I'm Callin' You Out!

Some of the recent forum events seem like they are about amassing statistics in what I find to be a somewhat…impersonal manner. So I thought I’d start a challenge, and make it PERSONAL!

Here’s how it works: this thread will have one active challenge in it at a time, directed at a particular forumite. The challenge can be any situation or task completable in the Sentinels of the Multiverse card/video game. If you defeat a challenge, you post the next one! If you forfeit, the initiative reverts to the original challenger. Be sure to tell us your war stories.

Let’s do this in ask-a-forumite style, where we only issue challenges to people who have posted in this thread. But, to start us off, I’m just going to pick somebody who I think likely to participate:

Arcanist Lupus! I’m calling you out! Baron Blade is threatening Megalopolis with his most devious plan yet, after distracting all the world’s super teams to get them out of the way. Defeat Advanced Baron Blade, in Megalopolis, choosing only heroes who are not a member of any usual teams (Ra, KNYFE, etc).

Interesting.  

I'm intrigued.

I'm in.  Come at me bro!


I'd love to do this!

The title of this thread is very confusing to me as I need to stay in to play this, but I will be participating.

Sounds fun.

Count me in!

Bring it.

@Skippy: Here's a weird challenge I've been wanting someone to do for a while: Traitor Sentinels: The Traitor Sentinels Game

Choose 5 heroes and a villain/environment of your choice. At the start of the game, shuffle the heroes and pick one at random. That hero must spend their turns dealing as much damage to their team as they possibly can. The other heroes play as normal; they can attack that hero or ignore them, they can assist or resist him. That one hero, however, must treat the other members of the team as if they were the enemy (not mechanically; they still have to follow the rules of the game), and cannot deal ANY damage to the villain.

Report back once you win a game this way!

"Win" in this case being defined as the "You win" screen, not "killing off the rest of your team".

I think the goal is to wait until the first game is completed to propose another, but that game sounds awesome.

Once OblivAeon is out, Luminary would be the perfect hero to do that with. "Hahah, foolish heroes. You thought I was on YOUR side?!"

I would be honored to be challenged.

I'm assuming the Traitor challenge involves that hero not helping the team either, so playing Adept as the traitor and just never dealing damage would be out.

If you can redirect the damage the traitor would deal should the traitor still try, or should the traitor refrain because they know they can't actually deal the damage.

This is going to be fun.  I'm choosing Fanatic as the traitor, because I don't think I can beat her.

I’m in! But I’m also at work, so it will be a while. I suggest that, like the ask a Forumite thread, we get three challenges going at once. Also, if a challenge goes 24 hours (48 hours? Some number anyways) without being acknowledged (like I did just now) by the challengee the floor opens to anyone who wants to try that challenge. After some open period, the challenger can declare the challenge generally forfeit, and gets initiative back like normal.

That should hopefully help keep the thread from stagnating.

I'm in. But can we post the challenges in the first post, so those of us casually following along can see everything in one place?

Sounds fun!

Editing doesn’t work well to keep changing the first post.

Ah. That's still messed up, I forgot.

Looks like there's enough interest to have multiple challenges! I figured I would start with one. Let's do three at once.

Currently open challenges

1. Trajector to Arcanist Lupus: Defeat Advanced Baron Blade in Megalopolis, using only heros who are not members of any usual teams.
2. PeterCHayward to Phantaskippy: Win a game in which one hero, selected at random at the beginning of the game, must spend their turns doing as much damage to the heroes as they possibly can.
3. <Next poster gets to make a challenge!>

Parse has discovered an evil plot -- Ambuscade has assisted Baron Blade in boobytrapping Atlantis!  Parse, Wraith, and Visionary against Baron Blade in Ruins of Atlantis.  First, however, shuffle Ambuscade's traps into Baron Blade's deck face up (and if they are shuffled back in, they return face up).

@arenson9 -- Can you defeat him?  Do you really want to look at that top card?

Sounds fun, count me in as well.

I am intrigued!

I think I'll join the ranks as well.

Er, if any of y'all challenge me, please make it something doable in the video game. I don't normally have room or time to lay out all the cards in my physical set :x

I tried to pick someone who I thought would regularly use the physical cards.  Hopefully I guessed right.

Let’s say that if one cannot complete a challenge for logistical reasons, we’ll modify it appropriately.

Though that is an awesomely evil challenge, carnilius! Way to throw a new wrinkle into the flagship but easy-ish villain.

Defeat Advanced Baron Blade in Megalopolis, using only heros who are not members of any usual teams.

Challenge Complete! 

Are you saying the heroes all have to be at 10 or less Health by the end?   Deadline would count as a villain who only appeared once correct?

I'd say the villain needs to be at -10. Isn't Deadline also Lifeline? Announced, but not released, not sure if he'd count.

