Thread: Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition):: General:: New to the Game -- Questions about Lieutenant Packs and Hero and Monster Packs

by El_Tonio

Just traded for the base game and a few expansions:

Oath of the Outcast Hero and Monster pack
Alric Farrow, Zachareth, and Kyndrithul Lieutenant packs
Forgotten Souls & Nature's Ire co-op packs

I read through the rules and I think I get most of the basic concepts and mechanics, but I am not quite sure how you incorporate the Hero and Monster packs or the Lieutenant packs.

Part of the problem may be that I'm a regular Imperial Assault player, and these seem to work differently in IA vs. Descent. That said, here are my questions...

(1) Questions about Hero and Monster packs

Guessing you can use the heroes in any adventures, correct?

Can you use the monsters as open groups in any campaign?

What about the scenarios that come with these packs... are they meant to be one-off missions, or can they be included in other campaigns?

(2) Questions about lieutenants

Seems their key role (besides replacing some tokens for minis) is to select JUST ONE lieutenant (with threat deck) to add to any campaign. Is this correct?

Are there other uses of the lieutenants? For example, since Alric Farrow is in the base game campaign it says I cannot use him or his threat deck in that campaign.... is that correct? So, I'd have to use him and his threat deck in another campaign?

Thanks in advance for your help!