The Fun Doesn't End with the Holidays for
Legends of Norrath, EverQuest®, and EverQuest® II players! -
12/21/2007
- The nextLegends of NorrathPromotion Weekend is set to begin at 2PM
(PST) Friday, January 4, 2008 and conclude at 11:59PM (PST) on Sunday, January
6, 2008. During this special weekend,EverQuest® andEverQuest®
IIplayers should not only enjoy an increased rate of card pack drops, but
will have the opportunity to obtain two brand new cards:Chocolate
Goblin(2P3) andProtection of the Dain(2P4).
For now, these two new cards will only be available during this three-day promotional weekend, so don't miss out on the chance to get them!
- Friday, January 11, will be our monthly Loot Re-Roll Weekend! Two new Loot cards will be added toForswornBooster packs. This month's loot cards will be:Visage of the Brownie Noble(2EQ23) andInsulated Mug(2EQII23).
- Friday, January 18th, the Raid Drop program begins! 31Legends of NorrathRaid cards for the Trakanon deck will begin dropping inEverQuest®andEverQuest® II. This program will last from January 18 – February 17.
- Saturday, January 19 to Sunday, January 20, will feature loot tournaments inLegends of Norrathin which participants will receive the promotional cardMayong Mistmoore(2P5) with artwork by Jim Lee, and a choice of two loot cards:Bridle of the Viridian Cragslither(2EQP1) orCloak of Di'Zok(2EQIIP1).
- And last but certainly not least, January 26-27 is the JanuaryLegends of NorrathChampionship Qualifier. This is a qualifying tournament for the Championships at GenCon!
Don't miss these great events!
1月のイベント情報です。
まとめ：
Promotion Weekend：1/5 7:00～1/7 16:59（日本時間）
Chocolate Goblin (2P3)とProtection of the Dain (2P4)がDropします。
Loot Re-Roll：1/11 Lootの追加と、再判定による入手チャンス！
EQ1：Visage of the Brownie Noble (2EQ23)
EQ2：Insulated Mug (2EQII23)
Raid Drop：
1/18～2/17
Trakanon用の31枚のRaid用カードが、EQ/EQ2内でDropします。
お手軽にHosted Raidを開催するチャンス！
Loot Tournament： 1/19～1/20
今後のTournament Pack販売の参考までに。
Mayong Mistmoore(2P5)及び、以下のLootから1枚選択
EQ1：Bridle of the Viridian Cragslither (2EQP1)
EQ2：Cloak of Di'Zok (2EQIIP1)
LoN Championship Qualifier： 1/26、27
Tournamentなので基本無関係です。
結構みっちりイベント詰めてきてます。
改めて個別の告知はあると思われますが、とりあえず要チェック！
Community Get Together in Las Vegas!!! -
12/21/2007
If you are going to be in Las Vegas on January
8th and find yourself craving a Warp Core Breach and great conversation, come
on down to QUARK'S BAR AND RESTAURANT at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas and hang
out with the SOE Community Relations Team! The gang will be in town for CES, so
head on over and meet the community folks from your favorite SOE games and
perhaps share a dry iced filled drink!
What: Community Get Together
Where: Quark's Bar and Restaurant in the Hilton Hotel, 3000 Paradise Rd. Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
When: 7:00 p.m. PST, January 8th
"1/8にラスベガスで騒いでっから君らも来ればいいじゃない?"て趣旨でしょうか。
Legends of Norrath's First Expansion, Forsworn,
Launches Today! - 12/19/2007
You were teased with Oozes and
Goblins, awed byTerin's Battle AxeandCyndra's Barbed Spear.
Now, your patience is rewarded.Forsworn, the first expansion
toLegends of Norrath, releases today! Join in the battles against the
forces of Chaos, or forsake your oath to the Tribunal and fight the Oathbound
on the side of the Forsworn in this 230-plus card addition toLegends of
Norrath. Get the scoop on all the new featureshere. Then head over to theDesign
& Strategy Articlesforum where you'll find over 25 articles by
the LoN game designers.
Starting today and running through the weekend, the Tournaments Lobby will be
hosting Release Events. Every participant will receive aRunnyeye
Warmonger(2P2) digital promo card! Please see theannouncementfor details. Don't miss it!
ついに本日リリースです！もうウチに帰りたく
TCGPlayer.com Exclusive Launch Interview!
-12/19/2007
TCGPlayer.com has an exclusivelaunch
interviewwith designer Chuck Kallenbach! Check out this article full
of information and great card images!
インタビューその2。
これも適当に抜粋します。
(Forswornにおけるストーリーについて)
You release two ancient dragons from their prisons and fight alongside them,
and eventually even battle Rallos Zek, the Avatar of War!
Trakanon以外のドラゴンと、Rallos Zekがエンカウンターとして追加される雰囲気。
We are keeping things epic in terms of the storylines from EverQuest® and
EverQuest® II that we are adapting. At the same time, we are advancing our own
Oathbound story.
Epicエンカウンターに関しては、EQ/EQ2ベースで作り込み、ストーリーラインはOathboundから続くオリジナルのものに準拠する形。
（次期セットについて）
If you check out the list of all the character classes in EverQuest and
EverQuest II, you will see that we have a few more to include yet, such as
monks, bruisers, bards, troubadours, and more for enchanters and
illusionists!
(enchanters and illusionists？)ENCも追加されるそうです。
こちらは、TenTonHammerほど突っ込んだ質疑応答では無い様子。
重複内容もそこそこあるので適当に流します。
TenTonHammer.com Interview with Developer Chuck
Kallenbach! - 12/19/2007
Be sure to check out thisinterviewon TenTonHammer.com withLegends of
Norrath:ForswornDeveloper Chuck Kallenbach, featuring a preview
of theForsworncardAntonia Bayle!
インタビューその１。
斜め読みでそれっぽい情報だけ抜粋します。
There are a couple of modes of play – as with the single-player scenarios, you
can earn reward cards for completing the raid scenarios against the AI. One
of these reward cards will be a ‘Raid Boss’ avatar that lets you take on teams
of players in the casual games lobby.
Raidシナリオの報酬として、Raidボスのアバターが手に入る？
We’ve got additional raid avatars and entire raid decks that we’ll be giving
out to players in some upcoming activities in January, as well.
次のRaidシナリオリリースは1月中？
In games with more than two players, there are always three quest locations. A
player normally can only reach two of these quests. (In a four-man raid, the
wing players can only reach one.) If a player on a team is eliminated, then the
remaining players sometimes are able to reach more quests. Depends on where
they’re sitting.
