Challenge Accepted 1: Sanity in Peril

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Since I played my first PBF game I've been wanting to try my hand at running a game. It just so happens that challenge mode came out at pretty much the same time. So I'd like to run a high stakes game not for the faint of heart where you get settings as hard as they come without houserules. That means advanced challenge mode with pure randomizer.

Get your chance to win the first PBF challenge game on this forum and a place in a Hall of Fame Topic. If the response is good I'll run a few of these. 

Heroes:

Sky-Scraper (grysqrl)

The Scholar (skylarfried13)

The Eternal Haka (RanisTheSlayer)

Kvothe Six-Strings (Ario)

Guise (Powerhound_2000)

Villain:

Infinitor (Advanced Challenge)

Environment:

Realm of Discord

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Count me in. I'll take Sky-Scraper.

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I like challenging my Sanity I'll take .........

 

Guise?

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I'm interested but how does a PBF game work? I'll take The Scholar though.

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I'm interested. I'll take Six Strings. 

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PBF is play by forum, you can see a few templates for them in Oaktree’s topics. As soon as we get a Haka player i’ll post the villains turn. This is poster from my french cell phone at my work break so i can’t go in détails.

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Ooh, Eternal Haka. Count me in!

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Good luck guys, advanced Infinitor is a large jump in difficulty.  Can't even imagine what challenge mode will look like

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Sanity in Peril - ROUND 1 - Rude Awakening

Villain Turn (Infinitor - Tormented Malefactor)
 

Setup - The 4 initial manifestations revealed were in order: Twisted Miscreation(A)[4], Recalescent Hellion(A)[4], Lambent Reaper(A)[4]and Twisted Miscreation(B)[4]

Start -
  Less than 5 manifestations (4) in play does not flip

Play - Lambent Reaper(B)

End - (see comment section for the damage decision tree)
 - Infinitor deals Sky-Scraper [29] 4 Energy damage
 - Infinitor plays cards until 6 (H+1) Manifestations are in Play (Only 5 Manifestations are out)
      - Infinitor plays Insanity: Play the top card of the villain deck if that card is a Manifestation card Repeat the entire game text of this card

- Insanity Plays Crushing Cage [4] then Plays Crazed Artifice because Crushing Cage was a Manifestation

- Crazed Artifice reveals 5 cards: Lambent Reaper, Recalescent Hellion, Whispers of Oblivion, Ocular Swarm, Recalescent Hellion all are put in play exept Whispers of Oblivion (Manifestations were put in play by Crazed Artifice)

- Twisted Miscreation(A)[4] deals Haka [28] 5 Energy damage

-  Recalescent Hellion(A)[4] deals Sky-Scraper [26] and Scholar [26] 3 Fire damage each

-  Lambent Reaper(A)[4] deals Kvothe [19] 2 Energy damage and 2 Psychic damage

- Twisted Miscreation(B)[4] deals Haka [23] 5 Energy damage

-  Lambent Reaper(B)[4] deals Kvothe [15] 2 Energy damage and 2 Psychic damage

-  Lambent Reaper(C)[4] deals Kvothe [11] 2 Energy damage and 2 Psychic damage

-  Recalescent Hellion(B)[4] deals Sky-Scraper [23] and Guise [24] 3 Fire damage each

-  Recalescent Hellion(A)[4] deals Scholar [23] and Guise [21] 3 Fire damage each

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Effects:

- Reduce damage dealt to Manifestation cards by 2 (Challenge Mode)

- At the start of the Villain turn if there are 5 or more Manifestations Cards in play Flip Infinitors Villain Character Cards (Infinitor)

- Reduce damage dealt to villain targets by 1 (Infinitor)

- At the end of the villain turn Infinitor deals the Hero Target with the Highest HP 4 Energy damage (Infinitor)

- At the end of the Villain Turn, Play cards from the top of the villain deck until at least 6 Manifestation cards are in play (Infinitor Advanced)

- Whenever Twisted Miscreation would be dealt damage reduce that damage to 1 (Twisted Miscreation A,B and C)

- At the End of the Villain Turn, Twisted Miscreation deals the Hero Target with the Highest HP 5 Energy damage (Twisted Miscreation A,B and C)

- At the End of the Villain Turn, Recalescent Hellion deals the two Hero Targets with the Highest HP 3 Fire damage each (Recalescent Hellion A,B and C)

- At the End of the Villain Turn, Lambent Reaper deals the Hero Target with the Lowest HP 2 Energy damage and 2 Psychic damage (Lambent Reaper A,B and C)

- Sky-Scraper (volunteered) may not play cards. At the start of that heros turn, this card deals that hero then itself 1Psychic and 1 Energy damage (Crushing Cage)

- Whenever this card or any other manifestation card is destroyed reveal the top card of the villain deck. If the revealed card is a Manifestation put it in play. If not, discard it and this card deals each hero target 1 energy damage (Ocular Swarm)

 

Status
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Infinitor  [65] (Tormented Malefactor)(-1)

Twisted Miscreation(A)[4] (-3)

Recalescent Hellion(A)[4] (-3)

Lambent Reaper(A)[4] (-3)

Twisted Miscreation(B)[4] (-3)

Lambent Reaper(B)[4] (-3)

