I think you've got it right.
I find the mechanic strange, and I'm not looking forward to playing it.
I'll check back with the team to make sure everything is as intended.
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That text seems to have erroneously snuck in at some point in the process. Please play this scenario for now as
"When you fail to acquire a boon, display it next to the scenario,"
instead of
"When you fail a check to acquire a boon by less than 5, display it next to the scenario,"
That is to say, you should be able to fail the check by any amount _or even choose not to attempt the check_*, ensuring plenty of ability to fail to acquire boons, especially after an escape or two.
* Per WotR rulebook p10: "If you choose not to acquire a boon, it counts as failing to acquire it."
Note that the powers what be that aren't me will come along with a more permanent fix. Thanks for playing!
"When you fail to acquire a boon, display it next to the scenario,"
The quoted line is indeed how it should play; thank y'all for diagnosing the errant text. The change will be pushed ASAP, and bundle purchasers should see the correct text.
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We played it as written, and found it quirky and fun. ("I need a blessing to help me fail this check.") Challenging, too, with the extra moving parts for each close; came down to the very last turn.
It's definitely _possible_; nothing else because the blessings she supplies when she escapes are eminently failable by any character not skilled in Divine.
It's a little mean, though. If you are looking for the extra challenge, though, have at it :)
The words "by less than 5" have been deleted in yesterday's update.
This scenario now says
When you fail a check to acquire a boon, display it next to the scenario...
If you choose not acquire a boon, do you display it next to the scenario? My assumption is No, because while choosing not to acquire a boon qualifies as failing to acquire the boon, it is not the same as failing a check to acquire the boon.
Is this correct?
Looking more closely at scenario/location interaction:
The scenario says:
Before closing a location, you may examine its location deck and set aside any number of boons. On closing, shuffle those boons back into the location deck.
The location Prison Vault When Permanently Closed has this text:
Before closing, draw any boons left in this location.
I believe permanently closing the Prison Vault in this scenario works like this:
1. I can choose to set aside any number of boons from the location deck.2. Any boons I did not set aside I draw.
3. Any boons I set aside become the contents of the location deck.
The location Family Tomb When Permanently Closed has this text:
Before closing, examine the location deck, then set aside those cards. On closing, shuffle those cards into this location deck.
I believe permanently closing the Family Tomb in this scenario works like this:
1. I can choose to set aside any number of boons from the location deck.2. All the cards I didn't set aside become the contents of the location deck.
3. The cards I set aside are shuffled into the location deck.
In regard to permanently closing the Family Tomb, the scenario power is irrelevant. Regardless, you examine the location deck and shuffle all of its cards back into the location deck.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
Looks right, Elcoderdude. Intent is that just about everywhere acts similar to the Family Tomb (to ensure you have enough boons to "smash" in your phylactery hunt), but with some ability to weed out the chaff to err things on the side of fun instead of frustrating.
Got another question for this since I played it last week:
Do things like Rallying Cry trigger the scenario power? I think they do, but they still get banished when the barrier is undefeated so they don't end up in the pile regardless.
Do things like Rallying Cry trigger the scenario power? I think they do, but they still get banished when the barrier is undefeated so they don't end up in the pile regardless.
Sounds correct... you would go to display, but then immediately banish.
Is it possible to win this scenario while soloing, what with all the Abyssal Rift questions? If I corner her in the Abyssal Rift, do I win?
That is my understanding.
If not, a whole lot of scenarios (like SotR 3D, 4E, WotR 2Gibbering, 3Fane, 6Threshold) don't work.
Awesome! Thanks! There is a Stole of the Inheritor in my future.
And a power feat. ^_~
Is it possible to win this scenario while soloing, what with all the Abyssal Rift questions? If I corner her in the Abyssal Rift, do I win?That is my understanding.
If not, a whole lot of scenarios (like SotR 3D, 4E, WotR 2Gibbering, 3Fane, 6Threshold) don't work.
Going back to this for a sec, my understanding was that if you defeat the villain at the Abyssal Rift, you win -- IF the Rift is flipped to the "always temporarily closed" side. If not, the villain has somewhere to escape to: the "always open" Rift; and because that side of the Rift "is never permanently closed," the villain gets shuffled back in with any remaining cards.
So you would need to defeat and corner the villain with the temp-closed side up, or have a spare blessing to bury to flip the Rift when you beat the villain. Is this not so?
...or have a spare blessing to bury to flip the Rift when you beat the villain.
I didn't think you could use this power at this time. There's nothing in encountering a villain that lets you perform the When Closing at the villain's location. My understanding is you can only corner the villain at the Abyssal Rift if you defeat him with the temp-close side face up.
For this reason, if we know the villain is in the Rift, we try not to explore at all if the open side is up, unless we know what is coming.
...or have a spare blessing to bury to flip the Rift when you beat the villain.I didn't think you could use this power at this time. There's nothing in encountering a villain that lets you perform the When Closing at the villain's location. My understanding is you can only corner the villain at the Abyssal Rift if you defeat him with the temp-close side face up.
For this reason, if we know the villain is in the Rift, we try not to explore at all if the open side is up, unless we know what is coming.
Mmm, I think you're right.