Kolakoski’s Pre-SoV Custom Corner

[kolakoski]

Well met!

@SkyWhale, Hire Crew is too imitative of Crimson Widow (based on the same real life pirate, by the way). Given this sculpt,

Pathfinder Battles Iconic Heroes #4,
Lirianne, Half-Elf Gunslinger

I felt compelled to make her a Pirate, but would be happy to find another appropriate Class.

[chas]

Don't you be a changing her now matey, because:

Oh better far to live and die
Under the brave black flag I fly
Than play a sanctimonious part
With a pirate and a pirate heart

Away to the cheating world go you
Where Pirates all are well to do
But I'll be true to the song I sing
And live and die a Pirate King

--Gilbert and Sullivan,
The Pirates of Penzance

[kolakoski]

Well met!

Pathfinder Battles Iconic Heroes #4,
Lirianne, Half-Elf Gunslinger

CAPTAIN XUE
General: Utgar
Race: Human
Uniqueness: Unique Hero
Class: Warrior
Personality: Bold
Size: Medium 5
Life: 5
Move: 5
Range: 5
Attack: 3
Defense: 3
Points: 120

HAND CANNON
When Captain Xue attacks an opponent's figure, you may choose an opponent's figure adjacent to that figure. If the defending figure receives any wounds from Captain Xue, the chosen figure receives 1 wound. When Captain Xue attacks, she may attack 1 additional time.

SECRET ARMY
After revealing a numbered Order Marker on this card and taking a turn with Captain Xue, if she did not inflict a wound on an opponent's figure, you may take a turn with any Monk, Ninja, Shadow Assassin, or Assassin, hero or squad, you control. Any figure that is taking a turn with Secret Army must be within clear sight of Captain Xue before moving.

P.S.: This needs to be tested, of course. But this looks like fun. Adding Monk might be a bit much.

[kolakoski]

[Reserved]

[kolakoski]

Well met!

Originally Posted by chas

Don't you be a changing her now matey, because:

Oh better far to live and die
Under the brave black flag I fly
Than play a sanctimonious part
With a pirate and a pirate heart

Away to the cheating world go you
Where Pirates all are well to do
But I'll be true to the song I sing
And live and die a Pirate King

--Gilbert and Sullivan,
The Pirates of Penzance

Sorry, chas, but Secret Army and Pirate bonding are incompatible:

Pathfinder Battles Iconic Heroes #4,
Lirianne, Half-Elf Gunslinger

CAPTAIN XUE
General: Utgar
Race: Human
Uniqueness: Unique Hero
Class: Mastermind
Personality: Ruthless
Size: Medium 5
Life: 5
Move: 5
Range: 5
Attack: 3
Defense: 3
Points: 120

HAND CANNON
When Captain Xue attacks an opponent's figure, you may choose an opponent's figure adjacent to that figure. If the defending figure receives any wounds from Captain Xue, the chosen figure receives 1 wound. When Captain Xue attacks, she may attack 1 additional time.

SECRET ARMY
After revealing a numbered Order Marker on this card and taking a turn with Captain Xue, if she did not inflict a wound on an opponent's figure, you may take a turn with any Monk, Ninja, Shadow Assassin, or Assassin, hero or squad, you control. Any figure that is taking a turn with Secret Army must be within clear sight of Captain Xue before moving.

I seem not to be able to settle on Class and Personality. Nerfed Range (5) and no defensive power feels dangerous. I'll have to draft some units with defensive support powers and or screen her carefully. Otherwise, Secret Army gives me special access to a number of my favorite units. Of course, this is more a Glass Army than a Secret one. 120 points seems close to right.

[chas]

So let her also bond with the C3V Buccaneers of Tortuga too, but not other pirates. (They're not pirates, they're privateers. Secret ones, operating from their secret island base).

[kolakoski]

Well met!

Originally Posted by chas

So let her also bond with the C3V Buccaneers of Tortuga too, but not other pirates. (They're not pirates, they're privateers. Secret ones, operating from their secret island base).

A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war.

Captain Xue is not a privateer. She is a seafaring Fu Manchu. "Monk, Ninja, Shadow Assassin, or Assassin, hero or squad" is more than enough.

