Three Vermlings in a trenchcoat - Let's Play Gloomhaven, together!

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That Italian Guy: Jul 25, 2012; We need the equivalent of the shrimp = small pastry avatar, but for ambulances and their mysteries now.

FairGame posted:

By the way, I would like to play any character. So, uh...there we go.

Added to the list, welcome aboard!

# ? Sep 24, 2019 20:37

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 06:22

Kafila: Mar 27, 2010

Phelddagrif posted:

Bullwinkle can loot the chest this round with Skewer.

Yep!

I'll either go through the vacated spot of the drake - or eat a pair of traps. Either works

Edit:

And I'm going as slow as I can so that Rocky can "deal" with the Drake.

Orders in!

Kafila fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Sep 24, 2019

# ? Sep 24, 2019 20:45

AtomikKrab: Jul 17, 2010; Keep on GOP rolling rolling rolling rolling.

we are almost done... and that means its about my turn... and we get a new character?

# ? Sep 25, 2019 00:02

That Italian Guy: Jul 25, 2012; We need the equivalent of the shrimp = small pastry avatar, but for ambulances and their mysteries now.

AtomikKrab posted:

we are almost done... and that means its about my turn... and we get a new character?

It's gonna be fiiiiiiiine :v:

Drake Nest, Round 17A

Pending actions from last Round posted:

- (Scenario Objective) Drakes killed: 11/12

ROUND REVEAL posted:

Eeepies, let me know which cards you'd like to lose and in which order, if you want to!

"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 (Hand0, Discarded1, Active0, Lost9) is exhausted! :rip:

Rocky (Hand5, Discarded0, Active0, Lost6) is acting at initiative 28 with Explosive Punch and Crater.

28. Rocky the Savvas Cragheart (Eeepies) posted:

code:

"EXPLOSIVE PUNCH (28) [Lvl2]
TOP: Destroy one adjacent obstacle -ATK4, Target all enemies adjacent to the destroyed obstacle - 2XP - LOSS
BOT: Move4"

"CRATER (61) [Lvl1]
TOP: ATK3, Range3 - Consume EARTH: PUSH2, XP1
BOT: All adjacent allies and enemies suffer 1 damage - MOVE4, Jump - XP1 - All adjacent allies and enemies suffer 1 damage, Consume EARTH: suffer 2 damage instead, XP1 - LOSS"

Bullwinkle (Hand4, Discarded0, Active1, Lost5) is acting at initiative 77 with Balanced Measures and Skewer.

77. Bullwinkle the Inox Brute (Kafila) posted:

code:

"BALANCED MEASURES (77) [Lvlx]
TOP: ATK* where * is the number of hexes you have moved so far this turn - XP1
BOT: MOVE* where * is the amount of damage you have inflicted so far this turn"

"SKEWER (35) [Lvlx]
TOP: ATK 3, PBAOE (check image), Consume AIR: +1ATK, PIERCE1 - XP1
BOT: MOVE6 - XP1 - LOSS"

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 :getin:

(As always, please let me know if you need an extension!)

# ? Sep 25, 2019 09:38

Eeepies: May 29, 2013; Bocchi-chan's... dead.
We'll have to find a new guitarist.

Rules question here:

For the Masochistic mission, have 2 or less life by the end of the scenario, does it count if I'm knocked out? If not, I requested to reroll taking 1 damage when I short rested previously, did that come into effect?

Either way, I'm going to try to kill the drake with Explosive punch, and jump onto a coin or the trap with the coin, depending on the answer to the question. And I don't think the loss cards matter anymore, this is the final round, since Crater's move is a guaranteed kill.

# ? Sep 25, 2019 10:18

That Italian Guy: Jul 25, 2012; We need the equivalent of the shrimp = small pastry avatar, but for ambulances and their mysteries now.

Eeepies posted:

Rules question here:

For the Masochistic mission, have 2 or less life by the end of the scenario, does it count if I'm knocked out? If not, I requested to reroll taking 1 damage when I short rested previously, did that come into effect?

Either way, I'm going to try to kill the drake with Explosive punch, and jump onto a coin or the trap with the coin, depending on the answer to the question. And I don't think the loss cards matter anymore, this is the final round, since Crater's move is a guaranteed kill.

Being exhausted is not an automatic win condition for Masochist (IE: if you exhaust because you run out of cards while being above the HP threshold), but exhausting because your HP are at 0 counts for Masochist!

FAQs posted:

Does becoming exhausted from lack of cards affect my hit points in any way for the purposes of the "Fast Healer" and "Masochist" battle goals?
No, you can still achieve those battle goals after being exhausted if your hit points were in the correct range when you were exhausted.