Also, I'm in as a target of challenges!

Makes more sense upon rereading that part just blanking now on which villains would count for this.   I'll have to be careful to take a screenshot before the victory screen since that will show them at just 0

Voss would count.

Delightfully evil. Looking forward to it. May be like a week before I can get to it, though, I'm traveling out of town tomorrow.

Cool Voss it is.  

Traitor Sentinels, the Sentinels Traitor Game!

Word had come in, Haka was awake, and while he couldn't talk, he was able to get a message through, "save her".

The Freedom 4 had never seen Haka like this, Fanatic and Tempest where nowhere to be found.  Maia was able to track their movements, it seemed that Haka, Tempest and Fanatic had travelled to Atlantis.  Captain Cosmic and The Argent Adept were still involved in negotiations off world, and could not be reached.

"This is it team, we don't know what we are facing down there, but our friends are in trouble, and we are going in."  The Freedom 4 was ready for anything, or so they thought.

Upon arriving at the underwater ruins they were greeted by a familiar face, Helena seemed a bit off, but was inviting, and assured them that Tempest was okay, but when she led them to him, they found him in chains, wierdly runed devices causing him pain.

"What is going on here?" Legacy asked.

"Let the master explain," Fanatic answered.

"Yes, let me explain," came the voice of Bezeliel, the demon known as Apostate.

"Well, now we know what happened." Wraith said matter of factly.  

"We're going to pass on that explanation," Tachyon yelled as she zoomed towards Tempest.

Apostate in Ruins of Atlantis vs. F5 LEgacy, Wraith, (traitor) X-treme Prime Warden Fanatic, Super Scientific Tachyon, and GI Bunker.

I thought this would be a lot harder than it was, F5 Legacy started with 2 Bolster Allies and by turn 3 got the third one.  We got amazing cards and shut down Apostate.  Fanatic got 2 chastise, which were immediately destroyed by Tachyon (chastise on orb is not cool) and Martyr, and got to use Smite twice.  Hypersonic Assault and Throat Jab crushed Apostate's damage while 2 Kraken and Panzer Buster took care of all the relics.

Once Legacy got Superhuman/Fortitude/lead (I was counting Fanatic as a villain target because otherwise things broke) the danger was pretty much over.

Final health:  Legacy 22, Wraith 18, Fanatic 22, Tachyon 15 and Bunker 17

New Challenge:

@Trajector - Using The Dark Watch (your choice of variants and you may add a 5th of your choice if desired) win a match with the following stipulation:  Every targetable damage dealt by a hero must initially target a hero target.  (any redirected damage can hit anyone and all target damage is fine to use)

Continuing Challenges:

@arenson9 - Parse, Wraith, and Visionary against Baron Blade in Ruins of Atlantis.  First, however, shuffle Ambuscade's traps into Baron Blade's deck face up (and if they are shuffled back in, they return face up).

@Powerhound - Choose a villain who has only appeared once in Sentinels (no variants, hero versions, or Tactics version) and wipe them off the Final Wasteland.  They must end the game at least 10 hp below 0 or lower.  Removal by Unforgiving Wasteland is also acceptable.  You may choose any team you like, but you must include their nemesis. 

I start to have time again, and my son is itching to play Sentinels (he's wanted to take it to two of the last 3 game-related events he's been to with me). Count us in. He's 11, if that matters.

Challenge Complete - Unfortunately Haka had to avenge his fallen comrade Tempest against Voss as he wiped him out with the souls of his fallen minions https://www.dropbox.com/s/eu1htpfw333bb34/Photo%20Jan%2027%2C%2010%2056%2005%20PM.png?dl=0

New Challenge:

@blackfang109 - The Freedom Five have shown they are up for the challenge of the Vengeful Five but how do the Prime Wardens fare against them.   Using the Prime Wardens team (your choice on any variants used and order) defeat the Vengeful Five (order of your choosing) in any environment.   

Continuing Challenges:

@arenson9 - Parse, Wraith, and Visionary against Baron Blade in Ruins of Atlantis.  First, however, shuffle Ambuscade's traps into Baron Blade's deck face up (and if they are shuffled back in, they return face up).

It was an unlikely…perhaps one should really say unlucky day at the Freedom Tower. The young team of Southwest Sentinels was making use of the Wraith's training simulator when Kismet popped in to try and rob the place. Her charmed magics were simply too much for the team, and with the Freedom Five out foiling one of Baron Blade's plots, they called on the guardians of Megalopolis' sister city for help. The Dark Watch arrived only to find that Kismet had broken her way into Meredith Stinson's lab, and her jinxes were all supercharged! How could the heroes prevail when they kept hitting each other?!