・マルチプレイヤーでのクエストの配置は3つ固定。
・4人プレイならば、
Q1 Q2 Q3
P1 P2 P3 P4
こんな風に配置？されて、P1及びP4はそれぞれQ1、Q3にしか直接干渉できない
・上の配置で、P2が敗北すると、P1がP2の位置に入る？
・初期配置で、クエストを置けなかったプレイヤーのLv2クエストはゲームから除去され、代わりに初期手札に1枚追加。（フォーラムで確認した情報）
(Avatar Racesに関する質問に）
We’ve got a plan for the first seven sets that introduces two new races with
each one.
7つ目のセットまでは、リリース毎に2種族を追加する予定
The next set will have cards for Bards and Monks, for example.
次のセットではモンクとバードが！
（次のセットのリリース時期に関して）
Sometime in the first quarter of the new year.
来年3月までに第3弾リリース！
今後の流れまで飛び出した、予想以上に濃い情報でした。
Get the LON Newsletter!
-12/18/2007
Want to be 'in the know' regarding everything Legends of Norrath related?
Well, you can't be unless you're opted-in for the newsletter!
Signing up is a breeze -- simply go here and click on "Get Newsletter" towards
the bottom of the left navigation bar. Then sign into Station.com and you'll
arrive at the Email Settings Page. Under "Games" click on "Legends of Norrath:
Oathbound" (and any other game newsletters you want), hit "OK" at the bottom,
and you're set!
We told you it was easy. Now, just get ready to receive the latest and greatest
information about promotions, activities, tournaments and more!
ここのニュースは、基本的に
http://legendsofnorrath.station.sony.com/community.vm
からの情報転載と、極稀に補足情報を外部から仕入れる形で更新してます。
更新も1日1回程度ですので、出来るだけリアルタイムに情報の欲しい方は、↑のニュースレターを受け取るように設定してみてはいかがでしょうか？
まだ未確認なので、内容に関してはノーコメントです。
確認したレベルでNewsletterの設定方法を。
1.公式ホームページを開いたら、左のメニューより"Get Newsletter"を選ぶそうですが・・・
※ウチの環境では項目の画像が見えないので、ショートカットが
https://account.station.sony.com/authenticated/cam/updateOptIns!input.action
のものを選びました。
2.すると、Station.comのサイトに移動しますので、LoNアカウント（である必要はありませんが）でログインします。
3.直接メール設定のページが開きますので、メールアドレスが正しいものであることを確認してから、
メーリングリストの設定をします。
※ここで示されているのは、Games以下のLegends of Norrath: Oathboundだそうですが…
とりあえず、ゲームの下にはPlatform Publishingしかないのでそれをチェックしました。
すぐにメールが来るわけもありませんので、とりあえずメール着信を確認し次第アップデートします。
Forsworn前夜なので、アタリなら何か来てるはず…
GameDaily's Babe of the Week: Cyndra -
12/17/2007
Please check out the many sides (11 to be exact)
ofLegends of Norrath'sfiery red head, Cyndra, as featured on
GameDaily'sBabe
of the Weekprofile.
ココについて言いたいのは、9枚目がちょっとヤバイとかそういう話ではなくて。
おそらくOathbound/Forsworn用に描かれたArtworkを使い回してそうな雰囲気なので、
Forswornまでの繋ぎとして、ちょいちょいと目を通してみるのはどうでしょう、という振りでした。
8枚目のGloves of the VigilantあたりそのままItemで出るんじゃないでしょうか。
Firiona Tournament Pack Available in the Legends
of Norrath Store 12/17-12/24 -12/17/2007
Need a last-minute gift for that LoN, EQ, or EQ2 player in your life? Here's a
chance to get the Firiona Vie (1P8) promo card and one of the Burning Touch
(1EQIIP3) or Visage of Queen Pyrilonis (1EQP3) Loot Cards, as well as three (3)
Oathbound Booster Packs, all in one package! This Tournament Pack will be on
sale in the Legends of Norrath store from 12/17 at 3PM PST to 12/24 at 3PM
PST.
Firiona Tournament Pack
これはこれでテンションの下がる内容です。
Firionaはいいんですが、おまけが既存Lootでちょっとガッカリです。
ともかく、12/18 8:00～12/25 8:00（日本時間）の販売です。お見逃しなく！
追記↓
http://forums.station.sony.com/strategygames/posts/list.m?topic_id=6487
[SOE]Acadia:
The store description for the Firiona Tournament Pack is incorrect so we have
temporarily removed it from the store. As soon as it's corrected we will put it
back up in the store and announce it here and in the Message of the Day.
Storeでの販売において、何らかの不具合があったようで、現在は差し止められているそうです。
修正後、また販売は再開されますのでご安心を。
19日3時ごろ修正完了のアナウンスがあったようです。
Forsworn Release Weekend Events! -
12/17/2007
Celebrate the release of Forsworn with release weekend sealed deck tournaments.
Each player that enters a Forsworn release weekend sealed deck tournament will
receive one (1) random Forsworn starter deck and three (3) Forsworn booster
packs to build their tournament deck. In addition, an exclusive promotional
card, Runnyeye Warmonger (2P2), will be given to all players that participate
in these events.
Runnyeye Warmonger
The details of each event are as follows:
Forsworn Release Event
Entry Fee: 20 Event Passes
Format/Deck: Single Game Sealed Deck
256-player event
Each player will receive one random Forsworn Starter Deck and 3 Forsworn
Booster Packs to build their tournament deck.
Reward: Every player will receive a Runnyeye Warmonger (2P2) digital promo card
for participating.
1st Place: 12 Forsworn Booster Packs
2nd Place: 10 Forsworn Booster Packs
3rd Place: 8 Forsworn Booster Packs
4th Place: 6 Forsworn Booster Packs
5th – 32nd Place: 3 Forsworn Booster Packs
Everyone Else: 2 Forsworn Booster Packs
Rewards will scale with number of players
6-8 Rounds
Be sure to check the Events Calendar for specific times of the Forsworn Release
Weekend Events.
詳細略。
例によって参加不可能ですが、Forswornリリース記念でトーナメントが開催されます。
Promo Cardが付いてくるので一応Reminderとして…
Forsworn Launch Week: An Avatar is Born -
12/17/2007
by Evan "Heimlich" Lorentz, Game Designer at SOE Denver
With the launch of Oathbound, players had their choice of six different avatar
races, each with three different kinds of game text. Combine those options with
the four different archetypes and several possible configurations of attack,
defense, and health, and there was plenty of variety for players to
explore.
