The Book of M.R.D. Trooper

[quozl]

Then I suggest something like this:

MUTANT ASSAULT FORCE
After taking a turn with M.R.D. Troopers, if you attacked a Mutant, you may move up to 2 M.R.D. Troopers you control that did not attack this turn.

[japes]

Originally Posted by quozl

Then I suggest something like this:

MUTANT ASSAULT FORCE
After taking a turn with M.R.D. Troopers, if you attacked a Mutant, you may move take a turn with up to 2 M.R.D. Troopers you control that did not attack this turn.

with the above exception...

I'm not really seeing a major difference here other than making it an attack vs in range.

[johnny139]

I have no problem with the partial squad design (honestly, I think we should do that sort of thing more) or the additional activations for being near Mutants. We can switch to a 2-man squad and trigger on attacks but it seems like six of one, half-dozen of another.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by japes

with the above exception...

I'm not really seeing a major difference here other than making it an attack vs in range.

One thing is that (and I realize he didn't spell this out) he's starting with a squad of 2 and having that squad of 2 call in back up, rather than having two common heroes bond with each other, etc. At least, that's what I took from this.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by johnny139

I have no problem with the partial squad design (honestly, I think we should do that sort of thing more) or the additional activations for being near Mutants. We can switch to a 2-man squad and trigger on attacks but it seems like six of one, half-dozen of another.

Yeah, I kind of agree with that. The rationale for partial squads design is more flexibility in army building. Nothing wrong with that, IMO.

[quozl]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Yeah, I kind of agree with that. The rationale for partial squads design is more flexibility in army building. Nothing wrong with that, IMO.

The rationale against is turn complexity. Do you want take 4 turns in a row with MRD Troopers? Because that has huge potential for turn interruptions.

[Viegon]

Originally Posted by quozl

The rationale against is turn complexity. Do you want take 4 turns in a row with MRD Troopers? Because that has huge potential for turn interruptions.

I don't care much either way on the common hero or two-man squad thing, but with the current wording they would all take a single turn together (since it's based on the wording from the Marro Drones).

[johnny139]

And it's something we've already done with the Moloids (and probably at least one other unit).

[TrollBrute]

I don't care too much on the squad vs common hero issue. I do feel that it's pointless to try and make them more draftable outside of games where they are not facing Mutants. They're dudes who hate Mutants, that's what their design should reflect. Plus, there are tons of filler units already that work in a variety of armies. Nobody is going to draft them outside of anti-Mutant armies anyway.

[IAmBatman]

At 600+ units, it's probably reasonable to have some (when thematically appropriate like this) that are pretty much just counterdrafts.

And, you know, good for scenarios.

[quozl]

I guess the Moloid wording works. Carry on!

[Karat]

I missed this thread till now. I like the Common Hero direction better than a partial squad but wouldn't be opposed to a partial squad.

Here's another potential figure option I found.