The Sentinels, Dark Watch Setback, Nightmist, Dark Watch Mister Fixer, and Dark Watch Expatriette defeated Kismet in the Freedom Tower. I admit I chose the 5th hero and the variants judiciously - my plan was to get out the Caliginous Form immediately (SUPER USEFUL!!! - especially when Mission Control gave DW Fixer Alternating Tiger Claw) and I determined the other variants thinking that Fixer and Expatriette would get off fewer, but bigger hits.

The battle started quite poorly. Kismet's opening turn involved two Karmic Disjunctions, each of which revealed at least 4 Jinxes. So, thanks to the Talisman, her damage output increased ludicrously. Couple that with terrible opening hands on the part of Setback, Nightmist, and Mister Fixer, and I knew I was in for trouble.

The first few turns were a slog. While I did play the Caliginous Form on the first turn, three of the Sentinels got almost immediately incapacitated. Mission Control was the first Room to appear and it played an inappropriate Mists of Time that swapped Nightmist's 2-card trash with her all-the-cards deck, stalling her card draw further. About the only bit of luck was that Expatriette's opening weapon was a Submachine Gun, which specifically aims at Non-Hero targets, and she had Hollow Points in hand.

Then Kismet's luck began to turn around with, appropriately enough, Surprising Fortune. Setback accelerated Nightmist's card draw and she was able to put on her Amulet and thoroughly lock down Kismet's deck with three Mistbounds in a row. Mister Fixer started laying on a reliable beat-down, and the Sentinels brought out a number of cards that aim for Villain targets. Or they gave Mister Fixer Dark Delusions - whatever worked!

In the end, I got this challenge on the first try, though I reallllllly did not think that would be the case!

New Challenge:

• Trajector to Pydro - Don't shoot the messengers! The Cult of Gloom is out proselytizing, but the heros know that they are being manipulated by their evil god. Surely they are redeemable! Defeat Gloomweaver without dealing damage to his Cultists (except for all-target damage).

• carnilius to arenson9 - Parse, Wraith, and Visionary against Baron Blade in Ruins of Atlantis.  First, however, shuffle Ambuscade's traps into Baron Blade's deck face up (and if they are shuffled back in, they return face up).

• Powerhound to  blackfang109 - The Freedom Five have shown they are up for the challenge of the Vengeful Five but how do the Prime Wardens fare against them. Using the Prime Wardens team (your choice on any variants used and order) defeat the Vengeful Five (order of your choosing) in any environment.

Deal me in. (Rather do video game challenges, but occasionally I'm game for the physical version.)

I'll toss my hat in.

I'm starting to get interested in this. :)

@Trajector

Thanks for the Call Out, but I don’t think I have time for this right now. I only posted to comment ofln the foruns not editing properly, not to be added to the list. If things change, I will let the thread know!

Sure, no biggie. Now I'm picturing a Western where the hero says to the villain, "thanks for the call-out!"

I will re-issue the challenge to one of our newcomers. Also amending the list (assuming MigrantP also wasn't volunteering, because, you know…he's busy).

Current Challenges:

• carnilius to arenson9 - Parse, Wraith, and Visionary against Baron Blade in Ruins of Atlantis.  First, however, shuffle Ambuscade's traps into Baron Blade's deck face up (and if they are shuffled back in, they return face up).
• Powerhound to blackfang109 - The Freedom Five have shown they are up for the challenge of the Vengeful Five but how do the Prime Wardens fare against them. Using the Prime Wardens team (your choice on any variants used and order) defeat the Vengeful Five (order of your choosing) in any environment.
• Trajector to Phanton5613 - Don't shoot the messengers! The Cult of Gloom is out proselytizing, but the heros know that they are being manipulated by their evil god. Surely they are redeemable! Defeat Gloomweaver without dealing damage to his Cultists (except for all-target damage).

Trajector – last challenge: Jan 28; last post: Jan 28

Blackfang – last challenge: Ongoing; last post: Jan 27
dpt – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
UXM266 – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
Matchstickman – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
carnilius – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
bobbertoriley – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
mwc146 – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
PeterCHayward – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
Killswitch – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
Pydro – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
Dandolo – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
Donner – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
afgncaap – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
Arcanist Lupus – last challenge: Jan 27; last post: Jan 27
Powerhound – last challenge: Jan 27; last post: Jan 27
phantaskippy – last challenge: Jan 27; last post: Jan 27
arenson – last challenge: Ongoing; last post: Jan 27
Conchobar – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
jffdougan – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
Lord Flash Fire – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 28
Phantom5613 – last challenge: Ongoing; last post: Jan 28
TakeWalker  – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 28

Any specifics on location or team?

Nope, whatever you like.

Im down

Pretty well, actually.  Started hairy, but soon, everything went under control.  PWAA 12, CC 10, PWF 12, H 17, PWT 15. 

