The Book of Vibe (Paco Ramon)

[IAmBatman]

COMPETITIVE REVIEW BOARD CHECKLIST

Spoiler Alert!

Efficiency- Check to see if your design is providing armies with turns/moves/etc. to a degree that would make it difficult or impossible for an opponent to keep up with your output.

1. Does your design allow itself or figures to move/attack/take a turn/etc. instead of/in addition to your normal turn for revealing an Order Marker? Is it granting these benefits to too broad a range of units? Does it combine with other powers to create overly long or powerful chains of actions?

No.

2. Does your design allow you to take actions during an opponent's turn? Can it combine with other powers to create tediously long reactions to enemy actions or a restrictive environment?

No.

3. Does your design allow you to rearrange your Order Markers or otherwise bypass the costs of Order Marker requirements on the special powers of other figures?

No.

4. Is your design doing anything outside of a player's turn, at the start or end of the round? Is the effect too powerful by itself or when combined with other powers?

He can provide a limited and specific attack boost if an enemy figure kills him.

5. Does your design have any powers that trigger anytime it moves as opposed to only when it moves normally on its turn? Will it be too efficient when combined with figures that grant extra moves to figures?

No.

6. Is your design adding or subtracting from initiative rolls? Will it pair too easily with other figures that alter initiative or have powers triggering on the results of initiative rolls?

No.

Potency- Check to see if your design is wounding/removing/etc. enemy figures, increasing the chances of other figures in your army doing so, or otherwise directly effecting the number of figures available to players to a degree that would make it difficult or impossible for an opponent to recover from.

1. Does your design have a chance to inflict wounds or destroy figures? Is it getting these chances too frequently or having to high a chance of success? Is the power balanced against expensive targets that can cause a massive swing in the game when destroyed?

No, unless there's falling damage.

2. Is your design adding to the stats or 20-sided die rolls of other figures in your army? Is it a boosting a broad enough range of units effectively enough to become a 'mandatory' draft or inhibit future design space? Can it be combined with other boosts too easily?

In a limited and narrow scope that requires him to be destroyed by an enemy figure first. Definitely not a design space inhibitor, but should be a fine draft in JL games.

3. Will your design benefit from stat boosts or other enhancement to an overpowering degree? Will it restrict future growth within its faction or point cost by limiting available boosts to others?

No. Actually defensive boosts work against him a bit.

4. Does your design take control of enemy figures permanently or temporarily? Is it too difficult to for your opponent to regain control of their figure or recover from the losing the figure? Does the method of taking control expose the enemy figure to the powers of other figures in your army that can easily destroy it?

No.

5. Can your design heal itself or others or revive itself or others? Is it doing so in a way that an opponent cannot hope to overcome in certain scenarios?

No.

6. Does your design place enemy figures on its card or otherwise have an unconventional method of temporarily removing enemy figures from play? Will it guarantee your victory against a single remaining enemy figure?

No.

Chicanery- Check to see if your design is preventing your opponent from taking actions with too much ease or is otherwise causing negative play experience through tactics that make your opponent feel you're 'not playing fair'

1. Does your design restrict the movement of enemy figures, or allow you to move enemy figures? Can it do so in a way that results in an unwinnable scenario for your opponent if they are down to one figure, posses only figures with a range of 1, etc.? Can your design easily combine with other figures to greatly impede enemy figures or otherwise gain an excessive advantage?

Move, yes, but not to an overpowering degree. The power that does it is a reuse from Shocker.

2. Does your design effect/change the placement of an enemy's Order Markers, or remove their Order Markers entirely? Can it force Order Markers to go onto cards that have no figures on the battlefield? Can your design easily combine with other figures to completely dictate the placement of an enemy's Order Markers or remove all of their Order Markers?

No.

3. Does your design inhibit your opponent from attacking your figures or make attacking a losing proposition? Are there scenarios or combinations that make your opponent totally unable to harm your figures through attacking?

No.

4. Does your design directly negate the powers of enemy figures or otherwise ignore them in a way that can completely disrupt the opponent's strategy or leave them feeling like they are stuck playing figures without special powers?

No.

5. Does your design become overly powerful in a podded group of figures, or provide significant benefit to your army without leaving your Start Zone?

