Defender of Nerosyan

[Chris Donnangelo]

Quick questions about the Defender of Nerosyan boon from the season 5 special, Siege of the Diamond City:

Spoiler:

It reduces the cost of a prestige award by 2-4 (depending on the impressiveness of your victory) while around a city of 5000 or more in Mendev or the Worldwound. Does it allow for the purchase of free Prestige Awards? For example getting a 2PP= 750 gp purchase? Is it once per scenario? One time only? Does it reduce the cost of vanities?

[Brian Lefebvre]

Spoiler:

If you look at the prestige purchase table in the guide, it says to increase all prestige costs by 5 when making the purchase outside of a settlement of 5000+ people.

The Siege of Diamond City boon only works outside of a settlement of 5000 people in the nation of Mendev or the Worldwound, so it would only offset part of the 5 PP cost increase of the purchase.

[Majuba]

Spoiler:

Yes, key distinction. "Outside of" in this case doesn't mean "Next to, but not in", it means "away from".

[Soluzar]

I was looking at this boon myself recently. It begs the question: What exactly is it good for? Some clarification would be very helpful. I've already played this and I'm running it next month and I expect that I'll likely be asked about this at the table.

[Chris Donnangelo]

Ah! I just need more reading comprehension skills...
Many thanks!

[CRobledo]

Soluzar wrote:

I was looking at this boon myself recently. It begs the question: What exactly is it good for? Some clarification would be very helpful. I've already played this and I'm running it next month and I expect that I'll likely be asked about this at the table.

Sometimes, you need that new wand of CLW that you forgot to buy at home in the middle of the field of battle.

Sometimes, you would like a raise dead, but you are up in the middle of the Storval Stairs and can't leave to go back to town.

Usually, either of those would cost you an extra 5PP to get when not in a city. This boon helps with those costs.