But it was never our intention to stop there. Once Forsworn arrives, two more
races will be added to the mix, each with three game texts of their own --
Iksar and High Elf. And both races take avatars in interesting new
directions.
One of the exciting aspects of deck design in Legends of Norrath is faction:
whether you intend for your avatar to turn shadow or light (or to stay
neutral). The six original Oathbound avatar races could support any of those
choices with fairly equal results. But when the Forsworn designers turned to
the Iksar and High Elf races, we decided to take another approach. When you
create an Iksar avatar, chances are you'll be planning to use it in a shadow
strategy. The same goes for a High Elf avatar and a light strategy. This is
because, for the first time, the characteristics of light and shadow will be
used in avatar game text.
Take a look at this Iksar example:
Iksar Avatar Example
There are many great ways to make use of text like this in any of the four
archetypes, but Lovecraft here is a Mage, specifically to take advantage of all
the new necromancer cards in Forsworn. For just one example, consider the
Restless Bones pet that's already been previewed. Use this Iksar avatar to
bring that one Shadow card back from your discard pile, and soon as many as
three others might follow it!
Lovecraft has one of two Iksar avatar texts specifically geared for a shadow
deck. On the reverse side of the coin, you'll find two of the High Elf avatar
texts tailored to a light strategy. But if you want to play neutral, or reverse
expectations, don't worry. The third option for each of these new races is as
unrestricted as the six races of Oathbound. Here's the High Elf example of
this:
High Elf Example
There are, of course, as many uses for this text as there are items in the
game. But I find my most item-intensive decks are for the Fighter archetype.
With this High Elf avatar, you can use your Shield of Strife for defense on
your opponent's turn, yet still have it available for attack in your next quest
phase. And did somebody say "Fiery Avenger?" Or, if Fighters aren't necessarily
your brand of fun, how about getting 1 extra power from your Flowing Black Silk
Sash on one turn, but still getting an extra level token on the quest phase of
your next turn?
As before, you don't have to search booster packs to find avatars -- they're
just a few mouse-clicks away. So you can bet the new Iksar and High Elf avatars
are going to be showing up the moment Forsworn arrives. Will you "respec" one
of your favorite Oathbound decks to use one, or build a brand-new deck with a
new avatar at the center? It's all up to you.
Discuss this article in theforums.
Forswornで作成可能なカスタムアバターの紹介です。
どちらを見ても、各方面がNerf! Nerf!言いそうなステキ性能です。
上の文中にもありますが、HighElf+Fiery Avengerあたり面白そうです。
補足、というより小ネタ：
少し前に、Dark/Wood/High
ElfがTrait上で"Elf"になっているのは何故だろう、と書いた覚えがありますが、↑のForumスレッドにて同様の質問＆回答がありました。
[SOE]Shocho:
Yep. We decided that for unit cards, we'd show different Elf types by their
alignment: Light Elf units are High Elves (like Firiona inOathbound),
Shadow Elf units are Dark Elves, and Neutral Elf units are Wood Elves. We're
changing the traits on the avatar cards to match this, which means that all the
Elven avatars just have the trait of "Elf." We're hoping that players can tell
from the images and other contexts which Elf an avatar represents.
(意訳)うん、LightのElf=High Elf、ShadowはDark Elf、NeutralだとWood Elfということで。
あ、カスタムアバターもそれに合わせちゃったんで脳内変換ヨロシクー
ということで、そういう風に決めた(=We decided that)そうです。
とりあえず、アバターいじってうっかりデッキ使用不可能、みたいな事態にならなければいいんですが…
Legends of Norrath Loot Re-Roll, Friday December
14th! - 12/14/2007
Ho ho ho, there's no better time for the Legends of Norrath Loot Re-roll! This
month Santug is stopping by on Friday, December 14th to get this month's loot
cards out before the holidays. Every month, we'll add two new loot cards to
Legends of Norrath Oathbound booster packs. And not only will the new loot be
available in unopened booster packs, every booster pack that's already been
opened has a chance to receive one of these cards!
This month's cards:
Visage of the Ice Golem(EQ1)
Legend of Norrath(EQ2)
Be sure to visit LoN every Re-Roll day to see if you've received a new loot
card. Happy Holidays!
恒例のLoot-Rerollです。
今回も絶妙に渋かった模様ですが、(EQ2は)モノが称号なので、人によって反応も様々でした。
TCGPlayer.com Forsworn Preview: Stinking Badger -
12/14/2007
TCGPlayer.com will be featuring a preview of
theForsworncardStinking Badgerthis week, with an article by
Chuck Kallenbach. Be sure tocheck
it out!
･･･バジャーの癖に結構えげつない性能です。
出れば全Unitをそのクエストから退けて、なおかつ相手がUnitを置けば"Sentinel"でDefence強化。
コスト自体の高さと、もう片方のクエストが乱戦になるのが怖くはありますが、Froglok
Herbalistのような能力を持つUnitと相性の良い能力です。
Forsworn Multiplayer Week: Get Your Raiding Party
Ready - 12/13/2007
By Chuck Kallenbach
Now that you know how to play as a team with three quest locations, it's time
to talk about the most exciting new gameplay format for Forsworn. Raids! At
launch, we'll provide two raids for you and your friends to test your decks
against, and they're free for all players.
Goblin Dojo
The two-man raid is called "Goblin Dojo." Bring a friend to face the Storm
Reach Sensei, a Goblin who runs a dojo that trains young warriors in the
Thundercrest Isles. You've been challenged to defend the honor of the
Oathbound.
You'll face a total of four waves of highly-trained Goblin opponents. Once you
destroy the last unit of a wave of Goblins, the next wave appears on the
Sensei's next turn. When the game begins, you'll see the five Goblin units
called Disciples. The second wave is the four Emotions, the third is the three
Grandmasters, and the fourth is the two brothers, Silk and Steel. That's
fourteen units you have to defeat just to get to the final round!
Grandmaster Beetle
The Sensei himself is your avatar opponent, but as long as he has even one of
his Goblin students on the playmat, he'sInvulnerable. That's a new keyword that means what
you think it means: He doesn't take damage. You can't win by questing, but the
Sensei can, so you have to make sure he doesn't finish four quests too
easily.
Once you defeat all the students, you face the Sensei himself. When you take
him down, you've completed the Goblin Dojo raid!
Trakanon
The Iksar city now called Old Sebilis is in ruins because a mighty undead
dragon named Trakanon laid waste to it. Now, that dragon is entombed in a
cavern of many passageways and chambers. You and three other friends can try to
defeat him in his very lair!
