The Book of Nomad

[SirGalahad]

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Captain America set.
Its model number and name are #016 / Nomad.

STUN DISC SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 3. Attack 3.
After attacking with Stun Disc Special Attack, Nomad may attack one additional time. If Nomad inflicted at least 1 one or more wounds against the same opponent's figure with both attacks, you may remove one Order Marker at random from that figure's Army Card.

[Hahma]

Thanks Sir G. OP and SP updated.

[SirGalahad]

Guess I just need clarification for myself--
Does the OM removal occur if the SA inflicts a "total" of one or more wounds, or only if each attack inflicts one or more wounds (two or more total).

[Hahma]

Originally Posted by SirGalahad

Guess I just need clarification for myself--
Does the OM removal occur if the SA inflicts a "total" of one or more wounds, or only if each attack inflicts one or more wounds (two or more total).

Well he'd have to inflict a wound on each attack, so perhaps the wording below would be better. It' won't be terribly easy to do, but I didn't think it should be, and think his cost should stay down.

STUN DISC SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 3. Attack 3.
After attacking with Stun Disc Special Attack, Nomad may attack one additional time. If Nomad inflicted one or more wounds against the same opponent's figure with both each attacks, you may remove one Order Marker at random from that figure's Army Card.

[SirGalahad]

Yep, that clears it up.

[Hahma]

Thanks for picking up on that Sir G. I know what I meant but I guess it didn't read that way.

Updated the SP and sent out for ERB

[Hahma]

From David

Nomad

Did you know: Nomad spelled backwards is Damon. Believe it... or not!

Stun Disc Special Attack
I wonder how difficult it will be to pull off the Order Marker removal due to the requirement to inflict a wound on the same figure with both attacks. One thing this requirement does prevent is removing an Order Marker from an entire squad, which is good. If you decide to tweak this, you'll want to keep the squad situation in mind. But making the Order Marker removal more challenging might be thematic.

To confirm something that I think I'm certain about, but think it's better to confirm: If a figure gets to attack more than once, that figure must use the same attack (normal, special) in all attacks unless specified otherwise. Correct? I remember asking myself this some time ago in another battle, so I thought I'd go ahead and ask.

Shotgun Blast Special Attack
Vetted ability. Who would be a better shot: Nomad or Alfred Pennyworth?

Final Thoughts
What I think is neat about the Stun Disc Special is that it actually has two effects based on how you use it. You can spread your attacks to two figures, or you can focus on one for a chance to remove the Order Marker. I think that's cool. And area attacks such as the shotgun are always great to force your opponent to consider how he groups his forces.

Nice!

[Hahma]

From 1Mmirg

Sadly, I don't know this guy at all. But what you have looks solid and fun.

I'm guessing you guys may play with Stun Disc SA's wording just a bit, but I understood it the first read through, so I think you've got something good there. A fun power, hard to pull off (attack of 3), but great reward.

I like what you have. Sorry I can't say much more. Best, V

[Hahma]

From Porkins:

130 seems maybe a bit low for a L5 A5 with some pretty nice specials, but otherwise looks good. Inflicting two wounds consecutively with SA of 3 to trigger an OM removal seems pretty unlikely.

[Hahma]

C3G INITIAL PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT NOMAD

- 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 too 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.

- 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 special attacks are nice counters to opponents with special defenses vs. normal attacks only.

- USAGE TEST/ Consider whether or not all of the powers on this card were used or at least usable.
PASS – .

- STRATEGY TEST/ Consider whether or not the design offers any real strategy or interesting tactics to the overall game.
PASS – He's got of variety of tools at his disposal, so depending on the opponent, he can adapt and use either special attacks or in close with his nice normal attack. If he can get close enough to a OM hog, he can try to remove an OM with his Discs attack.

Heavy Hitter or Mid-Level Hero Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? .Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 130-140
- Give a brief overview. Nomad truly had some luck on his side with a lot of 2 and 3 skull attack rolls with only 3 dice. He would use his Shotgun when he wasn't in range for Discs and then use his Discs or normal attack afterward. When going against figures with special defenses working against normal attacks only, his Discs were the way to go for 2 attacks of 3. He even got to remove an OM with two consecutive wounds with the Discs in a turn.

