Glad that you guys like it.
 
Most of the work is actually completed and currently the reference guide is at 76 pages. And yes, it was more or less a full time job for several weeks. In addition to the rules of all available expansions (excluding the co-ops) and RtL, I have integrated more than 350 unofficial FAQ from FFG into the text.
 
At the moment, I am doing proof-reading and modifying smaller things while waiting for FFG to answer a couple of E-mails. Furthermore, Zaltryre offered to open up his private cache of FFG answers to let me get the ones that I have not found on the boards.

As an aside, sorry to poke my head in..
 
   What a great assessment.  Really, really well done.
 
 This entire topic idea would be a welcome thing 'pinned' to the top of the forum - with many new or (like myself) returning players with the app release, finding that we are playing both OL and Rtl, you can pick up a lot by osmosis (especially as my brain is on the patchy side of semi-permeable).
 
  Also, informed enthusiasm is always interesting to read.  

Per your request, I added this thread as a link under Community Opinions within the pinned topic at the top of the forum called Index of Useful Links.

As an aside, sorry to poke my head in..
 
   What a great assessment.  Really, really well done.
 
 This entire topic idea would be a welcome thing 'pinned' to the top of the forum - with many new or (like myself) returning players with the app release, finding that we are playing both OL and Rtl, you can pick up a lot by osmosis (especially as my brain is on the patchy side of semi-permeable).
 
  Also, informed enthusiasm is always interesting to read.  

Some thoughts ...
 
As you stated, this party's attributes are horrible. Your entire party does NOT want to be poisoned ... like ever. You have 3 2's and a 3 for Might.  Which means that most of these heroes are going to fail their tests at best half of the time, and most often 3/4 of the time. For a hero like Lyssa with just 8 health, this is not good. Then you combine that with the fact that to get rid of a condition you will have to initially rely on Sahla's hero ability which itself will fail 50% of the time (Willpower test of 3), and this could get ugly quick.
 
For the most part, this also applies to being Diseased.  You would be testing Willpowers of 3, 3, 2, and 4.  The 2 belongs to Lyssa which means she can be Diseased and Poisoned, costing her hearts and fatigue.  Once the fatigue are gone, more hearts.  And did I mention she has 8 Health?
 
Sahla's Apothecary skill class cards average the requirement of 1 Fatigue to use, and she has a total of 4, with a speed of 4, and a weapon (Smoking Vials) that may require you to be reasonably close to hit.  Since she won't want to spend fatigue to move often (freeing them up for her skill cards), she is going to play slow.  Add this to Tahlia, and now you have a group with two people who are very fast, and two who are slow. The problem is the healer is slow, the tank is slow, and the heroes that are fast (and subsequently may be out front), have 8 and 10 health. Overall, I don't really like the combination.
 
Tahlia is SLOW.  SLOW.  SLOW. Yes, she does get 2 additional movement points when she delivers the killing blow to a monster, but this can be very situational.  As a melee warrior, she will always want to be next to a monster for this to occur.  This can be an issue with the other heroes involved.
 
Just like Tahlia, Lyssa is almost always going to want to be next to a monster to perform an attack (leveraging the greater damage her Hero ability can bring). The problem with this is that she only has 8 health.  Not good.  Now, let's look at her weapons.  The Rusted Handaxe and the Jagged Handaxe.  The Jagged Handaxe's special ability is basically cancelled out by Lyssa's hero ability (although admittedly you do save a fatigue). In addition, the Rusted Handaxe's average damage is 2.27 (Blue-Green) with on average 1.07 Surges which results in an additional 2 damage, meaning on average the weapon provides 4.27 damage.  If Lyssa uses her hero ability to replace the green die with a red die, the average damage becomes 3.77 (Blue-Red) with on average 0.57 Surges, which means using her hero ability will actually reduce the damage you do.  In other words, you are basically nerfing her hero ability.  Obviously, you would want to upgrade her weapon as soon as possible, or you would want to get her a 1 handed shield to make her less squishy.
 
