Leo's Doomed Adventure #5: A Phantom of Truth

A Phantom of Truth

Stick to the Plan: Elusive, Emergency Cache, Ever Vigilant

In hand: Survival Knife, Beat Cop, Lone Wolf, Mitch Brown, Elusive

Leo starts at Montparnasse with 8 resources and 1 mental trauma.

#1:

• PLAY Mitch Brown
• PLAY Ever Vigilant (Survival Knife, Beat Cop, Lone Wolf)
  • It's an almost perfect opening play in terms of efficiency, though perhaps not in terms of cards. Let's see how Leo manages without an early Flashlight or Leo.
• MOVE to Notre-Dame
• MOVE to Le Marais
• Upkeep: draw The Tattered Cloak, gain 1 resource.

#2

• Mythos: 1 doom, Twin Suns (-2, remove 1 doom)
• Lone Wolf (gain 1 resource)
• Le Marais (draw Leo De Luca)
  • Turns out Leo met the group on their way to the cementary. No doubt Leo has someone to mourn there.
• MOVE to Père Lachaise Cemetery
• INVESTIGATE (+1, discover 1 clue at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
• INVESTIGATE (-2, discover 1 clue at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
• Upkeep: draw Evidence!, gain 1 resource.

#3

• Mythos: 1 doom, Hunting Shadow (1 damage on Mitch Brown, 1 damage)
• Lone Wolf (gain 1 resource)
• PLAY Leo De Luca
• MOVE to Canal Saint-Martin
• MOVE to Montmartre
• MOVE to Grand Guignol (shuffle and draw Lone Wolf, Flashlight, Accursed Fate, 1 horror on Mitch Brown, 1 horror)
  • Well... On one hand this scenario is usually rather long, but on the other hand I really walked into that one.
• RESOURCE
• Upkeep: draw Perception, gain 1 resource.

#4

• Mythos: 2 doom, Marked by the Sign (, 1 horror on Leo De Luca, 1 horror on Beat Cop)
• Lone Wolf (gain 1 resource)
• PLAY Flashlight
• PLAY Emergency Cache (4 supplies on Flashlight)
• Flashlight (6 supplies left, -3)
• Flashlight (5 supplies left, -2, discover 1 clue at Grand Guignol)
• advance The Parisian Conspiracy (v. II) to Stalked by Shadows (The Organist spawns at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
• Enemy: The Organist hunts to Montmartre
• Upkeep: draw Vicious Blow, gain 1 resource.

#5

• Mythos: 3 doom, The Yellow Sign (0)
  • Ah, all the various ways the scenario can deal 2 horror. Fortunatelly, Leo and his lackeys shrugged off that particular encounter.
• Lone Wolf (gain 1 resource)
• MOVE to Opéra Garnier
• MOVE to Gare d'Orsay
• MOVE to Gardens of Luxembourg
• Flashlight (4 supplies left, -1, discover 1 clue at Gardens of Luxembourg)
• Stalked by Shadows (1 doom)
• Enemy: The Organist hunts to Gare d'Orsay
• Upkeep: draw Vicious Blow, gain 1 resource.

Leo's boardstate: 7 health, 4 sanity, 5 resources, 1 clue

In play: Mitch Brown (1 damage & 1 horror), Beat Cop (1 horror), Leo De Luca (1 horror), Survival Knife, Lone Wolf

In hand: Lone Wolf, Perception, Vicious Blow, Calling in Favors

#6

• Mythos: 5 doom, Deadly Fate (, Stealthy Byakhee)
• Lone Wolf (gain 1 resource)
• Survival Knife (commit Vicious Blow, )
  • Oh, is that so? You're going down regardless. Leo's badassery can't be denied!
• Keen Eye (+2 )
• Survival Knife ()
• Survival Knife ()
  • YOU'RE ON!
• Survival Knife (0, 1 damage to Stealthy Byakhee)
• Beat Cop (defeat Stealthy Byakhee)
  • Now, let's not look for another fight this round.
• Elusive to Canal Saint-Martin
• Enemy: The Organist hunts to Montmartre
• Upkeep: draw Elusive, gain 1 resource.

#7

• Mythos: The First Night advances to The Second Night (The Organist moves to Grand Guignol), Torturous Chords (-1, 2 resources)
• Lone Wolf (gain 1 resource)
• Flashlight (3 supplies left, commit Perception, , draw Dodge, discover 1 clue at Canal Saint-Martin
• Stalked by Shadows (1 doom)
• MOVE to Le Marais
• Flashlight (2 supplies left, -2, discover 1 clue at Le Marais)
• MOVE to Notre-Dame
• Enemy: The Organist hunts to Le Marais
• Upkeep: draw Evidence!, gain 1 resource.

#8

• Mythos: 2 doom, Frozen in Fear
• Lone Wolf (gain 1 resource)
• Flashlight (1 supply left, -1, discover 1 clue at Notre-Dame)
• Stalked by Shadows (1 doom)
• MOVE to Montparnasse
• MOVE to Gare d'Orsay
• Frozen in Fear (-3)
• Enemy: The Organist hunts to Montparnasse
• Upkeep: draw Beat Cop, gain 1 resource.
  • Yeah, I'm pretty sure Mitch has some serious connections in the parisian police prefecture.

