The Book of Aang

[FreshFoods]

Design looks great to me. Only thing I’m thinking is 3 base defense might be a bit low? The earth element and Moving Target help of course, but I’m thinking he’d come out a bit squishy for the price. This is probably a post playtest kind of thing though.

[tcglkn]

Originally Posted by FreshFoods

Design looks great to me. Only thing I’m thinking is 3 base defense might be a bit low? The earth element and Moving Target help of course, but I’m thinking he’d come out a bit squishy for the price. This is probably a post playtest kind of thing though.

Any autoshield is kinda like +3 defense since your average for 3 dice is one shield. So he essentially has 6 defense, just more consistent with less high or low rolls.

[Lord Pyre]

I'm fine with a weak attack power here given the character and the mechanics of the design.

[Arch-vile]

Thanks all. I updated the SP with those updates. I'll put the vote for initial back on.

Yea- Tickle, LP

[Lord Pyre]

Yea

[FreshFoods]

Didn't think of an auto shield essentially being a defense stat of 3! In that case, looks like a solid design top-to-bottom imo

[Soundwarp SG-1]

yea

[Arkham]

yea

[Arch-vile]

This passes

[Arch-vile]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Aang

version tested:

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = AANG

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = AVATAR
PERSONALITY = ENTHUSIASTIC

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 4

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 3

POINTS =

AVATAR BENDING SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 4. Attack 4.
Before attacking, choose one of the following effects. You may not choose an effect more than once per turn.
• Air: After attacking, move the defending figure and Aang up to 3 spaces each, during which they do not take leaving engagement attacks.
• Water: The defending figure subtracts 1 from its Defense and Move until the start of your next player turn.
• Earth: Add 2 to Aang’s Defense until the start of your next player turn.
• Fire: After inflicting one or more wounds, roll an unblockable attack die against the defending figure unless it has the Lava Resistant special power.
After attacking with this special attack, you may attack with this special attack one additional time. Once per game, you may attack with this special attack four times in a turn.

MOVING TARGET
When rolling defense dice for Aang, add one automatic shield to whatever is rolled. After rolling defense dice, you may move Aang up to 3 spaces. Aang will not take any leaving engagement attacks when moved with this special power.

FLYING

Army Test
Map: Song of the Walrus
Units: Aang (210), Ms. Marvel, All Might (900) VS Ultraman, Owlman, Superwoman (900)

Spoiler Alert!

The Crime Syndicate gets some early wounds in on All Might and Ms Marvel. Ms Marvel has Aang go after Ultraman, so Aang immediately enters the avatar state and hits Ultraman with 4 attacks (Water -> Earth -> Fire -> Air) to deal him 4 wounds.

The Crime Syndicate strikes back to deal Aang a couple wounds but Superwoman can’t land any more hits. All Might takes out Superwoman. Owlman deals Ms Marvel a couple wounds. All Might then takes out Owlman. Ultraman deals the killing wound to Ms Marvel. Ultraman wins initiative and kills All Might, then All Might takes out Ultraman.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): All Might (4 wounds), Aang (3 wounds) win.

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Army Test
Map: Song of the Walrus
Units: Aang (230), Ms. Marvel, Supergirl I (900) VS Avengers: Cap, Winter Soldier, Falcon, Black Widow (900)

Spoiler Alert!

Aang’s Airbending was especially useful here to keep Cap or Winter Soldier away from engaging Aang or his allies. This was a rough matchup for the Soldiers, with Falcon being nearly useless against all fliers with defensive powers that work well against weak normal attacks.

Aang enters the Avatar State against Winter Soldier, killing him a single turn. Cap has terrible dice and falls to Ms Marvel and Supergirl after only inflicting a couple wounds on Ms Marvel, so I just stopped this one early. I think Aang’s offensive potential warrants a point bump so I’m going to just call this one.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Game called - Black Widow & Falcon remained against the full enemy team (Ms Marvel had 3 wounds).

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Army Test
Map: Song of the Walrus
Units: Aang (250), White Canary, Flash Barry (710) VS Nightwing, Wonder Girl Cassie I, Arrowette, Bunker (710)

Spoiler Alert!

The Titans take out White Canary early, leaving Aang and Flash on their own. Flash takes out Arrowette then Aang moves up. Aang uses the Avatar State against Wonder Girl, but only inflicts 2 wounds on her. However, his use of Air can enable ranged attacks (avoiding the counterstrike) while then engaging her afterwards to disable the lasso.

Aang proves very dodgy with Moving Target’s auto shield, as none of the Titans are heavy hitters. Wonder Girl brings Aang to 3 wounds before Aang takes her out. Flash finishes off Bunker. Nightwing kills Flash then Aang kills Nightwing, his Water’s defense subtraction proving very useful.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Aang (3 wounds) wins.

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Going to remove the “move Aang” portion of Air in the special attack. Aang’s very nimble even without it and that will limit his kiting ability that makes him a brutal endgame figure.

Army Test
Map: Song of the Walrus
Units: Aang (250), White Canary, Flash Barry, Vibe (Cisco), Green Arrow I (1000) VS Fan4 (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Reed and Johnny lock down Flash early, and so White Canary brings in Aang to knock Johnny off of Flash to avoid Flame On 4. Aang uses the Avatar State on Johnny (Air -> Water -> Fire -> Earth) to knock him out of Sue’s aura and deal Johnny 4 wounds. Johnny goes supernova, then Reed kills Flash but Vibe saves him.

Aang kills Johnny, but then Reed locks him down alongside Flash. Aang uses Air to blow Reed out of Sue’s aura, and deals him a couple wounds. Thing kills Aang. The Fan4 take out all the DC heroes except for Green Arrow, then Green Arrow takes out Reed. Thing takes out Green Arrow.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Invisible Woman (3 wounds), Thing (2 wounds) win.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Aang is a lot of fun, and has a lot of utility with his special attack. He’s definitely coming in a bit hot, as his special attack can do a lot of nasty things - figure movement, defense subtraction, potential autowound. His avatar state (once per game 4 attacks) is absolutely brutal, shredding midlevel figures easily. Air and Water were typically my go-tos for the special attack. But Earth is handy if you know Aang is in danger, and Fire useful when attacking dodgy or especially durable figures.

Aang is especially mobile, with Moving Target and his Air special attack enabling him to zip around the battlefield often. Melee nonfliers struggle to engage him if Aang tries to avoid it. The change to Air enables melee figures to catch him, though multi-attackers struggle due to the autoshield and free movement from Moving Target.

I feel like the point increase to 250 and nerf to Air has reined him in appropriately. Aang’s a solid draft at 250 against midlevel heroes, but anyone with a strong attack can kill him unexpectedly. The key with playing Aang is keeping him away from those figures as best you can.

[Karat]

Seems pretty solid so far

[Arkham]

May want to go with this on the verbiage, just to avoid potential confusion on the turn he attacks with it 4 times.

Before attacking, choose one of the following effects. You may not choose the same effect more than once per turn.

Neat design. Very glass cannon.