The Book of Buzzer

[fret_gurglo]

This passes

[Yodaking]

Maybe pairing them with someone like Weather Wizard can help them avoid getting shot down before they can engage? His own d20 power can be a bit fickle though. They are little more than thugs that excel a destruction though, so I'd be fine if they dropped down even lower in price (55-65 a piece?) if that is all they are worth. A lower price point gives you more room to draft 3 motorcycles along side them, or squeeze them in as fodder for a larger Cobra army.

[fret_gurglo]

Originally Posted by Yodaking

Maybe pairing them with someone like Weather Wizard can help them avoid getting shot down before they can engage? His own d20 power can be a bit fickle though. They are little more than thugs that excel a destruction though, so I'd be fine if they dropped down even lower in price (55-65 a piece?) if that is all they are worth. A lower price point gives you more room to draft 3 motorcycles along side them, or squeeze them in as fodder for a larger Cobra army.

I'm going to start the motorcycle DO soon. I'll reevaluate them once we see how they pair with their bikes.

[Ericth74]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Buzzer

Version tested:

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = BUZZER
SECRET IDENTITY = DICK BLINKEN

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CRIMINAL
PERSONALITY = ARROGANT

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

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

Cost = 75

DRIVE-BY CHAINSAW SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 1. Attack 3.
When attacking with this special attack all shields rolled count as extra skulls. If Buzzer did not move normally this turn you may count one blank rolled as two extra skulls or three extra skulls if the defending figure is a destructible object.

DREADNOKS 9
After taking a turn with Buzzer, you may roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 9 or higher, you may take a turn with any other figure you control with the Dreadnoks special power that has not taken a turn yet this player turn.

Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: 605 pts – Buzzer, Ripper, Torch, Wizard, Klaw VS 605 pts - Fancy Dan, Ox, Montana, Big Man, RC Car

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt: R2T1 Ox - 3 wounds(Chainsaw)

Chainsaw: Used twice doing 3 wounds to Ox.

Dreadnoks: Rolled for once getting an extra turn. D20 roll of 9 works.


[COLOR=blue]R1 – Movement. Montana hits Klaw for 1 wound. Fancy Dan blocks 3 attacks by the Dreadnoks. Fancy Dan hits Ripper for 2 wounds. Buzzer attacks Ox with his special attack, its blocked.
R2 – Fancy Dan kills Ripper. Montana hits Buzzer for 3 wounds. Buzzer hits Ox for 3 wounds. Torch hits Fancy Dan for 3 wounds with his special attack. Montana kills Buzzer. Ox attacks Klaw, who heals a wound. Torch takes 2 wounds from Fancy Dan. Klaw takes a wound from Ox. Klaw kills Ox.
R3 – Montana and Fancy Dan kill Torch. Klaw attacks with his Special Attack and puts a wound on Montana and kills Fancy Dan. Klaw kills Montana with his Special Attack.
R4 – RC Car does a wound to Klaw with Hit and Run. Klaw and Wizard kill Big Man and the RC Car.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Wizard full 4 life. Klaw 2 wounds/3 life left

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Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: 605 pts - Kingpin 230, Torch, Ripper, Buzzer, Venom(Hasbro) 150 VS 605 pts - Zaku II x3, Mastermind, Jubilee, Angel

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt: R2T1 Yellow Zaku 1 wound – Chainsaw
R2T2 Yellow Zaku 1 wound – Chainsaw


Chainsaw: Used twice. Doing 2 wounds. Once Buzzer didn't move and rolled a blank against a VDO.

Dreadnoks: Good power, rolled poorly early. Missed first 3 tries in round one which slowed the team down.


Venom is a Criminal. Angel(pink), Jubilee(blue) and Mastermind(yellow) are all in Zaku's.
R1 – Mastermind hits Torch for 3 wounds.
R2 – Ripper hits the Blue Zaku for 3 wounds and 1 on yellow with his SA. Buzzer did 1 wound with his SA to Yellow. Pink puts a wound on Ripper. Blue kills Torch. Buzzer puts a wound on Yellow with his SA. Blue kills Ripper. Venom kills the Yellow Zaku. Mastermind gets placed. Mastermind hits Buzzer for a wound.
R3 - Pink hits Buzzer for a wound. Blue kills Buzzer. Venom kills the Pink Zaku, Angel gets placed. Venom kills the Blue Zaku. Jubilee gets placed. Mastermind hit Venom for 1 wound. Venom kills Mastermind.
R4&5 – Venom kills Jubliee. Angel does 2 wounds to Venom. Venom kills Angel.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Venom 3 wounds/2 life left, Kingpin full 5 life left

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: 75 seems right. Fine as filler in a Criminal build.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: Buzzer and the Dreadnoks on a whole are pretty thematic and fun to use, but are very soft. In both my games all three Dreadnoks went down fast, so its tough to totally judge value. Buzzer's teams did win both games, but the Dreadnoks weren't the main factor in the wins. Buzzer's powers and stats seem right on.

[fret_gurglo]

Thanks Eric. Tests look good

[Karat]

Anything In particular you were wanting to see here? Looking at running them in the Spider-Mobile and Sports Car to really leverage their not moving normally powers plus both are 2 seaters so between the 2 can have the entire gang thus far.

[fret_gurglo]

Originally Posted by Karat

Anything In particular you were wanting to see here? Looking at running them in the Spider-Mobile and Sports Car to really leverage their not moving normally powers plus both are 2 seaters so between the 2 can have the entire gang thus far.

No, nothing in particular. However, while they are inside the VDO, they are not adjacent to enemies and cannot use their Range 1 SAs (well, maybe Torch should be able to use his).

[Karat]

Originally Posted by fret_gurglo

No, nothing in particular. However, while they are inside the VDO, they are not adjacent to enemies and cannot use their Range 1 SAs (well, maybe Torch should be able to use his).

These are partial Cover and the rules seem to imply that they can from partial cover unless I'm missing something.

[tcglkn]

You can attack with ranged attacks from inside vehicles but you have to be adjacent to attack with range 1 attacks which you are not while in vehicles. Unless the opponents figure is also in a vehicle with you.

[fret_gurglo]

I'm pretty sure they cannot (again, maybe Torch cause his has range).

From the Dnd rulebook

"A figure with a Range of 1 can attack a figure only from an adjacent space."

From VDO rulebooks
"Figures occupying the interior of a DO are considered adjacent to all
other figures occupying that DO and to the DO itself, but are never
considered adjacent to or engaged with figures outside of the DO."

These rules are the basis for the powers of my motorcycle design.

[IAmBatman]

Yep. Tickle and fret have the right of it.

[Karat]

That's pretty counter-intuitive but what is done is done.