Spoiler Alert!

TEST 1
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. Batroc The Leaper (130)
Nomad wins with 3 wounds on T2R2/ Nomad had some good rolls with his special attacks and Batroc didn't roll well for defense.
TEST 2
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. Batroc The Leaper (130)
Batroc wins with 0 wounds on T6R2/ Because of Savate Defense, Nomad tried using his special attacks but didn't have much luck and then Batroc rolled well for Savate Defense vs. Nomad's normal attack.
TEST 3
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. Mockingbird (130)
Nomad wins with 3 wounds on T1R3/ . Nomad was able to bypass Mocking Words and Counterstrike with his special attacks and had some real luck with two 3/1 attacks with his Discs on T1R3 to finish off MB who only had 1 prior wound.
TEST 4
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. Mockingbird (130)
Nomad wins with 0 wounds on T3R2/ Not only does Nomad continue to bypass two of MB's defensive powers with his special attacks, but he rolled a lot of 2 and 3 skull attacks with 3 dice while MB rolled a lot of 1 skull attacks with 4 dice. Pretty lucky outcome here, though 2 attacks with Discs does help get more chances.
TEST 5
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. Echo (130)
Nomad wins with 0 wounds on T6R1/.Without range, Echo didn't have much luck vs. Nomad as she only got one attack against him after Mimicking his attack of 5 but she only rolled 1 skull. She had one wound from his ranged attack but then he finished her with a 3/0 normal adjacent attack. He rolls 3 skulls with attack of 5 and she whiffs defense, while she only rolls 1 skull with a Mimicked 5 attack that was easily blocked. Bad luck for her and without much to Mimic and his specials bypassing her defensive power, it was an easy win for Nomad.
TEST 6
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. Echo (130)
Nomad wins with 3 wounds wins on T3R2/ Echo had a little better luck in putting 1 Mirrored Counterstrike wound on Nomad and then 2 more with her attacks, but he was able to remove an OM 3 from her after two consecutive 1 wound Disc attacks and then finisher her off later with a 2/0 attack.
TEST 7
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. Green Arrow Conner (130)
Nomad wins with 3 wounds on T2R2/ They each took a wound in R1 and then GA got Nomad up to 3 wounds from his CCE attack. But then Nomad put 1 wound (2) on GA with his first Disc had then a huge 3/1 second Disc to finish GA. Good rolls for his special attacks seem to be the theme of him so far in HH tests, a lot of 2 and 3 rolls with 3 dice are too good to be expected over the long haul.
TEST 8
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. Green Arrow Conner (130)
Green Arrow wins with 0 wounds on T6R1/ GA decided to keep as far from Nomad as long as possible to avoid the double Disc attacks and got 2 wounds on him early from 8 spaces and then decided to move in and finished him with a 3/0 CCE attack..
TEST 9
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. Batgirl (130)
Nomad wins with 3 wounds on T2R2/ Nomad took 2 DP9 wounds with a 1/3 attack and then 1 normal attack wound from BG, but after she had taken only 1 wound early, Nomad finished her with a 3/0 Disc attack when she whiffed with 8 defense dice do to height and DP9. Not much anyone can do about that fortunate luck for him and against her in that situation.
TEST 10
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. Batgirl (130)
Batgirl wins with 2 wounds on T3R2/ BG took advantage of her mobility in this one and Nomad didn't have as much luck on his side as in the previous match.
TEST 11
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. Plastic Man (145)
Plastic Man wins with 2 wounds on T5R2/ PM has mobility and nice defense on his side and equal lives.
TEST 12
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. Plastic Man (145)
Plastic Man wins with 2 wounds on T3R2/ About the same as the last match between them.
TEST 13
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. Catwoman (145)
Catwoman wins with 2 wounds on T1R2/ CW took 1 of her 2 wounds from leaving engagement from Nomad and then Whipped the snot out of him.
TEST 14
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. Catwoman (145)
Catwoman wins with 3 wounds on T1R2/ CW took 1 of her 2 wounds from leaving engagement from Nomad again this game and then Whipped the snot out of himagain.