The Vengeful Five kidnapped a schoolbus full of children to try and draw out the Freedom Five. 

Which would have worked if they hadn't had one of the Prime Wardens onboard the bus.

When they opened the hold of the Mobile Defense Platform, they found an enraged Haka with a gaggle of schoolchildren behind him.  "Intruders" came the call from the bridge, the remaining Prime Wardens responding to their compatriot's call for aid.  Haka chanted a ward over the children and their conveyence, and waded into the fray against Fright Train, while Captain Cosmc and PW Argent Adept made sure none of the children left the protective field.

Fanatic's anger got the better of her, and she laid waste to everything, friend and foe alike (Thanks, turn 3 EoD from PW Power), following up with throwing a Battalion Brute into Fright Train, knocking him senseless.  Argent Adept handed out card plays like candy (and actual candy to the children, to Haka's chagrin), while Captain Cosmic aided his friends greatly with Dynamic Syphons, Wounding Buffers and Energy Bracers.

Tempest's Otherworldly Resiliance, augmented by AA's shielding, allowed him to shrug off a large amount of attacks, while keeping his friends healthy.

While Haka took our Ermine, the Baron's serum got the better of him, and Haka used the baron as an object lesson for the children: Don't do drugs!

Proletariat and Friction were then taken out by Tempest on his last turn.

New Challenge: @Lord Flash Fire: Can Setback, Absolute Zero and Nightmist save the dreamer from herself?  Any variant of the three, CYOE.  [some restrictions apply, not all enviroments may be available in all areas. Some environments may be hazardous to your physical, mental or social health.  Do not taunt the Happy Fun Ball.]

Edit: spelling & Team Health

I had a storry written out, but then my computer froze and I lost it all. :/

Long story short:

"Don't shoot the messengers!": Compleated.

Legacy, TLTachyon, Naturalist, Tempest and Knyfe stops the Cult of Gloom from recruting members from the Block. Maybe if they sent more than one dude to recruit the hero's wouldn't have been able to punch Gloomy so bad. Even brining out their book of bad juju didn't help.

New Challenge: @dpt: Rook City Renegades Renovation Reunion!

The Wraith, Mr. Fixer and Expatriette have all responded to the same crime alert in Rook City, bringing them face-to-face with the dangerous Deadline! Rook City needs a good renovation, but not like this!

I feel your pain.  Mine was a rewrite, as these forums wouldn't let me paste from Word, though I was able to reference the original doc, though.

Wow. Not even pressing Ctrl + v worked? That stinks.

I got a popup asking if I wanted to allow access to the Clipboard.  I clicked yes.  Didn't do anything.

I'll note, I'm happier with the new end result than I was with the original, anyway.

I’m glad you guys stuck with it, because I’ve been enjoying these stories!

Not in their first 3 tries they can't.

Will try again later tonight.

Deadline's dastardly deeds were diverted! The team of intrepid heroes saved the day against Advanced Deadline, with the help of multiple denial cards (at least two Throat Jabs and a Grease Gun). Deadline brought out little ongoing/equipment destruction, so Mr. Fixer built up to his master form: Grease Monkey Fist, Dual Crowbars, Harmony, and Bloody Knuckles. Then Wraith unleashed an Inventory Barrage, destroying her Razor Ordinance, Smoke Bombs, Micro-Targetting Computer, and Utility Belt, and Ex-Patriette finished him off with her trust Shotgun.

Rook City pulled through with five cards left in the deck. Alas Tony Taurus was never seen again. But who is that mysterious figure roaming around with a giant dagger?

Next challenge given by whoever posts next!

Open Challenge:  Thick as Thieves

Defeat the Ennead, Advanced on front, in Tomb of Anubis.  With special guest Ermine as a second villain deck.

(You play ~half the hero turns then have Ermine play a turn)

Special Challenge rule:  Constant Prattle is indestructible.

Also not required, but come on, bring Ra.

Just fyi, haven't forgotten about this ...

Likewise. Some of these challenges are quite interesting!

I lost due to incapacitation on Blade's front side.

Holy heck! What the frick just happened?!

Two devious disruptions. One of the turns was Hasten Doom, rigged to Detonate, Powered Remote Turret (with a mobile defense platform still in play), and Unavoidable Explosion.

Gaack!

Well, crap. Second attempt I managed to flip Blade, but did no damage on his second side before TPK.

I think I need to stop worrying about traps and use Visionary to control the villain. But, man, Atlantis can get out of hand quickly, too.

Ehh, Visionary will get those traps into play faster, though...

OH MY LORD.

Third fail, though slightly better. Blade was down to 17 on his second side.

I got kinda crap cards from Parse, but did a reasonable job of building up Wraith, using the eyepiece to keep devious disruption at bay, and using Mass Levitation to keep the environment's damage output down. 

