Massive Darkness | Walking In The Dark | Part #5

[@RollingSolo]

Hello Everyone! #1. Whisper has an ability to get an extra movement point when doing a movement action. I missed out on using this during the video. But I will use it to my advantage in the future. I will retroactively take back the potion I burned to give me the one movement point. #2. Thanks to Dareau's feedback, I realized that the bam I got on the Zap (not an attack) cannot use enhancements. Meaning I was one away from killing the Orge. So, at the start of the next one the Orge Mage will make it's return! It was pointed out that if I had of used the extra movement point I had with Whisper, it would have given Whisper the option to use the potion as an extra attack action. So Whisper is going to get an additional attack against the Orge at the start of the next one. Then we will pick it up with Elias and his three actions to use and zap already spent. #3. When spending XP to buy new skills you can buy into the higher tiers. They are then useable once you move onto the tile of that corresponding level. I should have explained in the video when I avoided buying Level 2 skills, that I found Whispers Level 1 skill of Slippery much more useful personally. In additional, to clear up any confusion regarding multiple bams or diamonds unspent during the playthrough, here is a piece from the MD Rulebook: "Each Enchantment may only be triggered once per Combat. Even if the Attacker Actor obtains 3 bams on the Attack dice, he may only activate each bam Attack Enchantment of his once in that fight. The exception to that are Enchantments with (Repeat X) on them, in which case multiple symbols can be spent to trigger them up to X times." Thanks for watching!

[@alanbouet-willaumez1390]

very intense game here....

[@RollingSolo]

Indeed! This was fun to do on camera!

[@The_Mad_Chef78]

One thing to remember is that enemies will use weapon special abilities and enchantments against you. You said that it only applied when you were wielding it but that is not correct by the rules. So the Ogre Mage should have been making use of the extra ability on the ax whenever he made a melee attack.

[@RollingSolo]

Hey Adam! Thanks for watching. Yes, you got it right. I'll try to clarify what I meant, as it may not have been clear in the video. The enemies do use the the special abilities and enhancements on the items they're guarding when able. What I meant to say was that the ability doesn't apply. The Battle Axe special ability removes attacking dice from a counter attack. A hero is the only one that can make use of this ability as a hero is the only one ever being counter attacked. So this provides no benefit for the Orge Mage. Hope this helps! See you in the next one :)

[@alanbouet-willaumez1390]

CRACK THE DOOOOOOOR OPEN !!

[@RollingSolo]

;D

[@jimtompkins9946]

I don't think Whisper could resist the door, despite the good advice from the mage.

[@RollingSolo]

I like the sounds of this! ;D

[@gobo2093]

Just a rule clarification: When buying skills in the XP phase you ARE allowed to buy skills of higher level, but you can't USE them until the game progresses to the relevant level. The only restriction is that you must buy skills on each line from the left toward the right. Example: If Whisper had bought the +1 Max Health skill (lvl2) nothing would have happened. Once Elias defeated the Ogre Mage and moved onto the lvl2 tile the game would progress to level 2 and Whisper would immediately gained a higher max health.

[@RollingSolo]

Hey Fredrik, thanks for the feedback! I added this to the pinned comment. Cheers!

[@godinneludovic7781]

hello, dunno if you are still active. I ve got a question about ogre mage skill. He has the opportunity to heal himself after getting a BAM effect on dice. This effect apply before or after receiving the hero damage? EG : if he got 1 HP, my hero dealing 1 damage but he got a BAM effect. He will survive or not ?

[@RollingSolo]

I sure am! That’s a great question. I haven’t played the game in some time so I can say for sure off hand. I’m assuming you’re looking forward to the return of MD to Kickstarter soon? :)

[@godinneludovic7781]

@@RollingSolo actually not, i m not using KS website directly. Because I only have paypal for Internet transaction and they don't accept it. I actually wanted to buy the latest KS version of Aeon's end, but I couldn't because of this restriction. I bought the KS version of MD on a second hand website, but it was still 100% new. I guess the guy had no time to invest in this game. I had some reflection about my own first question. I think that if the "bam" effect may be for example a "+1 def" and it's applied obviously before applying the damages, I suppose that the heal effect occurs before damage too... So I took this rule as a reference.

[@altertroll9135]

Puh this Ogre Mage was a very tough Opponent.In the end you are lucky again.See Whisper doing all this thief things in Plate armour hurts me a little bit as a veteran Rp gamer.But new times ,new changes and hey, a closed door,what kind of adventurers would resist to open it.

[@RollingSolo]

I hear you! I think we'll do some exploring. See you in the next one! :)

[@Dareau74]

Is Elias' special skill considered to be an attack? If not he doesn't get the bonus hit from the staff.

[@RollingSolo]

Dareau74 Hello Dareau, it's not considered an attack. So defensive dice aren't rolled. You're right that bonuses wouldn't apply. Thankfully the outcome was the same. Thanks for the feedback!

[@Dareau74]

If the Ogre needed 3 more hits to die and the Zap only dealt an adjusted 2 how does it not change the outcome ?

