Campaign : Sands of Despair

[Nesh-Shogta]

Il y a 14 heures, Metalzoic a dit :

But I'm curious what change you made so I can make a note of it in my copy

 Just names of some character, like Shentu, not anymore present.

[Jonny]

Just got my printed version from Lulu. Looks great, though I haven't played it yet. Thanks to Nesh-Shogta

[Metalzoic]

Mine arrived too. Looks fantastic. The new cover is awesome, love the back especially.

Thanks man, really appreciate all your hard work creating this

[zombocom]

Man I hope someone is going to make a solo conversion of this. 

[heyniceshoes]

In Scenario 7, are there two pirates too many?

[SmallRealities]

4 hours ago, heyniceshoes said:

In Scenario 7, are there two pirates too many?

It looks like there are 2 extra blue pirates.

 

I would just sub in 2 other figures for the missing ones.

[Thorg]

This looks incredibel. We will start this campaign tomorrow. 

 

I found this by looking for 5-player scenario's. our group has depleted all the official 5-player scenario's. 

[madcollector]

I've just received my 300 pages Lulu print which includes the Sands of Despair (among Hither came Conan, Tales of the North, Tales of the South, Thal Kaar and the Book of Dagon, all translated into french).

It looks amazing, thanks again for all this.

 

[Thorg]

Our hardcover arrived! 

Reading through the first couple of missions, I have a few questions. Apologies that there are so many. Feedback would be highly appreciated! 😊

 

Scenario 2: I assume all non-scorpion units are undead, and killing the warlock is also required to win. 

 

The murderous rock doesn't really activate the warlock I suppose, (getting movement, casting spells, attacking) and this is more for flavor explaining how the rock is rolling?

 

The rolling rock/damage starts at 1 zone away from the warlock? (Not zone 0) 

 

Quicksands: if read literally, when targeted at a hero's zone during the overlord turn, the hero needs to spend already 3 extra movement points during his turn. I assume only the heroes turns count for this, and the first hero turn would only be 2 extra. 

 

Mission 3 - all clear

 

Mission 4: 

Kerim Shah and his guards attack the Picts and not the heroes I suppose? 

 

Until this point, all heroes still have their starting equipment. Only Balthus thus keeps wearing his breastplate, and all other weapons are given to the guards/chests.

 

Counting the weight of all weapons, they have an encumbrance value of exactly 10. Thus what is the point of the 10 encumbrance limit of the chest?

 

Escape: I assume the second manipulation roll also has a difficulty of 1. 

 

Weapons of the guards: (3 life points, difficulty 2) does this mean kerim Shah has 3 life points, and, without the key, the chest has a manipulation difficulty of 2. I assume that the key makes it so that this chest becomes a simple manipulation. 

 

What is the interaction between the Lockpick of Belit and this chest? 

 

I believe that the first player opening the chest can choose one weapon, and all the other ones would go into the zone where they can be picked up with a simple manipulation. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Edited April 16, 2023 by Thorg

[Roolz]

Nesh-Shogta has not logged for a while so I'll try to answer, since I helped proofreading the 1st French version. It was a long time ago (almost 3 years) so take my answers with a grain of salt (at the end of the day, use your best judgement 🙂 ).

 

On 4/16/2023 at 2:08 PM, Thorg said:

Scenario 2: I assume all non-scorpion units are undead, and killing the warlock is also required to win. 

Almost. Aesir and Vanir are undead, Scorpions and Warlock are not. Heroes have to kill the Warlock as well.

 

On 4/16/2023 at 2:08 PM, Thorg said:

The murderous rock doesn't really activate the warlock I suppose, (getting movement, casting spells, attacking) and this is more for flavor explaining how the rock is rolling?

Yes, I think so. Overlord just chooses the target/path and rolls for damage.

 

On 4/16/2023 at 2:08 PM, Thorg said:

The rolling rock/damage starts at 1 zone away from the warlock? (Not zone 0) 

Yes. The mention of the warlock's area is just to help determining the rock's path, damage starts 1 area away.

 

On 4/16/2023 at 2:08 PM, Thorg said:

Quicksands: if read literally, when targeted at a hero's zone during the overlord turn, the hero needs to spend already 3 extra movement points during his turn. I assume only the heroes turns count for this, and the first hero turn would only be 2 extra. 

Yes. Quicksand effects start on next Heroes' turn (as soon as the Hero tries to move).

 

On 4/16/2023 at 2:08 PM, Thorg said:

Mission 4: 

Kerim Shah and his guards attack the Picts and not the heroes I suppose? 

Yes.

When all the picts & Thak are dead, Kerim & the Guards will attack the Heroes.

Though, you might rule ("hard mode") that the OL gets full control of Kerim & Guards as soon as all Heroes are free.

 

On 4/16/2023 at 2:08 PM, Thorg said:

Until this point, all heroes still have their starting equipment. Only Balthus thus keeps wearing his breastplate, and all other weapons are given to the guards/chests.

 

Counting the weight of all weapons, they have an encumbrance value of exactly 10. Thus what is the point of the 10 encumbrance limit of the chest?

I believe it comes from an early draft of this campaign. Seems useless here, indeed.

 

On 4/16/2023 at 2:08 PM, Thorg said:

Escape: I assume the second manipulation roll also has a difficulty of 1. 

Yes. Same as the 1st Complex Manipulation.

 

On 4/16/2023 at 2:08 PM, Thorg said:

Weapons of the guards: (3 life points, difficulty 2) does this mean kerim Shah has 3 life points, and, without the key, the chest has a manipulation difficulty of 2. I assume that the key makes it so that this chest becomes a simple manipulation. 

Yes, I think so.

 

On 4/16/2023 at 2:08 PM, Thorg said:

What is the interaction between the Lockpick of Belit and this chest? 

The Lockpick gives an extra Gem for lock-picking, so if a Guard drops it, it can be used to help opening the chest without the Key  (complex manipulation difficulty 2).

 

On 4/16/2023 at 2:08 PM, Thorg said:

I believe that the first player opening the chest can choose one weapon, and all the other ones would go into the zone where they can be picked up with a simple manipulation.

Yes, I think so.

[Thorg]

Thanks! 🙂

 

Most as expected, with the exception that the warlock had to be killed. The heroes won extremely fast without that requirement, but we'll replay the mission correctly. 

[springbringer]

We have reached scenario 7. Are there supposed to be 7 Pirates with a blue base? This also adds up to 22 Pirates being used in total, while there are only 20 available.

Edited June 5 by springbringer

[Roolz]

On 6/5/2024 at 7:08 AM, springbringer said:

We have reached scenario 7. Are there supposed to be 7 Pirates with a blue base? This also adds up to 22 Pirates being used in total, while there are only 20 available.

I believe it's a mistake. It's the same in the FR version.

I think there should be only 5 blue pirates but I can't tell how they're supposed to be distributed in the areas.

I'd try by putting 3 in the area with the chest and only 2 in the other (instead of 4).

 

[springbringer]

13 hours ago, Roolz said:

I believe it's a mistake. It's the same in the FR version.

I think there should be only 5 blue pirates but I can't tell how they're supposed to be distributed in the areas.

I'd try by putting 3 in the area with the chest and only 2 in the other (instead of 4).

 

Alright, will play that. Thanks for the suggestion.