The Book of Banshee
 

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Character Bio - Sean Cassidy is the heir to both a small fortune and a castle in Ireland, Cassidy Keep, where he was born. As a young man, he married Maeve Rourke and took a job with Interpol. While Cassidy is away on a long mission, his wife gives birth to their daughter, Theresa Cassidy, unbeknownst to Sean. Not much later, Maeve dies in an IRA bombing. With no means to contact Sean, his cousin Tom takes Theresa in. When Sean returns he is informed of his wife’s death. Devastated, he lashes out at Tom with his Sonic Scream before he finds out about his daughter. Sean leaves Interpol and becomes a freelance detective. Later, Cassidy is forced to obey Factor Three's commands and performs various criminal missions for the organization. On a mission in New York City, Banshee encounters the mutant team of superheroes called the X-Men. A few years later, Xavier approaches Banshee to join his second group of X-Men and Banshee accepts. After the mission at Krakoa, Banshee remains with Xavier and, along with Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Thunderbird, becomes a part of the first core team of "New X-Men."
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• Q: Do I have to use flying for Banshee's entire movement in order to use the Sonic Flying special power?
  A: No, as long as flying is used for part of Banshee's movement, he gains the bonus movement that comes with the Sonic Flying special power.

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Mutant, Banshee has these Mutant Synergies.
• As an Agent, Banshee has these Agent Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• N/A

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-Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses-

Immunities:

• As a figure with the Flying special power, Banshee cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers: Special Powers that Interact Differently with Flying.

Benefits:

• When Banshee uses his Sonic Scream Special Attack Symbiotes roll 1 fewer defense dice. Current Symbiotes.

Weaknesses:

• As a figure with a Special Attack, Banshee can be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Special Powers that Interact Differently with Special Attacks.
• As a figure with the Flying special power, Banshee interacts differently with certain special powers. Special Powers that Interact Differently with Flying.
• As a Mutant, Banshee interacts differently with certain special powers. Special Powers the Interact Differently with Mutants.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest (tcglkn)
• Second playtest (marv_art)
• Third playtest (Griffin)
• Fourth playtest (Flame_Gryphon)
• Fifth playtest (Margloth)
• comic, figure, background
• Card art by A3n

Re: The Book of Banshee - Design Phase
 

NAME = BANSHEE
SECRET IDENTITY = SEAN CASSIDY

SPECIES = MUTANT
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = AGENT
PERSONALITY = DARING

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 160

SONIC SCREAM SPECIAL ATTACK
Range Special. Attack 4.
Choose 4 spaces in a straight line from Banshee. All figures on the chosen spaces, and all figures other than Banshee within 1 space of the chosen spaces, are affected by this special attack. Roll attack dice once for all affected figures. Each figure rolls defense dice separately. Symbiotes roll 1 fewer defense die against this special attack.

SONIC FLYING
When using the Flying special power, Banshee may add 3 to his Move number. If he does, he cannot attack this turn.

FLYING

Re: The Book of Banshee - Design Phase
 

Stealth Carry is a nice twist on the official Carry.

Re: The Book of Banshee - Design Phase
 

I was shooting for a more offensive version of Angel here. Does that come across well? Banshee Shriek is just Canary Cry, but it really works for him too. I left out "his" in "Banshee is not affected by his Banshee Shriek Special Attack." because he has Special Selective Hearing and should be immune to the power when it hopefully appears on Siryn's card.

Re: The Book of Banshee - Design Phase
 

Glad to see some more mutant love. :) It's fun to see an Agent here too. More fun for Nick Fury army. Based on his stats/abilities I'd say he's closer to 160-170 points.

Also, I thought his yell was typically referred to as Sonic Scream?

Re: The Book of Banshee - Design Phase
 

It is, but the precedent is Canary Cry and all the grammar works with that kind of set-up. I suppose I could/should change it, but I thought the closer it was the less tweaking would be needed.

Re: The Book of Banshee - Design Phase
 

I wouldn't worry too much about the grammar here. I think you could keep the text the exact same and call it Sonic Scream. :shrug:

Re: The Book of Banshee - Design Phase
 

Looking at wikipedia it says that he can fly at the speed of sound (768 mph). I'd say we could also up his move to 7-8.

Re: The Book of Banshee - Design Phase
 

Maybe I don't know about the character here, but he's never struck me as "stealthy" ... does he have a superpower other than his screaming and flying that explains his stealth?
5 attack seems a tad high for his power ... I'd almost rather see the range on it shortened a space if it's going to be that powerful, or the range increased a space and the attack brought down to 3.

Re: The Book of Banshee - Design Phase
 

Basically, his scream is a more powerful version of canary cry, which it is. In reading up on him, he can direct sound away from people in addition to at people thereby being stealthy. I figured any more on move might be too much with stealth flying, but I'm open if thats what majority wants.

Re: The Book of Banshee - Design Phase
 

I still worry about an area attack of 5 for game purposes ... what would you think about bumping the attack down to 4 and just increasing the range by one, so it's more powerful than Canary Cry in terms of distance rather than attack?

Re: The Book of Banshee - Design Phase
 

I like the range boost. :) It would certainly help with the usefulness of it. That's typically what keeps Canary Cry from being used over BC normal attack most of the time. I'd think Banshee should be yelling almost every time over regular attack.

What do you guys think about move 7 for him?