28.6. - last game in Hankasalmi for a while

So a visit is coming to an end soonish. Talisman is packed up now and won't be opened until, well, don't know.

But a report from last game played:
Random end condition (Proved to be the Ice Queen)
Characters: Warlock and Swashbuckler

Game started amazingly. Not more than 10 game rounds had passed and Swashbucker was sporting with effective strenght 7-8 in battle, and Warlock had about the same.

But then started Swashbuckler's downfall, as he had to jump here and there with one life, all the while Warlock was a whirlwind of doom on the playing board. Well, granted, he didn't win a strenght 16 encounter, nor Craft 13. Dungeon was a bit harsh place...

Warlock had Finger of Death spell since beginning and planned on getting it to bear against Lord of Darkness. Every possible turn to keep Warlock from getting to the treasure chamber was thwarted for a long time. First, just when he was about to enter treasure chamber, a trap door threw him back to square one. Then, when he had traveled back to middle area of the dungeon, he had to accomplish his warlock quest, which in turn teleported him back to warlock's cave.

Then, after a long journey, he actually managed to confront Lord of Darkness. Then Swashbuckler Nullified all spells the warlock had. Luckily enough, all the long journeys had raised warlock's craft to adequate levels, and he had elixir of wrath. In the end it was a Lord with craft 12 against Warlock's Craft 16. And warlock beat Lord of Darkness so badly he was teleported to inner region. Warlock was at two lives, so he thought it best to actually get Totem Staff and not the Cloak of Feathers.

It was pretty much game over for Swashbuckler by then.

Warlock ran to Crown of Command, killed the Ice Queen, failing to take a life from her once.

Victorious one: Warlock.

Statistics:
Talisman: 5 games played.
- Characters played:
- Merchant: 1
- Knight: 1
- Gypsy: 1 (1 victory)
- Sorceress: 1
- Thief: 1
- Minstrel: 1 (1 victory)
- Dwarf: 1
- Fairy: 1 (1 victory)
- Highlander: 1
- Druid: 1 (1 victory)
- Valkyrie: 1
- Warlock: 1 (1 victory)
- Swashbuckler: 1