Now, as we have previously mentioned, two of your heroes are going to want to be next to monsters much of the time. Roganna the Shade, on the other hand, does NOT want heroes next to something she targets, as her hero ability provides her +1 Hearts on all of her attacks if no hero is next to the target.  Obviously, this can become an issue.  It becomes even bigger as being a Shadow Walker, she would like to ultimately get +1 Heart and Pierce 1 from the Shadow Walker as well.
 
Given all of the above comments, I would use Basic I against this group. Just the card Poison Dart will have a huge value against this group, as even if they choose Awareness to test, only Lyssa has an Awareness above 3.  In addition, you will get cards that add Surges, do additional damage, etc.
 
So, I have been pretty negative in my initial assessment of the group.  Having said all of the above, I like it because my group loves a CHALLENGE, and I think you are going to have an enormous challenge with this group.       

Crystal clear!  And thank you for the time to write all this out.  
 
  This is exactly what I needed!
 
Thank you again!

RTL Manual Page 8:
 
SPOT: ... It performs a move action and moves toward the closest space that is within 3 spaces and line of sight of the target. It stops when it arrives in that space or when it runs out of movement points.
 
RTL Manual Page 9:
 
TOWARD: When moving toward a target, a figure is attempting to decrease the number of spaces between it and the target. During the movement, the figure can increase distance if by doing so, the end result allows it to be closer.
 
So, in combination, when a command is given to SPOT a particular hero, a monster will move toward that hero (decreasing the distance while doing so), and will stop when it is 3 spaces away, and has line of sight.  If it has moved to within 3 spaces, and still has movement points, but does not have line of sight, it will continue to move toward the target until it does have line of sight or until it has exhausted its movement points, whatever comes first.
 
The monster will do the same thing if the action tells it to SPOT as many heroes as possible, with the exception that doing so may put it at varying distances from each of the heroes, but always at least within 3 spaces, and always with line of sight to as many of the heroes as possible.
 
For example, if all 4 heroes are aligned in such a way that you can move the monster towards a particular space on the board that will allow you line of sight to all 4 heroes, and be within 3 spaces of all 4 heroes, you do so.  It doesn't matter if you are 3 spaces away from 2 heroes, 1 space away from another, and 2 spaces away from the last.
 
If the monster's movement points only allow you to do so for 3 of the heroes, or 2 of the heroes, or 1 of the heroes, you will attempt to move for 3 of the heroes, so that you are affecting as many as possible.
 
In essence, you are trying to get within a reasonable attack range (range 3) for further actions that may occur further down the command tree.  This would include attack actions, any monster abilities that affect heroes within 3 spaces, etc. Keep in mind that 3 spaces is a very key distance in D2e for many skills, OL cards, monster abilities, etc.
 
And yes, you can consider the fact that you don't move closer yet, even though you may have remaining movement, because that monster does not want to be itself threatened by attacks from heroes, or to have skill cards played on the monster that allow melee counterattacks, nimble to move out of the way, etc. Further, often times a command further down the tree will tell the monster to attack, and then use any remaining movement to retreat.  By stopping at a distance of 3, it potentially allows the monster additional movement to retreat further away from the target.
 
Finally, if a monster is already within 3 spaces of a hero (or 2 or 1) and is given a spot command, it DOES NOT move further way to get to a distance of 3.  This is because SPOT requires you to REDUCE the distance to the target.  In this case, you skip the SPOT command, both due to rules, as well as to allow multiple actions to be executed (not spending one on SPOT) since you are already within the distance required.
 
I hope the above helps and makes sense.

I didn't add X-wing and SW LCG but those don't hit the table very often anymore. Oh and I sold the complete LotR LCG back in 2013

Descent, Eldritch Horror, MoM, AH, and AH:LCG, here.   Some mistake a wall in our basement as designed by 'Flight & Plano'.
 
  I appreciate all the support here.  

