The Book of Lex Luthor (Battlesuit)

[Griffin]

The Book of Lex Luthor (Battlesuit)

C3G DC WAVE 5
WORLD'S VILEST

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The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Icons set.
Its model number and name are #051 / Lex Luthor.

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Character Bio - Powered by stolen Kryptonian technology, Lex Luthor's Battle Suit is designed to give any mortal the abilities of flight, speed, super strength, and incredible defensive capabilities, making the wearer almost as powerful as a Kryptonian. With a bruised ego and a score to settle, Lex is obsessed with bringing the Last Son of Krypton to his knees with the power of his own ancestors technology. Stored away within the suit itself, the main power source happens to be Superman's greatest weakness... Kryptonite!
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Human, Lex Luthor has these Human Synergies.
• As a Criminal, Lex Luthor has these Criminal Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• N/A

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-Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses-

Immunities

• As a figure with the Flying special power, Lex Luthor cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Current Special Powers the Interact Differently with the Flying special power.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Lex Luthor cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Special Powers that Interact Differently with Super Strength.

Benefits

• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Lex Luthor interacts differently with certain special powers. Special Powers that Interact Differently with Super Strength.
• Kryptonians roll less defense dice when attacked by Lex Luthor's Kryptonite Blast Special Attack. Current Kryptonians.

Weaknesses

• As a Criminal, Lex Luthor interacts differently with certain special powers. Special Powers that Interact Differently with Criminals.
• As a figure with the Flying special power, Lex Luthor interacts differently with certain special powers. Current Special Powers the Interact Differently with the Flying special power.
• As a figure with a Special Attack, Lex Luthor interacts differently with certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with Special Attacks.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial Playtest: Hahma
• Second Playtest: Lord Pyre
• Third Playtest: Karat
• Fourth Playtest: Griffin
• Art by: ?/japes

[Hahma]

NAME = LEX LUTHOR


SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CRIMINAL
PERSONALITY = TREACHEROUS

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 7
RANGE = 5
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 7

POINTS = 280

KRYPTONITE BLAST SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 4. Attack 3.
Choose a figure to attack. Any figures adjacent to the chosen figure are also affected by Kryptonite Blast Special Attack. Roll 3 attack dice for all affected figures. Each figure rolls defense dice separately. Kryptonian figures roll 3 fewer defense dice against Kryptonite Blast Special Attack. Lex Luthor cannot be affected by his own Kryptonite Blast Special Attack.

KRYPTONIAN ARMOR
When rolling defense against a normal attack, you may count one blank rolled as an extra shield.

TREACHEROUS TACTICS
Anytime Lex Luthor would receive one or more wounds, you may instead destroy any figure adjacent to Lex Luthor that you permanently control.

SUPER STRENGTH

FLYING


Original Post:

Spoiler Alert!

Looks pretty cool Griff.

I like the Kryptonite Blast affecting Kryptonians that way.

Kryptonian Armor will help him to toe to toe with Supes for a while anyway while blasting him with the Kryptonite Blast. I'll have to look back now to see how the Green Kryptonite glyph works and how that will work with this Lex against Supes. I guess the only thing about this power is that it essentially gives him an auto-shield much of the time with a defense of 7 vs. non-Kryptonians, almost like a defense of 10. That's kind of in the upper levels so far and pretty close to Superman level compared to others like Iron Man who should have every tech for armor available as Lex. Though, he's not offensively huge, so at least he wouldn't be blowing everyone away while being Super Stout defensively.

As for Treacherous Tactics, you can draft a boat load of Rats, Civies, Moloids etc. and as Aldin said about Madame Hydra, Hulk or any other big hitter would never be able to hurt him. I'm just echoing a response I had to hear about that forced me to limit it to Terrorists and Criminals though it should absolutely never have been that way, as she'd sooner let a kid die next to her than let herself get killed. I'm not sure how this would be different, and he has that huge defense to boot. None of the other heroes were for the "give wounds/kill any adjacent figure instead of taking wounds" deal before, so I don't know if they have changed their mind.

