Goblins Minesweepers - A Grave Situation (Turn 19)

[Davecom3]

Goska spawns on D9, trying to remove the flower wreath from the grave before digging up the occupant. She will, then, attempt to rescue Explore-Randomly, the only goblin at all likely to need it.

[Theis2]

Shiny shouts at the skeleton not being attacked.

[GathersIngredients]

Stumbles whacks the upper skeleton with his sword. If he still can move, he'll proceed to B4.

@ Dave: You COULD come over here and HEAL Stumbles, oh great leader. Please?

[LooksAndSmiles]

You can't move after fighting, as fighting is a main action.

[Lee]

Questions steps onto F8 and grabs her flag.

[Jibjib]

Craig will run to F5 to G5.

[Davecom3]

You will survive this, even without Goska's help. The skeletons will only be able to do a single point of damage to you, at most (with multiple people either spawning nearby or performing actions equally nearby, currently (4 people already, and only 2 safely explorable spots nearby). Rather than add to the congestion that will be in that area after your battle, Goska will stand ready to rescue people as they filter out of the already cramped location. And Goska couldn't heal you on the turn she spawns anyways.

[Nerre]

Flags puts a flag on D2, then moves back to F3.

I did not expect two explosions so late in the game, thought at least the mine below the 1 was clear to guess.

[gamecreator]

I did not expect two explosions so late in the game, thought at least the mine below the 1 was clear to guess.

That's what happens when people make a blind guess based on a bind guess based on a mistake.

[WearsHats]

Yeah, I figured I could try. The evil skill mainly applied to attacking players. I don't recall if it worked differently on monsters, but we're operating under a different rule set anyway now. At the least, I should keep it occupied. Worth a shot, especially since I don't have a weapon.

Every offensive skill works on monsters/enemies by default. The peculiarity of evil skills is that they work on players too.

I think this is the proper wording to describe the abilities well. (This was the case in older games too, and I didn't change afair.)

Ah, I see. I'd misread this, thinking that I didn't need the skill to affect monsters. But what you're actually saying is that you need the skill to Push any creature, it's just that the Evil skills also work on players. Drat.

Okay, I'll attack the nearest skeleton... with my bare hands. Great. At least that should help keep it occupied while the people who can actually do something... do something.

[GathersIngredients]

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You will survive this, even without Goska's help. The skeletons will only be able to do a single point of damage to you, at most (with multiple people either spawning nearby or performing actions equally nearby, currently (4 people already, and only 2 safely explorable spots nearby). Rather than add to the congestion that will be in that area after your battle, Goska will stand ready to rescue people as they filter out of the already cramped location. And Goska couldn't heal you on the turn she spawns anyways.

Thank you, I already knew that Stumbles will survive turn 8. But, you're saying Goska can't heal the turn she arrives. Wouldn't that be all the more reason to come over there now, so you'd be able to heal next turn?
And iirc, you got some kind of healing radius for her, so you wouldn't need to get that close, probably. Maybe you could even flag those

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two obvious mines in D1 and D2

to get some coins.
Afterwards, you could still get away by rescuing someone.

Oh, and I wasn't and still ain't trying to order you around - if you had that impression I'm sincerely sorry for it - I just wanted to offer a suggestion. Because I'd assume you'd get leader points for doing leader stuff (e.g. using leader skills like healing in this case), and so far you didn't have any opportunity to do earn some. AND you gaining leader levels is something that every co-player can benefit from. But like I said, it's just a suggestion. What you end up actually doing is your decision.

You can't move after fighting, as fighting is a main action.

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I wasn't sure if moving after fighting is NOT possible at all, or if Stumbles just failed to do so last turn, because the skeletons were being in the way, possibly, or something else.

[Davecom3]

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It seems to me that you're only going to be taking at most 1 more point of damage, as there are actually only two more skeletons according to the write up, I think. This amounts to me having to spend several turns both in the way of people and not being able to gain money or much in the way of experience. And if Explore does choose to test a possibly dangerous mine, I would not be able to guard him iif my goal was to heal you when you don't exactly need it at the moment and when Goska would more or less be in the way at the time she finally gets to start healing you. The congestion in the area also increases the chance somebody would decide to circle out. Should you choose to do so, Goska would have ended wasting time, when I'm looking into something of interest, namely a grave that is a totally different sprite than any other on the map. I'm sorry, but it doesn't seem to be the best move at the moment. Perhaps later, if you get closer to her, she can heal you.