This four-man raid provides three different phases for you to conquer. First,
you face a ghostly avatar called the Pained Soul. It's also invulnerable, so
the only way to get past it is questing. When you as a group complete a total
of seven quests, the Pained Soul is destroyed. Of course, this raid boss avatar
will be making that difficult by playing tons of awesome units.
Once you defeat Pained Soul, you enter the dungeon of Old Sebilis itself. All
the players' quests are wiped clean, and your new adversary is the Iksar leader
Emperor Chottal. He's not invulnerable, but he gets a +2 rune when any avatar
attacks him, so send in your best units.
When you've defeated Chottal, you face the dragon Trakanon. He has special
cards playable only in this third phase, and I hope you've brought a healer and
kept him alive! Trakanon gets a +2 rune also, but only when your units attack.
It's time for you to be the heroes! Send in your avatars and finish the job,
and you'll win the raid!
Trakanon's Touch
You may be wondering how one AI controlled avatar, even with special cards in
his deck, can survive playing against four live players. Just wait till you see
the cards this raid boss gets to use! Since these cards can only be used by a
raid boss in a four-man raid, they have amazing effects.
We have found that players very much enjoy the planning that goes on with every
decision in a raid. Teamwork is key to defeating the enemy, and you'll want to
build special decks that work together for each different raid. Each time you
participate in a winning raid with a new archetype, you'll receive a reward
card, just like beating a scenario. Which player guild will be the first to
defeat the Storm Reach Sensei or Trakanon?
Discuss this article in theforums.
結構気になる人も居る？Raidコンテンツの詳細です。
two-man Raid(プレイヤー2人）：Goblin
Dojo
Storm Reach
Senseiというゴブリンがメインターゲットで、1体でもUnit（文中では"Student"ですが）が場に存在する限りInvulnerable（無敵）という特殊能力（新キーワード）を得ます。
Invulnerable：このキーワードを持つものはダメージを受けない
（※訳注：ここの解釈は、文脈を見た感じおそらくコレでいいんじゃないかと思っていますが、「Unitが居ると無敵」自体がInvulnerableの能力だったらゴメンナサイ。）
さらに、クエストによる勝利判定は相手のみ（こちら側がクエスト4つを完了しても勝利しない）です。
相当に早いUnit除去/十分なダメージソース/時間稼ぎのためのクエスト完了阻害が要求されそうです。
four-man Raid(プレイヤー4人)：Old
Sebilis
イクサーの旧都Sebilisを滅ぼしたドラゴン、Trakanonとの戦いです。
Trakanon攻略のためには3つのフェイズ（=3体のアバター）が待っています。
1)対Pained Soul：Pained
Soulも、Invulnerable能力を持っていて、クエストによってのみ攻略可能です。
2)対Emperor Chottal：アバターによる攻撃を受けた時に+2
runeを得るため、Unitによる戦闘を行いましょう。
3)対Trakanon：Unitによる攻撃を受けたときに+2runeを得たり、独自のアビリティを使用することもあります。
全体を通して、クエスト/Unit/アバターと、その全てが十分な能力を持っていないと苦労しそうです。
これはまた、予想以上に苦労しそうなコンテンツです。
どちらも、ある程度の総合的な能力が問われそうな雰囲気で、事前に打ち合わせしておかないと苦労しそうです。
タンク/DPS/ヒーラーおよびクエスト/戦闘の取捨選択とバランス取りはしっかりと。
ちなみに、フォーラムでは既に
At launch,we'll provide two raids for you and your
friends to test your decks against, and they'refree for all
players.
この一文を目ざとく見つけていて、「追加コンテンツはEvent
Pass何枚か」という話にまでなっています（冗談半分でしょうが）。
･･･そういう意味じゃないことを祈ってます。
Forswornリリースまであと1週間！
Forsworn Multiplayer Week: Four-sworn -
12/12/2007
by Evan "Heimlich" Lorentz, Game Designer at SOE
Denver
Some of my favorite games of Legends of Norrath have been the ones where I've
had fun even when I ultimately lost. It happens more often than you might
think. Maybe you faced one of the highest rated players of the game, and
managed to hold your own for a while. Maybe he busted loose on you with a
really clever new deck strategy you hadn't thought of before, and now you're
inspired to try something like it yourself. Maybe you and your opponent had a
really close struggle, where he only had 1 health left when he dealt you the
fatal blow.
Well how cool would it be if the next time you started a Legends of Norrath
game, that player was your ally instead of your enemy? With 2-vs-2 team play,
you can do exactly that!
The Playing Field
The set-up of a four player team game is pretty straight-forward -- it looks
like two separate "normal" games placed side by side on a single virtual
"table," but sharing the center quest. To some extent, you might think of the
player directly across from you as your "primary opponent." You share the two
quests that sit on either side of your avatar, and you're likely to conflict
with him (both in combat and in questing) more than your second opponent.
You'll only draw power in the first phase of your turn from the two quests your
avatar "can reach"; that is, each time the quest on the far side of the playmat
from you is completed, it will add 1 power per turn for your teammate and his
primary opponent, but not for you and your primary opponent.
As you can see, this makes the center quest of particular strategic importance,
because it benefits all four players equally. All four of you can quest towards
the center. And what's more, if you and your teammate have units at the center
quest and neither opponent does, then you can raid either opposing avatar from
there. You may want to constantly gang up on one player until his avatar is
destroyed, or you might make attacks of opportunity, going against the player
with less ready defense or fewer cards in hand (and therefore, probably fewer
tactics to play against you).
The Best of Both Worlds
Players who have sampled the fun Booster Draft tournament format have seen for
themselves how exciting it can be to combine cards of two different archetypes.
It opens up all sorts of great card combos that aren't normally possible, and
can lead to situations you'd never find in standard play. Team play can combine
that fun of mixing and matching archetypes with the freedom of using any of the
cards in your collection. All you have to do is work with your teammate when
building decks, and deliberately choose different archetypes for your two
decks. You could even plan for one of your avatars to turn shadow while the
other turns light!
We're All Friends Here
The cards you may want to consider most when constructing a deck for team play
are the ones that use the word "friendly" in their game text -- cards like this
one:
Insidious Promise
In a multiplayer game, "friendly" cards aren't just the ones you played --
they're any cards played by your teammate as well. Say you have a pretty good
hand, but you can't seem to draw any units. Your teammate might be able to pick
up the slack there. When you play Insidious Promise, the unit or units you give
that +2 attack to might be his instead of yours. And better still if you've
turned Shadow and you both have units around, having both played them at that
oh-so-important center quest. Insidious Promise will then boost all of those
units!
