by mcfrei
Long story short, i won First Blood, Death on the Wing and Castle Daerion encounters, and i grabbed every single search token in them. That made my hero party geared up. I'm playing as four heroes. We are playing The Masquerade Ball next, and i want some strategic advices for myself and the overlord. I am afraid that Overlord will quit, but i don't want to (and he asked me not to) hold back.Here's my party, The Ancient Aphedrons:
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Lindel the Thief, with Crossbow, Iron shield and Lucky charm. His skills are Greedy, Appraisal and Sneaky.
He is the main "Search token" guy, and his hero ability pretty much makes him immune to Web trap and other traps on search and move cards. He occasionally moves a monster with Crossbow to open the way (which is guaranteed due to his heroic feat) or passes attribute tests (opens doors, lights the beacons, etc). He got his Crossbow in the Shop after Death on the Wing, and his Iron shield from a Treasure chest.
Brother Gherinn the Spiritspeaker, with Oak Staff and Immolation (got in the shop after the last encounter). His skills are Stoneskin and Cloud of Mist (yes, without ANY healing yet).
I chose him as Spritspeaker because i wanted to maximize the party damage. His heroic feat, however, makes a good occasional healing, and the party pretty much holds together anyway (with an exception for Lindel, sometimes). Note that he has 4 Stamina in his later version in the wiki.
Landrec the Wise Necromancer, with Magic Staff and (recently gotten) Mana Weave. His skills are Raise Dead (doh!), Corpse Blast and Fury of Undeath. The Reanimate familiar card also drags out with him.
His hero ability and heroic feat catched my eye, and despite the brown die and lowest (3) movement speed, i could not resist to pick him. His reanimate was good in first encounters, and when he got the magic staff, he became a good damager himself (note the automatic surge). In the last shop he got Mana Weave, and now he has a guaranteed +5 Damage on any attack once per Encounter. His Corpse Blast ability is not very usable, because Reanimate most of the time dies on the overlord's turn after he has been summoned.
Syndrael the Knight, in a Leather Armor, with Iron longsword and the Shield of the Dark God. Her skills are Oath of Honor, Advance and Challenge.
She is a compensation for a somewhat slow in other means party. Her heroic feat is mostly used either to drag the necromancer closer to the monsters, or to kick Lindel forward to get the search tokens. She was not a strong warrior, being knocked out twice in the Death on the Wing's first encounter, but she got a Leather armor (from Lindel, who found it in a Treasure chest) and her Shield pretty much rolls her at least 2 shields now. And her Advance ability gets used A LOT - sometimes i attack the weakest monster first just because of this.[/o]
Overlord's cards are Blood Rage, Dark Fortitude and Unholy Ritual.