No.

6. You can attack your own figures in Heroscape, does your design have any powers that will trigger off of doing so or otherwise wounding/destroying your own figures? Is this intentional on your part? Will the design be too efficient or potent when doing so?

No.

CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST (SHORT FORM)

Spoiler Alert!

Consistency Concerns
Name and Identity
Verify character is named in a way that is clear, accurate and feels consistent with the way other characters are named.

All good. The character has been named both Paco and Cisco in the comics. Since this is a very different version than the TV show one, going with the original Paco name made sense to me.

Uniqueness and Type
Verify that the power text reflects the listed uniqueness and type, that the uniqueness fits the character, and that squad size is listed for squads.

All good.

Left Box
If the character's species, class or personality is reused, verify that the character feels thematically consistent with other figures that have that species, class or personality. If they are not reused, verify that there is no pre-existing species, class or personality that would make more sense.

All good.


Size and Height
Verify that the listed size and height are accurate. Standing the mini up next to a stack of tiles, and a few other minis of various sizes, is encouraged.

All good.

Super Strength and Flying
Verify that these special powers are present if they make sense, and not if they don't.

All good.


New Powers - Names
Verify that any new powers are not using power names identical to, or very similar to, pre-existing powers. Verify that any new powers are actually new and not old powers with new names.

All good. One reuses, a defensive version of an offensive power, and our first mention of Detroit.


New Powers - Effects
Verify that the effect and timing of all new powers is clear. Verify that any logical immunities, benefits, or weaknesses (whether those be necessary for thematic or mechanical reasons) are implemented: consider whether defensive powers that work against normal attacks should also work against special attacks, whether or not a power has an elemental component that some figures should resist, and whether or not unliving figures (such as Undead and Androids) should be affected.

All good.

Reused Powers
Verify that the design is reusing powers in place of creating new ones, where reused powers could implement the same theme and mechanics with no differences or only trivial differences. Verify that any reused powers have the correct text.

All good.


Power Level
Verify that the character's movement, attack, range, and defense (in conjunction with any special powers that enhance those stats) feel consistent with the capabilities of characters with analogous powers and abilities. Verify that the character falls into a similar point range to characters with comparative powers and abilities.

Seems good. I like the 150 point range or lower for him (could see him dropping from calculations). I upped his defense to 3 to make him a bit more vulnerable (fewer Rhythmic Defense triggers).

I propose we move to Initial Playtesting.

[MrNobody]

Yea

[Arch-vile]

Yea

[tcglkn]

Yea

[Soundwarp SG-1]

Yea

[IAmBatman]

Dis passes, yo.

[IAmBatman]

Hmm, OK, started testing Vibe and realized the mechanics on his Rhythmic Defense are really unclear.

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

RHYTHMIC DEFENSE
After you roll defense for Vibe against a normal attack, you may reroll all of your dice. After the second defense roll, if the same number of shields were rolled as during the first defense roll, Vibe takes no damage and may immediately move up to two spaces. When Vibe is moved this way, he will not take any leaving engagement attacks.

It's super unclear whether the reroll replaces the first roll as the actual defense to the attack or whether it's just there to see if you avoid taking damage.

The former powers it up a bit, because you have a better shot at defending an attack just on the basis of rerolling. The latter is really tough to word and feels like it'd be counterintuitive in play.

What do you all think?

[Arch-vile]

The way it's written, it replaces the defense roll.

[tcglkn]

Yea it says you reroll and doesn’t give you the option to use the first roll again so the new roll is what you have.

[IAmBatman]

OK, if that's coming across cleanly, I think I'll just stick with it as is. If he's feeling too strong, I'll find other ways to depower him (including possibly ticking life down by one).

[IAmBatman]

Actually, I like some wording Ark came up with, so I think I'm going to go with that rather than the reroll. Rerolling isn't really the goal, after all, but shield matching to show he's "in rhythm" is.

RHYTHMIC DEFENSE
After you roll defense for Vibe against a normal attack, you may roll one combat die for each die rolled. If you roll the same number of shields as were rolled for defense, Vibe takes no damage and may immediately move up to two spaces. When Vibe is moved this way, he will not take any leaving engagement attacks.

[Arch-vile]