Some Numbers posted:Oh wow, so it's going to be a loooong time before I get to play again, okay. Could be worse, I had a 3year waiting list to get a second go in PTN's Battletech LP
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# ? Jan 21, 2019 23:02 |
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LMAO OK I'm going to short rest and protect Possession from being lost. I'm going to start burning loss cards for xp. Looks like Rocky has the chest so I guess let's leave the corpse behind us "alive" and loot the place. I'm going to murder the corpse that's not adjacent to me with a ranged attack and then loot the whole area. I'll gain 3 xp in the process. That is unless Bullwinkle really wants a coin. If we want to have fun with this I can give you a free move 4 the turn after next so you can try to loot the sad coin.
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# ? Jan 22, 2019 00:06 |
You've lost Feedback Loop! No reroll needed.
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# ? Jan 22, 2019 00:21 |
Just a heads up: ran into some more snags at work, so today's update will also be delayed. Since it's Step A and 90% of the text for it is automated through a spreadsheet, I should still be able to run the update tonight GMT, but it'll be late; tomorrow's update too, possibly.
That Italian Guy fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Jan 22, 2019 |
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# ? Jan 22, 2019 17:09 |
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No worries!
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# ? Jan 22, 2019 17:27 |
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I don't know how much time it takes to maintain this LP, so I don't know how big of an ask this is, but how would you feel about after scenario 2 finishes, starting a second party using the remaining 3 characters? We could have the groups alternate days, so when group A is picking cards, group B is revealing cards and putting in their orders, and after scenario 2 I believe it's almost assured that we will always have 2 scenarios available to choose from.
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# ? Jan 22, 2019 20:14 |
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Reik posted:I don't know how much time it takes to maintain this LP, so I don't know how big of an ask this is, but how would you feel about after scenario 2 finishes, starting a second party using the remaining 3 characters? We could have the groups alternate days, so when group A is picking cards, group B is revealing cards and putting in their orders, and after scenario 2 I believe it's almost assured that we will always have 2 scenarios available to choose from. While that might be faster, it is difficult to follow what is going on when you aren't playing, so shifting back and forth between two scenarios would be even harder to follow as a non-participant, IMO. I'm also in favor of not overloading That Italian Guy; I'd rather finish the campaign in twice the time than see it end with burnout in half the time.
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# ? Jan 22, 2019 21:02 |
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Oh, this is neat! Sorry I didn't see this thread until now, but I'd be happy to join in the party when a spot becomes available. I do have PMs, and I've also played this game extensively (looking forward to the first expansion in the spring!) This is a great format and it's been interesting to read along. I'll be following this thread for sure!
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# ? Jan 22, 2019 21:56 |
^^^ Welcome aboard!Reik posted:I don't know how much time it takes to maintain this LP, so I don't know how big of an ask this is, but how would you feel about after scenario 2 finishes, starting a second party using the remaining 3 characters? We could have the groups alternate days, so when group A is picking cards, group B is revealing cards and putting in their orders, and after scenario 2 I believe it's almost assured that we will always have 2 scenarios available to choose from. Step A is fairly light, most of it is copy/pasting card names into cells and then spreadsheet magic does the rest (plus ofc the actual Gloomhaven Helper part and screenshot). Step B is quite admin intensive, even with the assistance of Spreadsheet magic. GH's cards being as varied as they are in effect, I still need to fix a lot of the text manually unless the turn is literally "use card A to attack target X, then use card B to move to hex Y", which is rarely the case. Plus ofc all the TTS, and Gloomhaven Helper admin (and screenshots). Aside from thread clarity considerations, I don't think I would be able to overlap 2 parties, since I'm also hosting a CYOA game on the days I run Step A updates :/ BTW, I'm finally home so the update will follow momentarily! That Italian Guy fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Jan 22, 2019 |
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# ? Jan 22, 2019 22:51 |
Barrow Lair, Round 9APending actions from last Round posted:Master Splinter executes a Short Rest! Recovers all discarded cards, loses Feedback Loop! ROUND REVEAL Zombies love that card. "PLAYER'S OVERVIEW All the decks the players have chosen are available as a (mobile friendly) spreadsheet in separate tabs. The cards that have been selected for the current round are marked in yellow. Discarded cards will be marked in light red, while lost cards will be marked in deep red. Cards in the active slot will be marked in green. Available items are also shown there." Master Splinter (Hand6, Discarded0, Active1, Lost3) is acting at initiative 11 with Empathetic Assault and Scurry. 11. Master Splinter the Vermling Mindthief (Elephant Ambush) posted:
15. Bullwinkle the Inox Brute (Zurai) posted:
46. Rocky the Savvas Cragheart (archduke.iago) posted:
During this phase, players are free to discuss everything itt, including in depth round breakdown, tactics, and so on; you can use specific card names and numerical values since everything has been revealed already. Everyone itt is also encouraged to take part in the discussion (although the last word is, ofc, reserved for the active players. Be nice! Active players, please discuss your ideas itt and provide your final orders via PM/Email! DEADLINE FOR EVERYTHING IS: TONIGHT, 3AM EST (As always, please let me know if you need an extension!) That Italian Guy fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Jan 22, 2019 |
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# ? Jan 22, 2019 22:59 |
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Seems pretty simple? I'll bash the surviving zombie and move towards the chest.
