However Sean did still have some cards and threat, dicarding a few and spending more threat he played Enraged on the boss who then declared a run action. This allowed Krieg to make two attacks and gave him a whopping 20 movement points!

Thanks for the replies. The enraged card reads that it doubles the monsters speed for the activation, and grants him 2 attacks. Since a run lets you move up double what your speed is, we simply said the card took place first. Meaning that his speed of 5 gets doubled by the card to 10, and then he's granted 20 MP (double his new speed) by his run action.

The card then gives him 2 attacks no matter what kind of action he's taking. I know that's how Rage works on an LT, it give him 2 attacks no matter what so its most efficient to use it when the LT declares a run action.

I think we played that card correctly, but if there are others who have more opinions on the subject I'd be interested to hear them.

I don't think that'S how Enraged works on a LT. Might be in the GLoaQ or somewhere (can't look right now) but it was something like: Enraged doesn't double movement or attacks, it just gives you two attacks and twice your speed. Meaning that regular Rage or Charge cards are of better value for LTs, as the declare a Run and play Rage to have two attacks and twice their speed just as with Enraged.

If the Overlord plays RAGE on a Lieutenant during a battle action, how many attacks does he receive - 3 or 4?

Two, actually. "Rage" reads: "Play when you activate a monster. That monster may attack twice during this activation (four times if it has Quick Shot)."
A lieutenant who has declared a Battle action may attack twice during his activation. "Rage" has no further effect - it is essentially granting the lieutenant an ability it already has. A much stronger play is to declare a Run action and then play "Rage," which would allow the lieutenant to move twice his speed and attack twice.

Still despite all of this fun tension, it now feels in some ways a bit of a letdown, like the campaign is over before it really is. I suppose the heroes' shouldn't count their chicks before they've hatched, since Alric is still alive and causing trouble, but it did kind of seem with Sean's failure 3 times in a row to get an extra point of damage on Landrec that all hope of him winning this campaign slipped away.

I think I would have thought to upgrade 1 category to Diamond, and the other 2 to Silver, which is the approach Sean has been taking. However after seeing the incredible value of Treachery in LT fights, maybe the other categories should just be left at copper.

It has helped him in the dungeons though, there aren't really any "dud" monsters or bosses like their would be with Copper level creatures.

Bottom line, Sean is still learning, and that combined with his truly terrible luck has lead the campaign to this point. I thought we as heroes would still be learning to, but I think we have had quite a leg up on him. Still been a blast for all involved though.

No disrespect intended, but your OL really seems to have made a lot of very basic mistakes. Some excusable (learning), but some... not so much.

For those of us about to OL a new game (just in theory :D), would you care to put a bit more detail around what those basic mistakes are?

The Sorcerer King (played by Sean): Siege Engines, Ascension Plot

Sean played a Beastman War Party spawn and attacked. He managed to kill Ispher [+3], but failed to kill Laughlin by 1 single wound! It was of course only after his turn was over I pointed out to him that if he'd kept the two master beastmen close to the boss their command would've allowed him to finish off Laughlin, :devil: painful lessons to learn as the Overlord!

Time passed [+1], and Sean moved Alric toward Dawnsmoor (to the Misty Plains), while he purchased Lawlessness [-5]. I've always thought that it was a pretty crappy upgrade, but since he'd heard me tell the heroes that we wanted to avoid encounters at this stage, and so we should stick to trails with low chances of having encounters I think he was trying to counter that.

Sean also got Doom into play at some point in this level, rather early on IIRC.

Sean collects another conquest [+1] and purchases Lord Merrick Farrow [-5]

...and put Doom into play.

... Sean did finally manage to kill Laughlin, but still made a couple of mistakes (like forgetting about the Master Beastman's command once or twice).[/COLOR]

After this the heroes assaulted Sir Alric. The battle ended with a victory for the heroes, with Sean slowing the heroes down with his minions and getting some shots in. When he ran out of minions though, Alric abandoned the siege and fled.

After completing the encounter and arriving in Vylenvale the heroes attacked Lord Merrick Farrow. Sean underestimated the speed with which the heroes could move, and left Lord Merrick too close. It started with Ishper and Runewitch managing to clear a path by killing several skeletons between the heroes and Merrick. That was followed up with an advance action with fatigue + a Vitality potion by Laughin, combined with a Hurry feat card meant that Merrick soon traveled 6 spaces backward, thanks the Hammer from the shop. Landrec then battled and finished off Merrick before Sean even had a turn. The loss of a Lieutenant was a huge victory for the heroes and a staggering loss for the overlord.

Week 12

Sean gained a conquest [+1] and spent 25 of his experience to purchase Silver Eldritches gulp

Week 22

The overlord gained one conquest [+1] and the campaign entered the silver level. Sean immediately upgraded Eldritches to Gold, and had both of his LTs lay two siege tokens down on Riverwatch. With his Siege Engines upgrade, this meant he could start rolling for its destruction next turn.

Week 26

Sean agains collects his [+2], but fails on his siege roll for Vylenvale. He decides to leave both LTs there to protect the cities siege tokens. The heroes again train at Shika's Tree, with Landrec the Wise acquiring another black magic die and upgrading another to a silver .

Week 29

Sean gained [+2] and purchased Silver humanoids while moving his LTs to Moonglow Marsh. The heroes spent the week training in Tamalir, upgrading the Market again.

Landrec and Laughin both upgraded 2 dice to Silver, while Runewitch and Ispher went shopping for items and potions.


Week 30

Sean again gains [+2], and purchases Krieg the Relentless for 14 experience. While Krieg moves out to the Bitter Downs, the two Farrows enter into the Smokeblue Hills. The heroes again Train in Tamalir, upgrading the Temple this time. Runewitch gained a black die, while Ispher acquires a black and a silver.

The two Farrows then moved away from the heroes and the city of Dawnsmoor into the Smokeblue Hills. They were now 3 trails away from the heroes, too far to reach in a single turn.

I thought this move was a bit odd, I would have moved toward Dawnsmoor, daring the heroes to attack me. But Sean feared his LTs were too weak to win though, and wanted to protect them. I think even fleeing on the first turn would have been a victory for Sean though, since it could have given more time to Krieg.

Regardless, the heroes were now in the annoying position of having two sets of LTs on opposite sides of the map, just as they were about to start LT hunting! They decided to head for Frostgate straight away in order to prevent Sean from getting a siege roll against it.

I believe his hand started with, Crushing Block, 2 Dark Charms, Scything Blades, and Crushing Blow, with Wind Pact removing Crushing Blow. The heroes then began the slow painful advance toward Eliza....
The heroes were also constantly unequipping their weapons to prevent a Dark Charm from being played.

Sean was 2 threat short of being able to walk Lady Eliza off of the map using threat, and so he choose to battle, thinking that with two attacks he could kill Ispher, or possibly Astarra and gain the threat he needed. Instead he missed on the first attack, and gained only 1 threat on the 2nd.