Are there any current plans to have an event at Whosyercon next year? This would be April 17th-19th, 2015 at the Wyndham Indianapolis West hotel. (See http://whosyergamers.org for information.)

I'd offer to help someone if they are going to be there, or if no one from AW will be hosting any kind of event, I'd offer to put something together. I know there are a few folks in the Indy area who might want to play, and that there are others in the outlying area who might be interested as well.

If someone at AW wants to contact me about this, please feel free.

If anyone has interest in playing at this con, please post it here... as well as whether you would like a formal tournament, or informal play, or both.

Thanks!
Dave

My question now, it seems, has become one of whether the wording on Harshforge Plate should be modified to say "pay" two extra mana instead of the current cost of the spell increases by two (or however it is worded)... or, for example, was Harshforge Plate's text written with the specific intent of avoiding the Mana Prism interaction?

You are "paying" additional mana via the increased spell cost... but the card does not use the word "pay" (etc.) as required by the Codex. Should the Codex be revised?

You would "pay" mana if your opponent controls Armor Ward, so yes... the Mana Prism should gain the four mana in this case.

I found a great (situational) use for Combustion last night... I wished I had put it in my female Warlock's book. I was in FC and opponent new Warlord was building up in his starting corner. He had multiple Dwarf Panzerguards to keep his Mage and other things in that zone from being attacked. I had a fair amount of damage on the Warlord plus six burns by this time.

Out comes Renewing Spring and the healing wand. I can't get to the Spring, and the burns start coming off when he drinks... a nice Combustion at that point might have done around 10 dice of damage.

On another note, I found a use for Gate to Hell that game, and even opened it in FC.

Let's assume that your friendly neighborhood Warlord gets Talos out. How do you deal with him with various Mages? He really seems to have no weaknesses. Since I can't find a picture of a card to include in this post, here are his stats:

Cost to cast N/A (28, but special entrance method)
Level 7 War Creature spell
Armor 5
Life 16
Quick melee attack 6 dice, Piercing +2, Reach
Unstoppable (which includes Unmovable, Uncontainable, and can not be hindered)
Burnproof
Psychic Immunity
Nonliving
Warlord only
Epic

I guess you can:
1) Ignore him (Focus on the enemy Mage instead),
2) Attack him (Use your own creature(s), perhaps with supporting spells),
3) Use non-creature spells (Turn to Stone, Banish, Tanglevine, Quicksand, Teleport him etc.), or
4) Maneuver to minimize contact (Creature movement, walls, Teleport, etc.)

What I am trying to determine is whether (essentially) ignoring (to some extent, at least) the Warlord's efforts to bring out Talos is a viable strategy (even considering that it might be good for other reasons to destroy Outposts).

The cost to the Warlord to bring him out is in terms of the number of actions and amount of mana (for the various conjurations needed), and time (as he can't be brought into play before a certain turn). How might the opponent make use of his/her own actions and mana in the meanwhile to thwart Talos as quickly as possible once he does appear in the arena?

Please note which Mage you are considering as you discuss strategies.

For charge:

http://forum.arcanewonders.com/index.php?topic=2137.15

Once the mana is paid for teleport each move action afterwards (due to the Fast trait) is a teleport so there is no way to gain the Charge trait as a result.

I don't see that stated anywhere in The Dude's post that you reference. He mentions specific situations when the Blue Gremlin can not charge, with which I agree. In fact, to the contrary of what you are implying, he states that "this is still considered a move action" and again in the same post he says "it is still a move action" thus confirming that he may qualify for a Charge bonus.

In general, if the Gremlin chooses to take a move action, and if mana is paid, then the Gremlin's move action is used to teleport. Since he takes a move action, and ends up in a different zone as a result, he qualifies for a Charge bonus (if he has gained that trait, such as through having Lion Savagery as was mentioned by the OP).

The specific reason that Charge was not permitted in The Dude's post was that the Blue Gremlin either was Crippled or was Restrained by a Tanglevine.

Quote from: Laddinfance on September 04, 2014, 04:04:28 PM

The problem with that is Gremlins were meant to be able to teleport out of things such as tanglevines. If it is a move action then they cannot. I believe the original intention was for them to teleport "instead" of moving. But as that is not the wording right now, carry on. Just fair warning that Blue Gremlin's wording could change to reflect the original card design.

I think this has already been ruled on some where here in the forums.

The last I remember seeing was that the Blue Gremlin's text was going to remain (for a while, at least). BG has issues related to being hindered in conjunction with its teleport that will go away when the text is changed. In the meanwhile, I guess this is the other side of the coin... BG must take a move action to teleport, so it can get the charge in. Interesting.