The Book of Floronic Man

[IAmBatman]

The Book of Floronic Man

C3G DC WAVE 12
LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT

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The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Arkham Asylum set.
Its model number and name are 005/ Floronic Man.

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Character Bio - “Woodrue is an exile from an interdimensional world (Floria) inhabited by dryads. Calling himself the Plant Master, Woodrue uses his advanced botanical knowledge to control plant growth in an attempt to take over the world. He is defeated by the superheroic Atom.” Later, “Woodrue uses an experimental formula to transform his body into a plant/human hybrid, with his skin resembling bark and his hair turning into leaves. Now calling himself the Floronic Man, he is defeated by Green Lantern. The Floronic Man later becomes a member of the Secret Society of Super-Villains […] Woodrue is hired by General Averly Sunderland to discover how scientist Alec Holland had been turned into the Swamp Thing. Woodrue discovers that the creature, instead of being a mutated version of Holland, is instead an intelligent mass of plant life that had fed on Holland's dead body and absorbed his knowledge and memories. The Floronic Man tries to warn Sunderland that the Swamp Thing is not dead, but the General refuses to listen and announces his intent to terminate Woodrue's employment. Subsequently, the Floronic Man traps Sunderland in his office with a thawed and enraged Swamp Thing, who kills the General. […] Floronic Man uses the Swamp Thing's body to contact the Green, which is composed of the life force of all plants on Earth. The experience drives the Floronic Man insane, and he sets out to destroy all nonplant life on Earth by forcing the plants to produce an excess amount of oxygen to force humanity into extinction, in the belief that he is 'saving' Earth from mankind. Woodrue is confronted by a revived Swamp Thing, who reveals to the Green that plants cannot survive without animals as he is depriving them of the carbon dioxide they require to breathe, forcing Woodrue to acknowledge that his actions are the actions of a man rather than a plant. The Green abandons the Floronic Man, who is then taken into custody by the Justice League.” It is later revealed that Woodrue was “a University professor who taught botany to Philip Sylvian, Alec & Linda Holland, and Pamela Isley (Poison Ivy).” (Wikipedia, 2011). _________________________________________________________________


-Rulings and Clarifications-

• Floronic Man requires the use of one Evergreen Tree Destructible Object.

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Synergy Benefits Received

Classic:

• N/A

Marvel:

• N/A

C3G:

• As a figure with the Insane personality, Floronic Man is immune to and can be equipped with the Glyph of Smilex.
• As a Scientist, Floronic Man may benefit from Invisible Woman's Fantastic Force Field 4 special power.
• As a figure with the Insane personality, Floronic Man can be moved and activated by Hugo Strange's Insane Provocation special power.
• As a figure with the Insane personality, Floronic Man can be mutated by Hugo Strange's Mutagenic Experiment special power.
• As an Insane Unique Hero, Floronic Man can take a turn after the Joker Goons with their All Part of the Plan special power.

Synergy Benefits Offered


Classic:

• N/A

Marvel:

• N/A

C3G:

• As a figure with the Insane personality, Floronic Man may allow Harley Quinn to take a turn after him using her Insane Devotion special power.
• As a Scientist, Floronic Man may add up to 5 dice to The Thing's attack.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• As an Insane figure, Floronic Man is immune to a number of abilities, such as Beast's Negotiation and Yellow Lantern (Thaal Sinestro)'s Force of Fear Special Attack.

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: IAmBatman
• Second playtest: Red Eyed Jedi
• Third playtest: Scapemage
• Art by tcglkn

[IAmBatman]

NAME = FLORONIC MAN

SECRET IDENTITY = JASON WOODRUE

SPECIES = METAHUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = SCIENTIST
PERSONALITY = INSANE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 6

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 4

POINTS = 135

ACCELERATED TREE GROWTH
Start the game with 1 Evergreen Tree Destructible Object on this card. After moving, before attacking, you may choose an empty space within 6 spaces of Floronic Man and place 1 Evergreen Tree Destructible Object from this card on the chosen space. Placed trees must fit on the battlefield normally. If you destroy an Evergreen Tree Destructible Object, you may remove all Wound Markers from its Army Card and place it on this card.

