snakeskin tunic?

[alkatrazshock]

when I first read its ability, I assumed it meant you add a single point to a check of dexterity, meaning like +1, but from what ive seen from other people, it sounds like it adds a whole die to the check, is that true? cause its worded a lot like guidance, and I thought that spell was awful cause it just added essentially +1 to the check

[Dave Riley]

Ha! One of my posts led you to that, I'm sure. God, I've read that card half a dozen times in trying to figure out why it sounded so powerful, and somehow missed that it's only +1, and not +1 die. There we go, that's considerably less insanely OP than I initially thought.

[alkatrazshock]

ah okz, thanks, I was like... O.o really? I mean I can be wrong about stuff so I didn't know, I thought it was wrong but ill take most people's word for things, thanks for clearing it up, so far the only loot to me that seems really useful is the sihedron medallion

[Dave Riley]

I think I might keep mine. +1 to a check will be more useful to me more often than actually blocking damage, which I almost never end up suffering (though Mammy got a few good hits on me), but this strengthens my desire to pick up a Ring of Protection.

I took the Sihedron Medallion and the Medusa Mask from AP2 out of a sense of obligation, but Medusa Mask is an almost wasted slot since Merisiel can evade and the Medallion felt like it was clogging space since I almost never take damage and the medallion's more suited to casters anyway. We don't have a Str user with weapon proficiency among us, so we didn't take Impaler of Thorns either. I don't know what loot AP3 holds, but here's hoping it's more suitable to our needs!

[h4ppy]

I really like the tunic. Just remember that you can't use it (again) for combat damage reduction if you used it already to boost your DEX for the same check.

We also just ditched the Medusa Mask after much agonising. I think I'm going to be sorry about that at some point, but it's been clogging up Lem's hand for the whole of Hook Mountain so he threw it over the dam in disgust and took the Enervating Wand instead.

[J Scot Shady]

That's sad to hear about the Mask, Happy.

I just got the Mask and gave it Lem. I'm looking forward to him using it to good effect. In my 6 character game Lem has become a great buffer character that picks through decks to gain the boons and leaves the banes for Valeros, Meriseil, and Seoni to deal with. The Mask, a spy glass, and augury all make this work out so well. Need to get scry now.

And my wife took the tunic for Meriseil. One more point on checks can help.

As for the impaler, Kyra took it. It's better than the icy longspear she was using which she gave to Valeros who now has 6 of his 7 weapons as magic (keeping the great axe for those big non-magic creature like ogres and such).

[Hawkmoon269]

In my four character group, I feel conflicted about the loot. There is so much of it. It is loot so I don't want to loose it permanently, but I also feel like we can't really use it all. It is quite a moment of angst.

[Dave Riley]

h4ppy wrote:

We also just ditched the Medusa Mask after much agonising. I think I'm going to be sorry about that at some point, but it's been clogging up Lem's hand for the whole of Hook Mountain so he threw it over the dam in disgust and took the Enervating Wand instead.

I used it all of once in AP3, to keep a villain on the top of a deck. For Merisiel that seems to be its only purpose, and after AP3 she can do that without wasting an item spot. I replaced it with a Wand of Scorching Ray midway through AP3, and then took the Enervating Wand at the end of it, though we'll see how useful that actually is.

I had high hopes for Merisiel's charisma recharge power, but while considering which role to take I scanned through the deck and all the items it's relevant for are at least an 8 to recharge, which means she needs both CHA feats to even have a 1-in-6 chance of recharging something. Boo. :(

[kysmartman]

Yeah, I've crammed everything into my 2 6-character games, but once I switched to my 2 3-character and just finished my 5-player games, I gave up on trying to cram the loot into decks. Meri turned down the Tunic because she'd managed to get the Fire-resistant armor which I viewed as better, and I could have put a Web spell in Lem's deck if I had wanted the Mask's ability, except better as it goes on the bottom. Seoni has it until I get a better spell then Lem will have it.

I doubt some of that loot is going to make it through AP3 too. There's only so much room and so much great stuff to be had.