For You, The War is Over
If only you could win every team game you'll ever play. Of course, that can't
really happen -- sometimes you or your teammate will be eliminated by fatal
damage to your avatar. When a player is knocked out this way, all his tokens
and cards are removed from the game, except for any of his quests already out
on the playmat. And from that point, it will fall to the surviving teammate to
try to pull out the victory. Though now outnumbered, he will get one strategic
advantage -- he'll now be able to access all three quests on the playmat,
questing to any of them, playing units to any of them, and drawing power for
all the quests that were completed throughout the game in any of those three
slots. But then, he'll be vulnerable to enemy raids from any of those quests as
well, so he will have a tough road to climb. But what a story you'll have to
tell when you pull out a come-from-behind victory in this kind of
situation!
2-vs-2 team play will add a whole new realm of possibilities of Legends of
Norrath. In a way, Forsworn cards won't be the only "new cards" coming to the
game -- the possibilities of working with a teammate will make you reconsider
lots of Oathbound cards in entirely new ways.
Good luck and good hunting!
Discuss this article in theforums.
Friendly…マルチプレイヤー向けにこういう表現も。
Oathboundのカードには、後付けで"Friendly"対象になったりしないもんでしょうか･･･
コストとの兼ね合いも気になるところですが。
Multiplayer Is Here! -
12/11/2007
Multiplayer is Here!
By Chuck Kallenbach, Game Designer
One of the coolest things about MMOs is getting together with your friends and
teaming up to fight a common foe. So far, the combat in Legends of Norrath has
been a one-on-one contest between avatars. But that's all about to change!
Welcome to Multiplayer Week!
Forsworn introduces multiplayer games, which we define as any game with more
than one player on either side. That includes a two-versus-two team game as
well as a raid game with several players versus a single player (that single
player will usually be controlled by a computer AI).
Of course, this raises all kinds of gameplay questions. My goal today is to lay
the groundwork for the basic concepts of multiplayer games, and we'll flesh out
the details of the various formats later in this week.
Three quest locations
Multiplayer games will always have three quests in play. That's a left and
right quest as before and a new center quest location. Players will normally
still be able to "reach" two quests, so when you play units you will choose one
of two locations like you're used to. Sometimes, when your teammates have left
the game, you'll be able to choose any one of the three quests to play your
units, but that's not the norm.
Moving around is fun!
You've probably already used Decoy in a two-player game to gain a tactical
advantage. Imagine moving across a playmat with three quests in play! Cards
that move units from one quest to another can now choose where they're going.
The Reinforce keyword you learned about is lots of fun in multiplayer too.
Friendly with your
teammates
When you're on a team of more than one player, you're all considered to be
"friendly" teammates. "Friendly" means what you think it does: When you're able
to heal a friendly unit, for example, you can heal one of your units or any
unit belonging to any one of your teammates. Players can whisper in chat to
each other for secret conferencing.
Commandeering
When a battle takes place, there is still one player making all the decisions
for each side. If you're launching a raid from a quest that has some of your
teammate's units, you'll commandeer them for the duration of the battle. Only
you can play tactics and use their combat activated actions.
When you begin a raid from the center quest, if there are no opposing units
there, you can choose which avatar to attack! If your raid is opposed by enemy
units, the defending player will be the one who has the most units at the raid
location. If it's a tie, the attacker gets to decide who defends.
Victory
When any single player on a team completes a fourth quest, that team wins the
game. Level tokens and quest completion is tracked by player, not by team. Your
team can also win by destroying all opposing avatars. When a player leaves the
game, all of that player's tokens and cards are removed, except for any quests
on the playmat belonging to that player.
Preview card? Is that what I hear you saying? You want all this cool new info
and a preview card too? Oh okay, then...
Fire Giant
Here's a new unit with a couple of nifty multiplayer effects. The Fire Giant
boosts the attack of your teammates' units as well as your own. Plan with your
team to dump units to the same quest and then drop this guy to launch a
crushing raid you're sure to win. On later turns, use the Giant's Reinforce
keyword to send him where he's needed and add his great stats to any
combat.
Discuss this article in theforums.
Forswornから実装されるマルチプレイヤー･･･さすがに詳細な仕様が上がってきました。
・クエストが1箇所増えて、左/右/中央で展開する形に
・DecoyやReinforce能力は、3箇所のクエストを自由に移動できる
・マルチプレイヤー時、Unitへのヒールは、味方Unitにも適用できる（制限なし？）
・Players can whisper in chat to each other for secret conferencing.
→解釈１：チーム内のコミュニケーションには/whisperを使え
→解釈２：チャットでは、チーム内での内緒話が出来る
２だと思いたいんですが、どっちとも取れる気がするので･･･
・味方のUnitを含むRaidでは、そのUnitを含めて操作を行える？（これも適用範囲がイマイチ･･･）
・3つあるクエストのうち、左側のクエストからは左側のアバターに、右側のクエストからは右側のアバターにしか攻撃できない。（ここも、アビリティ等が絡むとどうなるのか・・・）
→もちろん中央は共通で、Unit攻撃が通る場合は左右選択可能。
・クエストによる勝利は、誰か一人が達成した時点でそのチームの勝利。
・level tokenはプレイヤー単位で管理。
・アバター撃破による勝利は、”全ての”アバターを倒した時点で決定する。
・プレイヤーがゲームを去った場合、その時点でプレイマットにあるクエストを除き、そのプレイヤーの全てのカードとトークンが除去される。
把握しきれてないところもありますが、とりあえず"中央厚めに"が基本でしょうか。
（ウソ言ってたらすいません。）
Saving Santug! - 12/10/2007
This holiday season Legends of Norrath™ players will be able to save the
jolliest of Norrath denizens, Santug Claugg, from the clutches of the
cold-hearted Grinnuch. Starting December 21, 2007 through January 2, 2008
players will be able to get into the Holiday spirit with a special Legends of
Norrath Holiday scenario featuring The Grinnuch and his army of miscreants as
they try to ruin Frostfell for all the girls and boys of Norrath. Each time you
defeat The Grinnuch in the "Saving Santug" scenario with a new deck archetype,
you will free Santug and earn a special Santug Claugg promotional card!
