The Book of Beast Boy

[IAmBatman]

Thanks! And I agree about the OM dump part. Just have to figure out how to use it! I realized that's actually how I playtested him.

Cheers,
Bats

Originally Posted by Yodaking

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM
NAME OF THE TEST UNIT (BEAST BOY)
THEME TEST/ Check to see if there are any powers or stats on the test unit card that does not accurately reflect the theme or likeness of what the character would and could do. Also consider destructible objects, and whether or not this characters powers should affect them. Pass

- MIRROR TEST/ Check to see if the unit were played against itself, if there would be any loops that would upset the balance of the Game. Pass

- BONDING TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing Bonding abilities to make sure there are no continual Bonding possibilities that do not stop appropriately or do not stop at all. This is to prevent loops in Bonding. Pass

- SYNERGIES TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing synergies to make sure there are no factors that could break the game by making any unit to powerful or too weak. Pass

- POWER CHECK/ Consider the test unit and all existing units and all glyphs to compare to and check for any powers that could be over amplified and break the game. Each power must define when it takes place, who or what it affects, and What are the stipulations on the power if there are any. Pass

- FUN TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play. Pass, although I think the Beast Transformation power needs to be worded so as Beast Boy can be a true OM dump for all the various forms without having to change form each time you activate him. See round 4, game 2.

- FUN COMPETITIVE TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play against. Pass

- DRAFTING TEST/ Consider whether or not this design is worth drafting. Pass, I think Pterodactyl form is a must draft with this one though. The Evasive Flying power is key to keeping Beast Boy alive long enough to use Healing Factor before returning to the fight.

- USAGE TEST/ Consider whether or not all of the powers on this card were used or at least usable. Pass for this Beast Boy, however I know I tested the Cheetah form earlier but I can’t seem to find any use for Territorial Instinct.
- STRATEGY TEST/ Consider whether or not the design offers any real strategy or interesting tactics to the overall game. Pass
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Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? yes
- What should be the unit's point value? See comments on test 2
- Give a brief overview. It starts to look like Daredevil is going to win this one all by himself before suddenly falling, then the Kree take over the game until only Ronan with 4 move and no ranged attack is left facing Beast Boy, who plays keep away while healing himself.
Map: Platforms 5 & 6
Units:Beast Boy (60), Cheetah Form (20), Bear Form (20), Pterodactyl Form (40), Prowler 130, Daredevil (180), & Batman (150) [600] vs. Kree Scouts x6 (240) & Ronan (360) [600]

Spoiler Alert!

