The Book of Breaker

[fret_gurglo]

I updated the wording offered by Bats (thanks). I also decided to remove his third power. It was giving me too much grief and not worth the effort to make it work.


COMPETITIVE REVIEW BOARD CHECKLIST

Spoiler Alert!

Consistency Concerns
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? Yes Is it granting these benefits to too broad a range of units? No Does it combine with other powers to create overly long or powerful chains of actions? I think its fine

2. Does your design allow you to take actions during an opponent's turn? No Can it combine with other powers to create tediously long reactions to enemy actions or a restrictive environment?

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? No Is the effect too powerful by itself or when combined with other powers?

5. Does your design have any powers that trigger anytime it moves as opposed to only when it moves normally on its turn? No Will it be too efficient when combined with figures that grant extra moves to figures?

6. Is your design adding or subtracting from initiative rolls? No Will it pair too easily with other figures that alter initiative or have powers triggering on the results of initiative rolls?


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?No 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?

2. Is your design adding to the stats or 20-sided die rolls of other figures in your army? No 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?

3. Will your design benefit from stat boosts or other enhancement to an overpowering degree? No Will it restrict future growth within its faction or point cost by limiting available boosts to others?

4. Does your design take control of enemy figures permanently or temporarily? No 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?

5. Can your design heal itself or others or revive itself or others?No Is it doing so in a way that an opponent cannot hope to overcome in certain scenarios?

6. Does your design place enemy figures on its card or otherwise have an unconventional method of temporarily removing enemy figures from play? No Will it guarantee your victory against a single remaining enemy figure?


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?No 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?

2. Does your design effect/change the placement of an enemy's Order Markers, or remove their Order Markers entirely?No 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?

3. Does your design inhibit your opponent from attacking your figures or make attacking a losing proposition?No Are there scenarios or combinations that make your opponent totally unable to harm your figures through attacking?

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? No Is this intentional on your part? Will the design be too efficient or potent when doing so?

CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST (LONG FORM)

Spoiler Alert!

1. Are the character’s name and secret identity listed in a consistent format with the rest of the project? If the character shares a name and/or secret identity with another character is it properly clear whether or not they are the same character? Good

2. Consider the listed Species. Are the design’s power level, point level, and statistics (life, move, range, attack, and defense numbers) within the established range for that species? If it’s an outlier, is there thematic justification for this? Good

3. Consider the listed Uniqueness. Does the power text properly reflect whether the figure is a Hero or a squad, and whether it is Event, Unique, Uncommon, or common? If it’s Event, are the powers written with consideration for Event Hero rules? If it’s Uncommon, are the powers written to avoid stacking? If it’s common, are the powers written with this in mind?Good


4. Consider the Class and Personality. For each, is it a reuse? Personality is no a reuse. Willing to switch if someone says there is something better. If so, is the character thematically consistent with other members of that Class or Personality? If not, is there a preexisting Class or Personality that would fit as well that could be used instead? Are there any existing synergies with that Class or Personality that are undesirable or that this Design would create that would be undesirable for preexisting members of that Class or Personality?

5. Consider the listed Size. If the figure is double based, is it Large or Huge? Is the chosen miniature’s physical size consistent with other miniatures in the chosen size category? Good

6. Consider the listed Height. If you stack hexes up next to the figure, does the number listed for the height match up the layers of stacked hexes that match the miniature’s physical height? Consider the listed Life number. Is this number consistent with other figures of the same species?Good

7. Consider the listed Move number. Is this number consistent with other figures of that power level? Good

8. Consider the listed Range and Attack numbers. Is this number consistent with other figures that use the same type of weapon or power to attack? Good

9. Consider the listed Defense number. Is this number consistent with other figures of the same or similar species and with the same or similar armor or other defensive equipment?Good

10. Does the figure have Super Strength? If it does or doesn’t, was this determined on the standard of that character demonstrating three things: A. The ability to throw a car B. The ability to survive a fall from a tall building and C. The ability to knock back another person when punching them?Good

11. Examine all of the special powers. Are there other powers that fit the same theme already in existence in the project? If so, can they be reused? If they can’t, can those other powers be used as a basis for the mechanics and wording?Good

12. Examine any movement powers. Do they keep the figure’s speed consistent with other figures of their species and power level?
Examine any offensive powers. Do they keep the figure’s offensive potential consistent with other figures with the same powers and power levels or skills and weaponry? Good

13. Examine any defensive, healing, or other tanking powers. Do they keep the figure’s survivability consistent with other figures of the same powers or power level or species and armor class? Good

14. Examine any leadership powers. Do they exceed the activation potential of the best existing leaders? If so, is there thematic justification for this? Good

15. Consider any powers that reference darkness, electrical, figure movement, fire, gas, ice, kryptonite, light/sensory, magical, poison, psychic, stealth, or water-based abilities. Do these behave in similar ways to other powers of this type, including mentions of immunities?
Is it clear for all special powers what phase of the turn and how they are triggered, what phase of the turn they are active in, and when and how they cease being active? Good

16. Are special powers listed in game, round, and turn order? Good

17. If a special power includes a D20 roll, does it make sense to list a number by the title? Good

18. If a power is being reused, are the title and wording copied accurately? Good

19. Has the power title or a very similar one been used before with vastly different mechanics? Good

[fret_gurglo]

Vote for Initial

[Lord Pyre]

Yea

[MrNobody]

Yea

[IAmBatman]

Dig the changes. Yea

[tcglkn]

Yea

[fret_gurglo]

🎵I NEED A HERO!!🎵 to vote for this initial.

