I just posted the results of my latest game on Tibs' spreadsheet, and placed this write-up on the 1 Player??? thread, but I wanted to share an interesting set of circumstances which Joe encountered. As I don't really fancy myself a fiction writer, I'll just lay out the facts, instread of writing "Joe, having defeated the Mummy in the streets, now faced a more deadly terror from the skies..." Seriously, I'll save that for another time. Here's what Joe encountered while in the streets...having just defeated a Mummy
GOO: Shub-Nigurrath (Monster Toughness +1)
Mythos Card: Strength of the Earth Environment (Mystic) All monsters with a moon dimensional symbol have their toughness, combat damage (if any), and horror damage (if any) increased by 1.
Sky (and descending on Joe): 2 Wraiths Undead/Physical Immunity/Nightmarish 1/Overwhelming 1
Armed with the Gladius of Carcosa, and a handful of Clue Tokens, and fortunately still Blessed, Joe fought the 2 Wraiths. His Skill slider provided him with a 3 Fight/2 Will. I thought to myself, "Okay, when will he go to the Asylum or Hospital, or which shall I pick-up...a Madness or Injury card/
Round 1: Joe manages to make his Horror check with a roll of two dice (Nightmarish cost him 1 Sanity); With his fight of 3 and the sword +5, along with the Wraiths -2 Combat Rating, Joe had to roll 5 successes (Wraiths: 3 (Monster Toughness) +1 (Mythos Card) +1 Shub-Nigurrath's slumber Ability) on 6 dice. Along with 2 Clue Tokens he manages to kill the first Wraith (-1 Stamina due to Overwhelming 1)
Round 2: Joe doesn't manage to make his Horror check (losing 2 Sanity; Wraith 1 + 1 from the Mythos Card). Combat, too, doesn't go as well, as he expends the last of his Clue Tokens (2) and out of 12 rolls, doesn't yield the necessary 5 successes, and Joe suffers a loss of 3 Stamina (Wraith: 2 +1 from the Mythos Card).
Round 3: This round, without the aid of Clue Tokens, Joe manages to roll four success out of the needed five ~ while he would take another 3 points of Stamina, driving him to the Hospital, Leo intervenes with his special ability, and Joe hangs-on with 1 Stamina.
Round 4: Being Blessed finally pays off, as Joe manages to roll 5 successes on 6 dice. The other Wraith slumps to the cobblestone street and Joe exhausted from the ordeal (1 Sanity/1 Stamina), limps toward St Mary's Hospital.