The Book of Magneto (II)

[IAmBatman]

The Book of Magneto (II)

C3G MARVEL WAVE 8
THE MUTANT MENACE



Comic PDF



Mini PDF


The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Giant Sized X-Men set.
Its model number and name are #053 / Magneto.

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Character Bio - "Magneto's first villainous act was attacking a United States military base called Cape Citadel after bringing down missiles. He was defeated by Charles Xavier's mutant students, the X-Men, in their first mission. He creates Asteroid M, an orbital base of operations in a hollowed out asteroid that he wanted to be a homeland for all mutantkind. He then gathered a group of angry and disillusioned mutants including his own, albeit at the time unbeknown to him, son and daughter Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch and formed the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to further his goals" (wikipedia.org).
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Mutant Outcast, Magneto has these
  • Mutant Synergies,
  • Outcast Synergies, and
  • Mutant Outcast Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• Magneto can turn a Unique Mutant Hero you control into an Outcast with his Mutant Recruitment special power. Current Unique Mutant Heroes.

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-Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses-

Immunities:

• As a figure with the Mental Shield special power, opponent's can never take temporary or permanent control of Magneto. Current Special Powers that Take Temporary or Permanent Control.
• As a figure with the Mental Shield special power, Magneto cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Mental Shield special power.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Magneto cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Special Powers that Interact Differently with Super Strength.
• As a figure with the Flying special power, Magneto cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Special Powers that Interact Differently with Flying.

Benefits:

• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Magneto cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Special Powers that Interact Differently with Super Strength.

Weaknesses:

• As a figure with the Flying special power, Magneto interacts differently with certain special powers. Special Powers that Interact Differently with Flying.
• As a Mutant, Magneto interacts differently with certain special powers. Special Powers that Interact Differently with Mutants.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• Magneto's Mutant Recruitment special power changes the class of one Mutant to Outcast at the beginning of the game. When combined with Destiny, this allows those Mutants to boost their D20 powers, making units like Mystique and Jean Grey excellent choices for Mutant Recruitment.
• Magneto's Mental Shield special power circumvents Psychic Defense X, making him an excellent counter to Professor X.

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: (Bats)
• Second playtest: (marv_art)
• Third playtest: (Johnny139)
• Art by A3n

[IAmBatman]

NAME = MAGNETO
SECRET IDENTITY = ERIK LEHNSHERR

SPECIES = MUTANT
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = OUTCAST
PERSONALITY = SELF-RIGHTEOUS

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 7
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 7

POINTS = 375

MUTANT RECRUITMENT
At the start of the game, you may choose one Unique Mutant Hero's Army Card you control. For this game the chosen card's class is Outcast, regardless of what is listed on the card.

MAGNETIC ASSAULT 9
After moving and instead of attacking, you may choose one figure within 4 clear sight spaces of Magneto. Roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 9 or higher, throw the chosen figure by placing it on any empty space within 4 spaces of its original placement. After the figure is placed, it receives one wound. Thrown figures do not take any leaving engagement attacks. When Magneto uses his Magnetic Assault, he may use his Magnetic Assault one additional time.

MENTAL SHIELD
An opponent may never take temporary or permanent control of Magneto.

SUPER STRENGTH

FLYING

[IAmBatman]

I was thinking this mini - http://www.trollandtoad.com/p117336.html Let me know if you guys know of any better options! Basically I plan on proxying with the other Magneto anyway ... so I'm not overly worried about the figure choice for this one.

[Good Pig]

Cool. I love the fact that he won't need to drop his shield to throw people. A huge bonus.

Mutant Recruitment is a great power. I think should probably specify Unique Hero, just in case we created a common hero in the future. I think you need specify the figure and not the card in both instances.

At the start of the game, you may choose any Unique Mutant Hero you control. For this game the chosen figure's class is Outcast, regardless of what is listed on the card.

Unless of course you meant to include commons and had something specifically in mind.

[IAmBatman]

The "card" wording is based directly off of Parmenio's Disciplined Influence which is, of course, the direct predecessor to this power.
I originally had it at "unique," but Tickle requested I drop that requirement when I shared the design with him in a pm for the sake of letting Multiple Man join the Brotherhood.

[Good Pig]

Oh yeah, forgot we had one already.

Sorry threadjack:

Spoiler Alert!

If tickle wants him to be an Outcast that means he'll be getting +3 bonus from Destiny which the reason we decided he shouldn't be an Outcast to begin with.

[IAmBatman]

Hmm ... good point. It seems like the debate over whether Multiple Man should be an Outcast or Outcast eligible should be held in his own thread, then. I'm in favor of a restriction to "unique" here once the breathing period is up.

[tcglkn]

That was just something I threw out there, and will not be upset to see go if needed. I just thought paying over 400 points just to make Multiple Man more effective is not gonna be game breaking.

[Griffin]

Could we consider making the throw just one D20 roll of like 9 that comes with an auto wound and the chance of falling damage?

If this is to be a more powerful Magneto, let's embrace that and push his limits while making his powers more reliable.

[Good Pig]

The Magneto (outcast) + Destiny combo is fantastic. I don't think it will create a lot of problems, but the two figures I'm worried about are Jean Grey and Spider-Girl. After reading CiC's thread they're already a sick combo. If you gave Jean Gray a +3 boost to her grip it's going to be at 9. Add a few more telepaths to the mix (maybe Cuckoos for relatively cheap) and nobody is moving anywhere.

[Griffin]

All the more reason to kill Mags ASAFP.

[Good Pig]

Who to kill first... I'm gunning for the blind one (Destiny).