Time to thresh some olds! Let's Play Arkham Horror: Lurker at the Threshold!

sraymonds · #**211** 03-08-2012, 05:50 PM

Poetfox - Your choices are

Sarc - A Nightgaunt pops out of the gate!

Sarcasmorator · #**212** 03-08-2012, 06:17 PM

Hmm, better not mess up that combat check, then. Don't want to go through this gate all over.

Just in case it flies by me again, I'll be using my 2 Focus to move my Fight score two ticks to the right next upkeep phase.

poetfox · #**213** 03-08-2012, 09:34 PM

Blerg. Those are not choices I want! I'll take Dread Curse, I guess.

Mogri · #**214** 03-08-2012, 09:56 PM

Hey, on the subject of spells, any of you casty-types want either of my spells? I've got Heal and Flesh Ward, both very handy Stamina-sustainers.

sraymonds · #**215** 03-08-2012, 10:59 PM

Mythos -An Evil Fog - Environment (Weather)

Will checks in Arkham are made at a -1 penalty.

Sneak checks in Arkham are made at a +1 bonus.

Fliers do not move.

Clue appears at : Unvisited Isle

Monster Movement: All monsters currently on board are fliers.

Gate - Graveyard. Since there is a gate already open at the Graveyard, we have ourselves a monster surge. 8 monsters emerge from the various gates.

Graveyard - Elder Thing, Dimensional Shambler, Dark Young
Silver Twilight Lodge - Maniac, Ghost, Byakhee
Science Building - Dhole, Cultist

Doom Track: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Gates Open to Begin Final Battle: 3/6

Elder Signs Needed to Win: 1/6

Arkham Monster Limit: 11/11

Terror Level: 1

Code:

||    Roland Banks  ||  Mark Harrigan   || Akachi Onleye    || Patrice Hathaway ||
|| Sanity: 4/4      || Sanity: 2/3      || Sanity: 7/7      || Sanity: 5/5      ||
|| Stamina: 5/6     || Stamina: 4/7     || Stamina: 3/3     || Stamina: 5/5     ||
|| Speed/Sneak: 2/3 || Speed/Sneak: 4/2 || Speed/Sneak: 5/1 || Speed/Sneak: 4/1 ||
|| Fight/Will: 2/4  || Fight/Will: 6/0  || Fight/Will: 2/3  || Fight/Will: 1/5  ||
|| Lore/Luck: 1/4   || Lore/Luck: 0/4   || Lore/Luck: 4/1   || Lore/Luck: 5/0   ||

||   Luke Robinson  ||   Ursula Downs   ||    Jim Culver    ||  Minh Thi Phan   ||
|| Sanity: 6/7      || Sanity: 5/5      || Sanity: 6/6      || Sanity: 6/6      ||
|| Stamina: 3/3     || Stamina: 5/5     || Stamina: 4/4     || Stamina: 4/4     ||
|| Speed/Sneak: 0/4 || Speed/Sneak: 3/2 || Speed/Sneak: 2/2 || Speed/Sneak: 5/1 ||
|| Fight/Will: 3/4  || Fight/Will: 2/3  || Fight/Will: 1/4  || Fight/Will: 3/2  ||
|| Lore/Luck: 4/1   || Lore/Luck: 1/4   || Lore/Luck: 1/5   || Lore/Luck: 4/0   ||

So yeah. The Arkham monster limit is 11 and we've just hit 11. Anymore and the terror level goes up. Luckily, since a gate didn't open, I didn't have to draw a Reckoning card.

Büge · #**216** 03-08-2012, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by sraymonds

Image and whatnot later. Now's a good time to talk strategy.

Make tracks for Florida.

Sarcasmorator · #**217** 03-08-2012, 11:34 PM

Well, first I'm going to kill that Cultist with my sword, then I'm going to kill that Dhole with my magic dust, and then I'm going to Elder Sign the hell out of that gate. Cool?

Mogri · #**218** 03-08-2012, 11:48 PM

I will happily go monster hunting for a bit. I'll take my F/W to 1/4 in that case. I'm thinking Silver Twilight Lodge, but I could go elsewhere.

CaptBlasto · #**219** 03-09-2012, 12:30 AM

By the way sraymonds, my Lore/Luck is incorrect in that box, I swapped it to 4/1 last turn.