E vvv: yeah the Scenario ends at the end of the Turn its objective is completed, so you get to play out the rest of the Turn, for good or bad.

That Italian Guy fucked around with this message at 13:31 on Sep 25, 2019

# ? Sep 25, 2019 10:31

FairGame: Jul 24, 2001; Der Kommander

I think I�ve been playing wrong.

When you meet the scenario goal, everything doesn�t immediately end? You get the remaining turn to play out?

E: ok yeah, I see the rule now. Man, that cost us a treasure chest a while back.

# ? Sep 25, 2019 13:21

Narsham: Jun 5, 2008

FairGame posted:

I think I�ve been playing wrong.

When you meet the scenario goal, everything doesn�t immediately end? You get the remaining turn to play out?

E: ok yeah, I see the rule now. Man, that cost us a treasure chest a while back.

There's at least one side scenario where not observing this rule turns it from being kind of a jerk move to being table-flippingly annoying.

I authorize you to give yourselves that treasure chest retroactively unless you think that doesn't sound like fun.

# ? Sep 26, 2019 00:44

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Narsham posted:

There's at least one side scenario where not observing this rule turns it from being kind of a jerk move to being table-flippingly annoying.

I authorize you to give yourselves that treasure chest retroactively unless you think that doesn't sound like fun.

I know that scenario and we dropped a house rule on that specific instance so fast we broke the sound barrier.

Edit: ENVELOPE SPOILERS open at own risk. How is this playthrough handling the hidden envelope? Reveal its existence when the Town Records are opened?

Doctor Spaceman fucked around with this message at 00:50 on Sep 26, 2019

# ? Sep 26, 2019 00:47

That Italian Guy: Jul 25, 2012; We need the equivalent of the shrimp = small pastry avatar, but for ambulances and their mysteries now.

Drake Nest, Conclusion

Pending actions from last Round posted:

- None!

13. Rending Drakes posted:

- Reding Drake 6 focuses Rocky! Attacks Rocky for 0 (2base, -2mod) damage. Attacks Rocky for 0 (3base, +1mod) damage.
Rocky loses Avalanche to prevent the damage!
Rockyis at 4 HP and is WOUNDED!

28. Rocky the Savvas Cragheart (Eeepies) posted:

Rocky suffers 1 WOUND damage!
Rockyis at 3 HP and is WOUNDED!
- Rocky uses Explosive Punch (top as basic ATK2)! Attacks Rending Drake 6 for 0 (2base, -2mod) damage!
Rending Drake 6 is at 2 HP
- Rocky uses Crater (bot)! Bullwinkle and Rending Drake 6 suffer 1 splash damage! Jumps1 to C1 Bullwinkle and Rending Drake 6 suffer 1 splash damage! Gains 1XP. Trap in hex C1 triggered, Rocky suffers 4 Trap damage!
Rending Drake 6 is killed!
Bullwinkle is at 9 HP.
Rocky is exhausted!

Eeepies, I think that when a character becomes exhausted they are immediately removed from the game; that means you won't be able to execute and End of Turn looting. Happy to change this if I'm wrong though!

77. Bullwinkle the Inox Brute (Kafila) posted:

- Bullwinkle uses Skewer (bot)! Moves6 to C1.
- Bullwinkle uses Balanced Measures (top)! No action taken!

Bullwinkle executes end of turn looting! Loots Treasure Tile 35

Scenario Ends!

Conclusion posted:

The waves of red-scaled lizards seem unending, but you have harvested a significant number of corpses and make a calculated retreat. At the mouth of the cave, you break into a full sprint and the drakes don�t seem too interested in pursuing you. You begin the strenuous task of lugging the hides back to the Crooked Bone.

Hail silently takes the bloody mass of scales from you when you arrive and then disappears for a good two hours. When she returns, she holds out a handful of small, blue orbs.
�Okay, so all you need to do is lodge one of these into your throat when you go underwater and it should filter your inhaling and exhaling into the water. �It will be incredibly painful, and you�ll have a beast of a time getting them back out when you get back on dry land. I don�t envy you at all, but it should get the job done.� (26) (37)

Hail grins from ear to ear. �I�m very happy with the result actually. Thanks for providing the interesting challenge. Now get out of my house.�

Rewards posted:

New Locations:
- None! (But we now satisfy the Water-breathing requirement for Scenario 26 and 37).
Scenario Rewards
- Water-breathing Global Achievement!
Victory Rewards
+8XP each.

