The Book of Gorilla-Man
 

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Character Bio - Fearing his own mortality, soldier-for-hire Ken Hale sought to kill the Gorilla-Man, as ancient legend proclaimed that "Whoever kills the Gorilla-Man will gain immortality!" To Hale's surprise, killing the Gorilla-Man granted him immortality... with the curse of being turned into a gorilla himself! Trapped in the body of a beast, but retaining the intelligence and weapons skills of his human self, he was recruited by former S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Jimmy Woo to join Woo's new team of '50's era icons... the Agents of Atlas!
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Simian, Gorilla-Man has these Simian Synergies.
• As an Agent, Gorilla-Man has these Agent Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• N/A

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-Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses-

Immunities

• As a Simian, Gorilla-Man cannot be affected by an opponent's Gorilla-Man's Curse of the Gorilla-Man special power.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Gorilla-Man cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers: Special Powers that Interact Differently with Super Strength.

Benefits

• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Gorilla Grodd interact differently with certain special powers: Special Powers that Interact Differently with Super Strength.

Weaknesses

• As a figure with a Special Attack, Gorilla-Man interacts differently with certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with Special Attacks.
• Tiny, Large, and Huge figures, Event Heroes, and Simians and Androids are not affected by Gorilla-Man's Curse of the Gorilla-Man special power. Current Tiny, Large, and Huge figures, Event Heroes, and Simians and Androids.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: GoodPig
• Second playtest: Margloth
• Third playtest: Scapemage
• Fourth playtest: Tornado
• Art by GoodPig

Re: The Book of Gorilla-Man (Design Phase)
 

NAME = Gorilla-Man
SECRET IDENTITY = Ken Hale

SPECIES = Simian
UNIQUENESS = Unique Hero
CLASS = Agent
PERSONALITY = Cursed
SIZE/HEIGHT = Medium 5

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

POINTS = 160

MACHINE GUN SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 5. Attack 3.
If Gorilla-Man inflicts a wound with this special attack, he may attack again with this special attack. Gorilla-Man may continue attacking with this special attack until he does not inflict a wound. He may not attack the same figure more than once.

CURSE OF THE GORILLA-MAN
If a small or medium common or unique figure destroys Gorilla-Man with a normal or special attack, roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 1-13, destroy the attacking figure. If possible, place Gorilla-Man on the space previously occupied by the attacking figure, remove all Order Markers and Wound Markers from this card and give this card to the player who controlled the figure that destroyed Gorilla-Man. That player now controls Gorilla-Man. Simians and Androids are not affected by Curse of the Gorilla-Man.

SUPERSTRENGTH SYMBOL

Re: The Book of Gorilla-Man (Design Phase)
 

Initial thoughts:

Gorilla-Man's pretty basic... Ken Hale killed a Gorilla-Man of African Legend to achieve immortality... and found himself cursed to be the next Gorilla-Man.

Currently he's a member of the Agents of Atlas, and basically serves as their firepower specialist and back-up muscle when Namora's busy.

Basically this guy needs to be strong, and have a good representation of weaponry. That being said, I'm not sure he needs 3 powers.... we could easily bring his regular attack to 6, drop his range, and make the AK's be a special attack.

Also, the wording on Curse of the Gorilla-Man needs work.

Finally, perhaps his personality should be Cursed?

Re: The Book of Gorilla-Man (Design Phase)
 

Looking good!


CURSE OF THE GORILLA MAN
If a small or medium figure destroys Gorilla Man, destroy that figure and place Gorilla Man on the space previously occupied by Gorilla Man, if possible. Remove all Order Markers and Wound Markers from this card and give this card to the player who controlled the figure that destroyed Gorilla Man. That player now controls Gorilla Man. Simians and Androids are not affected by Curse of the Gorilla Man.

I edited it a little. That's a tough wording.

Re: The Book of Gorilla-Man (Design Phase)
 

Question on the Curse:

"on the space previously occupied by Gorilla Man"

So you're placing Gorilla Man back on the space where Gorilla Man was destroyed and not on the space where the attacking figure was destroyed. Correct?

Re: The Book of Gorilla-Man (Design Phase)
 

I believe that is an error in the text, david. It should be the space the attacking figure occupied. It'll need to be updated, but I know the heroes like a day to look things over before anything gets changed.

Re: The Book of Gorilla-Man (Design Phase)
 

Thanks. Very interesting design, to say the least. :)

Re: The Book of Gorilla-Man (Design Phase)
 

Curse of The Gorilla Man is a kick @ss power. I love the Simian and Agent synergies. Cursed would be cool for his personality. Would like to see the change you're talking about to a 2 power card.

Would be neat to research AK-47's to see if they have any unique characteristics that could be translated to a special attack, even if it's something minor. The non-adjacent requirement looks like a good option if there isn't.

Re: The Book of Gorilla-Man (Design Phase)
 

Didn't even see he was an Agent. :twisted:

Re: The Book of Gorilla-Man (Design Phase)
 

My limited knowledge of AK's (mostly from Vietnam War histories) is that they are extremely reliable in that they rarely jam, are easy to clean and assemble, and have good 'stopping power', but less range than your average assault rifle.

The mini is also holding an Uzi. Basically I think we could make a multi-attack SA with some flavor, and just have the SA and the Curse power to keep him simple.

Also, I'll need to remember to add the Superstrength symbol.

Re: The Book of Gorilla-Man (Design Phase)
 

I'd like to see what you have in mind for a special attack here.

Re: The Book of Gorilla-Man (Design Phase)
 

That is close enough to Punisher's Assault Riffle to make me wonder why you didn't just use it. An AK47 is an assault riffle.