Only thing I can really see myself doing is just moving up Speed/Sneak to 0/4, which will give me 6 Sneak total (4 from me, 1 from skill, 1 from weather) before monster modifiers to try and evade, and hope I get a lucky roll on my die to close the gate.

sraymonds · #**220** 03-09-2012, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Sarcasmorator

Well, first I'm going to kill that Cultist with my sword, then I'm going to kill that Dhole with my magic dust, and then I'm going to Elder Sign the hell out of that gate. Cool?

Don't forget about the Nightgaunt

sraymonds · #**221** 03-09-2012, 11:18 PM

Map updated! Monsters everywhere!

Mogri · #**222** 03-10-2012, 09:51 AM

I'm gonna stick with the actions mentioned above.

Sarcasmorator · #**223** 03-10-2012, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by sraymonds

Don't forget about the Nightgaunt

Ah, right. The Wiki didn't have it when I checked.

Family visiting, so I may be slow to act this weekend.

The Giant Head · #**224** 03-10-2012, 10:45 AM

Adjust Speed/Sneak to 4/1

Acting on a tip from the students he sold his books to (though a measly $2 for college textbooks is more like a steal), Roland heads to Ma's Boarding House for an Encounter

poetfox · #**225** 03-11-2012, 10:11 AM

Mogri, won't you get sucked into the gate and lost in Time and Space? Or is that one that nobody has done yet?

I think Minh is going to the Newspaper for an encounter. Everyone must hear what we've found! The public must know so they can panic and get in the way!

dussssstin · #**226** 03-11-2012, 01:49 PM

Do y'all want me to fight things or just keep banking clues?

sraymonds · #**227** 03-11-2012, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by poetfox

Mogri, won't you get sucked into the gate and lost in Time and Space? Or is that one that nobody has done yet?

Whoever helps fight monsters is going to get sucked into the other worlds and unless new gates open, they will get lost.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dussssstin

Do y'all want me to fight things or just keep banking clues?

I think banking clues is a good idea.

CaptBlasto · #**228** 03-11-2012, 07:41 PM

Ok, I will try to sneak by the Shambler first, because taking a ton of stamina damage and then getting lost in time and space seems silly. I'll roll my dice in a little bit and post the results.

Mogri · #**229** 03-11-2012, 08:09 PM

Getting lost in time and space isn't really a big deal unless Nyarlathotep is the bad guy. I don't think anyone is working on that gate anyway.

CaptBlasto · #**230** 03-11-2012, 08:22 PM

Alright. Upkeep: Move Speed/Sneak to 0/4

Evade check on Dimensional Shambler: 3 Dice (4 Sneak +1 from Skill +1 from weather - 3 for Awareness). Dice rolls are: 4,3,1

I'm Lost in Time and Space

. I do gain a clue token from it, so I guess thats not too bad.

Mogri, Currently Akachi(Queen Possum) is in the Great Hall of Celano, which is where the Gate at Silver Twilight Lodge leads to.

dussssstin · #**231** 03-11-2012, 09:21 PM

Patrice makes her way to The Unvisited Isle (that she visited several turns ago).

+1 Clue Token.

sraymonds · #**232** 03-12-2012, 11:04 AM

Mark Harrigan won't be any good against the monsters because he will go mad.

I'm headed to church and I'm going to use my gate trophy to become Blessed.

sraymonds · #**233** 03-12-2012, 08:56 PM

Ursula vs

Quote:

Nightgaunt
Awareness -2

Code:

Combat Stats 
Horror 	          Toughness 	Combat
Rating 	Damage 	  	       Rating 	Damage
-1 	1 	     2           -2 	Special

If you fail a combat check, you are drawn through the nearest gate.

