The Book of Martian Manhunter (Justice League) (II)
 

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Character Bio - Sole survivor of the Martian people, J'onn J'onzz was teleported to Earth decades ago by Dr. Saul Erdel. Since then, he has adopted Earth as his new home, playing many roles over his time with humanity: detective, secret agent, explorer, and even a founding member of the Justice League. -Comic Vine
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Champion, Martian Manhunter has these Champion Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• N/A

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• As a figure with the Flying special power, Martian Manhunter cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Flying special power.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Martian Manhunter cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Super Strength special power.
• As a Champion, an opponent's Allen the Alien rolls 1 additional attack die against Martian Manhunter due to Allen the Alien's Champion's Challenge special power.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: (Arkham)
• Second playtest: (Arch-Vile)
• Third playtest: (IamBatman)
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Art by Arkham

Card updates:
Updated "instead of attacking" to "instead of an attack"

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NAME = MARTIAN MANHUNTER III
SECRET IDENTITY = J'ONN J'ONZZ

SPECIES = MARTIAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CHAMPION
PERSONALITY = BENEVOLENT

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 6

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

POINTS = 340

DENSITY CONTROL
Martian Manhunter can move through all figures, Fortress Walls, and obstacles, and is never attacked when leaving an engagement. Martian Manhunter cannot be targeted by opponents' non-adjacent figures for any attacks or for any opponents' special powers that require clear sight. Martian Manhunter may not be moved by any special power on an opponent's Army Card.

MALLEABLE MAYHEM
Before attacking, you may:
• remove 2 Wound Markers from this card;
• roll 2 additional attack dice;
• attack normally up to 2 times this turn; or
• choose up to 2 figures within 4 clear sight spaces of Martian Manhunter. Place the chosen figures on any empty spaces within 2 spaces of Martian Manhunter, ignoring any leaving engagement attacks.
Each option may be chosen once per round.

MARTIAN VISION
Once per round, instead of an attack, you may choose a figure within 4 clear sight spaces of Martian Manhunter. Roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 5-6, 12-13, or 19-20, the chosen figure receives 2 wounds.

SUPER STRENGTH
FLYING

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I dig it. Especially like cheating the Size up to Large to give him immunity to powers.

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Not big on the large size unless the mini is large. Especially when two previous Martian Manhunters are medium.

Love the design otherwise. Lots of tricks for a JL army.

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I thought a figure's size was tied to their mass. Him being able to control his own mass/density, I figured it was a nice way to represent that here without needing Density Control instead of Intangibility.

No big deal either way though if the general preference is Medium.

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Depends on the mini for me. I think we want the end user to be able to line figures up and for it to make sense just from the sculpt what is large or what is small, etc.

I dig it for sure. I worry the Martian Vision hitting on 3/10 rolls is a bit strong, but that’s an easy dial to turn if needed. And, heck, Human Torch hits his 2 wounds 4/5 times, so maybe not a big deal.

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It's the equivalent of 15 or higher. Can always remove a number if that proves too good.

As for the figures, like I said, if it's mass based, the mini shouldn't matter. If a dwarf is made of solid steel inside, he'd qualify for large as well I'd imagine. Perhaps our size qualification/definition/requirement is a bit muddled with one's physical presence playing a factor? Not sure, I just took it as how much they weigh essentially, thus why it's commonly used for carrying/throwing type powers.

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Heavy characters that are normal sized like Colossus or Girder are medium. :shrug: Are there any examples besides Mister Incredible where a normal sized figure is classified as Large? And there’s the opposite, where double spaced characters are always made Large or Huge despite their mass.

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I guess that's where my confusion is. I'm not sure why those figures aren't large, if size is based on mass. Should Angel be carrying Colossus around? As an aside, Colossus isn't near what Martian Manhunter could make himself weigh, according to research, Colossus' armored form is only 500 lbs.

If you've got a giant Heroclix of Balloon Man(just a made up example), should he be large just because his heroclix is bigger, when he weighs next to nothing? If you have a guy made of pure steel who is 6 ft. tall, should he just be medium, when he weighs several tons?

Not a discussion that's necessarily needed to be had for this particular design. It's not something I really care if it's there or not. But it'd be nice to know what exactly size is based around. Is it character mass, or is it figure size? I figured mass, but it sounds like for most it's figure size.

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Technically, yes. But, the impact of D20 manipulators is massively increased with that layout. They were all essentially designed with the idea that they were affecting results by 5-10% (in the case of the few +2 folks). With the numbers split up like that, a unit giving +/- 1 increases the odds by 35%, jumping you from 3/10 to over 3 in 5 rolls. Batman has a 40% increase compared to your other +1 folks. If you want it to lean more toward him rather than some other manipulators, you're gonna want to sandwich some of those spread out numbers together a bit more. Like if you make it 6-7, 12, or 18-20, Batman stays at 40% effect, whereas most +1 folks drop down to 25% impact.

Not an issue, just gonna want to make sure he's being tested with them as they have an atypical interaction. I think the actual implementation (trading attack for the chance at 2 autos) is totally fine power wise, it just has a different interplay with D20 manipulators than how they were designed.

Size tends to lean more toward the figure size I believe, with actual miniature bulkiness swinging things when in the 5-6 height range. I don't think I've ever seen a Medium 7 or anything like that.

EDIT: And to clarify, I ultimately am unconcerned on the size thing. Large does give immunities that Medium doesn't, but I don't really care much in relation to the mini argument.

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I am on the same page as you here Ark clearly. The size mechanics are all about being carried or thrown so it feels more about mass than size.