PLANT ANIMATION 12
After moving and instead of attacking, roll the 20-sided die for all opponents' figures within two spaces of an Evergreen Tree or Jungle Piece that is within 6 spaces of Floronic Man, one at a time. If you roll 12 or higher, the figure receives one wound.

[IAmBatman]

[Hahma]

I know nothing of this guy, but now I see why the offensive nature of the trees being preferred to defensive nature of them. Interesting points value of 135 there Bats, you usually like nice round numbers

Seems straight forward enough. Though not knowing the character, is there a reason for 6 lives? Kind of looks like Joker 1 with 6 lives/3 defense.

Okay, I just looked him up and see why he has a lot of life. Could his defense be higher based on this from DC Comic Database?

Alien Physiology: Born from an interdimensional plant-like planet, Floronic Man has toughened skin like that of tree bark as well as able to survive while buried alive.

• Superhuman Durability: Due to his experimentation and alien body, Floronic Man can withstand blows and energy beams that would severely maim or kill a normal human. He's also stated that he can't be killed by conventional means such as being shot or stabbed.

Chlorokinesis: His natural heritage is to be able to mold and weave plants to his liking. With his evil intentions, he can sprout roots from the ground to ensnare heroes or wrap oak tree bark around himself in defense. He's even withstood constant blows from the Green Lantern, as well as grow plant monsters and control them to whatever extent he wishes.

[Griffin]

Looks good. I worry though that players may try to place Great Evergreen Trees on this card, and the current language doesn't really allow the 4 space Great Evergreen Tree to be placed on a single space.

[IAmBatman]

Are the normal Evergreen Tree DOs just called Evergreen Tree DOs? If so, then the current language should exclude Great Evergreen Tree DOs and we can back that up in FAQs. I think it's cleaner mechanically to stick to just the single based trees (and would probably work better for most people since the Great Evergreen Trees are rarer).

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by Hahma

Seems straight forward enough. Though not knowing the character, is there a reason for 6 lives? Kind of looks like Joker 1 with 6 lives/3 defense.

Okay, I just looked him up and see why he has a lot of life. Could his defense be higher based on this from DC Comic Database?

I'm thinking 3 defense and 6 life should account well for his superhuman durability and toughened bark-like skin. I mean, there are no slouches in SuperHeroscape and the toughness of bark only gets you so far.

[Griffin]

The problem is the last line:

If an Evergreen Tree within clear sight of Floronic Man is destroyed, you may place it on this card.

Officially, they are all called Evergreen Trees.

I know it is extra text, but maybe this would curve the potential confusion:

ACCELERATED TREE GROWTH
Start the game with 1 Evergreen Tree Destructible Object on this card. After moving, before attacking, you may choose an empty space within 6 spaces of Floronic Man and place 1 Evergreen Tree Destructible Object from this card on the chosen space. Placed trees must fit on the battlefield normally. If an Evergreen Tree Destructible Object within clear sight of Floronic Man is destroyed, you may place it on this card.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Arkham Asylum set.
Its model number and name are 005/ Floronic Man.

Looks good,Bats!

[Good Pig]

Never heard of this guy before. Cool design though. He'll be a nice one to draft along with the Insane team.

Should he have Fire Weakness? Not a biggie. Just thought I'd ask.

I think Griffin's fix is a good idea. It avoids an FAQ.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by Griffin

The problem is the last line:

Officially, they are all called Evergreen Trees.

I know it is extra text, but maybe this would curve the potential confusion:

Good call. That's definitely the way we should go.

Originally Posted by Spidey'tilIDie

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Arkham Asylum set.
Its model number and name are 005/ Floronic Man.

Looks good,Bats!

Thanks! And thanks for the figure info - hadn't tracked that down yet.

[IAmBatman]

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