The Book of Wonder Man

[Spidey'tilIDie]

The Book of Wonder Man

C3G MARVEL WAVE 6
AVENGERS ARRIVE

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The figure used for this unit is a Wonder Man figure from the Mutant Mayhem set.
Its model number and name are #040-041 / Wonder Man.

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Character Bio - Simon Williams is the son of rich industrialist Sanford Williams, owner of Williams Innovations. Simon inherits the munitions factory after his father's death, but the company's profits fall due to its biggest competitor, Tony Stark. On the advice of his brother Eric, Simon tries to embezzle funds from his company but is caught and incarcerated. Simon blames Stark for this and accepts the proposition of master villain Baron Heinrich Zemo to infiltrate the Avengers. The desperate Simon Williams agrees and is transformed into an ion-powered being with superhuman powers. His powers are tested, and he is shown to have great superhuman strength and durability. Called Wonder Man by Zemo, he is then sent to meet and join the Avengers, with instructions to betray them at a critical moment so that Zemo's Masters of Evil can destroy the Avengers. The plan fails when Wonder Man decides to save the Avengers at the cost of his own life. Iron Man (Tony Stark) records Wonder Man's brain patterns in the hope that one day he can be revived.

Wonder Man remains in suspended animation for years, and it is during this period that Ultron, the evil robot creation of Henry Pym, steals the brain patterns recorded by the Avengers for use as a template for the synthezoid Vision.

Wonder Man is later "resurrected" as a zombie by Black Talon and the Grim Reaper (his biological brother) to attack the Avengers once more. On the final occasion, the Living Laser hypnotizes a now-awake but still very weak Wonder Man, in an unsuccessful attack on the Avengers. After this encounter, Wonder Man was restored to true life and chooses to remain with the Avengers as a being of ionic energy.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Synergy Benefits Received

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Synergy Benefits Offered

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-Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses-

Immunities

• As a figure with the Flying special power, Wonder Man cannot be affected by aspects of the following special powers: Avalanche's Earthquake Special Attack, Beast Boy's (Pterodactyl) Evasive Flying, Green Goblin's Goblin Glider, Man-Bat Assassin's Evasive Flying, Stilt-Man's The Bigger They Are…, Super Skrull's (Kl'rt) Rock Wall Bounce Back 3, Superman's (II) Super Breath, and Falcon's Aerial Advantage.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Wonder Man cannot be affected by the following special powers: Apocalypse's Survival of the Fittest, the Bad Cops Shakedown, Baron von Strucker's Death Spore Release, Beast Boy's (Bear) Maul, and Elektra's Assassin's Mark.

Benefits

• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Wonder Man interacts differently with the following special powers: Abomination's (C3G) and Super-Ape's (Mikhlo) Super Throw, Beast Boy's (T-Rex) Dino-Bite, Black Adam's Power of Aton Lightning Strike, Frost Giant's (C3G) Frost Bite, Piledriver's Pounding Fists, and Satanus' Chomping Frenzy 12.
• Because of Celebrity Status, common Human figures adjacent to Wonder Man roll 1 fewer defense die. Current common Human figures include: 5th Precinct Beat Cops, Arkham Inmates, Bad Cops, Bodyguard, Civilians, Hand Ninja, HYDRA Agents, Intergang Agents, LexCorp Security, S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents, S.H.I.E.L.D. Sniper, S.H.I.E.L.D. Spotter, Science Police, Street Thugs.

Weaknesses

• As a figure with the Flying special power, Wonder Man is affected by Count Vertigo's Nullify special power.
• As a figure with the Flying special power, Wonder Man can't be carried by Green Lantern (John Stewart)'s Green Basket Carry.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

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-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: Griff
• Second playtest: Hidicul
• Third playtest: Johnny

[Spidey'tilIDie]

NAME = WONDER MAN
SECRET IDENTITY = SIMON WILLIAMS

SPECIES = MUTATE
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CELEBRITY
PERSONALITY = LOYAL
SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 6
MOVE = 6
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 8
DEFENSE = 6
POINTS = 350

IONIC IMBALANCE
Whenever Wonder Man would receive more than one wound from a normal or special attack, before placing Wound Markers, you may roll the 20-sided die.

• If you roll 1 or less, all figures adjacent to Wonder Man receive two wounds and Wonder Man is destroyed.
• If you roll 2-5, place Wound Markers normally.
• If you roll 6-16, the most wounds Wonder Man can receive from this attack is one.
• If you roll 17 or higher, Wonder Man takes no wounds from the attack, and all figures adjacent to Wonder Man receive one wound.