Two early leaking rooms slowed me way down. All the traps came out and after the filp another one came out, just as devious disruption got turned over. I'd let my guard down on the villain deck for ONE ROUND. UGH.

Only Wraith survived the devious disruption, and with only 1 HP. She didn't make it to her next turn.

This was a much faster game than the others, only eight full rounds. Both of the previous two were around twelve, with Parse actually decking herself in the second game.

Well, that's it for me on this challenge, at least for now. I only managed to find time to try this because we have a regular every other Tue night Sentinels game that fell through this week. I was looking forward to a fun win. Blech.

True. And the traps are a double whammy – getting the Terra Lunar Impulsion Beam closer to activating.

On the plus side, I did see a Consider the Price of Victory discard three Hasten Dooms.

Yikes! That was quite the challenge. Hang in there…

I just tried it without the traps, and I couldn't even manage that.  Yikes, was I too tough?

I think it's quite exciting that we discovered this. I tend to think of Blade as being a walkover, but he's designed to fight four heroes, not three, and Atlantis is quite difficult. The traps are really a bit of a distraction here. The problem is how to both get enough damage per round while also having enough deck control so you don't get wiped out by Devious Disruption.

Visionary has a lot of deck control, but not enough to assure you won't get Devious Disruption. Wrait can do it with the Eyepiece, but doing so sacrifices a certain abount of damage per round. I'm no expert on Parse. I've seen some breakdowns where she's part of incredible damage output, but I think that depends on there being multiple other hitters in the party, and she's just got Wraith, for the most part.

This scenario _feels_ like it should be winnable, yet we're collectively 0-4.

It seems to me that getting Parse into her Quick Calculation + Critical Hit setup would really help boost damage per round. Visionary can concentrate her power use on feeding Parse cards, using her card plays to do damage whenever possible. Wraith’s job is Razor Ordnance, with a premium on Throat Jabs given the opportunity.

Mega Computers and Mass Levitation could make the environment easier, but my thought is that getting Blade below the heroes makes the environment more of a help than a hindrance. Krakens could be quite valuable.

Also, don’t forget that Leaking Room could work to your advantage if you have Twist the Ether on somebody. (Wraith with Combat Stance, maybe?)

I might try it later today!

Oh, I am in.

Well, 1-4 now, but I used the app.

And a first turn Demoralization and Extrasensory Awareness helped a lot.

We just defeated Blade without the traps, too. He had about twelve cards in his trash when he flipped… But after that, he never did damage again and lasted only two rounds.

• We got double krakens early on. Blade had enough targets in his deck to keep them busy, until he was tied with Parse and Wraith for 9 HP on his front side. That’s how we flipped him.

• We also managed the coveted Twist the Ether + Micro Targeting Computer + Combat Stance combo on the Wraith after about round 3-4, dramatically boosting her damage output.

• After Blade flipped, we were pretty worried about him simply frying us with damage. Visionary was highest HP, so we put her in a cocoon. Her job was to absorb Blade’s hits and discard her hand to manage seaweed.

• On the last round, Parse managed to throw seven +1s on the Wraith thanks to starting a turn with Snap Decision + Critical Multiplier, playing another Critical Multiplier at the start of turn, and then Recompiling.

We’ll consider shuffling the traps in next.

Dang. I tried the scenario on the app and seemed to be doing pretty well until I wasn't. Didn't even flip him. Sounds like luck's going to play a big role in beating this one!

Yes, finally they did! That was way harder than it should've been.

@Señor Blue Beard: I'm calling you out!

Physical Copy challenge

Holy Sh*t! That's some Messed-up Psycho Crap!

For people who don't mind minor cleanup after the game and are up to the challenge.

Scenario: The Realm of Discord is high on any number of things.

Rules: Choose 5 heroes, one from the F5, 1 from DW, one from PW, one from Vengeance, and one from the base game*. Shuffle their decks together, then deal each hero 40 cards to make their deck. Treat each card as if it has the name of the hero who is playing it. You will be fighting Citizen Dawn in the Realm of Dicord, but put all of the Evironment Targets in the Villain Deck, and put all of Dawn's One-shots in the Environment deck.  There will still be 40-card hero decks, a 25-card Villain deck, and a 15-card Enviro deck, but it'll be screwed up. Also rigged to have That Card come out way too often.

*Any promos are optional.

Digital Copy challenge

The Letters Page

A much tamer game, but still fun. 

Scenario: Characters from the Letters page.

Rules: Fight Baron Blade using Legacy, Expat, and Wraith** in any environment. Because you're too scared to hit him, you must wait until the 3rd round begins to deal damage to enemy targets. But if a T-rex chomps on an MDP.... that's not your problem.

