Raid - Hastur, the Half-Demon Priest of Carcosa
By Corle Huffman

There's danger on the horizon as Corle narrates his latest raid: an assault of epic proportions. Only real heroes need apply!

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Season 2 Feralas Realm Champion

Woot!!! It's out. :-D

Now to start the FAQ!!!

-c

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Wait, wait... 26 honor for 6 characters? That doesn't leave much room for party building, with only one or two characters possibly going over 4 honor.

Sweet! I'm looking forward to trying this out... Although, I think I'm in for some trouble because I didn't think the Devourer was that easy!

Great Work Corle.  I sure we are all glad you put time in to make these raids.

Where does the succubus get summoned to?  She basically just serves as a LoS blocker?

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Master Tactician and Rexxar...

Yes, at only 26 honor, you don't have a super wide selection to choose from--although you will find many more than you previously thought possible. The main 'trick' of this Raid is in how and which ABCs you allocate.

And, of course, timing your attacks for the most damage: 125 over 25 ticks isn't very easy for 4/5 Honor characteres. Oh yeah, and staying alive. And, um, not getting possessed. Er, and, um... doing the Unholy Pilgrimage and fighting through Cythlla and not blocking your own guys movement...

Party selection is a tad easier this time; selecting the right ABCs is much more difficult. :-D

-c

ps. answered jeff's faq question in the faq thread.

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This looks great. And such nicely done character cards to boot!

Thank you all for your hard work, my buddies and I will have to give this a shot next week and see how it goes!

We appreciate the time and effort!

Chris

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Tarbell,

If you are looking for inspiration for a re-model of the skeletal priest, I based Hastur on (surprise) Hastur: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastur

Also, to others, please note that "Purify" was changed a few hours after the raid went up. If you printed a copy early, please double check that you have the correct "Purify" rules.

Hastur has Purify

• Hastur removes all debuffs and counters from himself at the start of ticks 6, 11, 16, and 21.

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Thanks so much for the Raid, I can't wait to try!

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"Forget the Sunwell, it wasn't that important."

Thanks, Corle!

I assume each Blight Token gets removed when the next Unholy Pilgrimage triggers?  (The move -1 penalty refers to "the Blight Token", but it's possible to get more than 1 token in play if they aren't removed when they trigger).

 

Corle, you are amazing.  The only problem I have is not enough time to get used to one RAID before another great one comes along I want to play.

Thanks for the creativity!  PS if you ever need help with the monster cards in photoshop, just hit me up, I'll be happy to help.

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Thanks, Corle!

I assume each Blight Token gets removed when the next Unholy Pilgrimage triggers?  (The move -1 penalty refers to "the Blight Token", but it's possible to get more than 1 token in play if they aren't removed when they trigger).

I'm a little confused by the question (I think it is actually multiple questions), so i'm going to try and spell out what I think you are asking. If I'm wrong, feel free to ask again.

Q: If a Blight Token is not removed by the Raid Party by the time the next Blight Token would be placed, what happens?

A: If a Blight Token is not removed by the Raid Party, first the negative consequence(s) ensue, then you remove the old Token before placing the new Blight Token.

***I am not sure what you mean by the move -1 refering to the "Blight Token"

Q: How long does Entangled Will last?

A: Entangled Will lasts only for the current tick. A character affected by Entangled Will does not get a Move -1 counter/token. That character simple has 1 less movement point for that tick.

Entangled Will: For the current tick only, the Raid Party character closest to the Blight Token has Move -1. If two or more Raid Party characters are equally close to the Blight Token, they each have Move -1.

Q: How long does Diluted Willpower last?

A: Diluted Willpower lasts only for the current tick.

Diluted Willpower: For the current tick only, Damage dealt to Hastur is amplified by the Diluted Willpower modifier. For example, if Hastur takes 3 damage on tick 19, he will instead take 3 damage x3, or 9 damage.

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We had a lot of fun running this today. A few question did come up.
At what point during each tick does Hastur attack? We played it so that he would attack after all the heroes had acted on that tick. If it follows the normal rules (whichever side did not act last last tick acts first this tick) the fog of war is of no use because hastur will act first before any party members. Clarification on this would be nice.

The second question we had: Is concentration lapse the ONLY time you can ready an action bar card?

It is certainly a tough challenege. We were only able to get him to 48 before unholy pilgrimage 4 nad burn the blood wiped the party.

Thanks!
 - Steve

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I'm a little confused by the question (I think it is actually multiple questions), so i'm going to try and spell out what I think you are asking. If I'm wrong, feel free to ask again.

Q: If a Blight Token is not removed by the Raid Party by the time the next Blight Token would be placed, what happens?

A: If a Blight Token is not removed by the Raid Party, first the negative consequence(s) ensue, then you remove the old Token before placing the new Blight Token.

***I am not sure what you mean by the move -1 refering to the "Blight Token"

Entangled Will: For the current tick only, the Raid Party character closest to the Blight Token has Move -1. If two or more Raid Party characters are equally close to the Blight Token, they each have Move -1.

 

I was referring to the Move -1 Penalty from Entangled Will, which is assigned to the character closest to "the Blight Token".  There isn't anywhere that I saw in the rules that states that each blight token gets removed after the negative consequences(s) are applied.

No worries, you've answered the question now.  Thanks!

 

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We had a lot of fun running this today. A few question did come up.
At what point during each tick does Hastur attack? We played it so that he would attack after all the heroes had acted on that tick. If it follows the normal rules (whichever side did not act last last tick acts first this tick) the fog of war is of no use because hastur will act first before any party members. Clarification on this would be nice.

The second question we had: Is concentration lapse the ONLY time you can ready an action bar card?

 - Steve

Great questions Steve.

Q: At what point during each tick does Hastur attack?

A: Hastur attacks per all the normal WoW Minis rules. Whichever side did not act last during the previous tick, gets to go first on the next tick.

Q: Doesn't that make Fog of War useless?

A: No. Once, maybe twice per game, you can make a Fog of War work. **And therein lies one nature of this Raid challenge.**

Q: Is Concentration Lapse the only time Raid Players can ready Action Bar cards?

A: Yes. (They cannot be readied as normal; End of tick 10, Recharge, Arcane Brilliance do not work).

Good Luck. Hastur is no pushover.

-Corle

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