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Old October 14th, 2021, 07:45 PM
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Re: Aragorn - Rough Draft

Design Thoughts:
Aragorn is a classic fantasy ranger, possibly the one who defined fantasy rangers, and as such I designed him to be highly versatile. I'm not certain if HoME's plan is to have a single design for each figure for the entirety of the trilogy or to have different ones for different phases. If it is the former then the design may have to be overhauled to account for Aragorn the King rather than Strider the Ranger.

Tracking is an obvious choice, though Aragorn could simply be given a high default Move value if it needs to be lost in favor of another power. Unlike in the movies Aragorn gains Narsil very early on, so it seemed appropriate as a power to boost adjacent attacks. Lastly some form of healing power seemed like a good idea, as it is one of Aragorn's skills as a Ranger as well as a sign to the people of Middle Earth that he is the rightful king of Gondor and Arnor. At present it is mostly similar to Rhogar's Lay On Hands.

For the stats 6 Life is average for strong heroes, 5 Move works with Tracking, 6 Range and 3 Attack for his bow (boosted to 5 with Andrúril), and 4 Defense which is also average for heroes of his kind. 140 Points, similar to Eltahale, seemed appropriate.

Ranger could be traded for King, Adventurer, or Champion for KoW bonding. Valiant could be traded for Resolute.


Other Power Ideas:
Some Form of Double Attack: If one attack a turn is too few for such a hero.
Fellowship or Three Hunter Bonding: Likely OM-revealed Movement Bonding for easier use of either adventuring party.
Bow Special Attack: Trade the current Range/Attack for Range 1/Attack5-6 and give Aragorn a Ranged SA.
Healing Hands Mark II: Better healing with an Instead Of Attacking clause? This may be more appropriate.
Tracking: Obvious power for a Ranger or Hunter


Let the workshopping begin!

~TAF

TAF was the Storyteller...
in THE ENEMY'S LAST RETREAT


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