Game(s) Played:
No, really, the following post has MAJOR spoilers for the Gloomhaven campaign. This has been your spoiler warning.
Gloomhaven #29 – (26) Ancient Cistern
Game: Gloomhaven
Designer: Isaac Childres
Players: 1 – 4 Players
Playing Time: 30 – 120 minutes (This Play: 180 minutes)
Main Mechanisms: Role Playing, Legacy, Hand Management
Player(s):
Thalia 'Heir of Saint Traft' (Scoundrel) holds up one of the small, blue orbs that Hail, the Enchantress gave to us. She squints at it against the light while saying, "You're absolutely sure she said 'water-breathing' right?" Lyramof 'The Polite' (Cragheart) nods his head, shaking gravel loose onto the tavern floor, "Says we have to lodge it into our throats for it to work." Bob 'I Am An Actual Doctor' (Sawbones) chimes in as Thalia hands the orb back to him, "Putting marbles down your throat is a terrible idea but I'm not really an expert in water-breathing". "Well if we choke and die, we can always come back to haunt her", quips Thalia dryly without any hint of humour, "I suggest we do any necessary shopping and get back into that sewer before…"
"SHE'S COMING!!!!!!" a panicked cry fills the tavern. The front door slams open just as four spinning stools come to a stop, and one even topples over. The shadow of a titan looms over the stupefied Lyramof, as he wonders where all his companions have disappeared to. All Might 'The Symbol Of Peace' (Brute) makes a holy sign as the group watches Argeise – Quatryl City Guard from the window dragging the politely protesting Lyramof off to the city jail for interrogation. Splinter 'Karaoke Kingu' (Mindthief) rasps, "I shall now sing the song of my … hmph hmph" and is interrupted as the group collectively smother the Vermling. Argeise's ears perk up at the sound but after unsuccessfully scanning the hall for her quarry, closes the door behind her and the group breathes a sigh of relief, or in Splinter's case, just breathes.
"Okay, I need to go to the Sanctuary of the Great Oak to make my donation" says Thalia. "Enhancements…" mutters Splinter. "I need a MINOR HEALING POTION" booms All Might. "Uh… Are we going to talk about Lyramof?" asks Bob pointing in the direction of the City Jail. "No", Thalia responds curtly, "So let's meet at the New Market after we're done, just in case SOMEONE starts drinking after they're done". "Good idea" booms All Might and with that the gang splits up leaving Bob wondering briefly as to what just happened before rushing after the towering Inox towards the New Market.
"NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER" and this came from someone who never watched Galaxy Quest
"Groan, I keep losing ticks and can never progress in my perks!" complains Bob. "What?" asks Thalia. "Sorry, broke character… Here have something for the indigestion" replies Bob. "Thanks, okay everyone good? Good, let's go swimming" says Thalia. "Well at least if we drown, it will be with our bellies full of pie" says All Might jokingly as he walks towards the sewers.
The things we risk for our fair city of Gloomhaven, but hey the orbs worked!
Thalia and Splinter touch blades in a silent high five and are about to leap into the fray when a booming crash signals that All Might has already started the fight. Ignoring the lead LIVING CORPSES, All Might crashes into the OOZES in the back row, dicing and slashing with his half and a half sword whilst fending off the OOZES's acid projectiles with his shield. Sighing simultaneously, Thalia and Splinter split up to engage the two lead LIVING CORPSES.
Splinter completes the chant which causes the LIVING CORPSE to freeze over, STUNNING it for a few minutes. Thalia retreats back to Bob's side and disappears into the shadows whilst All Might finally manages to slash the core of one of the OOZES, dissolving it as it loses its form. Bob keeps administering BOOSTER SHOTS and healing to try and keep All Might alive as he gets swarmed by the enemy.
