The Book of Loki

[GreyOwl]

The Book of Loki

C3G MARVEL WAVE 5
WORLD'S VILEST

Comic PDF

Mini PDF

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Hammer of Thor: Warriors of Asgard pack.
Its model number and name are #006 / Loki.

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Hammer of Thor set.
Its model number and name are #054 / Loki.

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Character Bio - Mischief, Lies and Evil. These words are the embodiment of Loki. As a child, Loki was found hidden in a Frost Giant stronghold. Odin, the ruler of Asgard, adopts Loki and raises him alongside his son, Thor. Growing up was not easy for Loki. He was often compared to Thor and since Asgardians valued strength and bravery above all else, Thor was always favored. Although Loki lacked great strength, he achieved great power through sorcery. Loki would often try to trick Thor in an attempt to prove his superiority. As Loki became an adult, these tricks became much more malicious in nature. Loki became quite jealous of Thor and combined with Loki's insatiable lust for power; he became known as the God of Evil. To this day, Loki attempts to prove his dominance over all of Asgard. Loki is a formidable opponent and has battled the Avengers on multiple occasions.
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-Combinations and Synergies-

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• God of Mischief allows you to place an additional X Order Marker. Units whose powers involve the X Order Marker include: Anti-Monitor, Batman: Terry McGinnis, Brainiac, Deadpool, Iron Fist, Laufey, Loki, M.O.D.O.K., Metallo, Professor X, Sabretooth, The Hood, The Riddler, Trickster, and Wolverine.

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial Playtest: IAmBatman
• Second Playtest: johnny139
• Third Playtest: Karat
• Mini Photos
• Art by: tcglkn

[GreyOwl]

DESIGN NOTES:

1. Tricky seemed like a good fit for his personality, but a Tricky Trickster sounded odd, so I went with Treacherous.

2. His species is technically Jotunn, but many species on Asgard including those are collectively referred to as "Asgardians", so I went with that for possible future synergy purposes.

Legacy Text:

LOKI
LOKI LAUFEYSON

ETIN
UNIQUE HERO
TRICKSTER
TREACHEROUS

MEDIUM 5

LIFE 7
MOVE 4
RANGE 1
ATTACK 6
DEFENSE 6
POINTS: 420

GOD OF MISCHIEF
Start the game with an additional "X" Order Marker. At the start of the round, when placing Order Markers, if you first place two or more Order Markers on this card, you may place one additional "X" Order Marker on any card you control. If you place the additional "X" Order Marker, after determining initiative, roll the 20-sided die. If you roll a 1-4, choose an opponent to remove one unrevealed Order Marker at random from one army card you control.

GOD OF EVIL
If Loki would receive one or more wounds, you may choose a figure within 3 clear sight spaces of Loki and roll the 20-sided die, adding 4 to the roll if the chosen figure has the Valiant personality. If you roll 1-16, place Wound Markers normally. If you roll a 17 or higher, the chosen figure receives the wounds instead of Loki.

DECEPTIVE TELEPORTATION
After taking a turn with Loki, you may reveal an "X" Order Marker on this card and place Loki on an empty space within 8 clear sight spaces. When Loki starts to Teleport, he will not take any leaving engagement attacks.

FLYING SYMBOL
SUPER STRENGTH SYMBOL

[A3n]

Should we not just use his full name instead of repeating it with his identity? I think we decided that's what we would do in those circumstances.

I love Treacherous but I am not totally sure about Trickster, but I can't think of anything better myself.

As for the stats & powers, I love them as is . Great write-up GO.

Cheers

[IAmBatman]

I love it all. And Trickster definitely works perfectly, IMO.
WAVE FIVE: WORLD'S VILEST btw.

[Hahma]

Looks good GreyOwl.

One thing I was hoping to see from Loki would be the ability to bestow powers to others to help do his bidding. He seems to often use others to do his dirty work. So I added something to God of Mischief to try to somehow represent him boosting his minions or teammates.

GOD OF MISCHIEF
At the start of the round, when placing Order Markers, if you place at least one Order Marker on this card, you may place one additional "X" Marker on one of your cards. When an "X" Marker is placed on the card of a Unique Hero that you control other than Loki, anytime that figure reveals a numbered Order Marker, they may also reveal an "X" Marker and add 1 to their attack and move numbers for that turn.

If that seems too buff for big time heavy hitters, maybe there can be a line in there to restrict it to figures without the Superstrength special power.

[GreyOwl]

Originally Posted by Hahma

If that seems too buff for big time heavy hitters, maybe there can be a line in there to restrict it to figures without the Superstrength special power.

How about he only does that for either common figures or squads, since they're more likely to be his minions?

EDIT: First post updated with wave number and name, and using his full name only.

[A3n]

I quite like that idea Hahma, but worry that it makes him too powerful. I trust your judgement though as the playtester-extraodinaire.

[Griffin]

I would like to point out that some of my writeups at home have some Tricky weaknesses like Neron's Demon Deal power gives figures with the tricky personality an advantage. There are some other things like this and bound to be some more at some point, and it would be a shame for Loki to miss out on that. Can we please embrace the redundancy (which I think works well for this guy) and go back to GO's original idea of Tricky Trickster? I would very much prefer it for thematic reasons and also game mechanic reasons as well.

[GreyOwl]

I'm not dead-set against it, I just thought it sounded odd that way. But I could live with it.

[SirGalahad]

Which mini?

Mutant Mayhem 096 http://www.hcrealms.com/units/mm096.jpg Very Rare
Hammer of Thor 035 http://www.hcrealms.com/units/ha035.jpg Rare
Hammer of Thor 054 http://www.hcrealms.com/units/ha054.jpg Super Rare

[whitestuff]

Will having an extra 'X' marker on a team mess with the balance of the mutants with the fast healing?

[NecroBlade]

Originally Posted by whitestuff

Will having an extra 'X' marker on a team mess with the balance of the mutants with the fast healing?

Well you're talking 1200ish points for Prof. X, Loki, Wolverine, and Deadpool. The only thing Loki adds to the combination is getting X's defensive power in addition to one heal, or two heals (at the end of a round). So I'd say no. Great interaction, but nothing busted (at least in theory).