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# ? Jan 22, 2019 23:36 |
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archduke.iago posted:Seems pretty simple? I'll bash the surviving zombie and move towards the chest. All yours. My plan hasn't changed. Blast corpse 4 and loot the area. I don't even care if I take a lethal hit. I just rested so I have cards to burn.
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# ? Jan 22, 2019 23:55 |
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That Italian Guy posted:^^^ Welcome aboard! Which CYOA game is that? I'm curious about CYOA games.
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 00:01 |
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I'm legitimately surprised Cragheart didn't play Massive Boulder to end up on the chest.
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 00:32 |
namad posted:Which CYOA game is that? I'm curious about CYOA games. It's a (non english) retelling of Diogines's excellent Paradise Lost CYOA (well, retelling as far as "starts at the same point", then progresses organically as CYOAs are meant to); also, it's on Facebook - of all places - cause I wanted to experiment with running a CYOA using FB as a platform and using the FB polls as a way to tally the votes; it works well enough, the audience/participation is way different compared to a play by forum (less involvement) but it suits me since I can't dedicate more than a certain amount of time to it. I was also curious to see how different (or similar) the same CYOA would turn out to be if played with a different group. Turns out the answer (so far, at least) is: quite a bit. Due to the players's choices so far, our protagonist really really really hates El/the Zepathans, he is trying very hard to venerate the aboriginal pantheon (the "good" fishes, not Asherah) and he doesn't care for his step-brother at all. The butterfly effect is in full swing and I fully expect the story to go in a complete different direction from the original one - also cause I've changed some part of the setting to better suit my tastes. That Italian Guy fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Jan 23, 2019 |
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 00:33 |
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Some Numbers posted:I'm legitimately surprised Cragheart didn't play Massive Boulder to end up on the chest. uhhh i meant to and picked the wrong card on accident
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 00:42 |
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archduke.iago posted:uhhh i meant to and picked the wrong card on accident LOL thank you for waiting until the cleanup phase to make a mistake like that
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 00:56 |
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Elephant Ambush posted:LOL thank you for waiting until the cleanup phase to make a mistake like that Move 3 and Move 4 are basically the same thing, right?
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 01:16 |
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That Italian Guy posted:Turns out the answer (so far, at least) is: quite a bit. Due to the players's choices so far, our protagonist really really really hates El/the Zepathans, he is trying very hard to venerate the aboriginal pantheon (the "good" fishes, not Asherah) and he doesn't care for his step-brother at all. The butterfly effect is in full swing and I fully expect the story to go in a complete different direction from the original one - also cause I've changed some part of the setting to better suit my tastes.
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 01:58 |
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I'mma scoop up a coin and smack one of them with the top of Shield Bash.
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 05:16 |
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Zurai posted:I'mma scoop up a coin and smack one of them with the top of Shield Bash. I have bad news for you.
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 05:20 |
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Elephant Ambush posted:I have bad news for you. Can you at least loot BEFORE you potentially kill a zombie so that I can maybe scoop that one? It's not a huge deal if not, though. (dirty filthy rat-thing) Zurai fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Jan 23, 2019 |
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Zurai posted:Can you at least loot BEFORE you potentially kill a zombie so that I can maybe scoop that one? It's not a huge deal if not, though. Actually yes I can! The Italian Guy I have changed my orders.