Daredevil is the Accused, all OM for Beast Boy were put on his card.
Round 1: Kree move up ladders, teleport onto platform. Beast Boy (Cheetah) & Daredevil, & Prowler all move up.
Round 2: Daredevil moves onto a Shadow tile, att. Kree Scout on platform, dead. Kree moves onto roof of stairs, att. DD who uses Radar sense to move onto platform. Kree & Ronan teleport onto roof, Kree att. DD, Radar Sense. DD att. 2 adj. Kree, blocked, dead. Kree adj. to Ronan att. DD, Radar Sense moves away, Kree on roof moves to edge & att. Beast Boy, blocked. DD moves & att. adj. Kree, dead. Kree att. DD, Radar Sense moves towards ladder, Ronan uses SA on DD, Radar Sense moves onto ladder.
Round 3: DD moves up ladder & att. Kree, blocked. Kree att. DD, blocked. Ronan uses SA on DD, blocked. DD att. Kree, blocked. Kree att. DD, Radar Sense moves onto roof, Ronan att. DD w/SA, moves DD to ground, 1W falling damage, Radar Sense moves onto ladder. DD moves up ladder onto roof & att. Kree, dead. Kree att. DD, 2W! Ronan att. DD w/SA, moves DD to edge of roof, dead!
Round 4: Kree moves to edge or roof & att. Beast Boy, dead – 2W on card & replaced. Ronan flies down to the ground & att. Beast Boy, 1W. Beast Boy (Pterodactyl) flies away, hides behind column. Kree in start zone teleports adj. to Kree on roof, att. Prowler, 1W. Ronan moves adj. to Prowler on high ground & att., blocked. Beast Boy moves and heals 1 W. Kree att. Prowler, blocked, Ronan att. Prowler, 2W. Beast Boy (Pterodactyl) flies adj. to Kree & att., dead.
Round 5: Kree att. Beast Boy, dead – 2W on card & replaced, Ronan att. Prowler, dead. Beast Boy (Cheetah) att. Kree, dead! OM 2 on Kree. Beast Boy heals 1W. Ronan flies adj. to Batman & att. 1W. Batman flies onto platform, reveals X to add range, att. Ronan, 2W.
Round 6: Batman reveals X to add range & att. Ronan, 1W. Ronan flies onto platform & att. Batman, 1W. Batman flies 6 spaces away. Ronan flies towards Batman. Beast Boy heals 1W. Ronan moves adj. to Batman & att., blocked.
Round 7: Ronan att. Batman, 1W. Batman flies onto platform, reveals X to add range, att. Ronan, blocked. Ronan moves towards Batman. Batman moves away from Ronan. Ronan flies onto platform. Beast Boy heals 1W.
Round 8: Ronan flies adj. to Batman on lower ground, att., dead. OM1 on Batman. Ronan flies adj. to Beast Boy on roof & att., blocked. Beast Boy (Bear) att. Ronan, miss. Ronan att. Beast Boy, dead - 2W on card & replaced. Beast Boy (Pterodactyl) flies away.
Round 9: Ronan flies onto platform. Beast Boy moves into start zone & heals 1W. Ronan moves. Beast Boy moves to back of start zone & heals 1W. Ronan moves into start zone. Beast Boy (Bear) moves & att. Ronan, 1W.
Round 10: Ronan att. Beast Boy, dead - 2W on card & replaced. Beast Boy (Pterodactyl) flies away. Ronan moves onto platform. Beast Boy moves away & heals 1W. Ronan moves. Beast Boy moves & heals 1W.
Round 11: Ronan flies onto roof. Beast Boy heals 1W. Ronan moves to ground. Beast Boy (Cheetah) att. Ronan, 1W. Ronan att. Beast Boy, blocked. Beast Boy (Bear) att. Ronan, 3 skulls rolled, dead!!
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Beast Boy w/ full health wins.

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Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? yes
- What should be the unit's point value? It is hard to gauge this with all the various forms having their own cost so I played Beast Boy with other heros ranged from 130-180 points to gauge his overall power level compared to those units. He seems to fit in the 140-160 range as a total package using 2-3 additional forms, not sure if I could get 200 points out of him if I drafted all 5 cards though. So 60 seems like a good fit with a strategy note to take either T-Rex or Bear & Cheetah, but not both.
- Give a brief overview. Beast Boy (Pterodactyl) was useful to carry Deadshot up into place, than his role was rather limited. I intended to have Beast Boy (T-Rex) go chopping through the Hydra Agents but Nightcrawler ended up being a better option.
Map: Platforms 5 & 6
Units: Beast Boy (60), T-Rex (60), Pterodactyl (40), Flacon (140), Deadshot (150), Nightcrawler (140) [590] vs. Hydra Agents x3 (240), Baron Von Strucker (210), & Madame Hydra (140) [590]

