New Frontier: Bogenhafen

[Gold Bearer]

Remember you get to trade. I didn't mean you both have to trade at the same time, I meant you can't for example trade one of your spells to see if you get the one you want and then trade another to try again, you have to trade your spells at the same time.

[MadMickyG]

Thanks Sotiris, got them.

So I can trade them for others in the list, as I understand it. Is that correct?

[Gold Bearer]

Yea you can trade any of those for random replacements, those ones are taken out so you can't get them on the redraw. If you don't get the spells you want on the redraw you can't trade in more of the first ones you got though, you have to decide how many to trade.

[Gold Bearer]

Oh by the way, firestorm remains in play. It doesn't explicitly state that on the card but it's implied. So it can be used to block, that why it's power 3 despite not being very damaging. Spells that remain in play indefinitely can be ended by the caster at any time and are ended automatically if the caster dies.

Spells that have an area of effect don't go through walls, so a spell that covers a 3x3 area could cover just one square if you want it to if you cast it in a corner square.


Sotiris, how do you want to do the blacksmith's extra defence dice? Do you want a naturally tough skill or chainmail as starting equipment? If you have the chainmail you'll have something to trade in or sell later if you find something better but you'll defend with one less dice if it gets rusted or something along those lines. It's Euro equipment so armour is a flat value defence, not a +.

[Sotiris]

I choose naturally tough skill.
Did i read correctly that those spells are replayble? (depended of course of you power roll)

[Gold Bearer]

Nope they're only replayable in the full rules, not the simplified rules. In the full rules you have to get enough power cards to cast them and the opponent might get to dispel so it's much easier to cast a spell with the simplified rules. You can only cast one per turn in the simplified rules as well but casting them still doesn't cost you an action.

[MadMickyG]

Just to clarify:

COUNTER STRIKE - If you successfully dodge an enemys’ attack and no Skulls are rolled in the attack against you, you may counter with a single strike. The opponent defends as normal

Original was either or, but yours says both. No roll to Dodge, but if no Skulls are rolled in the attack, you get to counter. Just clarifying the rule.

[Gold Bearer]

You still get a dodge roll if the attacker rolls skulls. If they don't roll any skulls the dodge roll becomes a dodge+counter roll.

This should only apply to hand-2-hand combat though.

I still think your monk is going to be overpowered to be honest but I don't want to ruin the character any more than I already have. We'll see how it goes and then we'll have a better idea of what needs tweaking if anything.

Then you'll have a toned down option for the monk that will be more in line with the original heroes and more accessible for other people to use.

[Gold Bearer]

Nearly there. The paint monster icon problem slowed me down. I've had to go through the all in one pack finding the best replacements and manually replace icons in standard heroscribe because I can't get the all in one to run. If it's not ready tomorrow it should be on Monday.

We'll not be using the initiative rule to start with. Instead I've just increased the difficulty, I've got some monsters to try out and I'd like to see how the other rules work with the standard monster phase. I might right it into the story of a later quest that there's some magic stones or something and they allow monsters in those quests to use the initiative rule.

Do you two want any female heroes? These are the icons I was going to go with for all male heroes.

Heroes.bmp

Blacksmith, Pit Fighter, Paladin, Frost Wizard.
Monk, Rogue, Ranger, Bright Wizard.

[MadMickyG]

Let's make the Rogue female, just for fun. Is there any kind of change to her die?
Wouldn't think so, but thought I should ask.