Stella delivers mail everywhere - Stop #8 Dunwich

With my whopping 1 xp, I'm beginning to switch out my scrounges as I continue to thin targets for them.

Opening Hand: Take Heart, Granny Orne, Lucky!, Drawing Thin, Perception
Kept: All
Replacements: None
Starting Location: Village Commons

That's a pretty solid hand

R1 (0D, 2H, 5$, 0C): 0/6 doom

-Encounter: None
- Play Granny Orne [-4$]
- Move to Schoolhouse (No skills committed to tests you say?...annoying)
- Play Drawing Thin
-Draw Thermos [+1$]

R2 (0D, 2H, 2$, 0C): 1/6 doom

-Encounter: On Wings of Darkness, exhaust Drawing Thin [draw Lucky!], commit Take Heart 4 vs. 6 (0): fail [1D, 1H Granny Orne, move to Village Commons, draw .18 Derringer, Perception, +2$] (Well with this encounter card, I’ll just go the other way then)
- Stella Clark: Take an additional action this turn
- Move to Bishop's Brook
- Investigate, commit Perception 5 vs. 3 (-1): pass [+1C, draw Old Keyring]
- Investigate, commit Perception 5 vs. 3 (+1): pass [+1C, draw Take Heart]
- Play .18 Derringer [-2$]
-Draw Jessica Hyde [+1$]

R3 (1D, 2H, 3$, 2C): 2/6 doom

-Encounter: Mobster spawns and engages
- Evade Mobster 4 vs. 2 ( is -2): pass [evaded]
- Use Bishop's Brook: Ancient Evils [+1 doom]
- Move to Burned Ruins
- Investigate, exhaust Drawing Thin [+2$], commit Take Heart 3 vs. 5 ( is -1): fail [draw Neither Rain nor Snow, Resourceful +2$]
- Stella Clark: Take an additional action this turn
- Investigate 3 vs. 3 (-1), exhaust Granny Orne: pass [+1C]
-Mobster readies
-Draw Live and Learn [+1$]

R4 (1D, 2H, 8$, 3C): 4/6 doom

-Encounter: Hunting Nightgaunt spawns and engages
- Use .18 Derringer [-1X]: Fight Hunting Nightgaunt 5 vs. 3 ( is -2): pass [+2D]
- Use .18 Derringer [-1X]: Fight Hunting Nightgaunt 5 vs. 3 (+1): pass [+2D, defeated]
- Investigate 3 vs. 3 (-2), play Lucky! [-1$]: pass [+1C]
-Draw "Look what I found!" [+1$]

R5 (1D, 3H, 8$, 4C): 5/6 doom

-Encounter: Kidnapped!, exhaust Drawing Thin [draw Timeworn Brand], commit Neither Rain nor Snow 7 vs. 6 (-2): fail [no effects] (Not risking having Orne be sacrificed!)
- Stella Clark: Take an additional action this turn
- Play Timeworn Brand [-5$]
- Investigate, commit Resourceful 4 vs. 3 (-2), exhaust Granny Orne: pass [+1C, return Neither Rain nor Snow to hand from discard]
- Use Burned Ruins: Servant of Many Mouths spawns at Congregational Church
- Move to Congregational Church, O'Bannion's Thug spawns at Village Commons, Servant of Many Mouths engages
- Use .18 Derringer [-1X]: Fight Servant of Many Mouths 5 vs. 3 ( is -2): pass [+2D, defeated, +1C from Schoolhouse] (Well that’s one way to take care of that clue)
-Draw Scrounge for Supplies [+1$]

R6 (1D, 2H, 4$, 6C): 6/6 doom

-Agenda advances [+1 sacrifice beneath agenda]
-Encounter: Sordid and Silent attaches to Congregational Church
- Investigate 3 vs. 1 ( is -2): pass [+1C]
- Use Congregational Church: Gain control of Key to the Chamber
- Move to House in the Reeds, Hunting Nightgaunt spawns at Village Commons
- Investigate 3 vs. 1 (0): pass [+1C]
-Hunting Nightgaunt moves to Schoolhouse
-Draw Fire Axe, discard Fire Axe [+1$]

I decided to wait to use the location as I was out of actions and didn’t want the card to be an enemy I couldn’t kill right away, even though it was a 50% chance of being the chamber

R7 (1D, 2H, 5$, 8C): 1/6 doom

-Encounter: Unhallowed Country [threatens]
- Use House in the Reeds: The Hidden Chamber enters play
- Use Key to the Chamber: attaches to The Hidden Chamber
- Move to The Hidden Chamber, advance Act [-8C onto The Hidden Chamber, Silas Bishop spawns and is engaged]
- Use Timeworn Brand: Fight Silas Bishop 5 vs. 3 (0) [+2D]
- Exhaust Timeworn Brand: Fight Silas Bishop 6 vs. 3 (-2) [+4D, defeated, +2 Victory], Resolution 1

Resolution 1:

-Stella put Silas Bishop out of his misery
-Zebulon Whateley sacrificed to Yog-Sothoth

4 experience (2 Victory, 2 bonus)

Time to go Brood hunting!