Cultist
Awareness -3

Code:

Combat Stats 
Horror 	          Toughness 	Combat
Rating 	Damage 	  	       Rating 	Damage
- 	- 	     1           -2 	1

Dhole
Awareness -1

Code:

Combat Stats 
Horror 	          Toughness 	Combat
Rating 	Damage 	  	       Rating 	Damage
-1 	4 	     3           -3 	4

Physical Resistance, Magical Resistance, Nightmarish 1, Overwhelming 1

Jim vs

Quote:

Maniac
Awareness -1

Code:

Combat Stats 
Horror 	          Toughness 	Combat
Rating 	Damage 	  	       Rating 	Damage
- 	- 	     1           +1 	1

Byakhee
Awareness -2

Code:

Combat Stats 
Horror 	          Toughness 	Combat
Rating 	Damage 	  	       Rating 	Damage
-1 	1 	     1           +0 	2

Ghost
Awareness -3

Code:

Combat Stats 
Horror 	          Toughness 	Combat
Rating 	Damage 	  	       Rating 	Damage
-2 	2 	     1           -3 	2

Physical Immunity, Undead

Take 'em out in whatever order you'd like, then I'll post the new encounters.

Sarcasmorator · #**234** 03-12-2012, 09:11 PM

Cultist first! Gonna fight this jerk with my Cavalry Saber. That's 4(-2)(+2) for my fight check. Result 4, 5, 6, 3 — he's toast.

Second up is the Nightgaunt. Better to lose to this one now than after taking a pounding from the Dhole. My Will score is 1(-1) for this check, so I auto-fail the Horror check and take a sanity loss of 1. I'll use the Valary Saber again, which will have the same combat rating as before. Result 3, 3, 5, 5 — I add a Nightgaunt head to my trophy bag.

Finally, the Dhole. If I try to evade and fail, I'm pretty boned since he'll hit me for 4 health right away. But if I do the horror check and fail I'm also boned, because I only have 4 sanity. So I think I'll try to evade, and burn clue tokens to reroll as needed.

2. Burn clue
2. Burn clue
6. Evaded!

I'm down on clues, so I'll use the Elder Sign to shut this gate down during the Encounters phase.

Büge · #**235** 03-12-2012, 09:22 PM

Bob Dhole doesn't need this.

Mogri · #**236** 03-12-2012, 10:32 PM

I'll take out the Ghost with a clue token, per Jim's ability. Still need to roll Horror: 5, 1.

As for the rest, I'll start with the Byakhee. Horror is 3 dice: 3, 4, 2. I'll take the Sanity damage on the trumpet. Combat is 5 dice: 1, 4, 3, 5, 2. Hooray.

Maniac has no horror. Combat is 4 dice: 4, 5, 1, 1.

Not great rolls, but good enough. Where's Jim getting sucked to?

sraymonds · #**237** 03-12-2012, 10:33 PM

He's going to the Great Hall of Celeano.

sraymonds · #**238** 03-13-2012, 08:16 AM

Arkham Encounters

Ursula Downs - Science Building

Quote:

Gate closing times!

Jim Culver - Silver Twilight Lodge

Quote:

Jim is transported to Celeano

Minh Thi Phan - Newspaper

Quote:

The editor offers you a Retainer in return for your stories. Take a Retainer card.

Roland Banks - Ma's Boarding House

Quote:

Ma offers you her special soup for supper. Roll a die and gain that much stamina.

Mark Harrigan - South Church

Quote:

Mark trades in his gate trophy to be blessed by the big man upstairs.

Patrice Hathaway - Unvisited Isle

Quote:

A group of cultists are having a meeting! Pass a Sneak (-1) check to overhear their nefarious plans. Gain 2 Clue tokens.

Luke is LOST IN TIME AND SPACE

Other World Encounters

Akachi Onleye - Celeano

Quote:

You come across a slaughtered creature. Pass a Luck (-1) check to claim the monster trophy and gain 2 Clue tokens.

Jim Culver - Celeano

Quote:

You avoid the gaze of a gigantic eye watching an altar. You may try to pass a Sneak (-1) check to steal a scroll. If you fail, you are wracked by pain and lose 3 Sanity.

poetfox · #**239** 03-13-2012, 08:28 AM

I WIN AT ENCOUNTERS! I'M ON THE MONEY TRAIN! CHOO CHOO! ALL ABOARD FOR PHAT STACKS OF CASH!

Ahem. Anyway.

Sarcasmorator · #**240** 03-13-2012, 09:18 AM

Let's Elder Sign this sucka! I lose a Stamina and a Sanity, the gate is sealed with a toke from the Big Bad's doom track, and all monsters of whatever its symbol is disappear.

My move next turn will be to get into another gate, then Find Gate my way out for a more efficient sealing, I think.