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Hydra moves up, Nightcrawler teleports onto roof, Hydra moves up, Beast Boy (Pterodactyl) carries Deadshot onto Platform, Hydra moves up, 1 att. Deadshot, blocked, Viper moves up, att. Deadshot, 2W! Deadshot att. & kills Hydra Agent.
Round 2: Deadshot att. & kills Hydra Agent, Hydra moves up, Viper att. Deadshot, miss. Deadshot att. & kills Hydra Agent, Hydra moves up, 2 att. Deadshot, blocked x2, Viper att. Deadshot, blocked. Nightcrawler teleports down onto ground & att. 3 Hydra Agents w/SA, blocked, moves, dead, moves onto platform, dead. Hydra att. Nightcrawler, blocked, again, evades, att. Deadshot x2, blocked x2, Viper att. Deadshot, blocked.
Round 3: Hydra move up & att. Nightcrawer twice, blocked x2, att. Beast Boy, dead - 2W on card & replaced, again, miss, Viper moves up att. Deadshot w/SA, blocked. Nightcrawler att. 3 Hyrda Agents w/SA, dead, dead, blocked. Hydra Agents att. Nightcrawler x2, blocked, evades, Beast Boy x2, blocked x2, Viper att. Deadshot w/SA, blocked. Deadshot att. & kills Hydra Agent. Hydra Agents att. Nightcrawler, evades out of view, Beast Boy x2, blocked, 1W, Viper att. Deadshot w/SA, blocked. Nightcrawler att. Hydra Agents w/SA, blocked, dead, blocked.
Round 4: Beast Boy (Pterodactyl) flies down adj. to Viper & Hydra Agent, att. Hydra Agent on shadow tile from high ground, dead. Hydra Agent moves adj. to Beast Boy on even ground & att., blocked, att. Nightcrawler, miss, Viper att. Beast Boy, blocked. Beast Boy (T-Rex)can not be legally placed on board due to double based figures needing to have entire base on same level, changes into base form since OM was on base form card, not the Pterodactyl form card, and he must change forms if he wants to take a turn, att. Hydra Agent, dead, heals 1W. Hydra Agent att. Nightcrawler, blocked, Viper att. Beast Boy, 3W, dead! Nightcrawler att. Hydra Agent w/normal att., dead. Viper att. Deadshot w/SA, 1W.
Round 5: Deadshot att. Viper, 2W. Viper att. Deadshot w/SA, 2 skulls rolled, dead! OM 2 on Deadshot. Viper moves up & att. Falcon w/SA, 2 skulls rolled, 2W. Falcon moves adj. to Viper & att., 2W, dead! Baron Von Strucker moves towards center of board & att. Nightcrawler, blocked.
Round 6: BVS moves & att. Nightcrawler, blocked. Nightcrawler teleports onto roof. BVS moves towards Falcon & att., blocked. Nightcrawler att. BVS 3 times w/SA, blocked, blocked, miss. BVS uses Death Spores on Nightcrawler, fail. Nightcrawler att. BVS 3 times w/SA, 1W, blocked, miss.
Round 7: BVS Death Spores, 1W on Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler att. BVS 3 times w/SA, blocked,blocked, miss. Death Spores = 1W. 3 att on BVS, 1W, blocked, 2W. Deathspores = 1W. 3 att. on BVS, miss, blocked, 1W, dead!
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Nightcrawler w/3W & Falcon w/2W win.

[IAmBatman]

I couldn't think of any short way to do it, so I just went with this:

BEAST TRANSFORMATION
After revealing a numbered Order Marker on any Gar Logan Army Card you control, you may replace any Gar Logan figure you control on the battlefield with one other Gar Logan figure in your army. After revealing an Order Marker on this card, instead of taking a turn with this Beast Boy, you may take a turn with any other Gar Logan figure you control.

[Hahma]

Seems like a good change to help with not being stuck w/o OM on the right form.

Tests seem good. Army test 2 seemed pretty close considering the map used and having flyers/teleporters in BB's army.

[IAmBatman]

Not sure if we'll have any strictly "combo" attacks working, but he should have plenty of Titan/Sidekick synergies eventually.

Thanks for the feedback!
Bats

Originally Posted by 1Mmirg

Hi, Bats. Sorry I was out of town. This looks really fun. I like the way you balance out his use. (And that the healing is only for this generic form.)

Wish there was a way to really make his "combo" attacks with other Titans work, but that will happen on other cards, I assume (like a variant of Fastball Special--on Cyborg, perhaps?).

Anyhow, just rambling--love your work--thanks!

Best, V

[IAmBatman]

Awesome! I'm glad you liked him and I'm glad you got more use out of the Cheetah form than I did. That was my "odd form out." The Bear form is useful against heavy hitters for a lower cost than the T-Rex form (which is good against heavy hitters and squads both).

Thanks!
Bats

Originally Posted by TrollBrute

Here you go, sir. All changes made with the change you sent me.

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT (Beast Boy)

- THEME TEST/ Check to see if there are any powers or stats on the test unit card that does not accurately reflect the theme or likeness of what the character would and could do. Also consider destructible objects, and whether or not this characters powers should affect them.
Pass

- MIRROR TEST/ Check to see if the unit were played against itself, if there would be any loops that would upset the balance of the Game.
Pass

- BONDING TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing Bonding abilities to make sure there are no continual Bonding possibilities that do not stop appropriately or do not stop at all. This is to prevent loops in Bonding.
Pass

- SYNERGIES TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing synergies to make sure there are no factors that could break the game by making any unit to powerful or too weak.
Pass, no synergies yet, but potentially some with the Titans, likely nothing that would be broken.

- POWER CHECK/ Consider the test unit and all existing units and all glyphs to compare to and check for any powers that could be over amplified and break the game. Each power must define when it takes place, who or what it affects, and What are the stipulations on the power if there are any.
Pass

- FUN TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play.
Pass easily. Lots of fun, his forms give him lots of versatility.

