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Rough game. Both Villains were somewhat brutal. We had a new player playing a Pre-Gen Tier 5 Lini, along with CD-Kyra, CD-Sajan, Meliski, and CD-Valeros. He actually did really well for his first session.
Valeros started off finding a Brimorak right off the bat, which he savaged with no problem. He even had an extra explore handy so he didn't have to deal with the Labyrinth Minotaur's "First Explore" nonsense (though he was alone, so it wasn't such a problem). However the dice let him down, and he ended up in the Middle of Nowhere. (Thankfully, he rolled a 2 on his escape roll...)
Meliski's first turn turned up Ylleshka, for which he was completely unprepared. Fortunately, High Priestess Eliandra came to the rescue with the Evasion.
Sajan had a long history with the Locust Shrine, being able to auto-succeed at a combat with a Derakni (even with the -2 to each die penalty) and ignore any before-you-act damage. However, before nary a Barrier could rear it's ugly ugliness, Belseferek leapt out. He failed the Con/Fort check and had to bury a handful of cards, but that didn't stop him from burying a Blessing of Lamashtu and burning Belseferek with Fire. Locust Shrine (*kung fu noises*) CLOSED, tho Belseferek managed to sneak away.
I could go on like this for a while, but the practical upshot is, Success (after Valeros snuck in with a kill-stealing shot on Belseferek to end the game). Fortunately, most of the Hengies/villains were near the tops of their decks. Unfortunately, Deck Upgrades were a bit sparse.