[GathersIngredients]

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I'll most likely NOT have Stumbles circle out. He has jump AND the 10 ft. pole, after all, and on top of that, he could always end up rescuing someone. But thank you for your explanation, even if they weren't exactly necessary. You don't owe me any reasoning for your actions. Good luck with the 'special grave'

[LooksAndSmiles]

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She will need it. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Davecom3]

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Don't tell me it's a stealth mine.

[gamecreator]

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If it's a mine, you wouldn't need any healing.

[Nerre]

How much hp do we have? I got never involved in a fight yet (except fights with mines which I lost).

[Davecom3]

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I think Looks was referring to Goska needing good luck. And the answer is 5, 5 Max HP.

[LooksAndSmiles]

How much hp do we have? I got never involved in a fight yet (except fights with mines which I lost).

You could check out Stumbles' latest character sheet since he is the only one hurt at the moment.

@Dave

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No, I don't do stealth mines. I have better worse surprises than that...

[Nerre]

I thought I might have less cause I am a level below. So we all have 5 hp?

[Davecom3]

Yep.

[I'mBob]

Move to D10.

[DiesasaYoungling]

Dies flags B5

[LooksAndSmiles]

Turn 8 >>Next Turn

Schnitzel moves to E6, this time.
Tries-and-Dies steps north to G4, uncovering a "4". +1XP
White Metal spawns on B2, ready for action! He has no time to attack just yet, but he feels pretty confident.
Oh See That Shiny lets out a shriek, but that doesn't seem to influence the skeleton at all. White Metal, and Stumbles, who happen to be nearby, feels invigorated! Shiny feels himself in high spirits, too.

White Metal, with a sudden lift in spirits, attacks the skeleton on the top, killing it off instantly! +1XP
Stumbles around would attack the top skeleton too, but it's already dead. Invigorated, he tries to move south, but the last remaining skeleton blocks the way! Also, he recieves 1 damage from the fight.

Questions Everything steps to F8, removing her flag and revealing a "2". +1XP
Blitz Craig runs to G5, finding a "2" on the tile before. +1XP
Flags Fuses puts a flag on D2. Unfortunately, he is out of the shouts range so he doesn't gain an additional action to move.
Flags Mines attacks the nearest skeleton with his bare hands! He deals some damage.
Explore-Randomly respawns on D10, which is a "1". DING!
Dies flags B5.

Goska attempts to remove the flowers, barely paying attention to the letters in the old wood forming something along

. o not . . . . urb!

Suddenly, the earth starts to quake, and a revenant crawls out of the grave! It swings its formidable weapon around, dealing 1 damage to Goska and Explore, also knocking them back!
- Explore-Randomly, who was already at the edge of the map, gets stunned, and cannot act next turn! He also feels weak in the presence of the revenant.
- Goska has been knocked back to G9.


Explore-Randomly sees the following tokens: Push, Visions, Answer the Call, spelunky(dodge)



Skill Information Unlocked!
Encouraging Shout (Hero): Main Action. The hero invigorates all nearby allies, who gain an additional "main action" for the turn. The hero gains additional main actions for the next turn, equal to the number of invigorated allies - 1. On a successful shout the ability goes on a 10 turn cooldown.
Power Surge (Unaligned): Passive. The player gains +1 bonus to power based actions. (E.g.: melee attack)

Achievements

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Goska Bluey: "Colorful Personality", for having four basic colors equipped.
Group Achievement: "Grave Robbers", for opening 5 graves. (Awarded in Round 2, Chapter 2, Turn 4)
White Metal (white): "Double Up!", for activating two of the same skill token.
Schnitzel: "Newcomer's Luck", for instantly reaching level 1 in a game.

