The Book of Mister Mind

[LordVenoc]

The Book of Mister Mind

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The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Origins set.
Its model number and name are #088 / Mister Mind.

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Character Bio - Mister Mind is an inchworm from Venus, with extraordinary telepathic abilities. He can easily control the minds of others, and is a long-time nemesis of Captain Marvel (now known as Shazam). He often utilizes his Monster Society of Evil to enact his plans. He may not look threatening now, but this is only his larval stage...
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Telepath, Mister Mind has the following Telepath Synergies.
• As a Tiny figure, Mister Mind has these Tiny Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• N/A

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• N/A

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: LordVenoc
• Second playtest: quozl
• Third playtest: IAmBatman
• Fourth playtest: tcglkn
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Art by Soundwarp

[LordVenoc]

NAME = MISTER MIND
SPECIES = VENUSIAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = TELEPATH
PERSONALITY = MANIPULATIVE

SIZE/HEIGHT = TINY 2

LIFE = 1

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 4
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 6

POINTS = 200

CONQUERING PARASITE
At the start of the game, place Mister Mind on an enemy Unique Hero's card. While Mister Mind is on that card, that Hero is the Host. At the end of each of your player turns, if Mister Mind has a Host, place a green Mind Marker on this card. When the Host is destroyed, immediately replace the Host with Mister Mind.

MENTAL DEMAND
After revealing a numbered Order Marker on a card you control, if there are:
• 3 or 4 Mind Markers on this card, instead of taking a turn, you may remove 3 Mind Markers from this card to take temporary control of the Host and take a turn with it.
• 5 Mind Markers on this card, instead of taking a turn, you must remove 5 Mind Markers from this card to take temporary control of the Host and take a turn with it.
After taking a turn with the Host, you may not take turns with any other figures you control.

MONSTER SOCIETY MANIPULATIONS
Whenever the 20-sided die is rolled for a figure within clear sight of Mister Mind or the Host, you may remove a Mind Marker from this card to add or subtract 2 from that roll.

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NAME = MISTER MIND
SPECIES = VENUSIAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = TELEPATH
PERSONALITY = MANIPULATIVE

SIZE/HEIGHT = TINY 2

LIFE = 1

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 4
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 6

POINTS = 200

CONQUERING PARASITE
At the start of the game, you may place Mister Mind on an enemy Unique Hero's card instead of on the battlefield. While Mister Mind is on that card, that Hero is the Host. At the end of each of your player turns, if Mister Mind has a Host, place a green Mind Marker on this card. When the Host is destroyed, immediately after removing it from the battlefield, place Mister Mind on a space the Host previously occupied.

MENTAL DEMAND
After revealing a numbered Order Marker on a card you control:
• if there are 3 or 4 Mind Markers on this card, instead of taking a turn, you may remove 3 Mind Markers from this card to take temporary control of the Host and take a turn with it.
• if there are 5 Mind Markers on this card, instead of taking a turn, you must remove 5 Mind Markers from this card to take temporary control of the Host and take a turn with it.
After taking a turn with the Host, you may not take turns with any other figures you control.

MONSTER SOCIETY MANIPULATIONS
Whenever the 20-sided die is rolled for a figure within clear sight of Mister Mind or the Host, you may remove a Mind Marker from this card to add or subtract 2 from that roll.

[LordVenoc]

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[LordVenoc]

Alright folks, we are live and ready to conquer this process.

Been a while since this write up, but I think we generally liked the place. I think there's a bit of text in Mental Demand that we've agreed was safe to start cutting since the write up that can save some more space.

[tcglkn]

Yea the wording on Mental Demand could probably use some updating but otherwise it all seems fine.

[Yodaking]

There are few telepaths who gain a boost to a power from adjacent friendly telepaths, if he chooses one of them as his host shouldn't they get the power boost from him too?

[Tornado]

A Skrull Infiltrator will be a soft counter draft. When the Host dies it will force a roll off between the Skrull and MM getting to replace the Host(if it is small or medium).

[LordVenoc]

The more I'm reading over it, the more I'm thinking he may need a retool, or a massive upping to his dice roll. There just aren't a lot of situations where you'd want to risk losing a turn for a 35% chance of taking a turn with an opponent's figure. And the general lack of Conqueror Synergy probably makes that part really just trinket text.

There are few telepaths who gain a boost to a power from adjacent friendly telepaths, if he chooses one of them as his host shouldn't they get the power boost from him too?

In theory? Yes. In practice? Probably harder to word than it is worth.

A Skrull Infiltrator will be a soft counter draft. When the Host dies it will force a roll off between the Skrull and MM getting to replace the Host(if it is small or medium).

He's not super useful outside his Host right now, which may well be a separate issue. Could resolve it allowing him to be placed adjacent as well.

[tcglkn]

A Conqueror can lead the Arthrian Invaders, but you have to choose them to be the Conqueror before Mr. Mind turns them into one. I think that's the only synergy.

[Tornado]

For sure, that is why it is a soft counter but something to keep in Mind.

[johnny139]

Hmm, if Demand feels a little iffy, would this be a place for something like this?

MENTAL DEMAND
After revealing a numbered Order Marker on this card, you may take temporary control of the Host and roll the 20-sided die, adding 12 to the roll if you control the Host. Take a turn with the Host; if you rolled 13 or lower, you cannot choose or target any figures controlled by the player who previously controlled the Host. [blah blah blah]

The idea being that you always get a turn, but the Host can resist the orders - if he successfully resists the order, he won't attack or harm his friends. But you can still, say, steer him off a cliff, or move him somewhere disadvantageous, or something like that. And of course, in a three-way match, you can still have him go attack a third party.

But I don't know how well that works for the character.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by LordVenoc

The more I'm reading over it, the more I'm thinking he may need a retool, or a massive upping to his dice roll. There just aren't a lot of situations where you'd want to risk losing a turn for a 35% chance of taking a turn with an opponent's figure. And the general lack of Conqueror Synergy probably makes that part really just trinket text.

My thought is the opposite. Even though it's a guaranteed turn, why would you ever draft him to put on your own guy? Know what else gives me a guaranteed turn on my own guy? Putting an Order Marker on my own guy.

I guess it's a way to protect your Order Markers from someone screwing with them, but that feels like a fairly niche reason to do it. You may only have a 35% chance with enemy figures, but that's where 100% of the upside for him is, IMO.