The Book of Vampirella

[tcglkn]

Yea

[IAmBatman]

Drakulon is a cool word, so I'd go with the first option for the first power title.

First power is probably going to need some wording clean up, but no biggie going into the initial. Mesmerism and combos that exploit it still seems the biggest thing to watch.

yea

[Lord Pyre]

Yeah probably go for the Fury of Dracula pun. Vengeance is repped by her personality.

I'm not sure how to exploit mesmerism, outside of Steelheart who hasn't been finished. So I'll need some advisors on that.

[Margloth]

Hey, just chiming in...

This design is a little weird because her first power kind of wants her to have wounds, and then the next two powers basically try to prevent her from taking wounds.

Then there's the last line on Vampiric Mesmerism, which states that the figure only has line of sight on Vampirella, but the first part stops attacks.

So here's my pitch, but I don't know if its thematic... What is the Mesmerism is kind of a 'protection spell' that only allows her to be attacked? Like she calls them to attack her, saving her teammates, and then strikes back furiously and potentially heals those wounds? Might make for a more compelling (see what I did there) playstyle.

[Lord Pyre]

Good to see you!

You're thinking something more like this? Fury wouldn't have to change then. Seems a bit more powerful in a way, but might be cool.

PROTECTIVE MESMERISM 9
Before an opponent’s figure within 4 clear sight spaces of Vampirella would take a turn, you may remove an Order Marker from this card and roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 9 or higher, that figure may only attack Vampirella.

[IAmBatman]

If you wanted to depower it a bit and stay consistent with how someone like Looker does it, you could make it so that figure only has clear sight on Vampirella.

[Tornado]

Yea

[Lord Pyre]

So like this? Basically it just makes non-adjacent attacks hit Vampi (Which she can more easily dodge with her evasiveness). The opponents figure can still engage the other figure and attack.

Originally Posted by Lord Pyre

PROTECTIVE MESMERISM 9
Before an opponent’s figure within 4 clear sight spaces of Vampirella would take a turn, you may remove an Order Marker from this card and roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 9 or higher, for the rest of that figure's turn, that figure only has clear sight on Vampirella.

It's cool but not sure it's worth the OM removal. I don't feel like she uses Mesmerism often enough in the books to just remove it. Maybe just a once-per round thing?

[tcglkn]

I feel like you can do once per round or just make it the d20 roll, I don't think it needs both restrictions. Not sure you need the OM removal part at all.

[Lord Pyre]

Originally Posted by tcglkn

I feel like you can do once per round or just make it the d20 roll, I don't think it needs both restrictions. Not sure you need the OM removal part at all.

Yeah. When it fully shut down a turn I liked it. If we change it up this way probably not.

[IAmBatman]

I think you could also drop the D20 roll and make it automatic if you keep the OM removal in.

[Lord Pyre]

PROTECTIVE MESMERISM
Before an opponent’s figure within 4 clear sight spaces of Vampirella would take a turn, you may remove an Order Marker from this card and for the rest of that figure's turn, that figure only has clear sight on Vampirella.

Are we good with this going forward?