The Book of Civilians
 

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Character Bio - Without much in the way of power individually, these "puny humans" can occasionally get in a lick now and again based on sheer numbers, even though they are constantly running around getting in the way.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• Civilians may be boosted by Mister Terrific's (Terry Sloane) Champion of All Things Fair special power.
• As Marvel figures, Civilians have these Marvel Synergies.
• As a Common Squad, Civilians have these Common Synergies..
• As Humans, Civilians have these Human Synergies.
• As Citizens, Civilians have these Citizen Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• A Civilian, or any other Human Citizen you control, rolls 1 additional attack and defense die when adjacent to a friendly Human figure due to its Strength in Numbers special power. Current Humans and Human Citizens.
• Civilians may activate other Citizens you control with their Crowd Movement special power. Current Citizens.
• Citizens you control may be moved by Civilians' Panic special power. Current Citizens.

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• As Common Humans, Civilians roll 1 fewer defense die against Wonder Man due to his Celebrity Status special power.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• Like Deathreavers, Civilians are great at tying down opposing forces and freeing up your ranged units.
• CharosinCharge Strategy Tips

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Playtest 1 - Pass at 35 Points
• Playtest 2 - Pass at 40-45 Points
• Playtest 3 - Pass at 40-45 Points (45 preferred)

Card Updates:
23 January 2021 - All powers updated to allow for future Citizen class use

Re: Civilians Common Squad C3G X-Men Master Set
 

NAME = CIVILIANS

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = COMMON SQUAD (4)
CLASS = CITIZENS
PERSONALITY = FRANTIC

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 4

LIFE = 1

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

POINTS = 45

CROWD MOVEMENT
After revealing an Order Marker on this card and instead of moving normally, you may move up to 8 Citizens you control. Instead of attacking normally, you may attack with any 4 Civilians you control, even Civilians that did not move this turn.

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
When attacking or defending with a Civilian, if that Civilian is adjacent to at least one other friendly Human, add 1 die to your die roll.

PANIC
After a figure you control rolls defense dice against a normal attack from an opponent's figure, you may move any 2 Civilians you control up to 4 spaces each. A Civilian moved with Panic must start its movement within 8 clear sight spaces of the defending figure.


Original Post:

Re: Civilians Common Squad C3G X-Men Master Set
 

Without that robust Deathreaver defense, I'd say they're worth only 30 points (yeah, I know they have the Crowd Movement, but the Deathreavers have a couple more powers besides Scatter too).
They're looking pretty good to me, though! I think the main thing we need to decide is which figures we're going to use. :-)

Re: Civilians Common Squad C3G X-Men Master Set
 

I forgot to change the points when I dropped Safety In Numbers from the special powers that I had came up the last time. Since we're going more simpler with heroes, there's no way I want three special powers on Civilians. But it's changed now to 30.

Don't know about figures yet. Nothing really excites me about the choices so far.

Re: Civilians Common Squad C3G X-Men Master Set
 

I'll try to dig up some more possibilities in a little bit. They're civilians, though, not sure how excited we're going to get ...

Re: Civilians Common Squad C3G X-Men Master Set
 

I think Civilians need to have some benefit to drafting them, besides just being low cost. They should also have a thematic benefit to either heroes or villains.

Re: Civilians Common Squad C3G X-Men Master Set
 

I tried that but it didn't go over too well with them actually doing something other than being in the way types. For me, they'll likely be more of a scenario specific type unit than something I'd draft or army build with. For as low points as they will likely be, I'd take Deathreavers anytime over Civilians.

Re: Civilians Common Squad C3G X-Men Master Set
 

I'd like them to stay generic enough that, depending on the situation, they can fit into both hero and villain armies.
I think they're going to have a lot of flavor placed on them in scenarios for things like that.
I know we're wanting to keep them with two powers, but one that could help them be more draftable would be ...

"STRENGTH IN NUMBERS"
When attack or defending with a Civilian, add 1 die for each other adjacent Civilian up to a maximum of +2 dice for the Strength in Numbers power.

This would help you want to draft a bunch of them and help them stand up to the world of Superheroes a lot better, IMO ...

Re: Civilians Common Squad C3G X-Men Master Set
 

Then which of the other two do you want to drop?

Re: Civilians Common Squad C3G X-Men Master Set
 

In my Civilians custom, I have a power that makes them somewhat useful, both from a hero and a villain perspective. You might want to see if that sparks any ideas.

Re: Civilians Common Squad C3G X-Men Master Set
 

A link to that card in this thread would probably be useful, GreyOwl. :-)

Re: Civilians Common Squad C3G X-Men Master Set
 

If I had to choose one, probably Crowd Movement ... Panic is more interesting, IMO, and it will still give you plenty of chances to take advantage of Strength in Numbers.