Vote: Custom Contest # 4 - Barbaric Minions

[obfuscatedhippo]

We had 13 awesome entries, and it is always a challenge to bring that down to Finalists. I imagine that we are going to have another close vote.

Since this contest could have a wide variety of submissions (Heroes or Squads), I'm going to allow for two votes in the Poll. Please vote for your favorite HERO and then for your favorite SQUAD.

Yeah, folks - it is ONE Poll, where you can cast TWO votes. One vote for your favorite Hero, and one vote for your favorite squad.

Top Votes for Hero and Squad will receive a $20 Auggies gift certificate.


UNIQUE/UNCOMMON HERO FINALISTS

Kaurmik

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By Ninja Status

ULRICK

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General = EINAR
Planet = EARTH
Species = HUMAN
Uniqueness = UNIQUE HERO
Class = RAIDER
Personality = WILD
Size/height = MEDIUM 5

Life = 6
Move = 6
Range = 1
Attack = 5
Defense = 4
Points = 145

BERSERKER CHARGE ENHANCEMENT
Add 1 to your die roll when you roll for the Berserker Charge power on any Army Card.

BRUTAL MOTIVATION
Before taking a turn with Ulrick, you may destroy a friendly Raider you control adjacent to Ulrick. If you do, until the end of the round all Raiders you control within 6 clear sight spaces of Ulrick add one to their Attack.
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Ulrick is the leader of the Dreadgul Raiders and the father of Valguard. Like his son, Ulrick assists the Dreadguls & Tarns with Berserker Charge Enhancement. Ulrick is more bloodthirsty than his son, however, causing his own troops to fear him.

Brutal Motivation works best with Dreadgul bonding, because it allows 3 attacks of 4 from the Dreadguls and an attack of 5 from Ulrick (i.e. the bonus from strategic bonding PLUS bonding!). However, it requires a sacrifice: the death of one of your own Raiders. Ulrick can kill his own Dreadguls to get the bonus, or destroy a Sahuagin Raider. However, since the Dreadguls bond with him they are the easiest to sacrifice. Ulrick has to keep up with his troops to continue motivating them; his men are only "motivated" when Ulrick is nearby with his axe ...

By: Arch-Vile

Dreadgul Berserker

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And the card text:

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Human
Uncommon Hero
Warrior
Wild
Medium 5?

7 life
5 move
1 range
5 atk
2 def
140 points

Bloodwrath
After attacking with this Dreadgul Berserker, you may roll the 20-sided die. Add 1 to your die roll for each wound marker on this card. If you roll a 15 or higher, you may attack again.

Berserker Charge
After moving this Dreadgul Berserker, you may roll the 20-sided die. If you roll a 15 or higher, you may move again.

Berserker's Fury
When this Dreadgul Berserker receives enough wounds to be destroyed, he is not removed until the end of the round.

By: Sir Yeshua

SQUAD FINALISTS

The Gromm Brothers

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Einar

Human
Unique Squad
Barbarian
Fraternal
Medium 5

Life 1
Move 5
Range 1
Attack 4
Defense 3
90 Points

Reckless Counterstrike
When rolling for defense against a normal attack from an adjacent figure, use the white combat dice. If you roll more skulls than shields, then all skulls you rolled count as unblockable hits on the attacking figure, and no shields you rolled will block any hits.

I Shall Avenge You, Brother!
If a Gromm Brother receives enough wounds from an attack to be destroyed, place it on the attacker's Army Card. A Gromm Brother rolls 2 additional attack dice for each Gromm Brother on the target figure's Army Card, and may attack that figure one additional time.

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Bio:
"For Blood! For Brothers! For Crom!"
Shout the three mighty Brothers named Gromm,
With a swing of the ax,
They're disturbing the pax,
Because you insulted their mom.

by: IshMEL

BERSERKERS OF NARSK

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General = UTGAR
Planet = EARTH
Species = HUMAN
Uniqueness = UNIQUE SQUAD
Class = RAIDERS
Personality = WILD
Size/height = MEDIUM 6

Life = 1
Move = 6
Range = 1
Attack = 5
Defense = 4
Points = 140

BERSERKER CHARGE
After moving and before attacking, roll the 20-sided die. If you roll a 15 or higher, you may move all Berserkers of Narsk again.

PILLAGE
When attacking a Destructible Object, a figure equipping one or more Treasure Glyphs, or a figure standing on one or more Power Glyphs, a Berserker of Narsk adds 2 to their Attack.

DEFY DEATH
Start the game with 3 Defy Death markers on this card. After a Berserker of Narsk receives one or more wounds, you may remove 1 Defy Death marker from this Army Card to ignore all wounds.
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The Berserkers of Narsk are the toughest of the Viking faction; they have fully pledged themselves to Tyr, God of War, and therefore have lost all sense of morality (hence the Utgar association). When the Berserkers are on the field of battle, only the most grievous injuries can bring them down. Their lust for battle has only brought out the Berserkers' inner nature as pillagers, and so they gain extra attack versus enemies with loot.

