by Pancho » September 27th, 2021, 5:02 am
How to play Champions of Chaos
Equipment, Gold & Treasure - The Chaos Heroes can search for traps, secret doors & treasure in the same way as normal Heroes. They may drink potions that they find in the treasure deck and collect gold in the usual way, except for the Stone Gargoyle which cannot drink potions (but may search for treasure as normal). It is important to note that the Chaos Heroes do not buy equipment at the end of each quest like regular Heroes. Instead, the amount of gold a Chaos Hero has is directly converted into "Prestige". At the end of every quest, each Chaos Hero draws one Chaos Reward at random from the Chaos Reward card deck for every 100 gold coins, or every 100 points of Prestige, he currently has. Gold/Prestige is spent in such a way at the end of each quest, with the player making notes on his or her character sheet. For example, if a Chaos Hero completes a quest and has 280 gold coins, he must spend 200 points of prestige to draw two Chaos Rewards from the deck, and keeps 80 gold for the next adventure.
Chaos Heroes may also find equipment by searching during a quest. This is the only way that they can gain equipment. They may not buy equipment from the equipment card deck, and all the gold they plunder is converted to Prestige instead.
Chaos Rewards - The Chaos gods often reward those who serve them well by bestowing "rewards". These rewards are fantastical mutations, magical in nature, that come direct from the Realm of Chaos. Most of the time these rewards bestow a powerful advantage on the recipient, making it even stronger in battle, but by nature the Chaos gods and the magic emanating from their twisted Realm is fickle and dangerous, and some mutations may be detrimental.
As explained above, all Chaos Heroes must draw one Chaos Reward card for every 100 gold coins he has at the end of every quest. The Chaos Hero has no choice in the matter, he has caught the eye of his gods and must accept his reward. The results on the card are granted instantly, and are permanent, effecting the Hero from the start of the next Quest. If the Chaos Warlock gains (or loses) Mind Points, it will increase (or decrease) the number of Chaos spells he can choose for the next quest. The player keeps the card, and writes the effect on his or her character sheet if necessary. Chaos Reward cards are not returned to the deck unless a Chaos Hero holding it is slain. Chaos Rewards are not transferable between Chaos Heroes, but they are stackable - for example if a Chaos Hero draws the Massive Frame reward twice, it will increase his Body Points by 1 each time.
Chaos Spells - The Chaos Warlock may select a number of Chaos spells at the start of each quest equal to his current number of Mind Points. He can select different spells for each new quest and it is recommended that the following 14 Chaos Spells are made available for selection; Ball of Flame, Cloud of Chaos, Command, Escape, Fear, Firestorm, Lightning Bolt, Rust, Sleep, Summon Orcs, Summon Undead, Tempest, Dispell, Restore Chaos.
When a Chaos Hero is killed another of the same type should be made available for the next quest, but he loses any equipment, gold/prestige, and Chaos Rewards he may have acquired.
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Pancho on April 12th, 2023, 4:26 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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