#9

• Mythos: 4 doom, Swift Byakhee
• Lone Wolf (gain 1 resource)
• PLAY Beat Cop (remove 1 resource from Torturous Chords)
• Survival Knife (, Swift Byakhee relatiates, 1 damage on Leo De Luca, 1 horror on Beat Cop)
• Survival Knife (, Swift Byakhee relatiates, 1 damage, 1 horror)
  • ...
• Survival Knife (-4, 1 damage to Swift Byakhee)
• Beat Cop (1 damage to Swift Byakhee)
• Beat Cop (defeat Swift Byakhee)
• Frozen in Fear (, lose 1 resource)
  • Leo couldn't afford Elusive to begin with, but one resource less means no Dodge either. It's a massacre.
• Enemy: The Organist hunts and attacks (Beat Cop defeated, Mitch Brown defeated, 1 horror)
• Upkeep: draw Vicious Blow, gain 1 resource.

#10

• Mythos: The Second Night advances to The Third Night (disengage and move to Opéra Garnier, The Organist moves to Montparnasse), Hunted by Byakhee (commit Lone Wolf, -3, reveal 6 cards, 1 horror)
  • Miraculously, no Byakhee was revealed.
• Lone Wolf (gain 1 resource)
• Flashlight (no supplies left, commit Evidence!, 0, discover 1 clue at Opéra Garnier)
• Stalked by Shadows (1 doom)
• PLAY Calling in Favors (return Beat Cop, discard Torturous Chords)
• MOVE to Montmartre
• Frozen in Fear (, discard Frozen in Fear)
• Enemy: The Organist hunts to Opéra Garnier
• Upkeep: draw Machete, gain 1 resource.

Leo's boardstate: 6 health, 1 sanity, 3 resources, 2 clues

In play: Leo De Luca (1 damage, 1 horror), Survival Knife, Flashlight (0 supplies), Lone Wolf

In hand: Beat Cop, Elusive, Dodge, Vicious Blow, Machete

#11

• Mythos: 2 doom, Screeching Byakhee
  • In theory Leo could replay his horror-buffer Beat Cop and do some combat and then some dodging. But, let's be sensible and play it safe.
• Lone Wolf (gain 1 resource)
• Elusive to Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Stalked by Shadows (1 doom)
• RESOURCE
• RESOURCE
• PLAY Beat Cop
• RESOURCE
• Enemy: The Organist & Screeching Byakhee both hunt to Canal Saint-Martin
• Upkeep: draw Dodge, gain 1 resource.

#12

• Mythos: 4 doom, The Yellow Sign (commit Dodge, -1)
  • OK, we're in the clear. Even with all Leo cannot lose the scenario. In this case ...
• MOVE to Canal Saint-Martin
• Stalked by Shadows (evade The Organist)
• Keen Eye (+1 )
• Survival Knife (commit Vicious Blow, -2, 2 damage to Screeching Byakhee)
• Survival Knife (commit Machete, , 1 damage to Screeching Byakhee)
• Survival Knife ()
• Beat Cop (defeat Screeching Byakhee)
  • Never let it say Leo is ungrateful. He'll gut the carcass on the spot and offer it to the police officer as a trophy to be taxidermied and displayed.
• Enemy: The Organist readies.
• Upkeep: draw Unexpected Courage, gain 1 resource.

#13

• Mythos: The Third Night advances to R1.

Campaign Log:

Curtain Call: The Stranger is onto Leo! Leo chose not to go to the police! Doom approaches! 5 XP (Royal Emissary, Balcony, Green Room, Lighting Box), Stranger Tally: 2, Conviction Tally: 0, Doubt Tally: 1.

The Last King: Leo interviewed Constance Dumaine, Jordan Perry, Ishimaru Haruko, Sebastien Moreau and Ashleight Clarke! Leo slayed the monsters at the dinner party! 7 XP (Charon's Obol, 10 clues), Stranger Tally: 2, Conviction Tally: 2, Doubt Tally: 1.

Echoes of the Past: Leo destroyed the oathspeaker! 4 XP (Charon's Obol, Possessed Oathspeaker), Stranger Tally: 2, Conviction Tally: 2, Doubt Tally: 1.

The Unspeakable Oath: Leo escaped the Asylum! Leo heeded Daniel’s warning! 7 XP (Charon's Obol, Daniel Chesterfield, Mess Hall, Infirmary, Basement Hall, 1 bonus XP), Stranger Tally: 2, Conviction Tally: 4, Doubt Tally: 1.

A Phantom of Truth: Leo found Nigel’s home! The hour is nigh! 7 XP (Charon's Obol, Screeching Byakhee, Canal Saint-Martin, Gardens of Luxembourg, Grand Guignol, Père Lachaise Cemetery), Stranger Tally: 2, Conviction Tally: 4, Doubt Tally: 1, 1 Mental Trauma.