Squad Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? .YES
- What should be the unit's point value? 110-130
- Give a brief overview. .Even with 5 lives, his plain defense of 4 wasn't good enough vs. multiple attacks from squaddies. Opponent didn't allow for figures to get bunched up for Shotgun attack, so it was either Discs while in range or normal adjacent attacks. A.I.M. Agents were a good counter to him with their Suits helping them against his special attacks and their ranged attacks of 3 chewed him up. Did a second test against them and he had a better showing.

Spoiler Alert!

Map: .The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. A.I.M. Agents x 2 (140)


Who won and how many wounds did they have? 5 of 6 A.I.M. Agents live to win on T5R1.

Map: .The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. A.I.M. Agents x 2 (140)


Who won and how many wounds did they have? 3 of 6 A.I.M. Agents live to win on T5R1.

Squad Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? .YES
- What should be the unit's point value? 110-120
- Give a brief overview. . HYDRA Agents without Bonding aren't worth 80 each, so even dropping them down to 65-70 each, they are 130-140 for two squads and handled Nomad easily. They didn't get bunched for Shotgun attacks and could keep far enough away with range of 6 to keep him from getting two attacks with Discs. The first game was brutal with them chewing him up with some lucky attack rolls vs. his bad defense rolls, so I did a second test where he did slightly better, but not much.

Spoiler Alert!

Map: . The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. HYDRA Agents x 2 (160 or more like 130-140 w/o bonding)



Who won and how many wounds did they have? 7 of 8 Agents live to win on T4R1.

Map: . The Broken Skyline
Units: Nomad vs. HYDRA Agents x 2 (160 or more like 130-140 w/o bonding)



Who won and how many wounds did they have? 6 of 8 Agents live to win on T1R2.

Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No?.YES
- What should be the unit's point value? .130
- Give a brief overview.. .Nomad did okay, not great. He killed 2 Agents and put 1 wound on BvS. Being a Vigilante helped in getting Batgirl moved a lot and giving free activations to Robin, but those abilities are on their cards and reflected in their cost and not his. Speedy and GA were quite a team and Speedy was doing some nice damage with his free activations. Nomad's team had the edge with the dice luck, as other than a 4/1 attack vs. Nomad by an Agent with height, all the good attack/bad defense rolls went the good guys' way. It also helped that they had synergy and multiple activations per OM for the most part and while AIM are good counters to Nomad's special attacks, they were vulnerable to Speedy, BG and Robin's normal ranged attacks and Nomad's normal adjacent attack. The bad guys could have been played better in hindsight, so between the dice luck and synergy/no synergy and not best tactics on bad guys team, it could have been much closer than it ended up being.
Map: The Broken Skyline
Units: . Nomad (130) Batgirl (130) Green Arrow Conner (130) Robin (120) and Speedy Roy (90) for 600 points VS. Baron von Strucker (210) Professor Zoom (250) and A.I.M. X 2 (140) for 600 points.

Spoiler Alert!

R1 – BvS, AIM and Zoom all advanced for team evil. Speedy moved to a spot to be able to cover a lot of area when activated to attack by GA. GA move near Speedy and then rounding out the end of the round came Nomad, Batgirl and Robin advancing on Nomad's OM. He took a shotgun shot at Zoom on top of the central tower but missed.

R2- AIM moved and 2 attacked Nomad, but they each only rolled 1 skull and he blocked them both. Green Arrow had Speedy kill an AIM Agent, but then GA missed his Agent. Zoom moved and attacked normally vs. GA, but CCE helped him only take one wound. GA has Speedy attack Zoom and he shows GA how it's done with a 1/0 attack for 1 wound on Zoom, but then GA manages a 2/1 attack with CCE vs. Zoom for a second wound. AIM move and attack, missing Speedy with a 1/3 attack and missing Robin with a whiff attack, but an Agent with height hits for all skulls and a 4/1 attack vs. Nomad for 3 quick wounds. Nomad moves adjacent to an Agent, Batgirl moves adjacent to Zoom, Nomad kills the Agent with his normal attack and then Robin kills an Agent with a 1/0 attack.

