What's the timing on encountering the henchman spawned by the villain?
Must the other characters finish their henchmen battles first? (before you continue on your fight against Old Barnabas?
I had to leave this set up at such a cliffhanger until this rules query was resolved. Playing this six handed with Jirelle, Seltyiel, Lirianne, Feiya, Damiel and Alhazra
Damiel is encountering Barnabus, but the party is out of time. If he fails we lose.
One of the henchmen has the power to do d4+1 ranged damage to a random character. If that hits Damiel I think it's all over. He needs 3-4 of the cards he has currently to have a shot at both combat checks against Barnabus, and of course he had to recharge his armour at the beginning of the encounter.
Oiy.
Remember: the armor/1d4 other cards is before attempting any check to defeat, not when encountering, so if Damiel's doing both checks he has to do it before each one.
Malcolm I did NOT remember that good sir!
So I managed to pull off the win last night, some of the henchman defeated the characters before them Alhazra, Lirianne and Feiya, but Damiel with a little help from the others was able to defeat Barnabus.
So your information was most unwelcome (especially as I had given them all a card feat and updated their decks before packing it all away).
With much trepidation I just drew a d4 out of the dice bag and rolled it. It was a 2 and my result can stand. I believe a 3-4 would have meant defeat!