This was the Descent related thing I bought (x4) ...as already have all the official items

Hi, my name is Jim, and I too am a Descentaholic.  I haven't bought anything Descent related in 8 hours..

Hi, my name is Jim, and I too am a Descentaholic.  I haven't bought anything Descent related in 8 hours..

Yes, GREAT STUFF.  Ecstatic with how these are being pursued and released by FFG.
 
  Also with this news I just grabbed all the Lieutenants for SoN!  Because, you know,  I seem to need almost no excuse to throw money at this company!  
 
  And to that person or persons who said we would just end up owning it all in the end anyway?
 
  To quote Megamind:  "You were right!  I was.. less right."
 
 

Welcome to the support group!
 
 Right there with you..  

Welcome to the support group!
 
 Right there with you..  

Hi, my name is Chance, and I'm a descentaholic. I can proudly say that I haven't bought anything Descent related since "The Delve". Problem is, buying anything Descent would just double down on my collection!!!

My Name is Ron and I'm a Descentaholic. I havent bought anything Descent related in 8 days.

Welcome to the support group!
 
 Right there with you..  

Fantastic!
I got the base game during the summer of 2016, and since then I have been experiencing the most expensive autumn in my whole life, lol.
I got completely hooked and have now bought all the boxed expansions plus some smaller additions.
My problem is that it wasn't until very recently that we actually started playing a campaign with my play group and I realized that it'll take us 200 years or so before we'll get any use for all the expansions considering the slow tempo we have, creating a small "uh oh, what have I done?"-feeling in my stomach. Seeing in front of me how the expansions would gather dust and never be played... *sniff* ;(
But, with new campaigns like these, I can very easily get value out of much bigger parts of my collection. I breathe a big sigh of relief!
Many many thumbs up, FFG!

I have no issue paying a reasonable amount for the new content if it helps get more campaigns out, makes the campaigns better and gets them out sooner. Paying in that case is much better than a free smallish campaign every 6 months.

Cool! I'm very happy with the work they have done.
I get most of my stuff off of Boardgamebliss or Amazon, I did get Twin Shadows for IA from 401. That's the beauty of online shopping it's like Xmas every week when the parcels arrive.
I bought MoM 2 but I sold it after a couple of plays.
 
 Yeah I should've clarified I have storage, I just need a quick way to swap IA and Descent to my gaming table a couple of times a week. I play exclusively in my gaming area in my basement with some friends and solo. So no traveling with the games.
 
  same to you over the holidays!
 
Cheers,
Ron

Thank you!  I was aware of 4 Realms and wondered if this was them.  I am out your way (by your profile) and that was the only reason I have hesitated up until now.  I think I will be contacting them in the new year so small fortunes out the door all round!  Very close to a complete collection here as well and just got another shipping notice from 401games as I am typing.  
 
  No IA here, but Mansions will need the same attentions.
 
  For storage I have found Plano boxes from Canadian Tire and Amazon were the best way to sort most of our collection, I am guessing you are far ahead of us here as well though!  We have two thin ones, for Players and OL, and play right out of them, seconds to set up literally.  Monsters in a few different sized ones and off we go.
 
  My best to you over the break and thank you once more!
 
Edit:  I will keep an eye on your page!

I really like the idea of rewarding people who buy/own the expansion. Thanks FFG.

Hey fellow Delvers,
 
I created an Instagram account 3 days ago to exclusively showcase Descent 2nd Edition content. I have purchased all 2nd ed. products and tonight just received my last batch of monsters from the painters. Have a look if you're interested:https://www.instagram.com/ron.g.armstrong/ I'm in the process of getting all my mini portraits up.
 
-Ron

Yes, GREAT STUFF.  Ecstatic with how these are being pursued and released by FFG.
 
  Also with this news I just grabbed all the Lieutenants for SoN!  Because, you know,  I seem to need almost no excuse to throw money at this company!  
 
  And to that person or persons who said we would just end up owning it all in the end anyway?
 
  To quote Megamind:  "You were right!  I was.. less right."