Question on Close or Guarding Barracks in Curse of the Crimson Throne

[Howard197]

To close/guard the barracks, you need to succeed at a combat check with a difficulty of 5+## plus the total number of monsters on all location's deck lists at the size built.

But in 2E Locations are banished to the vault when they are closed, right? So does that total number mean all locations laid out at the start of the scenario, or the number of current locations?

[Keith Richmond]

Current locations. More locations you close, easier it is.

[Howard197]

Keith Richmond wrote:

Current locations. More locations you close, easier it is.

Thanks!