**Only variants that may be used are Rook City Wraith and Grandpa Legacy, and Bomber Blade. Again, these are optional.

I'm pulling the Drugged Discord game on my group next game night, so I'll tell you how that goes.

Dear god that's insane and I kind of want to try it. c.c

So, we weren't super-excited about the prospect of fighting Citizen Dawn, but we shuffled Legacy, Ra, Tempest and Fanatic together and went to town on Chokepoint instead. God, that was a fun game. :D Imbued Fire came out and she stood no chance. But it was great, Legacy using Blazing Tornado, Ra with Gene-Bound Shackles, and Fanatic with the Staff of Ra. We had a lot of laughs, is what I'm saying.

Glad you had some fun. I chose Dawn and the Enviro-Vill. switch just so That Card would screw up your game often. 4/30 times (UNLESS YOU USE RC WRAITH!)

Played Parse, Wraith, Visionary vs Blade in Atlantis on the computer.

Three Mega Computers almost completely nerfed the environment.

Extrasensory Awareness and later Infrared Eyepiece kept Devious Disruption getting to play (though it did accelarate cards in Blade's trash).

I carefully made sure that the environment didn't flip Blade, so I'd retain control of Blade's play. Took six rounds to get Blade down to 1 HP. By that time Parse had two Critical Multipliers in play and a Recompile. The Recompile drew another recompile. Parse also had the card that allows her to discard for an extra play at the start of turn. The end result was +14 to Wraith's next attack.

Parse used her base power to flip Blade. Then Wraith used an 8 card Inventory Barage (16) + Critical Multiplier Bonus (+14), as well as a Twist the Ether, to one-shot Blade the turn after he was flipped, in Round 7.

Heroes were all in the mid to high teens, so I'm guessing they could have weathered any traps that showed up.

Starting with Demoralization, Twist the Ether, and Wrest the Mind was nice.

Wraith never actually got out Microtargetting computer, but Razor Ordnance plus help from Critical Multiplier and Twist the Ether turned out to be enough.

Actually you know what? If those traps had been there, I probably would have lost, as Blade had 13 cards in his trash by the time he flipped. I could easily have run out of time before flipping him.

Go ahead and count it as a win, and leave the trap scenario for a bonus challenge open to anyone.  :-)

That sounds like license to issue your own challenge, Andy!

Yeah, I'd been having some trouble with that scenario, so I knew it was going to suck, but hey, it was definitely a challenge.

Good job.

Is there a running list somewhere of who's been challenged and who hasn't? Maybe someone can put up a sheet on google?

Mwah ha ha ha ha ha ha!

@agfncaap Normally, this fight would have been easy. Any four heroes could take down Baron Blade, even on Advanced, w/out batting an eye, right? But there's a catch. If any given hero uses the same power more than two times, that power is gone. It simply can't be used again. Fight him in the Realm of Discord.

I dunno, we've already got one sheet that everyone's forgotten about. It would make it easier to know things like what variants people have access to, though…

Theoretically everyone has access to every variant, as you can just proxy them from the wiki.

Not if you only have the digital game, though...

In the digital game you can always hit the unlock button for any of the available variants.

The deed is done.  My heroes of choice were Chrono Ranger, Tachyon, Tempest, and K.N.Y.F.E. That was the first time in a while that Blade's front side had me scared.  However, thanks to "Synaptic Interuption" sending a 14 point "Devious Disruption" back into Blade' s face and "Positive Energy Field" making it rather impractical for me to take out a "Blade Battalion," I managed to flip him with 14 cards in his discard pile.  By this point, Chrono Ranger had 4 bounties out with "Hunter and Hunted" and made short work of Blade's Powered Armor (though Tempest's "Chain Lighting" dealt the final blow).  Oh, and since I didn't have that achievement yet, I went ahead and did you one better: I beat him using no powers at all.

So, new challenge time! @PeterCHayward, I'm calling you out!  You have given a challenge, but not completed one yet.

Someone has hired The Operative to change the outcome of the Hayes Brothers shootout, and it is up to K.N.Y.F.E. to stop her.  Neither is dumb enough to walk into a shootout without some long range fire power on their side, so they have brought comrades to even the odds.  However, while  K.N.Y.F.E. fights alongside her friends, The Operative hides behind the cover fire her allies are creating while she gets to work.

Heroes: Expatriette, Chrono Ranger, Bunker,  K.N.Y.F.E.

Villians: Ambuscade, Greazer, Sergeant Steel, The Operative

Enviroment: Silver Gultch, 1883

Special Rules:

• Ambuscade starts with the card "Too Many Guns" in play
• Greazer starts with the card "Impact Neutralizer" in play
• The Agents that Sergeant Steel starts with are "Mega-Gunner" and "Sharpshooter"
• The Operative is immune to damage until all other Villian Character Cards are incapacitated
• If  K.N.Y.F.E. in incapcitated, you lose

Not for variants that haven't been released digitally, is the point. Including the Villains villains.