By: Arch-Vile

Velgoth Barbarians

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Unique Squad

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Bio
No living thing could stop a Velgoth Barbian. The brutish warriors led King Vel's armies to victory after bloody, bloody victory, as the mad monarch sought to increase his territory and power through terror and war. All who dared stand against them fell before their massive axes - entire villages destroyed, the inhabitants becoming but a whisper of a memory. When they came to the Woods of Wesperion, an old man on the trail used what became his last few breaths to warn them of the ancient and evil being residing in the forest, "Turn back. You do not face death, but a fate much worse. I have seen it. You cannot stand against Wesper..." But, Vel coveted the timber - it would make fine siege engines and catapults, perhaps even warships to spread his reign across the sea. He ordered his army forward. As usual, the Barbarians led the way. As the trail disappeared in the overgrowth, their massive blades hacked a path through. Suddenly, in a clearing, a small, grey-haired figure appeared before the Barbarians, whispering, "I am Wesperion." Sure of an easy kill, axes raised, the Barbarians advanced...until the old man they slew on the trail appeared next to Wesperion. "I warned you." As Vel, looked on, tendrils of grey hair bolted from Wesperion's head, stabbing each Barbarian through the heart. Enraged, the mad king ordered the rest of his army forward. Rage turned to bewilderment, then fear as the dead Barbarians rose, one by one and turned their terrible axes against their former allies. The reanimated Barbarians cut a swath through Vel's finest brigades, but the solders fought on. Their spirits rose when a Barbarian would fall under their attacks, only to have them dashed when that same Barbarian would rise again, and continue his murderous rampage. As Vel alone stood before the undead Barbarians, he heard the old man's whisper once again, "I warned you," followed by the whoosh of a battleaxe.

By: mac122

DREADGUL WARMONGERS

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Einar
Human
Unique Squad
Warmongers
Wild
Medium 6

Life-1
Move-5
Range-1
Attack-3
Defense-4
Points-140

FIRST ASSAULT 2

When attacking with a Dreadgul Warmonger, if the defending figure was not adjacent to a Dreadgul Warmonger at the start of this turn, a Dreadgul Warmonger receives 2 additional attack die.

ENRAGED 15

After taking a turn with Dreadgul Warmongers, roll the 20-sided die. If you roll a 15 or higher you may take another turn with the Dreadgul Warmongers. For every destroyed Dreadgul Warmonger you may add 2 to your roll.

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By: Longy418

Hiatea Hunters

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Hiatea Hunters
by: infectedsloth

[Evar-Scarcarver]

The Firbolg squad was pure genius! Even if mine had moved onto finals, I might have been tempted to vote for it.

[Ninja Status]

[RAGNAROK]

The Berserkers/Barbarians of Narsk are awesome! I can't quit laughing about "Pillage." You talk about scary! Castle doors, and people on glyphs look out! x3

[Ninja Status]

How do you vote multiple times? When I click on the little "3" or "5" links on the poll I see people who have voted for like 3 different submissions. How do you do that?

-NS, probably just missing something.

[Arch-vile]

Click more than one bubble before hitting "submit vote". I believe you can only vote twice, though, as per the rules in the OP.

[obfuscatedhippo]

The Poll will allow you to vote multiple times. However you are only supposed to vote TWICE ... once for a hero and once for a squad.

This is why the Vote is public so that I can see if folks voted beyond the limit. Looks like Son of Arathorn has voted 3 times : P

Please be careful and only vote Twice.

[mac122]

I messed up and didn't put down a hero vote. However, I would have voted for one of the 2 that SoA did, so you could count one of his hero votes as mine.

[IshMEL]

Congrats to all the nominees! May you all crush your enemies and see them driven before you!

[caps]

You cannot vote twice. You vote once for multiple entries. Voting twice would require multiple polls.

[Simval]

Kaurmic is really cool !

Also, I wanted to vote for the Velgoth Barbarian, buf I feel that they don't bave enough defense to be useful. I know they might resurrect, but if they die right after that, it's really not worth 150.
Sad because I really liked them... I decided to vote for the Berserkers of Narsk.

[Ninja Status]

Originally Posted by Simval

Kaurmik is really cool !

Also, I wanted to vote for the Velgoth Barbarian, buf I feel that they don't bave enough defense to be useful. I know they might resurrect, but if they die right after that, it's really not worth 150.
Sad because I really liked them... I decided to vote for the Berserkers of Narsk.

That's Kaurmik to you good sir! . Thanks for the shout out ^_^