We didn't actually get anything yet. We have to redo the first part of Fat Goblin because somebody didn't grasp the concept of reinforcing at the entrance. Stupid Merroids spawning 4 to 6 squares further than they should have...
How do I stop this B*tch?
Stupid Merroids spawning 4 to 6 squares further than they should have...
lol yes those Merriods can be deadly, even when spawning at the entrance. And they were spawning further in? That must have sucked real bad
Though not quite as bad as my first time as OL, where I screwed over the heroes on the 2nd part of Cardinal's Plight because I neglected to tell them that monsters would spawn when they opened the doors to the key rooms. Needless to say, they separated and got massacred.
-Daggon
Edited by daggonthingI can definitely see where FFG is coming from with a lot of the movement decisions. Having an ability that is only usable once in an encounter that's supposed to be Heroic suddenly stopped can feel extremely disheartening. And while this is a competitive game, having the campaign be the focus, where for most groups, heroes are "stuck" being heroes until the campaign is finished, if they keep feeling squashed with everything they try to do, it can be tough to keep them interested in playing. (Trust me, I've run into this as it is). I'm really hesitant to adjust some of these rules because then the balance may swing the other way (instead of settling in the center), and if it swings too far, players don't want to play.
Having an OL card to stop heroic feats is the same as missing when your roll of an attack on your feat. My scout (when he was playing the warrior last campaign) had that issue.
It's one thing for the OL to say 'no, you don't get to feat, here's a card', but it's another thing entirely to have the dice say it. The former is a crafty, sneaky, underhanded, devious play by a sentient being sabotaging the actions of another being; the latter is just rotten luck by funny symbols on some geometric doodad.
I can flavor the movement through Immobilization heroic feats as a 'burst of adrenaline, everything's on the line, let's fight through whatever's holding me back!" sort of thing. After all, these are
heroic
feats; acts that are spoken of in taverns all over Terrinoth. In that vein, what Kunzite is talking about from our last campaign, poor Grisban missed on his Heroic Feat so often the taverns were alight with laughter about the folly of "Grisban the Blind" and his heroically poor aim.
...Till he walked in the door with the head of the legendary dragon Gryvorn dragging behind him.
Edited by PlainWhiteBread
It's one thing for the OL to say 'no, you don't get to feat, here's a card', but it's another thing entirely to have the dice say it. The former is a crafty, sneaky, underhanded, devious play by a sentient being sabotaging the actions of another being; the latter is just rotten luck by funny symbols on some geometric doodad.
I can flavor the movement through Immobilization heroic feats as a 'burst of adrenaline, everything's on the line, let's fight through whatever's holding me back!" sort of thing. After all, these are heroic feats; acts that are spoken of in taverns all over Terrinoth. In that vein, what Kunzite is talking about from our last campaign, poor Grisban missed on his Heroic Feat so often the taverns were alight with laughter about the folly of "Grisban the Blind" and his heroically poor aim.
...Till he walked in the door with the head of the legendary dragon Gryvorn dragging behind him.
This right here says it all. Rolling dice is a stroke of luck, playing an OL card is not. I will admit there is some luck involved in the OL having to draw the card, but after that it's strategy, not pure luck. Also, while a hero being able to move 10 spaces while immobilized doesn't really make that much sense per se, let's not forget it is a Heroic Feat . Meaning that it is something deemed impossible or nearly impossible by common folk.
-Daggon
Edited by daggonthing
It's one thing for the OL to say 'no, you don't get to feat, here's a card', but it's another thing entirely to have the dice say it. The former is a crafty, sneaky, underhanded, devious play by a sentient being sabotaging the actions of another being; the latter is just rotten luck by funny symbols on some geometric doodad.
I can flavor the movement through Immobilization heroic feats as a 'burst of adrenaline, everything's on the line, let's fight through whatever's holding me back!" sort of thing. After all, these are heroic feats; acts that are spoken of in taverns all over Terrinoth. In that vein, what Kunzite is talking about from our last campaign, poor Grisban missed on his Heroic Feat so often the taverns were alight with laughter about the folly of "Grisban the Blind" and his heroically poor aim.
...Till he walked in the door with the head of the legendary dragon Gryvorn dragging behind him.
