The Book of Beyonder
 

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Character Bio - Originally a being from an infinite realm beyond the Marvel multiverse called the Beyond Realm, which was the sum of everything outside the multiverse (our multiverse was a drop in the sea that was the beyond realm), it became self aware and formed a being of immeasurable power. (He was originally described as millions of times more powerful than the entire multiverse.) The Beyonder first found our multiverse and used his firs hours to observe the actions of Steve Rogers. He found this to be an appropriate initial human form to take as he learned about this simple reality of limited dimension, which he, as a being of infinite dimensions, was planning on observing.

He later found what he thought to be a more suitable form. The Beyonder proved to be possibly the most powerful being created in the Marvel Universe. He seemed to have immense telepathic and telekinetic powers and could shapeshift and teleport (although he seemed somewhat omnipresent). The Beyonder appeared to have knowledge of all things past and present. Early on, he seemed nothing more than an observer but as time went on he did influence those around him more and more.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• Beyonder is an Event Hero and follows Event Hero rules.

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• N/A

Outgoing Synergy:

• N/A

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

• Initial Playtest: IAmBatman (first), IAmBatman (second)
• Second Playtest: LordEsenwienIV
• Third Playtest: Good Pig
• Fourth Playtest: All Your Pie
• Fifth Playtest: CharosInCharge
• Sixth Playtest: Hidicul
• Card Art: tcglkn
• Special Art Thanks: Scapemage

Re: The Book of Beyonder - Design Phase
 

NAME = BEYONDER

SPECIES = ENTITY
UNIQUENESS = EVENT HERO
CLASS = DEITY
PERSONALITY = INQUISITIVE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 40

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 7
DEFENSE = 6

POINTS = 2500

MERE PAWNS
After revealing an Order Marker on this card, and instead of taking a turn with Beyonder, you may roll the 20-sided die.
• If you roll 1-9, your turn immediately ends.
• If you roll 10-17, choose one Unique Hero within 10 clear sight spaces.
• If you roll 18 or higher, choose up to two Unique Heroes within 10 clear sight spaces.
Take temporary control of each figure and immediately take a turn with each chosen figure. At the end of the turn, control of each chosen figure returns to the player who controlled the figure before Mere Pawns was used.

SUPREME SUMMONING
After moving and before attacking, you may choose one figure within clear sight of Beyonder. You may either place the chosen figure on any empty space adjacent to Beyonder or choose another figure within clear sight of Beyonder and switch the chosen figures. Figures moved by Supreme Summoning never take any leaving engagement attacks.

NEVER-ENDING BATTLE
Any figure within clear sight of Beyonder that would be automatically destroyed instead receives four wounds.

SUPER STRENGTH

FLYING

Re: The Book of Beyonder - Design Phase
 

Wow! This one's going to need about 500 playtests. :(

He can take turns with anywhere from 3-9 opponent's figures per round. Automatically!

I'll have to think on this puppy later. My mind is kind of fried after messing with some of the recent designs. :D

Re: The Book of Beyonder - Design Phase
 

I'm sure the power level will need to be tweaked. Parts of this were pretty much a guess - it's hard to theoryscape at these power levels.

Re: The Book of Beyonder - Design Phase
 

:shock: I don't know what to say. Good write up. Supremely powerful. & OMG 35 lives :D.

I don't know the character but on wiki it says:
So is this version supposed to be before that point was retconned?

Cheers

Re: The Book of Beyonder - Design Phase
 

Yeah, I know. Sadly, I don't have anything better to offer at the moment.

Re: The Book of Beyonder - Design Phase
 

Yes, this is the pre-retconned version, the original one from Secret Wars. I'm not too fond of the retcon where they said all of Secret Wars was in his imagination (yet somehow Venom still exists..). And then he was retconned further into "he was a cosmic cube without a container". :roll: I'm sticking with the original all-powerful deity version.

And if you don't know the character, you should absolutely read Secret Wars and Secret Wars II. Fun stuff! :) But I'm glad I'm not the only one that doesn't recognize characters. I'd say about a third or more of the characters you guys pick are completely foreign to me...maybe someone should post a list of essential reading to catch up on each character? I nominate Spidey! :p

Re: The Book of Beyonder - Design Phase
 

My shot at some power tweaks here ... or language tweaks at the very least:

Still powerful, but with at least a few limitations to place it within the game ...

Re: The Book of Beyonder - Design Phase
 

Hmmm...on Supreme Summoning, I'm not sure the 10 space limitation will mean that much. That's pretty far, and most cases will fall into it anyway, right? Plus thematicallly, he moved people across mutliverses...

On Mere Pawns, I don't like that he has a chance of failure. He's all-powerful and omnipotent, so it doesn't make sense to me. Plus if he has a 40% chance of failure, they don't seem like "mere pawns" anymore. :) But I can see getting rid of the option to move 3 unique heroes. Perhaps 1-16, choose one unique hero, and 17+ choose two?

Re: The Book of Beyonder - Design Phase
 

I don't think he'd pass a competitive fun test (is he fun to play against) if there weren't some restrictions on those powers. I just don't want to play against a guy when there's absolutely zero way I can avoid him moving me pretty much wherever he wants or controlling me whenever he wants.
Anti-Monitor in the comics erased entire universes without a thought. In Heroscape, our version can destroy a bunch of Unique Heroes on his turn if he rolls a 20 for each.

Re: The Book of Beyonder - Design Phase
 

Okay, how about something like this then?

* If you roll 1-8, choose one Unique Hero you control.
* If you roll 9-16, choose any one Unique Hero.
* If you roll 17 or higher, choose any two Unique Heroes.

Re: The Book of Beyonder - Design Phase
 

Yeah, that's workable. Especially since, in under 2510 point games, it's essentially the same thing as what I posted. :-P