Acquiring new cards for your character deck


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Hi guys. I'm wanting to check that I properly understand the mechanics of tweaking your deck after completed scenarios. So, I've put together an example of play, and would like people with more understanding than me to confirm if I've got it right.

For this example, our volunteer will be Harsk! Say hello, Harsk.

Hark is a totally new character, who's been built using the suggested starting deck from the book. He's just soloed Brigandoom successfully. From that scenario, Harsk has successfully acquired a Sleep spell and a Returning Throwing Axe +1. He's also banished his Potion of Vision. We'll pretend Harsk's acquired no other boons and ignore the scenario reward for the sake of simplicity.

Now that he's beaten the villain, Harsk combined his buried cards, discarded cards, deck and hand together.
He then has to filter his deck back down to 15 cards for the next scenario, using the proportions on his character card (5 blessings, 5 weapons, etc).

Harsk can replace one of his starting Weapons with the Returning Throwing Axe +1, if he wants to. He'll then keep the axe going forward, and the replaced Weapon will go to the box.

Harsk can't keep the Sleep spell, as he has no Spell slots in his deck. The Sleep spell has to be returned to the box.

Harsk's also short an Item, as he used his Potion of Vision during the scenario. If Harsk had acquired other Items during the scenario, he'd have to use one of those to fill the gap in his deck left by the banished potion. As he hasn't, he has to fill the space using an Item drawn from the box, with the restriction that the chosen Item must have the Basic trait.

If a character doesn't put a newly discovered card in his deck at the end of a scenario, it returns to the box, and he loses access to that card in the future. If he later wants that card in his deck, he'll have to find it again during a future scenario.

Now, have I understood all of that correctly?


yup. (too late at night for longer reply), looks good to me.

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Ninjaiguana. wrote:

Hi guys. I'm wanting to check that I properly understand the mechanics of tweaking your deck after completed scenarios. So, I've put together an example of play, and would like people with more understanding than me to confirm if I've got it right.

For this example, our volunteer will be Harsk! Say hello, Harsk.

Hark is a totally new character, who's been built using the suggested starting deck from the book. He's just soloed Brigandoom successfully. From that scenario, Harsk has successfully acquired a Sleep spell and a Returning Throwing Axe +1. He's also banished his Potion of Vision. We'll pretend Harsk's acquired no other boons and ignore the scenario reward for the sake of simplicity.

Now that he's beaten the villain, Harsk combined his buried cards, discarded cards, deck and hand together.
He then has to filter his deck back down to 15 cards for the next scenario, using the proportions on his character card (5 blessings, 5 weapons, etc).

Harsk can replace one of his starting Weapons with the Returning Throwing Axe +1, if he wants to. He'll then keep the axe going forward, and the replaced Weapon will go to the box.

Harsk can't keep the Sleep spell, as he has no Spell slots in his deck. The Sleep spell has to be returned to the box.

Harsk's also short an Item, as he used his Potion of Vision during the scenario. If Harsk had acquired other Items during the scenario, he'd have to use one of those to fill the gap in his deck left by the banished potion. As he hasn't, he has to fill the space using an Item drawn from the box, with the restriction that the chosen Item must have the Basic trait.

If a character doesn't put a newly discovered card in his deck at the end of a scenario, it returns to the box, and he loses access to that card in the future. If he later wants that card in his deck, he'll have to find it again during a future scenario.

Now, have I understood all of that correctly?

That is all absolutely correct.

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