A smaller, third LIVING CORPSE sneaks up on All Might, only to be met with two dirks flying into its chest from the shadows. Not missing the opportunity, All Might hacks down the LIVING CORPSE leaving only the two OOZES and one frozen LIVING CORPSE surrounding him. Splinter scurries forward behind the frozen LIVING CORPSE and slices at its hamstrings. As the LIVING CORPSE falls, he slashes upwards and decapitates the LIVING CORPSE. All Might bashes the OOZES back into a line and moves to flank them with his LONG SPEAR as Bob jumps in and slashes the OOZE with his BLOODY SAW, causing the OOZE to start "bleeding out". A lucky dagger cracks the core of the second OOZE causing it to fall apart and All Might is left fuming, "HEY! That was mine you Scoundrel!" "Well you can have the last two then" laughs Thalia as she swings open the door to the next chamber.
Fair warning to Moses that we're definitely going to do this at least once. Credit: Chroneco
The howls of NIGHT DEMONS, plural, scare some of the bravado out of Thalia as she backtracks back into the first chamber. Nightmarishly quick, the NIGHT DEMON leader bounds forward and catches Thalia with a rending swipe of its claws. Splinter quickly leaps to Thalia's side and parries further attacks from its six appendages. The group is effectively backed up against each other as All Might and Bob face off against the LIVING CORPSE and Thalia and Splinter fend off the NIGHT DEMON.
Even in the midst of battle, Splinter's ears prickle as he hears the familiar nightmarish sound of OOZES splitting from the next chamber. Seeing the remaining three NIGHT DEMONS swarming the entrance, both Thalia and Splinter simultaneously call off the assault as All Might manages strike down the last LIVING CORPSE.
The group desperately needs a break against the unending tide of enemies and Splinter decides the stamina strain from CRANIUM OVERLOAD will be necessary. Focusing on the mentally weaker NIGHT DEMON in the front, Splinter overloads the mind of the NIGHT DEMON causing it to explode, the blast catches both the NIGHT DEMONS standing next to it, killing the leader who was wounded from fighting Thalia and Splinter earlier.
Riding the momentum, the group try and surround the last NIGHT DEMON in the chamber but another NIGHT DEMON arrives. A keening cry fills the air as darkness falls over both the NIGHT DEMONS, realizing what was happening Thalia pulls both Splinter and Bob back as the NIGHT DEMONS disappear into the shadows, swinging at All Might under the cloak of darkness. "What do we do? WHAT DO WE DO?!?" screams All Might as he pirouettes around the room with his sword.
Bad guys are doing this as All Might (Moses) jumps around swinging his sword
Hanging further back, Thalia shouts back "We just have to wait until the invisibility comes to an end! No! Bob, what are you doing?!?" Bob is now walking right into the melee, "A man's wounds call to me!" to which All Might burbles in joy at how good a friend Bob is. Whilst this is going on, Splinter's ears perk up again, not wasting time he turns to Thalia, "OOZES next door! They're splitting!" "How many?" "Six!" Focusing herself, Thalia slips back into the darkness and makes her way past All Might and Bob battling the invisible NIGHT DEMONS to enter the next chamber, and true enough four smaller summoned OOZES surround two larger OOZES, slowly sliming their way towards the first chamber. And before her eyes, the OOZES were splitting again… "Uh… GUYS!!!!"
Don't look down on the lowly slime, they are the stuff of nightmares
"They're coming back! I can see them again!" yells All Might as the NIGHT DEMONS coalesce into being once more. Before the NIGHT DEMON can realize that Thalia was behind it, she plunges her dagger deep into its spine, killing it. All Might, Bob and Splinter jump on the last NIGHT DEMON, burying it under a flurry of blades and teeth. Still invisible, Thalia's voice comes out of the shadows, "We need to trim the numbers", she rushes forward to kick back the onrushing horde of OOZES whilst rubbing her jet black RING OF SKULLS and summons a SKELETON to hold back the tide.