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 05:45 |
Barrow Lair, Round 9BPending actions from last Round posted:None! 11. Master Splinter the Vermling Mindthief (Elephant Ambush) posted:- Master Splinter uses Scurry (bot)! LOOT2 and gains 2 coin token. Gains 1XP. LOSS card! 15. Bullwinkle the Inox Brute (Zurai) posted:- Bullwinkle uses Balanced Measures (bot as a basic MOVE2)! Moves 1 to H6(2) That seems...excessive. 46. Rocky the Savvas Cragheart (archduke.iago) posted:- Rocky uses Opposing Strike (top)! Attacks Living Corpse 4 for 6 (3base, x2mod) damage! Gains 1XP. 66. Living Corpse 3 posted:- Living Corpse 3 focuses Master Splinter! Moves 1 to B6(2). END OF ROUND ACTIONS posted:- Rocky's attack modifier deck is shuffled! I guess this is it for Scenario 2 Let's wrap it up! Active players instead of the normal orders, please discuss your ideas itt and then provide me via PM/email with your intent from here to the end of the scenario, including which cards you would like to try and play before it's over! Please note that the Scenario will end at the end of the Round in which Living Corpse 3 is killed. You can consult the (mobile friendly) spreadsheet to see which cards are available and decide your next moves. DEADLINE FOR EVERYTHING IS 3AM EST (As always, please let me know if you need an extension!) That Italian Guy fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Jan 23, 2019 |
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 18:53 |
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You got the right amount of damage, but Empathetic Assault doesn't get the +2 damage from the Augment.
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 19:26 |
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The bottom of Scurry is a LOSS action.
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 19:58 |
Thanks guys! I had missed the LOSS effect on Scurry (bot) and I was wondering why the Mindthief was not already super rich. The card in the spreadsheet has been fixed!
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 20:04 |
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Well, I'm definitely not getting my final Warding Strength XP now. Now I just have to figure out how best to optimize experience and coin collection. A problem is that I only have two non-attack-based XP sources left.
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 22:08 |
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OMG Scurry would be insanely broken if that was not a loss on the bottom. Welp, good poo poo everyone! Zurai do you want me to slingshot you toward The Sad Coin? I can give you a free move 4 next turn if I short rest and protect Possession from being lost.
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 22:12 |
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Sure. If you do that, I can get there next turn with Skewer's bottom. Where are you planning to end up at the end of this turn (as if I need to ask)?
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 22:30 |
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Is there supposed to be 2 loot tokens in J6? Wouldn't Scurry have picked up the first one?
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 22:34 |
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Zurai posted:Sure. If you do that, I can get there next turn with Skewer's bottom. Where are you planning to end up at the end of this turn (as if I need to ask)? The bottom of Possession is the slingshot action and I just lost Scurry so I will not be moving.
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# ? Jan 23, 2019 22:36 |
Reik posted:Is there supposed to be 2 loot tokens in J6? Wouldn't Scurry have picked up the first one? Good catch!
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# ? Jan 24, 2019 00:47 |
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Elephant Ambush posted:The bottom of Possession is the slingshot action and I just lost Scurry so I will not be moving. OK, works for me.
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# ? Jan 24, 2019 03:07 |
Barrow Lair, Pillage phasePending actions from last Round posted:- The extra coin in hex J6(2) has been scooped up by Master Splinter's Scurry earlier in the round. PLAYER'S OVERVIEW All the decks the players have chosen are available as a (mobile friendly) spreadsheet in separate tabs. The cards that have been selected for the current round are marked in yellow. Discarded cards will be marked in light red, while lost cards will be marked in deep red. Cards in the active slot will be marked in green. Available items are also shown there. So, I'll spare you the nitty gritty details since most of the action is going to be "walk around empty halls, spending move cards to gain XP" and the remaining Living Corpse will die to any of Master Splinter's attacks unless she draws a NULL. Instead, we'll have a look at the active players's intent and their plans till Scenario End. Let's see what our current party Endurance is: - Master Splinter has 4+1 cards remaining. - Master Splinter's plan is to stay put this round (Short Resting at the end of it); then slingshot Bullwinkle with the extra movement from Possession and stab the Corpse with Frigid Apparition next Round. This is most likely setting a time limit of 2 Rounds to the Scenario, unless a NULL is drawn. - Bullwinkle's plan is a bit fuzzy (Zurai has only provided instructions with the usual format, for step A of the current Round), but the intent was clear: get rich or die trying. I'll also try to spend other LOSS cards for free XP. - Rocky's plan is quite simple: grab the treasure this turn, then attempt to grab any leftover coins/gain XP using a set up Dirt Tornado/Opposing Strike. Due to the Cragheart's slow initiative/movement speed and Rocky's current position, it'll probably see little action - treasure grabbing aside. NOTE: I actually had a