by jcb231
In the "Death on the Wing" quest, is it possible for the heroes to win Encounter 2?My group finished this with an Overlord blowout...he just ran roughshod over that encounter. Afterwards the heroes were left scratching their heads, wondering if there is ANY way for the heroes to act fast enough to win, or if this is meant to be a "gimme" for the Overlord for some reason.
From what I can see, the OL can use his two elementals to simply block Hero movement (the two of them can stop anyone from crossing the bridge) while sending his Open Group and Lt to kill the guards pretty easily (our OL used Hybrid Sentinels the first time), winning in maybe two to four rounds, tops. The only way I can see a Hero win is if they luck out on dice rolls against the Elementals, clobbering them somehow in one action (not even sure that's numerically possible), then charge ahead with crazy swiftness (again, they only have a few spaces of movement per action), using all stamina they have to push harder...and THEN get a perfect killing blow against whatever the OL is using to slaughter the guards (again, probably not numerically possible). It just seems highly unlikely, and unfairly weighted towards the OL.
Has anyone else had this experience? Are we playing it wrong? Is the OL not allowed to just send his Open Group straight at the guards, killing them at will while the heroes slog through two Elementals and a huge running distance?