CELEBRITY STATUS
Common Human figures adjacent to Wonder Man roll 1 fewer defense die to a minimum of 1 die.

SUPERSTRENGTH
FLYING

[tcglkn]

Shouldn't Ionic Toughness Defense just be called One Shield Defense?

[SirGalahad]

IONIC TOUGHNESS DEFENSE
When Wonder Man defends against a normal attack if he rolls at least one shield, the most wounds he can receive from that attack is one.

IONIC IMBALANCE
Whenever Wonder Man would take more than one wound from a special attack, you may instead roll a 20-sided die. If you roll a 1-18, place only one Wound Marker on Wonder Man. If you roll a 19 or higher, destroy Wonder Man and give any figures adjacent to Wonder Man an unavoidable wound.

Wouldn't the roll be 2 or lower for his explosion?

"unblockable wound"

Cool power with strategic choices.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Originally Posted by tcglkn

Shouldn't Ionic Toughness Defense just be called One Shield Defense?

No,

One Shield Defense
When rolling defense dice, if Crixus rolls at least once shield, the most wounds Crixus may take for this attack is one.

Wonder Man's is only Normal Attacks.

[IAmBatman]

Still, a One Shield Defense esq power ... seems like we can do better. Also, with the word "Tough" in the power, it seems like we should be riffing off that power, not One Shield Defense.
What would you think of a power like this?

IONIC TOUGHNESS DEFENSE
When Wonder Man defends against a normal attack, if he rolls at least one shield, add one automatic shield to his roll.

[Griffin]

A detriment power with a 10 percent chance of killing my 300+ unit if I fail is a HUGE risk. I am curious if any of you guys would draft him and use that power?

Fyi, Omega Effect would have a 20% of killing W Man if you used the power, not that you have to or would want to, I just thought it was interesting.

[IAmBatman]

I doubt I'd use the power unless it was a situation where Wonder Man took enough wounds to die from the attack. In cases like that, it'd be a nice power to save you 80% of the time or at least get in a last shot on your attacker the other 20% of the time.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

OK, the idea is that this guy is really just a Heavy Hitter. He doesn't really have nay special powers that make him different, its more hsi character that makes him interesting. He started as a Villain, then changed over. His brainwaves were used to give the Vision a personality before he himself was resurrected. He used his West Coast Avengers membership to become a movie star (sorta like Hulk Hogan) in B-movies and on TV. He dated Wanda, Tigra, and Ms. Marvel from the Avengers and some other b-list celebrities. Powerwise he is like Thor without the control of weather or a hammer. He has been susceptible to other energies because of his own Ionic biology, which has caused him to seemingly die, become pure energy, increased his strength level.

For the powers, I really like what I have, BUT if you all feel Tough is better I can go with it.

On the second power, I want to make it a must power and that was an oversight. I could see bumping it to 20, but I think for the constant lowering of wounds, 19 or 20 is good.

[IAmBatman]

I just think if "tough" is in the title, it should have mechanics that reflect the official "tough" power (thus my suggestion above). I could probably get on board with what's in the OP currently if the power had a name change, though I am a bit "meh" on powers that only let you take one wound right now after all the Magical Defense as of late.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

What are thoughts on this? (Changes in red.)

NAME = WONDER MAN
SECRET IDENTITY = SIMON WILLIAMS

SPECIES = MUTATE
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CELEBRITY
PERSONALITY = LOYAL
SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 8
DEFENSE = 6

POINTS = 350

IONIC DEFENSE
When Wonder Man defends against a normal attack if he rolls at least one shield, the most wounds he can receive from that attack is one.

IONIC IMBALANCE
Whenever Wonder Man would take more than one wound from a special attack, you must instead roll a 20-sided die. If you roll 1-2, place no wounds. If you roll 3-18, place one Wound Marker on Wonder Man. If you roll 19 or higher, destroy Wonder Man and give any figures adjacent to Wonder Man an unavoidable wound.

SUPERSTRENGTH
FLYING

[IAmBatman]

I see you and I raise you ...

IONIC IMBALANCE
Whenever Wonder Man would receive more than one wound from a special attack, you must instead roll a 20-sided die. If you roll 1, Wonder Man is automatically destroyed and any figures adjacent to Wonder Man before he is destroyed receive one unblockable wound. If you roll 2-3, place no wounds. If you roll 4 or higher, place one Wound Marker on Wonder Man.

This way the two powers help each other, but this power triggers more frequently, potentially. Keeping it to a single bad roll (1) instead of (19-20) helps keep the odds of it screwing him over down, though. Also, the aesthetic of negative events occurring on low rolls is kept consistent.