The Death Mist

[wallydubbs]

Actually, reading the quest, the death mist only does damage when it is moved through heroes... not when the heroes move over it. It wouldn't matter if the hero cast veil or not... The mist would not do damage when the hero passes through it. The mist only does damage on zargon's turn

Most of Return of the Witch Lord is relatively easy, especially if heroes are stocked up on Healing potions. I think allowing the heroes to pass through the Death Mist on their turn without taking damage would make The Silent Passages much too easy.
Although playtesting through this quest with mercenaries, that would almost definitely result in casualties on their part. But for the 4 main heroes, asides from the Forbidden Caverns, the quests don't seem tough enough.

[Maurice76]

Actually, reading the quest, the death mist only does damage when it is moved through heroes... not when the heroes move over it. It wouldn't matter if the hero cast veil or not... The mist would not do damage when the hero passes through it. The mist only does damage on zargon's turn

That's being a stickler for the rules, if you ask me, though. It's not in line with what the designer of that monster had in mind, if you read between the lines.

[Jalapenotrellis]

If the designer had something else in mind, they wouldn't have specifically stated "on zargon's turn"
You can play it how you want, but I think more interpretation is being done than is needed here.

[The Admiral]

If the designer had something else in mind, they wouldn't have specifically stated "on zargon's turn"
You can play it how you want, but I think more interpretation is being done than is needed here.

Yes, you're right. It's been a looooong time since I played this. Damage only done on Zargon's turn, so veil of mist is irrelevant.

[wallydubbs]

Actually, reading the quest, the death mist only does damage when it is moved through heroes... not when the heroes move over it. It wouldn't matter if the hero cast veil or not... The mist would not do damage when the hero passes through it. The mist only does damage on zargon's turn

I try to find ways to make Return of the Witch Lord more difficult for the heroes. Not to an insane degree, but this quest pack is one of the easier ones, considering skeletons and Zombies don't do much damage.
Personally, I'd mark damage to the heroes any time they cross Death Mist as well. Maybe I'd give them a pass with Veil of Mist.
In like manner I raise the stats of all monsters in the Forgotten Legion.
And I also let Kassandra and/or Skulmar stand with the Witch Lord in his Court on Quest 10 (given that they escaped their respective quests).

[Jalapenotrellis]

I like that idea--if they escape, they get to come back!

[wallydubbs]

I like that idea--if they escape, they get to come back!

Thanks, I also give Skulmar the Necromancer spells from WoM. There are very few bosses who use spells in RorWL, so if Skulmar uses Necromancer spells, they're still less effective then what the Witch Lord uses.

[The Admiral]

I like that idea--if they escape, they get to come back!

Thanks, I also give Skulmar the Necromancer spells from WoM. There are very few bosses who use spells in RorWL, so if Skulmar uses Necromancer spells, they're still less effective then what the Witch Lord uses.

Nice touch.

[Gav_el]

Heres what I will be using for my death mist going forward https://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Etb-Nighthaunt-Myrmourn-Banshees-2018

[Jalapenotrellis]

So we just played this quest for the first time. Before I was replying as somebody who had just read through it.

If I were to play this again, I would not allow the heroes to stop on the death mist. That essentially gives them a free pass and the death mist can't do anything If there is just one hero left behind since they can just stop their movement on the death mist every turn by moving back and forth until they get a high enough role that the death mist can't catch up. It should be basically treated like something that you can't stop on. Other than that tweak, I just played it as it only does damage on Zargon's turn, which went pretty well.

Even with that tweak, one might consider making it something you have to jump over or take damage... But I would have to think about that versus how it plays with the above tweak. I'm leaning against this because it specifically says it just does damage on zargon's turn.

The quest otherwise is not that hard. There are a lot of traps you can't disarm because they're on the other side of the door which also enforces some damage they can't avoid.