R3- Zoom moves back and forth between Speedy and GA to get a lot of 2 dice special attacks in, but only manages 1 wound on Speedy as there were a lot of bad rolls. Nomad moves to height on second rung of ladder, Batgirl grapples to top of central tower, and Nomad kills an Agent with normal attack then Robin grapples to height and misses Agent. Zoom puts 2nd wound on GA with his normal attack. GA has Speedy attack Zoom but misses and then GA attacks with CCE but Zoom Dodges. BvS moves and attacks vs. Nomad with height but whiffs the attack. Batgirl puts 1 wound from height on BvS with a 4/3 attack.

R4- Nomad moves higher on ladder, BG moves over a space, Nomad puts one wound on BvS with his second Disc attack and then Robin puts 3rd wound on BvS from height. BvS moves and puts 1 wound (4) on Nomad, 1 (1) on Robin and misses Batgirl with Deathspore. GA has Speedy attack BvS and he puts 4th wound on him with a 3/1 attack. GA then puts 3rd wound on Zoom with CCE. Zoom kills GA. Batgirl attacks with height vs. BvS and kills him. BvS dead so no turn.

R5- Nomad stays put, BG move, Nomad attacks Zoom with Disc but he Dodges out of range for second attack and then Robin with height kills an Agent with a 1/0 attack. Zoom moves and attacks normally vs. Nomad and puts last wound on him. Batgirl had next OM in case Nomad died and she kills last AIM Agent. AIM dead no turn. Batgirl moves and attacks Zoom but misses. AIM dead no turn.

R6- Robin attacks with height vs. Zoom and misses. Zoom attacks Robin for 1 wound (2). Batgirl kills Zoom with a 3/2 attack.

Who won and how many wounds did they have? Batgirl with 0 wounds, Robin with 2 wounds and Speedy with 1 wound and win on T3R6.

Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? .YES
What should be the unit's point value? .130?
Give a brief overview. .Well I raised his points from 130 to 140 for this one because his team had a decent victory in the previous test, though his team had some luck. Not able to gauge too much of his value from this test, but considering the results, I'd say that had he been at 130 for this game, it might have helped somewhat perhaps, but doubtful considering the way Mad Thinker was controlling the game.

Map: .The Broken Skyline
Units: .Nomad (140) with Cap (240), Bucky (60), Falcon (140) and Iron Man (220) for 800 points
Vs. Mad Thinker (180) Dragon Man (320) Awesome Android (250) and Wasp (50) for 800 points.

Spoiler Alert!

It wasn't even really that close, but because of Mind Games from Mad Thingker, Bucky ended up getting a vast majority of OMs and instead of messing with Dragon Man in his own SZ, he moved toward MT to try to mess with him. Only because Bucky was lucky enough to get two 2/0 attacks vs. MT to eventually kill him on T6R4 was it even as close as it was and Bucky wasn't even attacked until T4R6 by AA.

AA got one activation in round 1 and then sat there until R6. Dragon Man killed Iron Man, Cap, Falcon and Nomad. Iron Man, Falcon never got to take a turn and Nomad only got to take 1 turn in R1 to move.

MT did win a bit of initiatives to help and was able to get low numbered OMs off of other figure's cards to put on Bucky, so the Avengers were just basically sitting there like they were frozen and getting their ass kicked by Dragon Man. Awesome Android really wouldn't have taken a wound but instead of finishing Bucky off with DM, I figured to get AA into the mix and not being a flyer or having a ranged attack allowed Bucky to get a wound on him. But eventually AA pounded the squirt into the ground.



Who won and how many wounds did they have? Dragon Man with 3 wounds, Awesome Android with 1 wound and no wound Wasp win on T1R7.

I think he could go out to public testing at 130. He did slightly better in HH tests but not so good in squad tests. The first army test had his team benefit from good team synergy and some dice luck. The second army test had his team become the victim of some initiative and OM removal luck by Mad Thinker's team, not to mention getting some double activations per turn by Dragon Man. So I could see him perhaps come in a little higher from public tests depending on the opponents armies. He could do pretty good vs. mid-level heroes and with Vigilante synergy, but might suffer against squad bonding armies. We'll see.

[IAmBatman]

Yeah, a mid-level hero weak against squads is a tough place for a mid-level hero to be! 130 sounds good moving forward. Pre-yea for playtesting at 130.

[A3n]

pre-yea