The Book of Hired Hit (Initial)

[MrNobody]

The Book of Hired Hit

C3G
RELEASE SET

Front PDF


Back PDF

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Story Bio - TBA
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

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Outgoing Synergy:

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Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

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-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: MrNobody
• Second playtest:
• Third playtest:
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Card Art by ???

[MrNobody]

NAME = HIRED HIT
STORY CARD

POINTS = XXX

STORY PROLOGUE =
-There must be at least one Unique Hero that is an Assassin or Mercenary in your army.

STORY SETUP =
-Choose a Unique Hero that is an Assassin or Mercenary in your army to be the Professional and a Unique or Event Hero in your opponent's army to be the Target.

STORY RULES =

GETTING THE JOB DONE
The Professional adds 1 to their Attack number and Defense number when attacking or defending against the Target.

PAID IN FULL
When the Target is destroyed, place 2 Investment Markers on an Army Card you control. You may then place the Professional on any empty space on the battlefield. When placing the Professional this way, ignore any leaving engagement attacks and they cannot be placed adjacent to any other figures.

BRAND NEW TOYS
After an opponent's figure within 5 clear sight spaces attacks the Professional or defends against the Professional, you may remove an Investment Marker from the Professional’s card to roll an unblockable attack die against that figure.

[MrNobody]

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[MrNobody]

One thing I know came up when this was workshopped was if Inventions and Artifacts felt like a good pool for the Reward. I definitely feel like Deathstroke getting some Experimental Medicine or Elektra wanting a Tome of Ancient Secrets makes sense, but I can see the theme not feeling universal to all Mercenaries and Assassins. Here are some alternate ideas:

1) Have the Reward be limited to a specific pool of 3-4 Glyphs. Like maybe Flashbang, Bolas, Experimental Medicine, and Teleportation Belt, just as a random example.

2) Have the Reward be a Glyph of Loot, and while the Professional is holding that Glyph they get some sort of bonus. That'd create a kind of second minigame of trying to knock the Loot away from the Professional.

3) Instead of a Reward, place a number of Investment Markers on the Professional's card that can be spent for an effect.

[IAmBatman]

Yeah I don’t recall the lists off hand but guessing the artifacts have some nasty stuff we’d want to avoid there. I lean towards #2 or 3 on this list.

[Splash]

I like Investment markers as an option, and the crime lords would usually being the ones ordering the hits.

[IAmBatman]

Could let you put the markers on any card you control. Maybe just one?

[Arch-vile]

Really cool design!

I like the idea of placing Investment Markers on the Professional's card to represent them being paid. Maybe let them spend them for a defensive boost? (Like an autoshield, or ignoring an attack.) That could represent them starting on all-offense to get paid, then after the paycheck their only priority is getting out alive to enjoy the fruits of their spoils.

That said, I think the glyph works well for this design too, so either way!

[Yodaking]

Would Getting The Job Done stack with a BH's bonuses vs. a target if we were to have a Merc/Assassin BH? I could see Boba or Jango Fett being a Merc with the standard BH power.

I dig the concept, it reminds me of how Jabba worked in HoSS. So I don't doubt we can figure out how to balance it should you want it to be glyphs. Would be easier to pull off in 2.0 where the glyphs could be ranked/sorted by power level though. It you want to pivot and go with Investment Markers though I'd support that. Just need some way to spend them later. Maybe spend them for equipment upgrades in the form of +1 A/D or +1 skull/shield they can use vs anyone.

[Splash]

Defensive power makes the most sense cause you probably will be wading through the other army to take out the target. Investment markers could pay for like an extraction like once they finish the job a helicopter comes and takes them out of the carnage, it could work similar to a smoke bomb or Alfred I

[Ericth74]

You could do something similar to Winter Soldier as well which is kind of like Alfred too.

CRYOGENIC STASIS
If his Mark has been destroyed and Winter Soldier is not the only figure you control, place Winter Soldier on this card and remove up to 2 Wound Markers from this card. When Winter Soldier uses Cryogenic Stasis, he will not take any leaving engagement attacks. Before placing Order Markers each round, if Winter Soldier has been placed on this card, but has not been destroyed, you may place him in your Start Zone.[/QUOTE]

[Shiftrex]

Looks like a fun way to boost an assassin to deal with bigger targets. I think the idea of investment markers for an effect (defensive) seems pretty appealing.