Battle Goals posted:

These are the Battle Goals that have been picked by our players for Scenario 43
- Master Splinter: Executioner: Kill an undamaged monster with a single attack during the scenario.Xiahou Dun has managed to accomplish the Battle Goal! BG Completed, +1 Checkmark.
- Rocky:Masochist: Your current hit point values must be equal or less than 2 at the end of the scenario.Eeepies has managed to accomplish the Battle Goal! BG Completed, +1 Checkmark.
- Bullwinkle:Streamliner: Have five or more total cards in your hand and discard at the end of the Scenario.Kafila has NOT managed to accomplish the Battle Goal! (but who cares!)

Active cards that are going to the LOST pile after activation do not count for the Streamliner achievement, since they already count as LOST even if they are still active.

Final Stats posted:

Final stats after Scenario 18 are as follows:
Each coin token at Scenario level=2 is worth 3 gold. Updated $$$ and XP for our party are as follows:
- Master Splinter: +16XP. (New Total 155XP) and +18 gold (New Total 18 gold). Master Splinter has enough experience to advance to Level 4!
- Rocky:+14XP. (New Total 151XP) and +12 gold (New Total 14 gold). Rocky has enough experience to advance to Level 4!
- Bullwinkle:+17XP. (New Total 158XP) and +3 gold (New Total 37 gold). Bullwinkle has enough experience to advance to Level 4!

Updated Sheets

Personal Quest progression posted:

- Master Splinter: no progress yet!
- Rocky: same as before! 3/4 (Bandit Commander, Merciless Overseer, Captain of the Guard).
- Bullwinkle: Completed!

Having completed his Personal Quest, Bullwinkle is announcing his retirement as soon as we step back into Gloomhaven. This event has several consequences:
We unlock the character at the bottom of the completed Personal Quest.

Two-minis posted:
NOTE: I'm adding spoiler tags here (and these details will be spoiled in the OP) cause it's the first time we encounter this class and I don't want someone to accidentally spoil themselves without realizing it. From now on, though, the Two Minis class can be freely discussed ITT and future post will not spoil content related to it.

The Beast Tyrant

The Beast Tyrant is the only class with two miniatures, and features a unique ability called "command" that allows the Beast Tyrant to control their trusty Bear. The Bear is by far and away the best summon, with Brute levels of HP and the ability to attack three times in a turn. It also "summons" automatically at the beginning of a scenario when you place your miniatures. Perhaps one of the weak points of the class is the bear's nature as a summon; it will move and attack on its turn like a monster, which can get it into trouble and muddy the plans of your ally's turns. The Tyrant also has incredibly low HP, so you should keep it out of harm's way - and generally you will want to use your move actions to command the bear to attack. Thus, you may only have three or so cards with a movement for your Tyrant, making its positioning key. The alternative build is a Summoner with several different animal pets on top of the Bear.

Before retiring the character we can perform other Town actions. This usually consists in selling everything the character owns. The money may then be used to enhance some of its class cards (for future Brutes) or to donate money to the Sanctuary.
Once the character retires, the City gains 1 Prosperity.

The PQ that has been completed is removed from the game.
Each new character in what was Bullwinkle's "character slot" starts with 1 additional Perk already unlocked. (This is normally tied to players, but we're going to keep track of "slots" instead for the sake of the LP).
We add one City and one Road event to the relevant piles (based on the retired character). In the case of the Brute, we add City Event #42 and Road Event #42. We also shuffle both piles.
If we chose to create a new Character that was in a sealed box, we will also add extra events to the City and Road events.
In any case, the new character will start at a Level equal to the current Town Prosperity (3, at the moment).
The first time we retire a character we also get to unseal the Town Records and read from them! The Town Records are a physically sealed booklet in the game box, and you have to cut the seal for good to be able to read them.

Town Records so far... posted:

We broke continuity a little by being at Prosperity 3 already at the time of our first retirement Anyway, back into town...

City Event 28 posted:

This will affect the new party member, unless the thread wants to complete this event before retiring Bullwinkle!

YOU CAN NOW VOTE FOR THE FOLLOWING THINGS (and please remember to bold your choices:
1) MVP/Play of the Game for Scenario 43!
2) City Event outcome, A or B!
3) The new Party Member! We can select the newly unlocked one or any of the other starting characters. We could also pick a new Brute, if we want to. Don't forget to vote for a name (or names in the case of Two Minis!). We will discuss card selection for the character after we've decided which one to play.
4) Master Splinter's NEW PERK and NEW CARD. The list can be found in his character's sheet just above.

