go thru the rulebook before I got the game. So I take it that there are no monsters with the word None under check, only other types of banes which then state an alternate way to defeat it.

Thanks for the info.

jcikal wrote:

csouth154 wrote:

Nope. If you cannot or choose not to evade it, you must read the card and do what it says

So the only options for a bane with a check of None would be either to evade it or to take the damage from it, since there are no spells (as of today anyway) that can defeat this type of Bane.

It might help if you gave an example of what Bane in particular you are thinking of.

All the Barriers that say "Check to Defeat NONE" have specific instructions on what to do instead. Most of them are the "Mass Encounter" barriers where each character that meets the criteria of powers on the barrier card has to encounter a particular Monster. There is also the Pit of Malfeshnekor but that one too is very specific with what to do in its Powers section. But none of them directly deal damage to you simply for encountering them. You have to do something else, like fail to defeat the summoned henchman or keep a card in the Pit of Malfeshnekor 's case.

I'm pretty sure all the Monsters (so far) have a check to defeat of some kind.

And the only henchman I can think of that is a NONE is the Haunt, which you place next to your character card. But again it doesn't deal damage to you.

"Mass Encounter" Barriers can be evaded, as can the haunts, since they lack the words "When encountered". If you evade them, shuffle them back into their location decks. If you don't evade them, do what ever the powers say.

Nope. If you cannot or choose not to evade it, you must read the card and do what it says

So the only options for a bane with a check of None would be either to evade it or to take the damage from it, since there are no spells (as of today anyway) that can defeat this type of Bane.

Banes with None as their check are undefeatable, so I take it that means I would just take whatever damage they dish out without fighting them since there is nothing I can do to defeat them, correct? Are there spells to either fight or defeat banes with None checks?

Will the card backs for the next adventure series Skull & Shackles be the same as Rise of the runelords so that we may combine them as we wish or will they sport different card backs?

After all 6 expansions for Skull & Shackles have been released, will the next Base adventure include more new characters?