Hi Descent folks,
I have played several RtL campaigns and so far the heros haven't yet managed to make it past Copper level. This problem is that Alric with silver beasts and one point of event treachery is basically invincible. With the event treachery, the Overlord can grab Danger, which gives him 14 threat on round 1. He then purchases 2 silver Hell Hounds and 2 silver Razorwings which enter the game on Round 2. With 4 silver Hell Hounds and 4 silver Razorwings in play, a copper hero party, no matter how strong, has no chance. The Overlord just blocks their path to Alric with Hell Hounds and takes on the weakest heros one at a time with the Razorwings. Four Razorwings can take out the average hero with 3 or less armor in one turn, with four armor in two turns. Guarding doesn't really work because silver Hell Hounds (with Doom! in play) can inflict at least one damage on almost any hero, canceling the Guard order, and Soaring Razorwings are almost impossible to kill otherwise. A strong copper party can kill at most two of these creatures in a single round and the Overlord easily has enough threat to get them back on the board immediately. The best I managed to do in three different campaigns was 22 damage against Alric once, but Alric just ran and hid behind silver beasts while he regenerated and the party got crushed after that, because they hadn't done any harm to the Hell Hounds and Razorwings. Each campaign, the Overlord just marched Alric to Tamalir and I couldn't defeat him, even with 12-15 potions in hand and a generous selection of copper items. Is there any defense against this strategy? I don't see how to beat this combination at copper level.
It looks to me like Eliza + Silver Beasts + Danger is equally bad. I've only gone against her once so far, but the heros were destroyed. Eliza can quickly power up to 4 Hell Hounds + 2 Nagas + 1 Master Naga . . . and silver Nagas just slice through a Copper party. Any strategy advice from the Descent masters out there would be appreciated! I'm thinking right now that House Rules is the only answer.