Santug Claugg
Santug Claugg has special presents for holiday tournament players as well! Each
player that plays in a "Holiday Bonus" tournament will receive a Santug's
Stocking promotional pack. Each pack will contain items randomly selected from
the following list:
- Santug Suit Promotional Card
- Santug's List Promotional Card
- Lump of Coal Promotional Card
- Forsworn Booster Pack
- Oathbound Booster Pack
- 1 Event Pass
- 3 Event Passes
- Oathbound Loot Card
- Forsworn Loot Card
- Loot Card of your Choice
- A random Legends of Norrath Physical Poster Art
- One of five framed and signed sets of the Jim Lee Oathbound cards, Firiona
Vie, Guardian of Growth; Lucan D'lere, Ruthless Tactician; Mayong Mistmoore,
Evasive Foe
On top of that, the winner of each "Holiday Bonus" tournament will receive a
foil version of one of the following Santug Claugg promo cards:
Santug Suit
Santug's List
Lump of Coal
There's more! Log into the game December 25th, 2007 for a special stocking
stuffer surprise!
Save Frostfell for all of Norrath and have a Happy Holidays from the Legends of
Norrath team!
* Please allow 4 to 6 weeks delivery for the physical poster and print
prizes.
まとめ
対象期間：12/22 10:00～1/2 16:59
1)シナリオモードに"Saving Santug"が追加、クリアすると"Santug Claugg(2P4)"が貰える
2)"Holyday Bonus"トーナメントに参加すると"Santug's
Stocking"のPromo-Packが貰え、上のリストにあるものからランダムで1つ貰える。
3)"Holyday Bonus"トーナメントの勝者は、Santug Suit/Santug's List/Lump of
Coalのfoil版カードを1枚貰える
4)25日(現地時間、日本では同日17:00～26日17:00？)にログインするとstockingが貰える？
毎年この時期はいい仕事をするSOEがやってくれました。
延々Drop乱獲やPromo-Pack販売待ちより、こういった方向でイベントを進めてくれると有難いんですが･･･
Event Calendarによると、
For all the details visit the Saving Santug article that will be posted on
December 14th.（詳細は14日に）
とのことなので、その頃また情報をアップデートします。
※ トーナメントの参加可否については、とりあえず”確認中”とさせてください。
A randomLegends of NorrathPhysical Poster Art←これがちょっと気になったりしてます。
New Legends of Norrath Expansion Coming Soon!
Loot Cards Announced! - 12/07/2007
New Legends of Norrath Expansion Coming Soon – Loot Cards Announced!
Attention all EverQuest® and EverQuest® II players! Since the launch of Legends
of Norrath™ Oathbound, you have had the opportunity to challenge friends from
across the EverQuest community to exciting duels and participate in challenging
tournaments with some fantastic rewards.
On December 19th, Legends of Norrath Forsworn will be released offering new
cards, challenges, and opportunities to defeat your enemies in our popular
online Online Strategy Game! What could possibly make new cards and challenges
more exciting for EQ and EQII players? New loot cards!
Players of EverQuest and EverQuest II will have the chance to find one of
forty-four new loot cards in the Forsworn booster packs! That’s right, there
are twenty-two new loot cards coming to EQ and EQII each with the launch of
Forsworn and, today we are giving everyone a first glimpse at the new
cards!
NewEverQuestloot cards!（以下、名前から適当に分類注釈入れてます）
乗り物
Bridle of the Crimson Cragslither
Bridle of the Guardian Wrulon
武器装飾
Draconic Blade Ornamentation
Draconic Hammer Ornamentation
Draconic Fist Ornamentation
Draconic Great Blade Ornamentation
Draconic Great Hammer Ornamentation
Draconic Spear Ornamentation
Buffペット
Familiar of Lady Vox
Familiar of Queen Eletyl
Familiar of Zi-Thuuli, the Granite Claw
パーティクルエフェクト（見た目のみ）
Nimbus of Growth
Nimbus of the Faceless
Nimbus of the Rain Keeper
ポーションセット
Ping's Pellucid Potion Pack
Ping's Penetrating Potion Pack
Ping's Peregrinating Potion Pack
Ping's Petite Potion Pack
変身
Visage of King Gragnar
Visage of Nillipus
Visage of Queen Pelzia
NewEverQuest IIloot cards!
乗り物
A Dark Rhino Hide Drum
A
Pale Rhino Hide Mount
クローク
Cloak of the Sathirian Empire
Cloak
of the Scale
ポーション
Draught of Vitality
装備品？
Jester's Cap
変身
Nature's Recluse
Reet's Revenge
Yha-lei Ferocity
家具
Painting: Band of the Chosen
Painting: Basilisk Poison
Painting: Lord Nagafen
Painting: Lucan D'Lere
対PC投擲アイテム？
Simon's Simple Pie Rack
手装飾系
Vapor
Gloves
目から火が出る
Vision of the Deep
？？？
Gigglegibber Giggle Giver
Rent Voucher
Rune of Portals
Renegade Fist
Personal Theme Music, Lavastorm
Seafury Buccaneer
It’s a great time to playLegends of Norrathand not too late for those
who have not explored theOathboundcard set to see everything the game
has to offer. For more news and information about the
newForswornexpansion, please visit theLegends of Norrathofficial website.
ちょっとこれは…色々楽しみなラインナップです。
Loot Cardの方を（Expantionごとに）再構成してまとめておきます。
詳細は18日以降、Posted Tradeで確認、ですね。
EQ2の良く分かんないアイテムが気になります。
数えてみると各20以上あるようなので、いくつかはPromo-Lootである可能性も･･･
Legends of Norrath Championship Qualifires Begin!
- 12/08/2007
Saturday, December 15th at approximately 10:00
AM PST will feature the first of a series of Legends of Norrath Championship
Qualifiers. Each of these two-day qualifying tournaments will feature the best
and brightest Legends of Norrath players, as they compete for an approximately
$5,000 USD prize pool, a spot at the Championship event at Gen Con Indy, their
likeness on an upcoming Legends of Norrath game card, and more!
Day one of each Legends of Norrath Championship Qualifier will consist of one
or more heats that will be Match Play (2 of 3 games) Swiss tournaments. The top
16 players from day one will move on to day two for a shot at the monthly
title. Day two will be a single tournament that features the top 16 players
from day one in a Match Play (2-3) Swiss tournament. At the end of four rounds
of play, the top two players will face off in a single winner-take-all Match
Play (2-3) game to determine the qualifier champion!
Each Legends of Norrath Championship Qualifier has NO ENTRY FEE, so get your
best deck ready today!