round by round breakdown but the forum ate it due to a misclick. Long Story short (there are some Short Rests involved): Barrow Lair, Round 10&11 posted:- Master Splinter doesn't get to kill the Corpse (cause it draws a "stand still and drool" card on turn 2) and she is using bot of Possession on Round 11 to slingshot Bullwinkle. Only change: +1 coin token (looted on Round 10 with Into the Night bottom). The only thing thing that has survived the forums crapping out midway through the update are the images on imgur, so: Round 10 Round 11 Scenario Ends! Conclusion posted:Sifting through the carnage left by the battle, you find a cache at the back of the room containing the scrolls you were hired to collect. You can’t help but rifle through them a bit, but find that the writing upon them is in some unknown archaic language. One thing that does jump out at you, however, is a map of the northern countryside. A bend in the Still River is clearly marked as a point of interest. Contemplating whether you want to find out more about this so-called “Gloom,” you decide that the spot could be a point of interest for you, as well. 4 Rewards posted:New Locations: Battle Goals posted:These are the Battle Goals that have been picked by our players for Scenario 2: Each coin token at Scenario level=1 is worth 2 gold. Updated $$$ and XP for our party are as follows: - Master Splinter: +14 XP (new total 14+14=28XP) and +18 gold (new total 12+18=30 gold). - Rocky: +21 XP (new total 10+21=31XP) and +22 gold (new total 16+22=38 gold) - Bullwinkle: +17 XP (new total 11+17=28XP) and +14 gold (new total 0+14=14 gold) Prosperity increased by 1! Victorious, our heroes are back in Gloomhaven. There, something happens... City Event 25 posted:I want to stagger the voting a little bit, to give people more time to participate. For now PLEASE VOTE FOR THE FOLLOWING THINGS (and please remember to bold your choices: - MVP/Play of the Game for Scenario2! - City Event outcome, A or B! - Bullwinkle's Perk. The list can be found in his character's sheet just above. - Money matters! Please specify if you want someone to buy/sell an item; the current Market pool is available HERE. Also, please if you want someone to donate 10 gold to the Sacred Oak Sanctuary, please remember to specify who! At this time PLEASE DO NOT VOTE TO CHOOSE THE NEXT SCENARIO. As said, we'll stagger the vote to allow everyone to participate A big thank you to our players, Elephant Ambush, archduke.iago and Zurai! Hope you had fun. I'll reach out to Zulily Zoetrope, Narsham and Ripley to let them know they're up next. That Italian Guy fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Jan 24, 2019 |
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# ? Jan 24, 2019 15:40 |
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Oh, sorry, I missed the note that we were skipping into cleanup mode. No objection to the results!That Italian Guy posted:I want to stagger the voting a little bit, to give people more time to participate. For now PLEASE VOTE FOR THE FOLLOWING THINGS (and please remember to bold your choices: I will refrain from voting for MVP. I think everyone did a great job and got opportunities to show off. Take the "Ignore negative item effects and add one +1 card" perk for Bullwinkle. He doesn't have armor yet but it's a high priority for him and without that perk heavy armor will add -1 cards to his deck. Buy Hide Armor for Bullwinkle. That isn't a vote not to buy stuff for the other characters, I'm sure there'll be a push to have Rocky buy Eagle Eye Goggles, but I'm voting neither for nor against that. Bullwinkle wants his armor, though. No vote for or against donating to the Sanctuary. We should definitely do it when we can (there's an unlock for donating 10 times), but we're still at the point where money may be better spent on permanent upgrades. EDIT: Forgot to vote for the event. Option A. Zurai fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Jan 24, 2019 |
# ? Jan 24, 2019 16:28 |
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City Event: Option A Brute perk: Ignore item effects. Brute buys Hide Armor and Cragheart buys Goggles.
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# ? Jan 24, 2019 16:43 |
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Are we not voting on the event yet? Perk - Ignore negative item effects (or if we don't buy armor I'd say remove two -1s is better but you probably don't want if/thens in the voting...) Money - Buy Hide Armor for Bullwinkle, no opinion on items for the others, but also anyone who has enough to donate after buying items should do so. Always. e: if we're voting for the event then option A.
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# ? Jan 24, 2019 16:51 |
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We did it! We got The Sad Coin! The coin is happy now! It has a home! That was a blast! Thanks for letting me participate and I can't wait to see what future groups do. VOTES: MVP = Rocky for that buffed Dirt Tornado in the doorway that annihilated stuff and tore up the stuff that didn't die. That whole part of the scenario would have been way harder if that hadn't happened. Bullwinkle's perk = Ignore negative item effects and add a +1 Shopping = Bullwinkle should buy Hide Armor. Rocky should buy Eagle Eye Goggles. It's so good with Backup Ammo! Sanctuary donation = I vote that Master Splinter donate. There is nothing in the shop that will make any meaningful difference in power level in the near future and enhancements won't be available for a long time so let's try to accelerate to Prosperity 2. City Event: Help the person! Option A. Elephant Ambush fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Jan 24, 2019 |
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Elephant Ambush posted:We did it! We got The Sad Coin! I vote for all of this.
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