Oath PBF companion thread, for rules questions and the like

[COMaestro]

[Whistle_Pig]

@yashima I hope it’s a good plan, because I don’t think I can do much to assist!

[Whistle_Pig]

I assume that using Master of Disguise means that I would need two secrets to trade for favour?

[Benkyo]

Yes, it’s a trade modifier that costs a secret to activate. You can of course choose not to use it.

By the way, I don’t think you have to publicly annouce your discard order in a truthful harp search.

[Benkyo]

@Whistle_Pig please continue with your turn.

[Benkyo]

Oath PBF - insert chronicle name here

Use Spirit Snare to gain a favour from the Discord bank Spend two supply to travel to the salt flats Spend a favour for a rest at the Wayside Inn to gain two supply. Campaign against @COMaestro at the salt flats, targeting the site and the banner, for an ill-advised last stand. Using all two of my brave warbands.

This literally has a 0% chance of success. You are spending 4 supply and losing a warband for nothing. Are you sure that’s what you want to do?

[Whistle_Pig]

I’ve edited it to be marginally less insane.

[Benkyo]

Sorry, but that’s just as pointless - zero chance of success.

The maximum you can get is 3, versus a minimum defence of 5.

[Whistle_Pig]

Let’s say that I’m doing it for dramatic effect

[Benkyo]

Might as well go all in then. Losing a campaign by 3 is not as dramatic as by… a lot more.

[Whistle_Pig]

Sounds good to me

[Benkyo]

Oath PBF - insert chronicle name here

Okay, let’s get started. If I read this right, I have 5 supply, 2 secrets and 0 favor at the start of my turn. So I use my 2 Secrets (burning one) to gain 4 Favor from my Alchemists as a minor action. “This has cost me so many secrets.” The Alchemists just shrug, take my secret throw it in their cauldron and hand me 2 favor from the Hearth and Discord banks each. I immediately spend 2 supply and 2 favor and use my Ring of Devotion to muster 4 troops each at the Keep and Second Wind for a tot…

As comaestro points out, he rules the site and the lancers - you cannot use them.

You must also target the site.

[COMaestro]

Question? How is the defense dice pool totalled up? In this instance, with targeting both the banner and the site? If I am reading the cards right (which is questionable, as the picture is small on my phone), the banner gets 1 die per secret on it (6), and the site gets one per warband (3), so wouldn’t I have 9 defense dice?

[Benkyo]

Defence dice is targets, in this case 6 for the banner and 1 for the site (sites are all 1 die). You add Warbands to the total rolled, so a fixed +5 (Warbands do not provide defence dice).

You rolled X2, X2, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0 for 12, then +5 for Warbands.

[COMaestro]

Got it. Thanks for the explanation.

[yashima]

Ah, I thought I could use it at my site… the thing about Oath I like the least is campaigning. I really try to avoid that. I much rather win by intrigue rather than brute force But it had to be done… or to put it differently: I couldn’t see another way.

[Benkyo]

And the Ring of Devotion with the Alchemist made brute force possible.

[COMaestro]

Yeah, that is a brutal combination!

Quick question: since Bandits now own this site, are Lancers available for anyone to use?

[Benkyo]

Nope, because bandits won’t attack.

(or use cards that discard themselves, or have a cost).

[yashima]

I was reminded this morning that the successor rule / win condition exists. I know you won’t believe me but I had completely forgotten about that. I take back everything about not being a backstabby Thundercloud. (Oops)