5) Rocky's NEW PERK and NEW CARD. The list can be found in his character's sheet just above.

6) Bullwinkle's legacy: sell his equipment and (A) donate the money or (B) enhance 1+ Brute cards. Bullwinkle wealth after selling his equipment is 122 golds.
7) 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,Xiahou Dun, Eeepies and Kafila! Hope you had fun. I'll reach out to AtomikKrab, Omobono and dwarf744 to let them know they're up next.)

That Italian Guy fucked around with this message at 11:25 on Sep 27, 2019

# ? Sep 26, 2019 11:22

Slaan: Mar 16, 2009; ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH

1. Splinter for being the first to exhaust
2. Adventure awaits
3. Two Minis names Ash & Pikachu to go along with our cartoon theme
4. +stun, +2/ice card, Cranium overload
5. Replace -1, add +1/immobilize card, Rock slide

Slaan fucked around with this message at 15:38 on Sep 26, 2019

# ? Sep 26, 2019 12:22

Eeepies: May 29, 2013; Bocchi-chan's... dead.
We'll have to find a new guitarist.

Thanks for hosting, and shoutout to my teammates for this brutal scenario. It was my first time playing a Craghart, and this was a really interesting experience!
2. A for adventure!
3. Two Minis, names Banjo & Kazooie to follow the bear theme.

# ? Sep 26, 2019 12:37

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Woo, looks like I'm going to be playing the new character, so I vote Two Minis.

I strongly approve of Ash & Pikachu, but I am also a nerd, so naming him Pikachu feels wrong. But Ash & Ursaring doesn't make a whit of sense so never mind.

I will spoiler Two Minis discussion as long as we're on the current update.

Level Ups: I think Energizing Strike at 2 and I'm torn on 3 but Vicious Ally works better with RAGE so that'd be my choice. Also, our source of leaf will be cut after one more boss fight, so....

Perks - Remove 2 - 1's and Replace - 1 with +1 twice.

dwarf74 fucked around with this message at 12:54 on Sep 26, 2019

# ? Sep 26, 2019 12:39

Reik: Mar 8, 2004

1) Splinter for (almost) soloing a room of drakes.
2) City Event outcome A
3) Beast Tyrant named Ash & Pikachu
4) Replace two +1 with two +2, Remove four +0, take Cranium Overload at 4
5) Replace one -1 with one +1, Remove four +0, take Rock Slide at 4
6) Bullwinkle should donate and enhance the top of Skewer with +1 attack.
7) Rocky should donate and Splinter should buy a Minor Healing Potion.

Reik fucked around with this message at 13:41 on Sep 27, 2019

# ? Sep 26, 2019 13:06

Narsham: Jun 5, 2008

We unlocked Two-mini and then played the scenario we've just seen. It was a steep learning curve for the player. First-time out, the bear almost died from retaliation damage in the first room and we had to replay the scenario.

# ? Sep 26, 2019 13:52

Phelddagrif: Jan 28, 2009; Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile.

That Italian Guy posted:

Eeepies, I think that when a character becomes exhausted they are immediately removed from the game; that means you won't be able to execute and End of Turn looting. Happy to change this if I'm wrong though!

This is correct. However, Rocky took a short rest at the end of last round, and you didn't record the 1 HP they intentionally lost from that. He should've had 2 HP after the Wound, and could've lost a card to prevent the trap damage and loot the coin, and still earn his battle goal.

# ? Sep 26, 2019 14:32

Slaan: Mar 16, 2009; ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH

dwarf74 posted:

Woo, looks like I'm going to be playing the new character, so I vote Two Minis.

I strongly approve of Ash & Pikachu, but I am also a nerd, so naming him Pikachu feels wrong. But Ash & Ursaring doesn't make a whit of sense so never mind.

I will spoiler Two Minis discussion as long as we're on the current update.

Level Ups: I think Energizing Strike at 2 and I'm torn on 3 but Vicious Ally works better with RAGE so that'd be my choice. Also, our source of leaf will be cut after one more boss fight, so....

Perks - Remove 2 - 1's and Replace - 1 with +1 twice.

Did Gary or any other major side character ever have one? We can do them instead or just call it a Bunny of Electricity Accompanying Rogues (BEAR) :shrug:

# ? Sep 26, 2019 14:49

That Italian Guy: Jul 25, 2012; We need the equivalent of the shrimp = small pastry avatar, but for ambulances and their mysteries now.

I'm surprised no one has proposed Boo-Boo and Yogi yet! :tbear: