We are really motoring through the Experience levels now- at first we were worried that the Micro-Experience system of the Campaign rules would slow us down and we'd get overwhelmed by the monsters; but in fact the opposite seems to be true- we are now about four or five missions in (I think!) and the characters are extremely tooled-up! That said, the game does a pretty good job of scaling up the difficulty of the creatures, so it never feels like they don't pose a threat to the Heroes...
Last night we played through two missions- one in which we had to recover two halves of an artefact and get it into the hands of the 'Chosen One'- this Hero had to then promptly leg it out of the Dungeon to secure victory.
*Siegfried and friends take on a big old Troll!
Despite several powerful Roaming Monsters turning up and my character Siegfried biting off more than he could chew and nearly getting taken out by them, we managed to prevail- thanks to some extremely lucky Treasure-card draws, I also ended up finding a Barbarian's Helmet artefact that halves any damage I suffer and gives me a bonus Melee attack action. With this and a combination of weapons and Skills, Siegfried is now quite capable of taking on a Roaming Monster and causing 20-30 wounds in one Turn!
*My new best friend!
The second game saw the Heroes racing through some catacombs as the ceiling began to collapse behind them! Once again Siegfried's eagerness to wade into the enemy almost proved his undoing, as he fell foul of a room full of Level 4 Goblin Warriors. Thankfully he survived with one wound remaining, and was soon patched-up by our resident healer- that would've been embarrassing!
To be honest, we fairly breezed through this mission with plenty of time to spare- most of us are now either unleashing the maximum number of Attack Dice, or cancelling so many of the Monster's Defence Dice, that even 40+ Wound foes only take a Turn or two's concerted effort to take down...
As a result, I forgot to take any photos during this mission- so here's a shot from the first one with Siegfried facing down a multi-armed medusa-like snake lady.
*Trick or Treat?!
More from the Darkness next week!
It sounds like your party is on a roll. Great stuff! I am thoroughly enjoying these posts.
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