[@RollingSolo]

+Dareau74 Ah! I was remembering two damage remaining for some reason. It would matter in this case. I have three actions to kill off the Orge Mage!

[@Dareau74]

I don't think you needed to use both the XP and the potion to get Whistler the three total 3 movement points and 3 attacks she used. You keep forgetting her swift ability which is 1 extra movement points.

[@RollingSolo]

+Dareau74 Hey Dareau! Her Swift ability costs an XP which I wasn't willing to give up as it would have prevented me from obtaining a new skill for 5XP later on in the Experience Phase. Sometimes it's better to not use a hero ability! Thanks for watching :)

[@patrick-gz5er]

umm you did spend experience to gain movement, but thats not what he is saying. You keep forgetting whispers +1 movement point when you use a move action. So you could have moved picked up the treasure and moved into the ogres space for 1 action because she has 3 movement points available. Then you could have used the potion for an additional attack

[@RollingSolo]

Ah! I see what you mean now. Good point! I'll keep it in mind going forward. Cheers!

[@Dareau74]

Rolling Solo You can retroactively grab the extra action potion back if you want. In the playthrough you only used it for one movement point.

[@RollingSolo]

You bet! I will do so in the next one and then use it for Whisper to attack. Attacking with the battle wizard is my last resort as the Orge Mage can heal himself on bams and diamonds. :)

[@jbrecken]

Could Elias have used the extra bam on his zap to use his new heal power, since he had two swords and two bams? I'd say go check out that door, but not if he's only got one point of health left.

[@RollingSolo]

Hey jbrecken, Elias can't use the bam from the dice when using Zap as it is not considered an attack. He needs to be making an attack in order to get his other bam. So Elias couldn't heal in that situation. Hope this helps!

[@JB-ym4up]

Rolling Solo I think the battle wizard also forgot to use a defensive bam that's automatic to heal 1

[@RollingSolo]

Do you mean at 9:06? The battle wizard used a bam to heal one at that point on defense. Even though I generated two bams on defense the rules state: "Each Enchantment may only be triggered once per Combat. Even if the Attacker Actor obtains 3 bams on the Attack dice, he may only activate each bam Attack Enchantment of his once in that fight. The exception to that are Enchantments with (Repeat X) on them, in which case multiple symbols can be spent to trigger them up to X times." - MD Rulebook

[@Neverpaints2024]

Nooo! Don't open the door!

[@RollingSolo]

+BuffRockjaw haha ;D

[@darkvallon]

When you defended at 9:40 you said you "already got" the BAM from the artifact, but doesn't it give you ANOTHER BAM as it's stated +1 BAM? So you would heal 2 and that time and ALWAYS heal 1 on each defense.

[@patrick-gz5er]

For next. I think it depends on what you are planning to make more MD videos. If you are planning to make videos for more quest then I would just run out. But if this is a one shot for you, then I say open the door, whats the worse that could happen ? )

[@RollingSolo]

Hey Patrick! For the moment, this is the one I plan on doing as I have other games planned. So I think a little exploring could be fun. Hopefully we don't regret it haha

[@blakhand6847]

I dont even have the game in my hands yet and I can catch your mistakes. The amount of mistakes you have been making in every video is...... any way: Whisper has +1 move point per move action meaning when you used your XP she could have moved to the chests pick up everything and move to the Ogre. then attack him thrice with your normal actions and then use potion to attack him again. meaning you would have attacked with whisper 4 times! Again whisper could have totally not taken the counter attack from ogre in the 2nd turn. she could have used slippery and moved out and use move action with her ability to move 3 zones per move action she could have gone into hiding in the starting zone. Elias Roled a Bam plus he gets another bam due to being in shadow so he gets 2 Bams. he could use the first bam to use the weapon enchantment as damage and second bam could have been used for healing him self.

[@zinho73ninguemperguntou]

He is actually doing a great job. The game has many things to track and while narrating and keeping the pace it is extremely hard to remember everything. The game is new to him, too, so he does not have a lot of things committed to memory. The idea is for us to experience the game together with him and with helpful advice we can work through the rules mistakes. I like that he is having fun with the game and he is really good to correct mistakes from one video to the other.

[@RollingSolo]

Hi Jamal, thanks for the feedback. Any mistakes are mentioned in the pinned comment at the top. In terms of alternate strategies, I like what you proposed in terms of Whisper hiding from a counter attack and could have spent actions to hide etc. There are a few ways to handle every turn. :) Just to clarify, the bams from Elais during a Zap don't count. That special ability is not considered an attack per the rules. So I can't use those bams. The bam which I have from the ring and used with the armor would heal me for one as you mentioned. Good catch! Thanks for watching!

[@RollingSolo]

Thanks Ninguem! There is a bunch to keep track of in terms of enhancements while on camera. Missing things will happen, as it does for anyone doing board game media content. That's why the community here is so great! I make an effort to correct and also put a pinned comment up for all valid corrections. I appreciate the support my friend! See you in the next one! :)