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Quest 2: The First Battle

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Act I 2 Encounters

Quest 2: The First Battle

Introduction

Reports of goblins besieging the farmlands north of Arbynn have brought you here, and judging by the smell of smoke in the air, none too soon! You ready your weapons and rush forward, only to be met by a blood-spattered man in rough, simple clothes.

"Goblins," he shouts. "They're stealin' everything what isn't nailed down an' burnin' what is! They've got me brother; they've got Frederick!"

You'd best save what crops you can, or Arbynn will have a hungry winter. But what could be making the goblins so voracious?

Monsters

Setup

Place the goblin archers on the Exit. Place the open group on the Grasslands.

Place search tokens based on the number of heroes.

Place 4 red objective tokens faceup on the Farm tile as indicated. These are bundles of crops.

Special Rules

Gathering Crops

As an action, while adjacent to a bundle of crops, any hero or goblin archer may pick it up. A figure may only carry 1 bundle of crops at a time.

Stealing the Crops

If a goblin archer carrying a bundle of crops moves off the map through the Exit, the Overlord keeps the objective token to track how many bundles of crops are stolen during the encounter. This will be important during Encounter 2.

Storing the Crops

As an action, while in one of the unique spaces adjacent to the Farm, a hero carrying a bundle of crops may choose to store it. If he does, the stored token is removed from the map and returned to the game box. The Overlord does not keep this token since he did not successfully steal it.

Reinforcements

At the start of each Overlord turn, he may place 1 goblin archer and 1 monster from the open group on the Entrance, respecting group limits. These monsters may be activated during the turn they are placed.

Victory

After all the bundles of crops are stolen and/or stored, read the following aloud:

The blood-spattered farmer staggers forward again. "Me brother," he sobs. "They came for him, grabbed him an' a bunch more besides. He weren't always a farmer like me, m'lords. Frederick was a Shadow Binder, just like that poor sod got killed in 's caravan outside Arbynn last week. They was friends! Why is them goblins killin' an' stealin' all me brother's friends?"

Clearly, the Overlord is interested in this man. You'd best get him to safety.

Encounter 1 is complete. Note the number of objective tokens stolen by the Overlord for Encounter 2.