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One effect of the changes to mod cards for the 2015 season is that the new procedures require PCs to spend much more time OOG. For instance, consider a typical case where I have scouted out a mod card beforehand, have gone to the tavern to get a group together, and I have just finished getting a...

I have observed that while there are lots of fights that are very challenging and exciting, there are also lots of fights that are almost boringly easy. It seems that what type of fight it is (town battle, mod) matters a lot. I give my observations here in hopes of starting a discussion about...

I noticed that on the Alliance Denver webpage there are the 413 and 414 issues of the Acarthia Times, but none of the 415 issues. Will the newest issues be posted up soon, or is there supposed to be a several month delay?

As discussed in this answer, because Earth Blade is in the "Healing" effect group, an undead creature whose card says "Takes double damage from healing" WILL take double damage from an Earth Blade enchanted weapon. However, this response confuses me for a couple reasons: 1. The spell "Earth...

[OOG: This whole thing can be kind of confusing to talk about because rather than just OOG and IG, there are now three "levels of reality" involved. For instance, in a normal non-tournament fight in Alliance, when what is happening OOG is that Trace Moriarty is swinging her padded weapon...

Suppose that my weapon normally swings "6 Normal." I get an Earth Blade enchantment so now it swings "6 Earth." If I attack an undead with it, does the undead take 6 damage, or 12? I have heard that it would be 12 because undead take double damage from healing, and Earth Blade is in the Healing...

Your Grace, Thank you for posting these tournament rules. I have a few questions about the rules for the odd numbered years. - In the Company Combat and Lone Legend events, may special combat maneuvers such as slays, parries, and ripostes be used? If so, will such use expend those skills just...

I have decided to start writing of my adventures at Alliance in a new blog on Medium: Adventures in New Acarthia Note that some of the audience for this blog is people I know who don't play Alliance, that is why there are all the OOG comments explaining game rules. Also, one post that I would...

That actually works well. I live in Fort Collins. So maybe you could just pick me up there. I would prefer to get to the site early, maybe at 5:00 to 6:00, because there are people that I wanted to talk to before game start. But this is not essential. What time did you want to get down there...

I am still looking for a ride to the May event. I have all of May 15 off of work which means that I will be spending part of the day in Denver and will be able to get to any of the following locations to be picked up, in order of preference (from most preferred to least preferred) - Anywhere in...

Throughout my time in New Acarthia, I have observed that, in battle, my magic will behave in ways that, as far as I am aware, cannot be explained by what is currently known about magic. Thus I am conducting an investigation into the nature of these anomalies, that we can hopefully find out their...

I am interested in being picked up. I would want to be picked up at my workplace in Fort Collins. You can contact me at amont319@gmail.com

Fade's post about calling holds in field battles raises an interesting question. Suppose that I cast a Paralysis spell at an enemy, and the NPC doesn't take it because he misheard the incant, or didn't know what a Paralysis does, or whatever. If Fade's viewpoint is to be accepted, I should just...

Also, as for Berserk: - To clarify, since Berserk makes you attack the nearest target, this generally means that you will be attacking one target until it goes down, then moving onto a different target. When you are attacking one target, you are in melee with him so you are basically right next...

Of course, "dealing with it when someone else calls a hold" isn't really possible a lot of the time. Telling someone that they were picked up three minutes ago and brought back to where the healers are doesn't really help much if he was sitting behind enemy lines bleeding out, and now needs a...

I know that "metagaming" is an issue that has come up a lot recently in these discussions. I have also noted that (in ARB p. 22) it mentions the idea of "reverse metagaming" - using metagame knowledge to improve the experience for other players. Thus, in an attempt to try to spark more of a...

Sometimes there are instances in field battles where a player does something that demonstrates a clear misunderstanding of the rules or an effect that has happened. Some examples (all of these are things that I have actually experienced in field battles): 1. I cast a Web spell at an enemy and...

Here is another question about charging. Consider a field battle with a line of several NPCs spaced a few feet apart - sufficient space such that someone could physically fit between them but they would have to get very close (say within a foot or two) to one or the other to do so. If a PC tries...

Suppose that my lockpicks are destroyed by an explosive trap in this way. Of course I still have my lockpick physrep on me. How do I "get new lockpicks"? Can I just go back to my cabin and say "I get a spare set of lockpicks out of my cabin" and use the same physrep? Or do I have to have a...

This is a good idea and I will definitely be trying to take advantage of it, especially if I'm able to join the new Loremasters Guild. One thing that I am interested in seeing in the future is more options for activities that you could do this way, not just researching. Maybe you could "scout"...