- FUN COMPETITIVE TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play against.
Pass

- DRAFTING TEST/ Consider whether or not this design is worth drafting.
Pass, his varying point cost will make him great at fitting into all kinds of armies.

- USAGE TEST/ Consider whether or not all of the powers on this card were used or at least usable.
Pass, a couple didn't get used, but they were either re-used (Maul) or nothing likely to be too strong (Territorial Instinct).

- STRATEGY TEST/ Consider whether or not the design offers any real strategy or interesting tactics to the overall game.
Pass, lots.
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Army Test 1
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 60
- Give a brief overview. This was a quick one, the Ninja move out and quickly started taking everyone down. Army 1 just couldn't seem to roll any shields. Beast Boy didn't get much chance to do anything here.

Map: Hydra Base Gehenna
Armies: Army 1: Beast Boy, BB Pterodactyl form, BB Bear form, Green Arrow (Ollie) Green Arrow (Connor), Black Canary, Robin (710) VS Army 2: Hand Ninja x3, Elektra, Bullseye, Heat Wave (710)
Damage: None.

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: The Ninja move out, first with Elektra, then with Bullseye. Black Canary and Robin move out, then Beast Boy (in Pterodactyl form) flies Green Arrow (Ollie) onto the wall.
Round 2: Bullseye rolls 4 skulls and kills a whiffing Green Arrow, Black Canary also whiffs and takes 2 wounds from a Ninja. Black Canary and Robin each take out a Ninja. The Ninja kill Black Canary, who had the next OM. Elektra puts 2 wounds on Robin, the Ninja finish him off. Connor moves in and puts a wound on Elektra.
Round 3: Bullseye rolls 4 skulls (+1 automatic) and takes out Connor, the Ninja take out BB's Pterodactyl form. With a couple OMs on Connor, the Ninja easily finish off Beast Boy in two turns.

7 Hand Ninja, Elektra with 1 wound, Bullseye and Heat Wave with none.

REMATCH!
Army Test 2
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 60
- Give a brief overview. Army 1 had better luck this time and made it a little closer. BB still didn't see all that much combat, but him carrying Green Arrow on top the wall was huge for his team.

Map: Hydra Base Gehenna
Armies: Army 1: Beast Boy, BB Pterodactyl form, BB Bear form, Green Arrow (Ollie) Green Arrow (Conner), Black Canary, Robin (710) VS Army 2: Hand Ninja x3, Elektra, Bullseye, Heat Wave (710)
Damage: 1 Hand Ninja killed.

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Black Canary and Robin move out. So do the Ninja, again with Elektra, then Bullseye, they do no damage this round. BB Carries GA up again, and Robin takes out a Ninja.
Round 2: Black Canary kills 2 Ninja. Bullseye puts a wound on Robin. Black Canary tries to get into place, Robin takes out another Ninja. Elektra puts a wound on Dinah, the Ninja add 2 more. Connor moves out and hits Elektra for 3 wounds. Elektra finishes off Black Canary.
Round 3: Ollie puts 2 wounds on Bullseye. Bullseye misses, the Ninja hit Robin with a wound. Ollie puts another wound on Elektra. Elektra hits Connor for 2 wounds, the Ninja add one.
Round 4: Beast Boy, trying to act as a shield for Ollie, takes the ladder and kills a Ninja. Elektra and the Ninja do no damage. Ollie misses Elektra, and then she and the Ninja kill Robin. Ollie kills a Ninja. The Ninja wound Ollie one.
Round 5: Ollie misses. Elektra brings Ollie to the edge with 2 more wounds. Ollie opts for Exploding Arrow, kills both Ninja adjacent to him, takes no wounds. It matters little, though, as Elektra kills him on the next turn.

1 Hand Ninja, Elektra with 4 wounds, Bullseye with 2, Heat Wave with none.

Army Test 3
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 60
- Give a brief overview. Better matchup for BB here against the Rogues. Low-to-mid heroes seem to be where he'll shine. My strategy this game was to try and use Wolvie as a shield for Beast Boy and give him a chance to waste turns healing without worrying about anyone getting to him. While Wolvie certainly acted as a woundsoak, he didn't do it for long as Captain Cold got some good rolls and took him out quick. After that, BB went nuts, taking the Rogues down one by one. He nearly pulled off the victory single-handedly, but fell just short. Healing 3 wounds helped, as did a really big attack form Banshee.