I've been lurking, but I'll throw my hat into the arena for challenges if anyone's willing.

Im still down

Awesome!

So, who will win when you bring  A K.N.Y.F.E to A Gunfight!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

James Coburn?

count me in, I love playing through this game and having strange and random shenanigans sounds like a TON of fun! usually go through the Video game version, but i do have the physical cards and space to play it on.

Sounds like it's time to refresh the list!

Current Challenges:

• phantaskippy to anyone - Thick as Thieves
• Lord Flash Fire to PeterCHayward - Holy Sh*t! That's some Messed-up Psycho Crap!
• agfncaap to PeterCHayward - Who will win when you bring a K.N.Y.F.E. to a gunfight?!

Hey, Lord Flash Fire, did I understand correctly that Señor Blue Beard was to be PeterCHayward? If so, why don't either you or agfncaap re-issue your challenge to somebody who hasn't done one yet?

Also, everybody, don't forget about phantaskippy's open challenge! Whoever grabs that can issue the next one!

Available Challengers:

Trajector – last challenge: Jan 28; last post: Feb 13
Blackfang – last challenge: Jan 30; last post: Feb 13
dpt – last challenge: Feb 4; last post: Feb 4
UXM266 – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
Matchstickman – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
carnilius – last challenge: Never; last post: Feb 13
bobbertoriley – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
mwc146 – last challenge: Never; last post: Feb 13
PeterCHayward – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
Killswitch – last challenge: Never; last post: Feb 6
Pydro – last challenge: Never; last post: Feb 14
Dandolo – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
Donner – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
afgncaap – last challenge: Feb 13; last post: Feb 13
Arcanist Lupus – last challenge: Jan 27; last post: Jan 27
Powerhound – last challenge: Jan 27; last post: Jan 27
phantaskippy – last challenge: Jan 27; last post: Feb 4
arenson – last challenge: Feb 12; last post: Feb 14
Conchobar – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
jffdougan – last challenge: Never; last post: Jan 27
Lord Flash Fire – last challenge: Never; last post: Feb 11
Phantom5613 – last challenge: Ongoing; last post: Jan 31
TakeWalker – last challenge: Never; last post: Feb 13
uu - last challenge: Never; last post: Feb 14
BlueHairedMeerkat - last challenge: Never; last post: Feb 10
LewdDolphin21 - last challenge: Never; last post: Feb 13
jesse garcia 87 - last challenge: Never; last post: Feb 17

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Open Challenge:  Thick as ThievesDefeat the Ennead, Advanced on front, in Tomb of Anubis.  With special guest Ermine as a second villain deck.(You play ~half the hero turns then have Ermine play a turn)Special Challenge rule:  Constant Prattle is indestructible. Also not required, but come on, bring Ra.

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I didn't realize this was an open challenge, or I'd have tried it sooner! :D I did not use the special challenge rule, that would have just been evil. Team was Fugue State Parse, the Scholar, Tempest and Setting Sun Ra, because I ain't playin' around. >:B

As it is, Ermine didn't impact the game too much. She got one round of Constant Prattle off, and then I made sure that business was gone. Mostly, she just did extra damage and occasionally messed with ongoings. Her Nemeses didn't play well with the Ennead, though. Calypso + Ra = Ennead doing less damage, and at one point, flipped Osiris killed the Seer. I never concentrated fire on her, but she went down without much of a fuss.

As for the Ennead themselves, hoo boy. I do like this "advanced on the front side only" biz. I started with Nuit, but she went down in two rounds. Set was the final member to come out, and he actually died the same round because of Exploit Vulnerability. The combination of AoE damage from Tempest, Ra and, believe it or not, the environment kept them really scrambling to constantly heal. (Due to Set-nanigans, Anubis at one point had two Judgments in play, which meant 6 damage to each Ennead and zero to the Scholar. :D) I got really lucky with the Set plays (well, minus Tempest's sudden Localized Hurricane; he'd have lived if not for that), and Scholar was able to keep out two Mortal Forms for most of the game, alongside a Flesh to Iron that showed up and made him impervious to the Ennead's attacks.

That said, Ra, Tempest and Parse all went down in the same round, the first two to an Elemental Outburst, the latter to the one that destroys targets with low HP. Still, if there's anyone you want to face the might of the Ennead alone, it's the Scholar, and he gamely whittled them down so Ra could use his incap power to destroy Isis with 10 irreducible fire damage. :D

I guess this means I get to issue a challenge now? Well, in the spirit of the challenge I just finished, I will make it Open. Welcome to the Realm of Really Rather Random Ridiculousness!