[MrNobody]

Yea

[fret_gurglo]

This passes. Hoping to get the initial done tomorrow. [MENTION=2108]IAmBatman[/MENTION] what do you estimate the cost should start at?

[IAmBatman]

120

[fret_gurglo]

Version tested

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = BREAKER
SECRET IDENTITY = ALVIN R. KIBBEY

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = SOLDIER
PERSONALITY = CALM

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 6
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 3

POINTS = 120

INFANTRY TEAM ASSAULT
After revealing an Order Marker on the card of another Commando or Soldier hero you control and taking a turn with that hero, if that hero did not inflict a wound this turn you may attack with Breaker. If you do, you cannot attack with any other figures until you reveal another Order Marker.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
After revealing an Order Marker on a Commander figure adjacent to Breaker, instead of attacking with that Commander, you may take a turn with any Commando or Soldier figure you control. All Commander, Commando and Soldiers figures you control may be considered within clear sight of each other.

Army Test
Map: Martian Warzone
Units: Breaker (120), Duke (200), Grunt (130), Scarlett (140) (590) vsBlack Canary (190), Green Arrow (150), Oracle (110), Red Arrow (150) (600)

Powers Used:
Infantry Team Assault: 0
Comm Officer: 3

Damage from normal attacks: 0

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Scarlett hits Red Arrow for 2 wounds.
Round 2: Green Arrow shots Scarlett for 1 wound. Scarlett destroys Red Arrow. Green Arrow hits Scarlett again for 1 wound (after rolling a 20 for his attack). Duke and Scarlett tag team to destroy Black Canary who did not roll a single shield for either attack.
Round 3: Duke and Scarlett repeat this double attack on Green Arrow and destroy him too. Duke attacks Oracle for 2 wounds. Oracle destroys Scarlett.
Round 4: Oracle destroys Duke from full health. Oracle attacks Grunt for 2 wounds.
Round 5: Grunt destroys Oracle.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Grunt 2/4 Life remaining, Breaker 4/4 Life remaining

Wild dice rolls on each side left this game with highly unpredictable results.

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Army Test
Map: Martian Warzone
Units: Breaker (120), Duke (200), Grunt (130), Scarlett (140) (590) vsBlack Canary (190), Green Arrow (150), Oracle (110), Red Arrow (150) (600)

Powers Used:
Infantry Team Assault: 3
Comm Officer: 3

Damage from normal attacks: 1

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1:
Round 2: Breaker uses Infantry Team Assault for 1 wound on Black Canary. Scarlett hits Black Canary again for another wound. End of round: Breaker takes a wound from magma.
Round 3: Scarlett spies OM 1, but Green arrow still is able to do 3 wounds to Scarlett. Black Canary destroys Scarlett. Green Arrow does 2 wounds to Duke. Duke hits Black Canary and later destroys her.
Round 4: Red Arrow hits Grunt for 2 wounds. Duke and Grunt gang up to destroy Green Arrow. Oracle moves the OMs to Red Arrow who seems to go into a frenzy as he destroys Grunt and then Duke.
Round 5: Red Arrow destroys Breaker.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Oracle 4/4 Life remaining, Red Arrow 4/4 Life remaining

Breaker did a little more in this game, but his team fell apart.

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Army Test
Map: Martian Warzone
Units: Breaker (120), Captain America (240), Falcon (190), Thaddeus Ross (160) (710) vsA.I.M. Agents x2 (140), Crossbones (160), Red Skull (240), Scientist Supreme (160) (700)

Powers Used:
Infantry Team Assault: 1
Comm Officer: 5

Damage from normal attacks: 2

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Red Skull chooses Crossbones and Ross chooses Red Skull. Scientist creates Cosmic Rod. Falcon destroys 2 AIM Agents. Crossbones destroys Falcon.
Round 2:
Round 3: Ross calls an air strike and does 1 wound to Scientist (who loses the Rod). Breaker uses hits Red Skull for 2 wounds.
Round 4: Crossbones hits Breaker for 3 wounds. Red Skull double attacks Breaker, but Breaker is able to block both attacks. Captain America runs up and destroys Red Skull. An AIM agent destroys Breaker and another hits Ross for 1 wound.
Round 5: Cap throws his shield to destroy a couple of AIM agents.
Round 6: Cap destroys Scientist. Crossbones attacks, but doesn’t even roll a skull. Cap destroys last Agent and turns to Crossbones for 3 wounds.
Round 7: Cap destroys Crossbones

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Captain America 5/5 Life remaining, Thaddeus Ross 3/4 Life remaining

The plan was for Falcon to be the big hitter with double attacks of 6, but he fell early. Cap picked up the slack and just went to town on them instead.




THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Breaker was never the major player in any game. With Duke he allowed the team to advance together early on and with any Commander he gives more flexibility in turn management. Overall, I’d say his cost is a little high and probably should be around 100-110.

[fret_gurglo]

Vote for public testing @110