Alright, as for Turn one, if anyone with an Elder Sign can end their move either at the Bank, Downtown, or Merchant District and hand it to me as I pass by I should be able to get to the gate, sneak past the Warlock and blow the ghost to Kingdom come with my Powder. Then next turn, provided I don't get horribly eaten in the Other World, I can cast Find Gate, get back to Arkham instantly and seal the gate

OMG, maybe we should move to checkers. Something I know.

How dare you! Lost in Time and Space is too good for you. I hope everyone has fun. Arkham Horror is the best game ever. (I have all expansions) I'm off to listen to "The Reanimator" read by Jeffery freakin Combs.

Actually, come to think of it, I did know that rule. I'm just too tired to think straight. That's what we're going with this time. Yeah. YEAH.

Also, please announce what you're changing in your upkeep, or something. This thread's already getting hard to search. Or just repost your fixed character sheets. That works even better.

Also, Smudge, could you edit your quote of my map? I'd like to get this page to unstretch. I really shouldn't have posted that in the first place.

*UPKEEP*

Moving the Speed/Stealth slider 3 spaces

Melkhor - Amanda Sharpe
Sanity - 5/5
Stamina - 5/5

Ability - Studious - Whenever Amanda Sharpe draws one or more cards from the Skill deck she draws one additional and discards one of her choice

Focus - 3

Stats:

Sp. 1 2 3 4
Sn. 4 3 2 1
Fi. 1 2 3 4
Wi. 4 3 2 1
Lo. 1 2 3 4
Lu. 4 3 2 1

(Current Stats: Speed 1, Sneak 4, Fight 2, Will 3, Lore 2, Luck 4)

Possessions:

$1

1 Clue token

Common: Motorcycle (Exhaust for +2 speed)

Unique: Powder of Ihbn-Ghazi (magical weapon, 2 hands, discard after use, +9 combat, loose one sanity)

Spells: Find Gate (Cost 1 San, casting modifier -1, cast and exhaust during movement phase to return to Arkham from an Other World)

Skills: +1 Lore (gain one extra die when spending clues on Lore rolls), Stealth (exhaust to re-roll a concealment roll)

*DONE!

I've just discovered a major flaw in playing this game via thread without a copy of the game: I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DO UPKEEP.

What am I allowed to increase?

Sister Mary:

Occupation: the Nun

Home: South Church

Unique Ability: Guardian Angel - Any Phase: Sister Mary is never Lost in Time and Space. Instead, if her Sanity is 0, she returns to Arkham Asylum. If her Stamina is 0, she returns to St. Mary's Hospital. If neither her Sanity or her Stamina are 0, she returns to South Church.

Status

* Sanity: 7
* Stamina: 3

Fixed Possessions

* $0

* Blessing
* 1 Common item (Cross)
* 1 Unique item (Holy Water)

Random Possessions

Wither, Flesh Ward, Expert Occultist

Focus: 1
Skills Speed 1 2 3 4
Sneak 4 3 2 1
Fight 0 1 2 3
Will 4 3 2 1
Lore 1 2 3 4
Luck 6 5 4 3



In the meantime, can I move to or towards the Historical Society and get the Clue Token there?

* UPKEEP *

It is my intention to head down to the South Church and deliver my Elder Sign to Sistah Souljah. I already have +1 to speed so I would like to use my Focus of +1 to add another point to Speed. Does this make sense? Advice, please?

"Ashcan" Pete, the Drifter

Unique Ability: Scrounge - When Pete draws from the Common item, Unique item, or Spell deck, he may draw from either the top or the bottom of that deck, his choice. Pete may look at the bottom card of those decks at any time.

Status

* Sanity: 4
* Stamina: 6

Fixed Possessions

* $1

* 3 Clue tokens
* 1 Ally (Duke)

Random Possessions

* Map of Arkham
* Elder Sign
* +1 to Speed

* 1 Common item
* 1 Unique item
* 1 Skill

Focus: 1
Skills Speed 0 1 2 3
Sneak 6 5 4 3
Fight 2 3 4 5
Will 5 4 3 2
Lore 0 1 2 3
Luck 3 2 1 0

Kal, during your upkeep you can move your stat sliders as many spaces as you have focus. If you notice each of us have selected "current stats", indicated by bolding the numbers. The values of the stat pairings (speed/stealth, fight/will and lore/luck) are inversely proportional so, for instance, if you have your Speed set at 4, your Sneak would be at 1.

You have a Focus of 1 so during your upkeep you can move ONE of your sliders (Speed/sneak, fight/will or lore/luck) ONE space along the track as you please, either up or down.


Charles, with your current position (as Ashcan Pete) on the River Docks you are 5 squares away from the South Church and you move before Sister Mary who's second to last this round.

Pete's maximum speed is 3 (+1 from your skill) giving you a total maximum movement of 4 with your speed-slider maxed out meaning that you can't reach her.

Instead, I would suggest you move to the Bank of Arkham (3 spaces) and hand off your Elder Sign to me so I can make a run at the gate in the Unnameable. At the bank you can then have an encounter there in the Arkham Encounter phase, or take a bank loan (The Bank of Arkham does not concern itself overly much with silly details like collateral or references :P ) . I'd recommend taking an encounter, but that's just me.

Okay, then, I've moved my Speed/Sneak one space.

OK, that sounds like a plan. I will not up my Speed skill since I was mostly concerned with movement. I will use my Focus to up my Lore/Luck +1.

I will then get ready to move to the Bank of Arkham so that I can give my Elder Sign to Melk and have a closer encounter of the Chtulhu kind!

Thanks for the advice!

Remember to designate your other stats as well

Your 3 sliders start the game where-ever you want them on the tracks and you can then, during the Upkeep phase of each turn, move one of them (due to your focus of one) one space up or down as you please (or leave them alone if you're happy about your stats.

For a further example, you guys can go off of how Melk's doing it, which is perfect.

Before he did his upkeep, his stats were set like this:

Then, since he has a Focus of 3, he could move something by 3, or split his 3 between his skills however he chose. He moved his Speed/Sneak all the way back over, to favor Sneak. (All skill pairings have this inverse relationship).


If you have a Focus of 1, you won't be sliding around much. But, at the same time, you can't correct yourself well at all during the game, since it takes you so many turns to move your skills around.

I think I'm slowly starting to get the hang of it.

I've edited my character to bold my stats where I currently want them.

Is my moving to the Historical Society to get a clue token a good idea?