Villain: The Ennead (what, again?), Advanced Mode on the front side (back side advanced and challenge rules optional)

Special Rule: Set begins the game in play, face-down. He does not count as one of the (H) cards they begin the game with.

Heroes: Choose from any of the following, any team size:

Fused Captain Cosmic
Prime Wardens Fanatic
Santa Guise
KNYFE Rogue Agent
Fugue State Parse
The Scholar (either variant)
Base Setback
Sky-Scraper Extremist
Super-Scientific Tachyon

Special Rule: When you have them available, you must play Dismiss Anything and Syntactic Analysis during your play phase. You must always put at least one card into play when doing so.

Environment: The Realm of Discord

Special Rule: Search the deck for Ghostly Images, then shuffle the deck, placing Ghostly Images on top. Ghostly Images now reads:

"At the end of the environment turn, each Player reveals the top card of their deck. If it is a One-Shot, put it into play. If it is not a One-Shot, discard it and deal that Hero 2 Psychic Damage. This card is indestructible. If this card would be discarded, put it into play instead."

Happy randoming. XD

I did not notice he had already been challanged.  In that case, my challange is being switched to our other blue-haired participant, BlueHairedMeerkat.

When we issue new challenges, let’s list all the currently active ones. That will help us remember!

Hey Trajector do you want to add the challengers into the first post so people can see who is up for the challenge instead of sifting throught to pages?

With editing not working right  (still) that wont help unfortunately.

If we want an editable list of current challengs&challengers then it's best to host it off site.

Yeah, unfortunately… But, hey! There’s the wiki!

How do we use the wiki for this?

I was just thinking we could make a "Challenges" or "Scenarios" category on the wiki, and an "I'm Callin' You Out!" page. But maybe that is too much of the wiki and forum stepping on each others' toes. Lynkfox, what do you think?

PeterCHayward doesn't seem to have seen this, so I'm going to open up his challenge to anyone! He can step in to reclaim his honor at a later date.

Current Challenges:

TakeWalker to anyone - the Realm of Really Rather Random Ridiculousness
Lord Flash Fire to anyone - Holy Sh*t! That's some Messed-up Psycho Crap!
agfncaap to BlueHairedMeerkat - Who will win when you bring a K.N.Y.F.E. to a gunfight?!

Last challenger list is here.

Woof, that was rough. The first game we just got schooled, the second was more even. Expat went down early, mostly to Greazer (used some promos, since the challenge didn't specify and doing this with Living Paycheck on KNYFE would be basically impossible), so he pissed off, and then we focussed the other two down. Meant to leave Ambuscade until just after his turn, but suddenly Sustain The Portal happened and four of the Slaughterhouse Six were taking to the field to avenge their boss. The Operative was open, though; Chrono managed to get some big hits in before going down, and Bunker and KNYFE managed to bring the Operative right down to two measly HP, the same as KNYFE was on.

Fortunately, we're allowed to pick who Cyrus Hayes shoots first 

So, new challenge: ARCANIST LUPUS, I'M CALLIN' YOU OUT!

Omnitron is a robot besmirched,
Alongside Blade, he's ranked 'just the worst',
But what if he first plays
A bomb, Adaptive Plates,
And the second applies to the first?

(Take on Advanced Omnitron, with the top two cards of his deck being Electropulse Explosive and Adaptive Plating Subroutine; the effect of (any copy of) Adaptive Plating Subroutine applies to (any copy of) Electropulse Explosive)

Challenges:

TakeWalker to anyone - the Realm of Really Rather Random Ridiculousness
Lord Flash Fire to anyone - Holy Sh*t! That’s some Messed-up Psycho Crap!
BlueHairedMeerkat to Arcanist Lupus - Omnitron, Optimised
Last challenger list is here.

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I'm sorry I didn't see this earlier.

DO IT!!!

I think that it be awesome. I may even work on it tonight if no one starts before me

I'm thinking… Link to this thread… Old Challenges just for the sake of people being able to have fun scenarios… link it from the Fan Created page (near the top) … I have some ideas!

The Realm of Really Rather Random Ridiculousness was recently rocked by radical renegades - and it was suitably ridiculous. I highly recommend it.

Since I’ve already set one, the next poster can set the next.

I'm going to bow out of this one.  My physical copy of the game isn't really convinent at the moment, so I'm going to stick to video game challenges.

Nice limerick, though.

Dammit! That's exactly what I was going to do!

Here we go!

http://sentinelswiki.com/index.php?title=Fan_Challenges

You beat me to it! But that’s great, because you did more fancy wiki-things with it. Awesome.

I might be late, but I’m in. (Unfortunately I can only do app challenges).

I’m In as well

Hee hee, thanks for the reminder about this thread! I had fun rereading all the ridiculous challenge accounts.