This right here says it all. Rolling dice is a stroke of luck, playing an OL card is not. I will admit there is some luck involved in the OL having to draw the card, but after that it's strategy, not pure luck. Also, while a hero being able to move 10 spaces while immobilized doesn't really make that much sense per se, let's not forget it is a Heroic Feat . Meaning that it is something deemed impossible or nearly impossible by common folk.
-Daggon
Maybe I need to clarify, because you sirs are correct. There is a feeling that comes with bad luck. There is a feeling that comes with the OL seemingly always nerfing a skill due to a card. Both are not an always, but both are just as annoying.
It's one thing for the OL to say 'no, you don't get to feat, here's a card', but it's another thing entirely to have the dice say it. The former is a crafty, sneaky, underhanded, devious play by a sentient being sabotaging the actions of another being; the latter is just rotten luck by funny symbols on some geometric doodad.
I can flavor the movement through Immobilization heroic feats as a 'burst of adrenaline, everything's on the line, let's fight through whatever's holding me back!" sort of thing. After all, these are heroic feats; acts that are spoken of in taverns all over Terrinoth. In that vein, what Kunzite is talking about from our last campaign, poor Grisban missed on his Heroic Feat so often the taverns were alight with laughter about the folly of "Grisban the Blind" and his heroically poor aim.
...Till he walked in the door with the head of the legendary dragon Gryvorn dragging behind him.
And by that same token, if feats are meant to be heroic a villain's schemes are meant to be nefarious, and an OL hatches is schemes through his cards; plus, none the cards I have ever read just say "no, no you don't get a feat" it's "if I have the appropriate card in my hand that I purchased with xp to counter the party's abilities: roll an attribute test or I stop you," so succeed or your strength test and your hero gets his burst of adrenaline, fail and you get what I like to call dramatic tension
All BS aside, flavour is all well and good but game balance and well thought out mechanics are what make a game playable or not. Whenever you have a character with an unstoppable ability that can completely change the dynamic of a campaign all on it's own, any sense of game balance just goes right out the window; especially in a game where there are so many other balance issues that it just can't handle the extra strain.
And then they come out with cards like this with the Valyndra Lieutenant Pack.
And then they come out with cards like this with the Valyndra Lieutenant Pack.
Soon. very soon. OL everywhere will be happy to have their own character to buff. I am slowly getting more excited, but my skepticism stands.
All BS aside, flavour is all well and good but game balance and well thought out mechanics are what make a game playable or not. Whenever you have a character with an unstoppable ability that can completely change the dynamic of a campaign all on it's own, any sense of game balance just goes right out the window; especially in a game where there are so many other balance issues that it just can't handle the extra strain.
I wonder if FFG did anticipate some interrelated game mechanics' effects.
I even wonder if they could - the decisive "test bench" is the player community, after a game is published.
In the case of Silhouette, I would perhaps try to houserule her heroic feat, to make it slightly less powerfull.
The only thing I can recommend against loot focused heroes is the Basic II deck and saboteur OL class.
Mimic - when a hero picks up a search token, replace it with a minion Volcrux Reaver and (if scout) perform an immediate skirmish action.
Curse of the Monkey God - Test Knowledge, if hero fails If he fails, he becomes a monkey until the end of his next turn, Monkeys cannot roll defense dice (except to test an attribute), have a Speed of 5, and cannot attack for any reason.
Uthuk Demon Trap
- Play this card after a hero opens a door or searches. He tests Awareness or Might (his choice). If he passes, he suffers Heart equal to the attribute tested. If he fails, he is defeated. (This isn't 'as' good against Silhouette as it is against Tomble, but its an easy 3 damage or death)
Throw in a few befuddle cards (hero re-rolls a passed attribute test and adds one shield, scouts take an addtional fatigue), and you wont see them rushing to pick up search tokens any time soon.
Play her using her new stats
shudder...still can't stand that new Silhouette artwork....
Edited by KtuluCaller
Yeah, it's terrible
Her pose made her silhouette, now she seems like another character.
She's got some impressive thighs.
Also do not forget (which I always do) you get to pick your class and plot decks after there heroes pick their characters. So you can build to stop her.
Since this topic is from almost 2 years ago: If he hasn't stopped her by now, I don't think he ever will
