As long as you are playing with four or less characters, they will all function. However, they may not all function as well as possible. Oloch the Warpriest will probably work just fine.
As for the other three characters, the Add-on Deck (based on the Deck List in the PDF pack) provides a number of extra alchemical items (for Damiel) and animal allies (for Feiya and Lini). Some of these are only available from the Add-on Deck like Alchemist's Fire, Blast Stone, and Noxious Bomb which Damiel will likely miss dearly; and Dodo, Fox (Feiya's signature familiar), and Snow Leopard (Lini's signature companion).
So yes, it's possible, but I personally won't be doing it if I have my Base Set before I have my Add-on Deck.
Look on the bright side - there are 47 non-S&S-character-add-on characters available to play. :3
Look on the bright side - there are 47 non-S&S-character-add-on characters available to play. :3Not if you have no intention of buying the class decks. ;)
You can still use the character sheets like you were just talking about...
Look on the bright side - there are 47 non-S&S-character-add-on characters available to play. :3Did more character decks come out while I wasn't looking?
ROTR 11
S&S 11 + Ranzark (12)
Character Decks 7 * 4 = 28My headcount currently is 39 non S&S characters and 51 characters total.
There are 47 characters and 4 more in the S&S character add-on.
You didn't miss any characters, you just missed a detail in my post.
Only exception is that I heard there was an additional rule for making a starting Ranzark (although I don't see it anywhere, something about leftover cards).
Essentially, with Ranzak being a scavenger, he doesn't have a starting deck list but instead builds his starting deck from the basic cards that are left after all other players have built there deck.
Since the starting decks are often not optimal, this isn't really too much of a problem. It can lead to a slightly slow start if you have a lot of other players using Dex based weapons, but Ranzak doesn't really need to trouble himself with fighting anyway if there is another character at his location.
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We played a 4 man last night with 4 S&S characters - Valeros, Seltyiel, Alahazra, and Oloch (love his display ability!). We built the the base set characters first and then Oloch, all using the suggested decks. The three base sets obviously had no issue. Oloch was missing his boarding pike and boarding axe though,no big deal. Not much choice in replacements though,there were only 3 basic weapons left to choose from. All in all though,it played perfectly fine.
Just got mine from a local store last night (gonna have a copy to resell after labor day :D). Haven't looked at the other characters, but Damiel's missing a bunch of alchemical boons. Alchemist's Fire, Noxious Bomb, and Blast Stone I think are the three. We subbed in two blast stones from RotR, so he had those, but I'm not even sure what the others do, so I have no idea what I'm missing. I imagine they're at least a little more potent than an d4, or at least differently so.
For now, even missing whatever explodey powers he should have, Damiel seems neat and recharging potions feels practically transgressive. We got a Potion of Healing in the first scenario and I thought "w-wait a minute, I can use this as many times as I want!"
Yeah, I've wanted an alchemist since I saw how good potion of healing would be if it went back in the deck instead of the box. :)
I'm looking forward to playing Damiel mostly because of Tot Flask, but also because it'll be fun to actually use potions for once. I might even give him an auto-pass-certain-check potion for one of his weaker skills, since he can do other things with his potions if they're not useful at the time.
I found Alchemist's Fire on here and realize I've basically been playing gimped without it. Holy crap! I also remembered Potion of Lucubration is another of the missing ones, but I don't think the loss of that is affecting me too much. I don't think we've actually rolled a craft check yet in three adventures? Maybe one to close a location (but I think the villain might've been there).
Orbis, I know you're no fan of potions, and neither am I. Multiple times I've thought "man, I really wish I had that potion of glibness in my deck," especially considering Damiel's d4 Charisma. I feel like I'm betraying a part of myself even thinking that.
Here is Noxious Bomb
Liquid Attack Poison Ranged Alchemical Basic
Intelligence Craft 5
For your combat check, banish this card to use your Dexterity or Ranged skill + 2d6. You can additionally discard another card to add your Craft skill; after playing that card, succeed at a Craft 9 check to recharge that card instead of discarding it.
Oh, it's just a poison instead of fire traited Alchemist's Fire.
I think they're cool with Damiel; on him they're basically attack spells. Between those and two non-combat spells, he is pretty much a spell caster.
Orbis, I know you're no fan of potions, and neither am I. Multiple times I've thought "man, I really wish I had that potion of glibness in my deck," especially considering Damiel's d4 Charisma.
I didn't like them in general in RotR. Exceptions can occur with expansions.
Damiel's ability to use potions for other things, recharge them if he does use them for their own ability, and the Tot Flask all add up to make me consider one or two check-specific potions with him.
Just like how I'm tentatively hopeful for armor on a couple of characters (still no more than two per deck!) after hearing about the buckler gun.
I feel like I'm betraying a part of myself even thinking that.
I don't feel that way with Damiel and potions because he's specifically designed to make them playable.
But potions with someone else would make me feel that way. And I would also feel that way when considering armor if I was doing it for the sake of armor (I am pretending buckler gun is just a weapon lol).