Play@YSDC

OOC,I'll move to the Bridge of Sighs and try to help you. I can hopefully take down [b]Salvatore Neri[/b] in one action, then use the [b]Abbess[/b]'s ability to move to the Basilica for free. Or I could simply evade him with Blinding Light, which will finish him and save my resource for the next fight. With my remaining two actions, I can engage [b]Don Lagorio[/b], do a point of damage to him by taking a resource from Forbidden Knowledge, and then try to finish him. That may not succeed, however, but if I go first, you can then engage [b]Don Lagorio[/b] after you finish the Writhing Appendage, which will automatically cause 1 damage. Then you'll just need one more damage to finish him.

OOC,I'd forgotten that Blinding Light also costs a resource, but it could be just what I need to take down [b]Don Lagorio[/b] with automatic damage instead of fighting and probably missing. Action 1: Activate Fire Axe to fight [b]Salvatore Neri[/b], spending 1 resource as a Fast Action for +2 Combat. Combat test (2 stat +2[Fire Axe]=4 vs. 2[[b]Salvatore Neri[/b]]): [dice]0[/dice] 4 - 4 = 0 vs. 2. Failure. Aw, nuts! I won't be able to help you as much this round now. And he retaliates, so I take 2 horror, and I can't afford to do that again. Fast Action: Exhaust [b]Abbess[/b] to move to Basilica. [b]Abbess[/b] takes 1 horror. [b]Salvatore Neri[/b] moves with me. Fast Action: Exhaust Forbidden Knowledge. Gain 1 resource and take 1 horror. 1 damage dealt to [b]Don Lagorio[/b]. Action 2: Activate Fire Axe to fight [b]Salvatore Neri[/b], spending 1 resource as a Fast Action for +2 Combat. Combat test (2 stat +2[Fire Axe]=4 vs. 2[[b]Salvatore Neri[/b]]): [dice]1[/dice] 4 - 2 = 2 vs. 2. Success. [b]Salvatore Neri[/b] takes 2 damage and is defeated. Action 3: Gain 1 resource. It looks like we're toast. We're both at 1 Sanity, so neither of us can cross the Bridge of Sighs again, which means we can't rescue the Innocent Revelers and bring them back. We may need to resign next turn. If you resign this turn, I'll be defeated unless you can take out the Writhing Appendage first.

OOC,Whoops, I hadn't realized that. I've edited my post to use my third action to gain a resource, which I'm sure I'll need. I guess we have no choice but to keep going. While we can't take any more horror, the Innocent Revelers and the Abbess (if we're willing to lose her) can take it for us, as well as allies that we play. We just have to take care not to lose the Innocent Revelers, one of whom has already taken 1 horror. There may also be ways we can heal, and there are ways that we can move that bypass the Bridge of Sighs, such as Lost in Venice.

OOC,Awesome! You can't actually use the card until it's your turn, though. The only [b]Innocent Reveler[/b] we've found now has taken 1 damage and 1 horror, as has the [b]Abbess[/b].

OOC,Maybe not. If [b]Cnidathqua[/b] is not engaged with me, all I should have to do is move to the next location, and I won't be attacked. Even if I am engaged, I can first engage [b]Don Lagorio[/b] and then use both Blinding Light and Survival Instinct. This will allow me to evade [b]Don Lagorio[/b] and simultaneously do 2 damage to him, then immediately disengage with every other enemy engaged with me (which is not the same as evading [b]Cnidathqua[/b]) and move to another location for free. I just have to hope I don't take a horror from Blinding Light, but even if I do, the [b]Abbess[/b] can take it for me.

OOC,Phew! I was wondering what that thing was doing mixed in with the regular encounters. Drawing it on the first turn would be very nasty if that were allowed! I can probably do 2 damage to [b]Don Lagorio[/b]. I can engage him, then use Blinding Light to evade. If I take a point of horror, the [b]Abbess[/b] will have to take it instead. If that fails, I can then attack with my axe as long as I don't lose an action. Shall I go ahead and try?

OOC,Action 1: Engage [b]Don Lagorio[/b] Action 2: Play Blinding Light to evade [b]Don Lagorio[/b], spending 1 additional resource as a Fast Action for +1 Will. Will test (5 stat +1[Arcane Studies]=6 vs. 3[[b]Don Lagorio[/b]]): [dice]0[/dice] 6 -2 (or -3 if the dead [b]Innocent Reveler[/b] counts as under the agenda card) = 4 (or 3) vs. 3: success. 2 damage dealt to [b]Don Lagorio[/b]. [b]Abbess[/b] takes 1 horror and is defeated. [b]Agnes[/b] loses the next action.

OOC,Yeah, I guess that's it for us. At least when I take that last point of horror, I get to inflict a point of damage on [b]Don Lagorio[/b] and finish him off, so that's one more victory point.

OOC,Yes, I'd like that.