Smashing dagger after dagger into the front row of OOZES, Thalia takes down two of the smaller sized ones. Seeing only the SKELETON, the remaining OOZES take aim and the SKELETON is melted into a puddle of goop. Thalia gulps down the fear in her throat and looks toward the door for help, only to see the diminutive Vermling taking cover behind the boulder. "Where's the other two?" roars Thalia. A cloud of dust jumps into the air, followed by a loud boom a second later, "I AM HERE!!!" yells out All Might. This is followed by Bob entering the room whilst putting his implements away in a knapsack, "That should hold that madman for a while".
As Thalia fades back into visibility, All Might suggests politely, "Ah there you are, Thalia! Could you stand over there please?"
Sometimes when the tank won't do their job, you just have to make them
The slime gets everywhere as a slugfest of attrition ensues, whittling down the OOZES' numbers only for them to split again albeit at smaller sizes. Eventually we are left with one…
In hindsight, Thalia or Bob should have just looted the chest, we're just too nice to All Might
All Might lifts up the cover, he looks inside and picks up a little metallic ball with little spikes. Tossing it casually into the air, he wonders, "I wonder what this is?" then freezes as he realizes Thalia is giving him the evil eye, "WILL. YOU. STOP. PUTTING. US. IN. DANGER?!?!" Turning to Splinter, Thalia asks in a deadly whisper, "What is that?" "That is a VOLATILE BOMB. You don't even have a ranged attack All Might, best give it to me" rasps Splinter as he places his claws on the bomb. "Sounds cool! I'm going to sell it!" exclaims All Might as he tosses it into his backpack whilst everyone else jumps for cover. A few second pass and as nothing happens, the party begins hurling pebbles at All Might who cries out, "WHAT DID I DO?"
With all the tomfoolery over, Thalia proceeds to open the next door…
No wonder plumbing is so expensive nowadays, the hardship fee has definitely gone through the roof
Thalia takes a quick survey of the final chamber, turns around and gives All Might a quick bow, "After you" and heads to where Splinter is unslinging his backpack for a break. Then to nobody's surprise…
Communication will never be the strongest suit of our band of mercenaries
The horde of NIGHT DEMONS & BLACK IMPS prove to be too much for All Might as he beats a hasty retreat across the chamber, but not before successfully slicing off the black ooze attached to one of the water pipes. Whilst Bob & Splinter work together to destroy the two LIVING CORPSES successfully, a shadow of Thalia breezes past as she says, "Try to take care of the last one, I'll clear the back pipes".
Bob gets a glint in his eyes as he takes a mighty jump with his man-saw…
RPGs, being whoever you wanted to be before the internet
Just as Bob is about to succumb to the projectile black ooze of the BLACK IMPS, he manages to take one last mighty swipe at the water pipe, clearing the black ooze away. Splinter throws on his INVISIBILITY CLOAK and heads in to pull Bob out of the mess.
One day, Splinter will get to sing the song of his Vermling people
Just as Thalia cleans off the last water pipe, signalling the last round of the scenario, All Might jumps back into the room to loot the double coin hex! And as the BLACK IMPS are about to fade out of existence, they launch a last barrage of black ooze at the greedy Inox…
And a rousing cheer filled the streets as All Might succumbed to his wounds, exhausted on the cobblestones of the dirty sewer floor
10 GOLD?!?! I think we should start a union
Now let's cut to the action in real time!
Results Of Game(s)
Winners:
Justin aka Splinter "It's so easy to get you (Moses) tilted" – 30 Exp & 32 Gold
Sean aka Bob "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 annnddd I'm IMMOBILIZED" – 28 Exp & 24 Gold
Gideon aka Thalia "I have three options to go INVISIBLE" – 22 Exp & 36 Gold
Moses aka All Might "INVISIBILITY is too OP" – 22 Exp & 48 Gold
+2 REPUTATION!!!
+2 PROSPERITY!!!
I'm furthering my education at this time so there will sadly be less opportunities for Gloomhaven, except during the semester breaks like now. We will be back with more Gloomhaven when we can.
Until next time, keep calm and play better.
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