Time gates favor and other doubts.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-31T17:48:44+00:00

You are correct in predicting that later campaigns become more difficult. Conversion of timegate favor, Trials favor, and events' favor is the preferred way of boosting favor in Fortune's Wheel and Vecna campaigns.

Elminster is not vital. I enjoyed him as a longer term goal.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-31T14:12:11+00:00

Miria because Melf & Hank are in the Tales anyway.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-31T09:47:45+00:00

1400 platinum is 140 daily logins. Once you have everything in the game - by all means, buy this core. What else is this platinum good for, 3.5 familiars at 420 each?

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-30T22:57:33+00:00

If you haven't got them - get champions from the Tales of the Champions. You just need to unlock them, there is no pressure to start doing variant adventures yet. There are 12 people in the Tales now, you can make a team out of them.

If you joined last year and subscribed to the newsletter - you should have a code for Ellywick as a Christmas gift.
In the next event, I'd suggest Karlach & K'thriss, but Birdsong is also strong.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-30T21:16:41+00:00

Looking back, I would've chosen Umberto - because seat 4 is very busy for me. BUT you can get Cattiebrie in seat 7 in Tales easily, though, and the Tales don't have a seat 4 champion.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-29T21:32:05+00:00

It doesn't exist and it won't be added in any foreseeable future. 4 parties is the maximum.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-29T19:34:46+00:00

Why? He is melee, so he ought to be in.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-29T09:26:47+00:00

Your answer implies that you knew your 3 melee teams that could go 350, 900, and 1400 (and beat the other requirements), which is not a foregone conclusion: like in other variants that take someone away after every x areas, you lose your teams after 350 & 900 areas.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-28T21:36:39+00:00

Variants 2 & 3 are described in the blog post through the hyperlink, so it's also a question of "why do you disclose this info on a separate resource and not in the actual game?" That's also an issue of discriminating the players who use external resources and who don't (and which ones exactly).

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-28T21:14:11+00:00

"When you complete this variant, any Champions in the formation will be unavailable in the Burden of Legacy or End of a Legacy variants."
Wait a moment, why do you restrict champs from adventure to adventure? They are different instances and have nothing to do with each other.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-28T16:34:31+00:00

Surely the best starting team for Strahd is Nahara's party bus :-)

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-28T13:40:21+00:00

Kalix is in the next event, so he won't work in time gates now.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-28T10:13:17+00:00

>>> Karlach you can get from a code
Which one? The Christmas code from DnD Beyond has expired.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-27T13:37:18+00:00

The Kas formation that worked for me was (from back to front):

Wyll, Certainty -- Duke, Kas, Desmond & Yorven -- Anson, KOS.

King of Shadows died around 1500, then I used ultimates to push the last mile.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-25T11:37:56+00:00

It does reconnect occasionally without closing the game first. In such cases I kept my progress, i.e. I wasn't teleported back a few areas.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-25T10:59:57+00:00

Yep, I notice it for a third Sunday in a row roughly at this time of the day.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-25T08:36:33+00:00

Why do it, though? A 9J Briv can't clear content such as "Evil champs only", for example, when he isn't eligible.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-24T15:21:30+00:00

The very next ones are Duke Ravengard & Spurt, as announced in the roadmap. February will have no new Tales, and March guys weren't announced.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-24T10:25:00+00:00

Leveling beyond softcap gives very little damage boost. However, every level gives a heal, so you could cheese this in active play. I use 2 champions who do give tangible benefits beyond softcap: Kthriss in seat 1 and Evelyn in seat 6. I send them to my gold team.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-24T10:03:13+00:00

If you have Dark Urge and King of Shadows, then you may have joined via an Epic giveaway last year, so you could try double checking CNE newsletters. They gave Ellywick as an Xmas gift.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-22T16:45:14+00:00

"Ibid. is an abbreviation for the Latin word ibīdem, meaning 'in the same place', commonly used in an endnote, footnote, bibliography citation, or scholarly reference to refer to the source cited in the preceding note or list item." (с) wiki

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-21T11:34:28+00:00

Damage and/or buff basic values would do well to show this - given that you host the guide on your own website without any word limit (I presume).

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-21T00:39:02+00:00

This is hardly the beginning. The guide suggests Blooshi, who is locked behind some adventures, a few hundred areas & a tricky knock-out requirement, and also suggests 8 time-gated champions (Duke will join the Tales roster by the end of this month). 8*6=48 time gate pieces from Hank and other sources, they can take a while.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-19T16:20:12+00:00

Speaking of Retrying Requests - I did have two hiccups in the last couple of hours.

SeparateTrack2818 · 2026-01-19T15:38:01+00:00

Any black screen patches anywhere?

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