Map: Hydra Base Gehenna
Armies: Army 1: Beast Boy (all forms), Wolverine, Jubilee, Banshee (700) VS Army 2: Captain Cold, Captain Boomerang, Heat Wave, Mirror Master, Weather Wizard, Pied Piper, Trickster, Rat Swarm x4 (705)
Damage: 4 wounds to Mirror Master, Trickster and Heat Wave, 2 wounds to Weather Wizard, 1 wounds each to Pied Piper and the Captains Boomerang and Cold.

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Wolverine and Jubilee move out, then Beast Boy charges out with his Cheetah form, then switches to the T-Rex to Bite Mirror Master. Weather Wizard, Mirror Master and Cold move out.
Round 2: BB does no damage. Boomerang heads out. Wolvie and Jubes do no damage. Weather Wizard Strikes Wolvie with 3 wounds. BB Bites Mirror Master to finish him off. Cold moves in some more.
Round 3: Wolverine moves toward Cold but is stopped short, Jubes gets through the fog to wound Weather Wizard once. Cold puts 2 wounds on Wolvie and moves Heat Wave up. Beast Boy switches to his Pterodactyl form and flies up to Weather Wizard, inflicting 1 wound. Cold gets 2 wounds on Wolvie, Boomerang misses. Beast Boy switches to his normal form to heal and puts another wound on Weather Wizard. Trickster flies up and dumps some Itching Powder on Wolverine.
Round 4: Wolvie is to busy scratching to move in on Cold, Jubes misses. Weather Wizard tries to run and kills Wolverine. BB follows in Pterodactyl form. Cold puts a wound on Jubes. Beast Boy finishes off Weather Wizard. Heat Wave puts 2 more wounds on Jubilee.
Round 5: Banshee flies up but does no damage with his scream. Cold kills Jubilee and Boomerang moves up and puts 2 wounds on Banshee. Banshee takes a deep breath and his scream puts 3 wounds each on Cold and Boomerang. Captain Boomerang misses. BB does no damage but heals. Trickster moves up.
Round 6: Cold kills Banshee, Boomerang puts 2 wounds on BB. Beast Boy retaliates by killing Boomerang and healing. Trickster puts a wound on BB. BB switches to his Pterodactyl form and flies over to kill Cold. Heat Wave does no damage. Beast Boy moves over and heals.
Round 7: Heat Wave puts a wound on Beast Boy. BB takes T-Rex form and Bites Heat Wave. Trickster moves over, Heat Wave dies to BB's Bite. Trickster does no damage, Beast Boy heals.
Round 8: Piper puts a wound on Beast Boy and drops him off the wall. BB does no damage, neither does Trickster. BB Bites Trickster, misses Piper. Piper does no damage but his Rats put 2 wounds on BB. Beast Boy chews up Trickster, deals a wound to Piper.
Round 9: Piper and his Rats fail, but so does BB. Piper finishes off Beast Boy.

Pied Piper with 1 wound and all 4 Rat Swarms.

I love how much versatility Beast Boy brings to the table, his many possible army combinations should give him a lot of play. He'll struggle some against high-level heroes and swarms but different forms give him ways to deal with a variety of units. Bear form was the only form I didn't find myself using much, but its cheaper cost and high potential of damage with Maul makes it plenty worthwhile. 60 feels appropriate (though he'll never really be at just 60), because he can be fragile. He's a lot of fun and I can't wait to play him in some Titan armies.

[IAmBatman]

I think 60 holds up, especially considering he has more synergies coming his way and likely more beast forms as well!

I propose we move to Final Editing at 60 points!

[tcglkn]

Yea.

[johnny139]

Are you more confident in the Cheetah Form now, or still planning on some changes?

Yea.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by johnny139

Are you more confident in the Cheetah Form now, or still planning on some changes?

Yea.

It's not the form itself I'm unconfident in, it's the special power on the form (which, note, TB mentioned he never used). So still planning to reopen that one if you guys are cool with it, after this is finished up.

In fact, I'll probably make an official proposal to do so tonight, since it was finalized and all.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by TrollBrute

I only used the Cheetah once that I can remember, but found its speed useful. The T-Rex and the Pterodactyl are probably the ones I'd lean to more, but the Bear and Cheetah give you more options at a lower cost.

Yeah, that's my experience as well.

[johnny139]

Ah, I see. Just wanted to be sure either way.

[IAmBatman]

For sure.