Event Details:
December Legends of Norrath Championship Qualifier
Date: Saturday, December 15-16, 2007
Time: Starts Saturday the 15th at 10:00 AM PST
Entry Fee: No Entry Fee
Format/Deck: Standard Constructed Match Play (2-3)
1st Place: $500 USD, "Bye" into the 2008 Legends of Norrath Championships, paid
air travel to Gen Con Indy, 4-day Gen Con Indy badge, and the winner's likeness
on an upcoming Legends of Norrath game card.
2nd Place: $750 USD
3rd – 5th Place: $400 USD
6th – 11th Place: $200 USD
12th – 15th Place: $75 USD
16th Place: $50 USD
CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS APPLY. SEE THE OFFICIAL RULES AT Official Tournament Rules
FOR MORE DETAILS. Residents outside the US are not eligible to participate. All
winners will need to fill out any applicable eligibility and tax forms before
any rewards are given.
"Entry Fee: No Entry Fee"にちょっとドキっとしましたが…結局"Residents outside the US are not
eligible to participate. "なわけで。
（US-Onlyなので、日本からは参加できません。）
賞金付きLoNトーナメント、ということで、結構気になる話ですが、スルーで問題ない話題でした。
一等500$・・・
TCGPlayer.com Forsworn Preview: Exchange -
12/07/2007
TCGPlayer.com will be featuring a preview of the Forsworn card Exchange this
week, with an article by Paul Dennen, Senior Game Designer at Sony Online
Entertainment Denver. Be sure tocheck
it out!
またまたTCGPlayer.comからのプレビュー紹介です。
今回は一件地味なアビリティの紹介ですが…
単純に、余ったItemカードをドロー1枚分に変換してくれるちょっとうれしい1枚です。
Forsworn Preview: Eluviel's Breastplate -
12/06/2007
by Paul Dennen, Senior Game Designer
Eluviel is the fourth and final Oathbound hero to strut down the catwalk this
week. We've taken a look at Karlemayn's bizarre new eyewear, and snuck a peak
at powerful two-hand weapons for both Terin and Cyndra. Eluviel's item is,
frankly, not quite as "showy" as those items were, so he is not likely to win
any innovation awards for this one. But sometimes practicality is important.
And sometimes the details can make or break an item's worth.
Eluviel's Breastplate
Check out that pose. It's a contender for the cover of the first romance novel
based on Legends of Norrath, though I'd bet that Cyndra would win that
battle.
Anyway, as I was saying: the value is in the details. At first glance, this is
a decent item, capable of defending and healing your avatar, similar to
Oathbound's Ethereal Remedy ability. And it can also heal your units in a
pinch. However, the coolest thing about Eluviel's Breastplate is that it
doesn't just heal your avatar -- it can heal any friendly avatar. What this
means is that your allies will love you in a multiplayer game.
I really want to tell you about multiplayer games, because they're fun and I'm
excited by them! However, that is our topic for next week's previews, so adios
until then, and have a good weekend.
Discuss this card in theforums.
Avatar装備紹介、最後の1つです。
さすがにプリースト、ファイター用の回復機能付きアーマーよりも使い勝手は良さそうです。
プリーストも、Forswornが出たところで、ようやくクレリック的な硬いヒーラーになれそうです。
[Forumより]Global Collect
ちょっと重要っぽい情報なのでひとつ。
Subject: Re:Global Collect
Sorry the dates on these efforts have slipped - but there's light at the end of
the tunnel! Here's the latest update:
With the launch of the localized Legends of Norrath card store (in
conjunction with the release of Forsworn on 12/18, new methods of
payment will be available for customers in Austria, Belgium, Germany,
Netherlands, Finland, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Ireland, Luxemborg,
Portugal, United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and
Switzerland.
Specifically, the following methods of payment will be:
American Express (EUR, GBP,AUD, DKK, SEK, NOK, CHF)
Carte Bleue (EUR in France)
Dankort (DKK in Denmark)
Delta, Switch, Solo (GBP in UK)
JCB (JPY, EUR, GBP)
MasterCard (EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, DKK, SEK, NOK, CHF)
Visa, Visa Electron (EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, DKK, SEK, NOK, CHF)
Direct Debit (Austria, Netherlands, Germany, Spain)
Message edited by Scarlatch on 12/03/2007 15:41:53.
ポイント1：in conjunction with the release of Forsworn on
12/18…Forswornリリースは12/18！
ポイント2：JPY=日本円での支払い方法はJCB/MasterCard/Visaで。
Forswornリリース日、ちょっと今まで見かけなかったので気になってました。
（探してなかった、とも言いますが。）
ともかく、曲がりなりにも公式発表ということで、18日（もちろん現地時間）は要チェックです。
※修正…その後更新されたEvent Calendarからの情報。
Forswornリリースは12/20 10:00(JST)！
Forsworn Preview: Terin's Battle Axe -
12/06/2007
Preemptive Strike
by Evan "Heimlich" Lorentz, Game Designer at SOE Denver
Terin's special item card in Forsworn is none other than his ever-present
double-bladed battle axe. As the most in your face, "beat 'em up" of the major
Oathbound characters, one could hardly expect something else.
Terin's Battle Axe
As a 6-cost Shadow weapon, this might be seen as the mirror of Fiery Avenger.
And given how many players were quick to include that card in their strategies
despite the high cost, this weapon could show up quite a bit once Forsworn
releases.
You could say this weapon really has a +2 damage bonus rather than a +1, given
the nature of its game text. But it's so much more than that. First, you have
the ability to direct that damage as you wish, rather than as your opponent
would distribute it. Secondly, you deal this damage right at the start of
combat rather than at the end.
Those powers together mean you can often get rid of a meddlesome unit before it
has the chance to do anything to you in combat. Work the Battle Axe into one of
the popular avatar-vs-avatar strategies, and you can get an extra damage in
every time you play Assault. Just leave it sitting ready in your items area,
and you may give your opponent pause before he decides to start a raid against
you. And there are a couple new cards in Forsworn (including one of the new
avatar texts) that work particularly well with it too!
Discuss this card in theforums.
効果：このアバターを含む戦闘が発生し、その際、このアイテムがReadyならば、Combatant1体に1ダメージ。
Igneous Adept対策としては申し分ない、むしろ「特効：Igneous Adept」とでも書いておきたい1枚です。
Cost6の両手武器なので･･･まぁ、うっかり序盤に出ると恐ろしいもんだなぁ、という程度なんですが。
Keep Your Account Safe -
12/05/2007
さすがに翻訳された記事がありました→こちら
原文を読みたい方はとりあえず→こちら
Never trust a troll in a dress. →ドレスを着た荒らしを信頼しないこと。
（駄目な方向に）絶妙な超訳されてたりしてますが、別にトロルは悪くないです。こっそり振ったネタをスルーする翻訳担当が悪いんです。
とにかく、
・アカウントは共有しない
・安易にパスワードをメモったり、教えたりしない
くらいは頭に入れておきましょう。
Loot + Prizes = Awesome Tournament Weekend! -
12/05/2007
Enter these Double Threat Tournament Weekends
Now!
