Re: What is better for Solo Play

Posted by guzzi on Jul 23, 2011; 8:15am
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/What-is-better-for-Solo-Play-tp6582315p6613202.html

Here is my latest Solo Quest, using AHQ and HQ combined.
Prince MagnusGold
Heroes are; Nugent the Necrophile, Wallace the Wookey, Harriett, the Howling Hag (Witch), and Boc-Vurst, Dwarf. He is the third dwarf I have used so far, first two were killed in earlier battles. Chairmoin is a friendly skeleton, buddy of Nugent, who rescued him from a fate worse than death.

I looked at the HQ Quest, and modified it slightly. I wanted to bring in the new Artefact, Borins Bow. I placed it in the Weapons Rack, in the 2nd Normal room, with 4 Orcs, and our old Friend, Orc Cymbals. He has Four Body Points for this Quest. Our new Dwarf is Boc-Vurst, from the same tribe as the deceased Brian.
The first picture shows Our Heroes.
A normal Room has been rolled up, with 3 Wandering monsters on the Room Contents matrix. Our Heroes won the Roll For Surprise, and placed the monsters as far away as possible.

The Second Normal Room comes up, Nugent wards off two attacks, then retaliates, an Orc goes down! He steps aside, and his buddy, Chairmoin rushes in to the den, attacks an Orc! It goes down. Wallace rolls 2 for movement, left standing. Harriet and Boc don’t make the door on their Movement Rolls. Orc Cymbals attacks! C-M parries. The Orcs slash at him, one complete miss, but the other, three hits. He fails to defend, down to one Body. Harriet casts him a Waters of Healing, he’s back to Five. He attacks Cymbals, two hits, Cymbals cops one wound, down to three body. C-M backs off, Wallace rolls to move, a 1, not good. Boc rolls 5, gets into the action, 1 hit on Cymbals. He takes the hit, down to 2 body. Harriet makes a Magic Pass, hits him with Fires of Wrath, he is down to 1. He fights back, 1 hit on Boc, who shrugs it off. The two Orcs attack. Boc, he takes a hit. A sharp riposte, he misses Cymbals, and steps back, leaving the Orcs access through the door. Cymbals gives a mighty Clash! and blunders through the door, swipes at Boc, misses. His buddies stand impotent, he’s blocking the door. Nugent swings his Halberd, 3 hits, on Cymbals, who rolls 2 Black Shields, but it’s not enough, he is down and OUT.


His corpse is kicked aside, as the troops rush in on the last two Orcs. Wallace finally rolls enough on movement to reach an Orc, he gets 2 hits with Orcs Bane. It’s enough. Harriet chances her arm on the last Orc, a miss. Boc gets a good roll, hits the last Orc, but it survives. The Orc slashes at Harriet, but she defends well. The Orc has no where to run, Nugent & his buddy, C-M cannot reach it, but Wallace can, one hit with Orcs Bane, & it’s all over. Boc-Vurst goes over to the Weapons Rack, curious to see what’s there. He gives a gasp, then a shudder. Harriet, all Mumsy says, “What’s up?” “It’s Borins Bow, I am sure”, mutters Boc. He pulls down the bow, & dusts it off. “I cannot believe it”. He tells the story of how the bow & Borins Armour were stolen from his tribe centuries ago, and he has found it! He slings the bow over his shoulder, and our Intrepid Heroes journey on.
After interminable passages, plus four more Normal rooms and two Lairs, we finally find the Quest Room. We roll on the Matrix, and come up with 6 Orcs, 6 Goblins, Gulthor and a Troglodyte. Gulthor has 4 body, the Trog also. We roll for surprise, the Heroes win, and place the monsters at the far end of the room. Harriet casts the Genie on Gulthor, only 1 hit from 5! But he loses the Body Point. Boc-vurst is miles away, comes running, he rolls a 5 for movement.

The first wave of monsters attack, Wallace is hit by an Orc, but he shrugs it off. Harriet plays Courage on him. The others in the anteroom cannot get through the door so Wallace attacks the Orc blocking the doorway. One down. Wallace rolls and moves into the Quest Room. Boc rolls a big 11 on movement. The Monsters attack, Gulthor faces up to Wallace, 1 hit, but he shrugs it off. One Orc attacks him, a miss, the Orc steps back, allowing the Troglodyte to swing his battleaxe. 2 hits, but Wallace is too strong. Two more Orcs attack, but our Wookey is too good, no wounds. Harriet casts Pass Thro’ Rock on Nugent, he slips in behind the Orcs. He slashes wildly, 2 hits, but the Orc rolls with the blows, 2 Black Shields. Chairmoin reaches the door, but it is blocked by the press of bodies.

Wallace attacks Gulthor, 3 good cuts, 2 Body Points, he is down to 1. Broc rolls a big 11 for movement, he reaches the Anteroom. The Monsters attack, Gulthor swipes Wallace, 2 hits, but again his luck holds. Gulthor steps aside, to allow an Orc in. Wallace loses 1 Body. Harriet casts Heal Body on him, he is re-invigorated, takes a swig at his Martini. The Troglodyte attacks, 3 good hits on Wallace, he loses 2 Body. It’s Our Heroes turn to draw blood. Nugent rolls a big 10 to move, he attacks the Trog. It bleeds heavily, down to 2 Body. Wallace hits an Orc, it goes down. He rolls to move, and clears the doorway. He stands back to back with Nugent, ready to take on all comers. Harriet makes a Magic Pass, casts Fires of Wrath on Gulthor, he is Down and Out! Boc sidles thro’ the door, hits the Trog. 2 good Body blows, it’s gone.
The Monsters are reeling, but they come again. An Orc savages Nugent, but to no avail. Another comes in, he defends well. An Orc blocks the door, attacks Chairmoin, he loses 1 Body. The melee continues.

Harriet casts Waters of Healing on Chairmoin, he is back to 5 Body. Boc rolls 12 to move, gets clear, and let’s fly with Borins Bow, brings down an Orc. The Monsters come in again. Two Goblins attack Chairmoin, trying to get to Harriet, but no dice. Harriet checks her Spell Book, not much left, should she enter the Quest Room? Discretion prevails. With weakened arms, the Monsters swing again, no real damage. Harriet casts Rock Skin on Chairmoin, the Monsters are down to three Goblins. They go for Boc. They are too much for him, he goes down, KIA.  The Heroes clear out two Goblins, one left now. He goes for Harriet, she defends well. She hits back with the Sleep Spell, but Our Boys roll low for movement, and cannot reach the Goblin. It can’t roll a 6, so slumbers on. Harriet lunges in with her dagger. She breaks the skin, green pus pours out, the Goblin is gone. The Troops regroup. Harriet, Chairmoin and Wallace grab the three Treasure Chests. Nugent picks up Borins Bow from the fallen Dwarf, and leads off for the Stairs Out. On the home stretch, the GM hits back with a Wandering Monster on his roll, it attacks Wallace, he defends well. Nugent steps back, and kills it with Borins Bow. Two more rolls, nothing for the GM, and they have reached the stairs. They are out! What a Journey, took three and half hours! The survivors share the reward. Harriet checks her Spell Book, she has cast 11 Spells on this Quest, must be a record. She started with the standard 4 sets, and bought 1 Fires of Wrath, and 1 Waters of Healing to add to her Spell Book with her gold from the last Quest.