Crushing Cage [4] (-3)

Lambent Reaper(C)[4] (-3)

Recalescent Hellion(B)[4] (-3)

Ocular Swarm [4] (-3)

Recalescent Hellion(C)[4] (-3)

 

Villain Trash: Whispers of Oblivion, Crazed Artifice and Insanity

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Sky-Scraper            [23] (Tied high HP)
Scholar                   [23] (Tied high HP)
Eternal Haka           [23] (Tied high HP)
Kvothe Six-Strings  [11] (low HP)
Guise                      [21]

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None

Comments:

All damage choices ultimately led to those HP values so I didn't bother asking you guys. You still need to decide wich hero is affected by the crushing cage. That was a nasty first turn I didn't expect to have 10 manifestations in play before heroes could act. I tried to be as concise as I could with effects if something isn't clear tell me and I'll rectify it.

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I'm not planning to play a card this turn, so here's what I'm doing, regardless of where the Crushing Cage goes. I -can- take the Crushing Cage (I'm not a bad choice for it, since my starting hand isn't great), but would like for it to be gone in a round or two. What is our strategy here? Just wail on Infinitor and try to take him out before his stuff kills us?

Sky-Scraper

Size: Normal
HP: 23
Play:
Hand: Neutralizing Resonator, Rest and Recover, Catch A Ride, Undetectable Relinking
Trash:

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Start: Crushing Cage deals Sky-Scraper 1 and 1 crushing damage
Play: -
Power: Surveilance - draw Colossal Left Hook and Explosive Reveal
Draw: draw Linking Incursion
End:

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Size: Normal
HP: 21
Play:
Hand: Neutralizing Resonator, Colossal Left Hook, Explosive Reveal, Rest and Recover, Catch A Ride, Linking Incursion, Undetectable Relinking
Trash:

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Crushing cage is now next to Sky-Scraper and has dealt her 2 dmg at the end of her turn

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Well attacking manifestations on this side is practically worthless at DR 3 except for potentially Haka nd we know Infinitor is going to flip destroying one of his manifestations.  So I vote attacking Infinitor or get a hand setup this turn.   On Infinitor's turn we choose to destroy the Crushing Cage.  I think we just need to let Infinitor flip and burn him down as quickly as possible letting Infinitor destroy the Manifestations doing us the most harm.  

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When he flips wich manifestation would you like destroyed?

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Either the Crushing Cage or the Ocular Swarm. Probably the Ocular Swarm is better to destroy.

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The Scholar

HP: 23
Play:
Hand: Don't Dismiss Anything, Truth Seeker, Mortal Form To Energy, Proverbs And Axioms
Trash:

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Start:
Play: Proverbs and Axioms [One-Shot], (Each player draws 1 card, each hero may either regain 2 HP or deal themselves 3 psychic damage and use a power) Scholar regains 2 HP
Power: Better Living (HP + 1)
Draw: Solid To Liquid (Proverbs And Axioms), Mortal Form To Energy
End:

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HP: 26
Play:
Hand: Don't Dismiss Anything, Truth Seeker, Mortal Form To Energy x2, Solid To Liquid
Trash: Proverbs And Axioms

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Haka draws Punish the Weak from Proverbs and Axioms, and heals 2 HP [25].

Eternal Haka

Play:
Hand: Punish the Weak, Ta Moko, Haka of Shielding, Dominion, Savage Mana
Trash:

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Start:
Play: Ta Moko. Haka is -1 damage taken.
Power: Haka of Knowledge; draws vitality surge. Discards Haka of Shielding, draws Taiaha and Ta Moko.
Draw: Enduring Intercession
End:

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HP: 25 (-1)
Play: Ta Moko
Hand: Enduring Intercession, Taiaha, Ta Moko, Savage Mana, Dominion, Vitality Surge, Punish the Weak

18

Sky-Scraper draws a second Colossal Left Hook and heals 2 HP [23].

19

Guise draws Look What I Found! and regains 2HP [23]

Edit: My current hand 

Hand: Gimmicky Character, Lemme See That..., Look What I Found! x2, Blatant Reference

I plan to play Gimmicky Character on my turn so I can mill a card from Infinitor's deck and possibly prevent one manifestation from coming out.  

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Kvothe Six-Strings draws Inspiring Super Tonic and heals 2 HP [13] 

(Hand: Arcane Cadence, Vernal Sonata, Syncopated Onslaught, Telemon's Lyra, Inspiring Super-Tonic.) 

Play: Vernal Sonata: Each hero target regains 1 HP [14] and may take a card from thier trash (I have none.) 

Power: Reveal the top 2 cards of any 2 decks: Sky-scraper and Kvothe

Kvothe reveals: Eydiar's Horn 

Sky Scraper reveals: ? 

(I'm fine with not playing the horn if Sky-Scraper likes what she reveals. 

Draw: Sarabande of destruction

----End of Turn-----

[14]

Hand: Arcane Cadence, Vernal Sonata, Syncopated Onslaught, Telemon's Lyra, Inspiring Super-Tonic, Sarabande of Destruction

Effect: All hero targets regain 1 HP, Haka and Scholar make take a card from their trash and put it on top of their deck

-Reveal the top card of Sky-Scraper's Deck: potentially put it into play