[kolakoski]

Well met!

Moving even farther from her pirate origins:

Pathfinder Battles Iconic Heroes #4,
Lirianne, Half-Elf Gunslinger

KARAMANE
General: Utgar
Race: Human
Uniqueness: Unique Hero
Class: Mastermind
Personality: Ruthless
Size: Medium 5
Life: 5
Move: 5
Range: 5
Attack: 3
Defense: 3
Points: 120

HAND CANNON
When Kâramanè attacks an opponent's figure, you may choose an opponent's figure adjacent to that figure. If the defending figure receives any wounds from Kâramanè, the chosen figure receives 1 wound. When Kâramanè attacks, she may attack 1 additional time.

INHERITED LOYALTY
All Monk, Ninja, Shadow Assassin, or Assassin, hero or squad figures you control follow Utgar instead of the General on their cards. After revealing a numbered Order Marker on this card and taking a turn with Kâramanè, if she did not inflict a wound on an opponent's figure, you may take a turn with any Monk, Ninja, Shadow Assassin, or Assassin, hero or squad, you control. Any figure that is taking a turn with Inherited Loyalty must be within clear sight of Kâramanè before moving.

[kolakoski]

Well met!

Secret Army and Inherited Loyalty are SoV non-starters. Back to the drawing board:

Pathfinder Battles Iconic Heroes #4,
Lirianne, Half-Elf Gunslinger

CAPTAIN XUE
General: Utgar
Race: Human
Uniqueness: Unique Hero
Class: Pirate
Personality: Ruthless
Size: Medium 5
Life: 5
Move: 5
Range: 5
Attack: 3
Defense: 3
Points: 120

HAND CANNON
When Captain Xue attacks an opponent's figure, you may choose an opponent's Common figure adjacent to that figure. If the defending figure receives any wounds from Captain Xue, the chosen Common figure receives 1 wound. When Captain Xue attacks, she may attack 1 additional time.

MUTINY
After a Unique Captain you control recieves a wound or is destroyed, any or all Pirate Squads you control that chose that Captain for The Captain's Way special power may choose Captain Xue to be their chosen Captain for the rest of the game. If you do, remove all wound markers from Captain Xue.

The thing to do now is to leave her as above and draft her crew intelligently, rather than adding any more powers.

P.S.: Fixed Hand Cannon; the chosen figure must now be Common.

[kolakoski]

Well met!

HAND CANNON
When Captain Xue attacks an opponent's figure, you may choose an opponent's figure adjacent to that figure. If the defending figure receives any wounds from Captain Xue, the chosen figure receives 1 wound. When Captain Xue attacks, she may attack 1 additional time.

I like Hand Cannon as is, but wondering if it is necessary or desirable to make this closer to Cleave:

HAND CANNON
When Captain Xue attacks an opponent's figure, you may choose an opponent's [Squad] figure adjacent to that figure. If the defending figure receives any wounds from Captain Xue, the chosen figure receives 1 wound. When Captain Xue attacks, she may attack 1 additional time.

P.S.: Made it Common.

[chas]

No. There's no point making a custom if its too similar to previous figures.

[kolakoski]

Well met!

I hear you, chas. However, it's too cheap a shot killing a Deathwalker with a wound inflicted on an Orc. Making the adjacent figure Common is also unique, and just a bit better than it being a Squad figure (as in Cleave).

HAND CANNON
When Captain Xue attacks an opponent's figure, you may choose an opponent's Common figure adjacent to that figure. If the defending figure receives any wounds from Captain Xue, the chosen Common figure receives 1 wound. When Captain Xue attacks, she may attack 1 additional time.

Actually, Hand Cannon is also close to this (note the Range):

EXPLOSIVE ROUNDS SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 5. Attack 3.
Choose a figure to attack. You may also choose one other figure adjacent to the targeted figure to be affected by Explosive Rounds Special Attack. Roll attack dice once for both figures. Each figure rolls defense dice separately. When Deathcommander Mark 3 attacks with his Explosive Rounds Special Attack, he may attack one additional time.