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Title: Adding threats
Post by: Ulmo on October 23, 2008, 01:18:05 PM

During our game today we were playing King Block and sites City Gates* and The Dimholt came out.
My starting fellowship was Frodo and Aragorn and I was playing Wraith companions.
While my fellowship was at site 3, I figured I couldn't get an enduring companion from my draw deck because I couldn't add 3 threats as I only have 2 companions.
Then getting to site 5, I added 2 threats because that's all I could add.
Site 3 is a Fellowship action and site 5 is mandatory, no getting around it.
Now I'm wondering if I could have added 2 threats at site 3 to play a companion.

Which is right?

And for the record, CCCORNIV played 2 Mordor Orcs strength 9 at site 5 to make Frodo, without his hobbit sword, very dead.

Title: Re: Adding threats
Post by: MR. Lurtzy on October 23, 2008, 01:21:42 PM

With mandatory actions, you must complete as much as you can. With optional actions, you must complete the whole thing.

Title: Re: Adding threats
Post by: DáinIronfoot on October 23, 2008, 01:24:02 PM

The cost of using The Dimholt's ability is 3 threats. If you are unable to add at least 3 threats, you can't do it. Period. So you played that part correctly.

You also played Site 5 correctly. If you are unable to add more than 2 threats, then you do as much as you can to fulfill that site's requirements. Since you could add only 2 instead of the 3 asked for, you did your best to meet the requirements, and thus 2 threats was the right number to add.

Title: Re: Adding threats
Post by: Ulmo on October 23, 2008, 01:41:54 PM

Thanks, that's what I thought it was.  Lurtzy and Dain get :gp:

Now I need to rethink my Wraith companion deck   :roll:

Title: Re: Adding threats
Post by: Kralik on October 23, 2008, 05:18:58 PM

Quote from: Ulmo on October 23, 2008, 01:41:54 PM

Now I need to rethink my Wraith companion deck   :roll:

Are you using Aragorn, Driven by Need? I'd recommend starting with two wraiths, and then having many copies of Aragorn, DbN and Stronger and More Terrible.

Title: Re: Adding threats
Post by: SomeRandomDude on October 23, 2008, 09:32:13 PM

Wraith decks run 4 copies of each of those. It usually works pretty well.

Title: Re: Adding threats
Post by: Elf_Lvr on October 24, 2008, 05:23:49 AM

Hearts Raised can be good, especially if you really want to start Aragorn. I also should assume that you're using Frodo, Hope of Free Peoples?

Title: Re: Adding threats
Post by: Ulmo on October 24, 2008, 08:26:14 AM

I'm not using Aragorn, DbN as I only have 2 and they're in a different deck.
I am using Aragorn, CoG which is nowhere near as good, but that's the breaks you get when building with real cards.
I am using Frodo, HoFP.
I may swap Aragorn with Gandalf DotW to get extra bump from 3 wraiths.

Title: Re: Adding threats
Post by: Kralik on October 24, 2008, 11:42:24 AM

Quote from: Ulmo on October 24, 2008, 08:26:14 AM

I am using Aragorn, CoG which is nowhere near as good, but that's the breaks you get when building with real cards.

Keeping your wraiths healed isn't all that useful! Better if they are exhausted (str +4/+6) and cannot die with Swept Away.