Five Stat Fantasy (14 Jul 24)

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We completed the seventh map and along the way gained a permanent HP and two XP improvements. In the final climax battle, we activated the typical burst of all remaining magic and had more bonus than we needed.

Along the way we lost a huge amount of HP but managed to stay alive. Make the game harder?

The story of PAX…
+Insults the Great Oak and is stripped of his magic to create Druid Dew.
+Discovers his magic sword is of Strange Metal (that’s bad).
+Stole the lockbox of the Traveling Bazaar.
+Fought Rear Guard on the Battlefield.
+Shrunk to the size of a flea with Magic Snuff to sneak through the Dragon of Lore. The Dragon was long gone but the bones of all its victims had animated. (I think we could have won this. We left gold on the floor.)
+Ate all the food of a town (during succor) and caused riots.
+Visited the Arcane Forge and there cursed. But did combine a magic Bell and a magic Cape into a Bell with a tassel (flaw smelling).
+Shared a meal with the Rogues of the Seven Seas and gained more clues than we needed to reach the endgame.
+Defeated Manifest Destiny monster in Climax of eight rounds. Our initial set of Overkills, allowed us to all have Second Wind and Regenerate. Was kinda too easy. Needs more Flairs between round (that’s coming). Maybe each Endgame Harm nullified merely changed into a Minor Penalty.

We also fought some Undead, while avoiding Wandering Mobs and Nasty Fae, who would have been fought at a penalty. But why do we keep forgetting to add our combat bonus to Stat tests!

Three characters entered; all survived to grow. About all you can ask of role-play. I'll try to make a video of the Five-Stat Fantasy mechanics soon. The Excel program to generate adventures is near done. So little time with Hero Wars (until Xmas?)

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