SOE will be hosting a weekend of major tournament events where players can
receive extraordinary promotional cards and in-game loot rewards! New "Loot
Tournament Weekend" tournament queues, where players can receive new
promotional and loot cards will be running all weekend long. Each event will
start when all slots have filled in the tournament.
Each player who participates in one of these tournaments will receive a Firiona
Vie, Guardian of Growth (1P8) promotional card (illustrated by Jim Lee) and a
choice of either an EverQuest® Visage of Queen Pyrilonis or EverQuest® II
Burning Touch loot card! Please note that participation is limited to U.S.
residents only.
Firiona Vie
Visage of Queen Pyrilonis: Illusion of Queen Pyrilonis with a fire damage
shield.
Visage of Queen Pyrilonis
Burning Touch: Shapechanges the user into a skeleton, and provides a shield
which damages any melee attacker.
Burning Touch
To play in one of these events, head over to the tournament lobby on December
8th and/or 9th and join the next available tournament queue. Below are specific
details of this event and what you may expect.
Tournament Times
Beginning at 7:00 a.m. (PST) on Saturday, December 8, 2007 and continuing through 9:00 p.m. (PST) Sunday, December 9, 2007.
Loot Tournament Weekend Event
Entry Fee: 10 Event Passes (every player will receive at least 3 booster
packs plus two (2) limited cards for participating!)
Format/Deck: Standard Constructed
Queue Size: 128-Player
1st Place: Nine (9) Oathbound Booster Packs
2nd Place: Seven (7) Oathbound Booster Packs
3rd Place: Six (6) Oathbound Booster Packs
4th Place: Six (6) Oathbound Booster Packs
5th - 32nd Place: Four (4) Oathbound Booster Packs
Remaining Entrants: Three (3) Oathbound Booster Packs
Each player will receive a Firiona Vie, Guardian of Growth (1P8) promo card
(illustrated by Jim Lee) and a choice of either a Visage of Queen Pyrilonis
(1EQP3) or Burning Touch (1EQIIP3) promotional loot card.
So come and play -- starting December 8th. We look forward to seeing you
there!
US onlyなので詳細には触れませんが、1つ重要なのがFiriona Vie。
Posted Tradeにもすでに出ていますが、Promo Packが用意されています。
おそらく、Lucan Pack同様、トーナメント前後に販売される感じでしょうか。
Forsworn Preview: Karlemayn's Arcane Lenses -
12/05/2007
Forecast: Cold Snap Coming
by Chuck Kallenbach, Game Designer
Poor little Karlemayn. Our masterful Gnomish mistress of cold magics doesn't
show up on the splash screen for the game, but she's a starter deck avatar and
she's often depicted in Mage card illustrations, so I'm sure you've seen her
before.
Like many Gnomes, our Karly is a bit of a tinkerer, so her Oathbound mask is
more of a mechanical goggle contraption than a simple piece of cloth. We
provide her with a new version of those lenses in an item card for Forsworn.
Each iconic Oathbound character gets a new toy in our first expansion set. (Of
course, you can use this card in any Mage deck!)
Karlemayn's Arcane Lenses
At last! Something that uses the "cold" trait! Once you get the Arcane Lenses
on, your cold cards become much easier to play. It's not the same as a flat
2-power discount, since you need the power to play a card before you gain the
bonus power. That makes it more of a mid-game strategy, but once it gets going,
it's powerful.
Of course, Glaicer Bears are an automatic inclusion. Pay 2 to play one, get 2
back -- lather, rinse, repeat. Aqueous Stalkers is also a natural fit, and will
usually give you 2 or 3 defense (remember it only works for abilities, so no
bonus from the Lenses).
You'll be using Column of Ice and Shards of Ice in this deck as well.
Playtesting has shown that you can only do so much with the exertion effects of
cold magic, so instead of Frost Spiral I put in a few copies of Sunstrike for
the killing blow.
Another card that gets better in this deck is Staff of the Observers, with all
that exertion going on. In Forsworn, you'll find a new Hidden ability for cold
Mages, and a big, beefy unit with the cold trait that fits in well with your
strategy of exertion.
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効果：ほかのCold TraiｔのカードをPlayした際、2のPowerを得る。
コスト2以下ならば無限に出せる、という非常に強力な一枚。
引きによっては、1ターンで戦局を引っくり返せそうな様子ですし、出たら早めにSunder撃っておきたいところです。
Forsworn Preview: Cyndra's Barbed Spear -
12/03/2007
Swath of Destruction
by Chuck Kallenbach, Game Designer
All four of our iconic Oathbound characters receive special weapon items in
Forsworn. You've seen them wielding these weapons to good effect in the splash
screen for the game and numerous card images.
Remember, our Oathbound heroes are unusual characters. They're not bound by
restrictions like good and evil, or classes. Cyndra is a rogue and a ranger, a
brigand and a swashbuckler.
Maybe that's why Cyndra often wields a two-handed spear, rather than the usual
daggers and swords you'd expect a Scout to use. She has a surly personality, so
I'd suggest not asking her about it, or else you might get a first-hand
demonstration of how the weapon works!
Cyndra's Barbed Spear
Cyndra's Barbed Spear is a two-hand weapon, which means you're giving up the
Secondary slot to use it. There are actually two new Scout items and seven
generic ones (including promos and reward cards) that a Scout can put in the
Secondary slot in the plans for Forsworn.
However, this weapon can be used when your avatar is defending, and that's
something remarkable. We like the concept that two-handed weapons can deal
damage to more than one opponent, like swinging a big scythe, and that's what
the Barbed Spear can do. If you can survive the unit rush long enough to get
this weapon in play, it'll kill off lots of weenie attackers with one
exertion.
The Barbed Spear combos nicely with a couple of Forsworn cards you haven't seen
yet, like an avatar text that readies an item (so you can use the Spear again
in your quest phase). There are also two cards that move all opposing units to
another quest, which bunches them up nicely for a juicy swath of Barbed Spear
destruction.
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効果：アバターを含む戦闘開始時に、Exertして相手のCombatantすべてに1ダメージ。
とうとうスカウトにも両手持ち武器が…
装備してるだけでもちょっとした牽制になりそうな効果です。