[A3n]

I love this one Griff. I think this is your best design yet. Full of themey flavour & enriching the gameplay. Love it.

I don't mind the sacrificing another figure you control part of him. As it's just another thematic way he dodges a bullet.

Cheers

[GreyOwl]

I'm not too familiar with the suit, but based on the bio you posted it seems to give the wearer the abilities and strength of Superman. If that's true, shouldn't he be up in the Superman point range, or at least a little closer?

[IAmBatman]

I think anything over 320 would be too much. I think 260 is a fine starting point, though. He's basically just a human in a suit (like Iron Man).
I think this comic pic better fits our previous designs:



Or maybe this one ...

[GreyOwl]

Okay, so the suit doesn't actually give him all the abilities and power of Superman then?

[IAmBatman]

I didn't think it was exactly like that, no ... but I think Griff should field this one. He's the uber-Super-geek among us.

[GreyOwl]

Well, I have no clue. But if he's more like Iron Man, then perhaps the bio should be revised. From my uneducated perspective, that bio makes him sounds a lot more powerful than Iron Man.

[IAmBatman]

He's not quite fully hitting Superman speed, defensive capabilities, or overall strength, is he? An approximation, though, perhaps.

[Griffin]

Originally Posted by GreyOwl

I'm not too familiar with the suit, but based on the bio you posted it seems to give the wearer the abilities and strength of Superman. If that's true, shouldn't he be up in the Superman point range, or at least a little closer?

Essentially, this version of Lex is basically a thug in a suit that utilizes some stolen Kryptonian tech. The suit would be about on par with Iron Man Mark III. Really, the suit just gives him flight (sub-sonic speed, so not too fast), super strength, better than average armor (definitely not on Supes' level though), some mid range projectiles, and a short wave of Green-K radiation.

[Griffin]

Originally Posted by Hahma

Looks pretty cool Griff.

I like the Kryptonite Blast affecting Kryptonians that way.

Kryptonian Armor will help him to toe to toe with Supes for a while anyway while blasting him with the Kryptonite Blast. I'll have to look back now to see how the Green Kryptonite glyph works and how that will work with this Lex against Supes. I guess the only thing about this power is that it essentially gives him an auto-shield much of the time with a defense of 7 vs. non-Kryptonians, almost like a defense of 10. That's kind of in the upper levels so far and pretty close to Superman level compared to others like Iron Man who should have every tech for armor available as Lex. Though, he's not offensively huge, so at least he wouldn't be blowing everyone away while being Super Stout defensively.

As for Treacherous Tactics, you can draft a boat load of Rats, Civies, Moloids etc. and as Aldin said about Madame Hydra, Hulk or any other big hitter would never be able to hurt him. I'm just echoing a response I had to hear about that forced me to limit it to Terrorists and Criminals though it should absolutely never have been that way, as she'd sooner let a kid die next to her than let herself get killed. I'm not sure how this would be different, and he has that huge defense to boot. None of the other heroes were for the "give wounds/kill any adjacent figure instead of taking wounds" deal before, so I don't know if they have changed their mind.

Well you had to deal with that more than anyone, so how do you feel? Do you think we should restrict the killed class to criminal or something like that?

[Griffin]

Originally Posted by A3n

I love this one Griff. I think this is your best design yet. Full of themey flavour & enriching the gameplay. Love it.

I don't mind the sacrificing another figure you control part of him. As it's just another thematic way he dodges a bullet.

Cheers

Wow, glad you like it. I was worried that it may be too bland, as the SA is really just a small explosion that cripples K-people.

If you have any suggestions to make it better, let me know. This will likely be the most expensive Lex ever made (the scientist Lex will fall between this one and the business suit), so he should have some power.


Thanks for all the help guys.