Character Sheets:
.[tabs:Blitz Craig]
Jibjib's Blitz Craig
Level 1, XP: 11. Deaths: 2

Active Skills 2/2: evil (use corpse),Run
Unused Skills 0/2:
Inventory: 10 / 10 flags, sword, jacket

Hammerspace: 6 coins
[tabs:DiesExplosively]
DiesasaYoungling's DiesExplosively
Level 0, XP: 2. Deaths: 0

Active Skills 0/1:
Unused Skills 0/1:
Inventory: 8 / 10 flags

Hammerspace empty
[tabs: Explore-Randomly]
I'mBob's Explore-Randomly
Level 1, XP: 0. Deaths: 2, 4/5HP, stunned, weak

Active Skills 0/2:
Unused Skills 0/2:
Inventory: 10 / 10 flags

Hammerspace empty
[tabs:Flags Fuses]
Nerre's Flags Fuses
Level 1, XP: 6. Deaths: 2

Active Skills 2/2: Visions (available at turn 26), hero(return)
Unused Skills 0/2:
Inventory: 7 / 10 flags, Carved Figure of Hiccuping

Hammerspace: 8 coins[/tabs]

.[tabs:Flags Mines]
WearsHats' Flags Mines
Level 2, XP: 9. Deaths: 3

Active Skills 3/3: Call (level 2), Treasure, seer (resist)
Unused Skills 0/3:
Inventory: 9 / 10 flags

Hammerspace: 0 coins, detector
[tabs:*Goska Bluey*]
Davecom3's Goska Bluey
Level 3, XP: 3. Deaths: 2 , 4/5HP - Leader Level 1 (2 LP)

Marks: Sign of Goodwill*
Active Skills 4/4: Jump, Rescue, Push, seer(resist)
Unused Skills 2/4: Visions (available at turn 26) , spelunky (dodge)
Inventory: 10 / 10 flags, whip, Y-shaped stick

Hammerspace: 0 coins, candle, harmonica

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*Sign of Goodwill:
Heals an ally (including self) for 2 HP, in a radius of 3 movement range. The leader can't perform another main action this turn, and gains 1 XP upon successful heal if the target is someone else. Additionaly, healing someone will remove one negative status effect.
[tabs:Oh See That Shiny]
Theis2's Oh See That Shiny
Level 2, XP: 6. Deaths: 2, invigorated

Active Skills 3/3: Encourage (Available on Turn 18), evil(greed), Warning
Unused Skills 1/3: spelunky(dodge)
Inventory: 10 / 10 flags, sword, Y-stick, shield, jacket, candy, mouldy bread

Hammerspace: 0 coins
[tabs: Questions]
Lee's Questions Everything
Level 1, XP: 1. Deaths: 0

Active Skills 1/2: hero (return)
Unused Skills 1/2: spelunky(dodge)
Inventory: 9 / 10 flags

Hammerspace empty[/tabs]

.[tabs: Schnitzel]
BadgeAddict's Supreme High Lord Schnitzel
Level 1, XP: 0. Deaths: 0

Active Skills 1/2: seer (enchant)
Unused Skills 1/2: hero (punish)
Inventory: 10 / 10 flags

Hammerspace empty[tabs:Stumbles around]
GathersIngredients' Stumbles around
Level 2, XP: 17. Deaths: 2, 2/5HP

Active Skills 3/3: Rescue, Jump, evil(greed)
Unused Skills 1/3: Visions (available at turn 26)
Inventory: 13 / 13 flags, jacket, sword, 10ft pole

Hammerspace: 5 coins, , frying pan, pointy stick
[tabs:Tries-and-Dies]
gamecreator's Tries-and-Dies
Level 2 XP: 4. Deaths: 3

Active Skills 3/3: Call, Jump (level 2), Visions
Unused Skills 0/3:
Inventory: 10 / 13 flags

Hammerspace: 6 coins, pebble of teleportation, 10ft pole, jacket, trousers, boots, whip
[tabs:White Metal]
kida's White Metal (white)
Level 2, XP: 9. Deaths: 1

Active Skills 3 / 3: Run x2, Power Surge
Unused Skills 2 / 3: , hero(return), Warning
Inventory: 8 / 9 flags, trousers, sword

Hammerspace: 5 coins, flute[/tabs]

[BadgeAddict]

Schnitzel moves majestically onto F6, confident of his goal.