HelmAverse Supers - Reinforcements Arrive

[Matt Helm]

In the words of Monty Python's Flying Circus, now for something completely different.
Matt Helm's first destructible object card.
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MARVEL

COMPACT CAR
DESTRUCTIBLE OBJECT



LIFE: 5

DEFENSE: 4



STRONG DEFENSE
When rolling defense dice against a normal attack from small or medium figures, add 1 automatic shield to whatever is rolled.

MOVABLE
After an adjacent figure you control with Super Strength attacks this Compact Car, you may move the car 1 space for each Wound Marker added to this card. When moving a car, count spaces as if the car is a double spaced figure. A car never takes leaving engagement attacks and must end its movement on two same level empty spaces.

WRECKAGE DAMAGE
After moving or destroying this car, roll the 20 sided die for Wreckage Damage.
If you roll a 1-7, nothing happens
If you roll a 8-19, each figure adjacent to the car receives 1 wound
If you roll a 20, each figure adjacent to the car receives 2 wounds
All Wreckage Damage is applied before a destroyed car is removed from the battlefield. Attacking figures are never affected by Wreckage Damage.

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A3n - for the images, can I trouble you to slap in three versions, one for each color red, blue and yellow? I was hoping to keep track of the multiple destructible objects by having cards that accurately portray each one. Everything else would be exactly the same (i.e. the hit zone) since all three are identical. Hopefully I took the pics at a similar enough angle that you can just slap each image in there with pretty much the same center point.





Thanks, good buddy. Now, I'm bracing for the "What? Destructible Objects in the HelmAverse!?!?!?" comments.

[Tornado]

Pretty cool. So you can shove the car into people. Fun.

[Matt Helm]

Originally Posted by tcglkn

That's a cool map! What is that Dragon in the second photo?

That’s Fin Fang Foom of course.

[tcglkn]

Better pic and info on where you got it maybe?

[Matt Helm]

Go back in this thread and start with post #2751

[tcglkn]

Ah sweet. I'll have to see if I can find it at my local Five Below.

[A3n]

I believe destructible objects have a place in the Helmaverse. But what surprised me is the powers. The Helmaverse has always been a fairly simple straight forward efficient world that adhered pretty closely to the precedents of Official Marvel HS.

But those DOs have certainly stretched that definition. :wow:

I wish you had put these up earlier in the week. I have been off work this past week & would've had plenty of time to work on a new template. Now I will just squeeze it in where I can. I don't currently have a DO template so I will have to make one. Thankfully most elements are the same as the character template.

Now tell me about the cars. They look plastic not like Matchbox/Hot Wheels cars. Are they the same size? Where did you get them from?

[Matt Helm]

Ha,do you think I really stretched too far with the powers? I admit three powers on a DO is different than traditional scape but the mechanics are still very simple. I was going for simple rules that I could have available right on the card rather than in a rule book. So yeah, maybe you’re right and I have crossed a new line.

Originally we had the cars moving whenever they took damage but Batman’s batarangs being able to push a car side ways into Green Lantern seemed weird. We tried to picture it being explosive batarangs but the big picture of any ranged attack just felt wrong.

Eventually we settled on only Superstrength figures that were adjacent. The idea became that attacking the car was synonymous with grabbing it and throwing it. Now it made more sense thematically and served the real purpose which was to allow a non flying, melee tough guy a chance at a ranged attack once in a while. It doesn’t come up often but it’s available to them.

As for the cars, they came with the carrier trucks. They are all plastic, no die cast, which fits in with the scape terrain. They also seem to be perfect scale, slightly bigger than matchbox but smaller than 1:43.

I purchased them back in 2016, one at a TJ Maxx and the other at Home Goods (both stores related to each other and Marahalls). They were made by Dickie Toys and unfortunately I don’t still have the box with the UPC.

I did post some info in this old thread.

[Matt Helm]

Ha, ha! Good ol' Daddy Helm was in a good mood last night. Our last battle on the urban intersection map was an interesting one for sure. What has 2 thumbs and beat down his competitors? This guy.

Helm Jr. Team:
Venom (Hasbro)
Martian Manhunter
Wolverine
Green Lantern

Lil'Helm Team:
Deadpool
Doctor Fate
Moon Knight
Wonder Woman

J strikes Team:
Captain America (Hasbro)
Wonder Man
She-Hulk
Green Arrow
Heingst the Form Warrior (HelmAverse Havoc)

Matt Helm Team:
Brainiac
Rasputin
Zombies x 6 squads (Hasbro)

Each team started from down a street with the intent on fighting over the middle ground. Lil'Helm and J Strikes got into it early in one corner while Brainiac tied up with Helm Jr's team in the other. All the while the zombie horde marched down the street and split toward Helm Jr. and J. Strikes.

Helm Jr. took out Brainiac early but not before he put a hurting on Martian Manhunter and Green Lantern. J. strikes knocked out Wonder Woman too easily. Now there was tension as Matt rolled for Brainiac to return to replace a zombie and for Rasputin to raise a zombie Wonder Woman.

Lucky for them I rolled that D20 horribly. Helm Jr. was smart enough to ask the others to team up and destroy the zombie horde before Brainiac could re-spawn. They didn't listen.

Brainiac did return and Rasputin raised a zombie Wonder Woman who went on a tear! She throttled Wolverine and Green Lantern while the Zombies swarmed the Martian Manhunter.

It wasn't long before I turned on the other two and Wonder Woman and Brainiac both crushed it. Wonder Woman finally dropped and was able to rest in peace while all of the zombies were eradicated but a very damaged Brainiac survived alongside a very healthy Rasputin.

It was a dark night in the Helm household for the younger generation but a great one for me.

[Tornado]

Grats. Love me some Zombies.
My all time favorite design.

[Matt Helm]

Speaking of Undead (well sort of), we have another card design from Lil'Helm


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MARVEL

MORBIUS




HUMAN
UNIQUE HERO
CREATURE
TORMENTED
MEDIUM 5

LIFE: 5
MOVE: 6
RANGE: 1
ATTACK: 4
DEFENSE: 5

POINTS: 150

HYPNOSIS 17
After moving and before attacking, Morbius may attempt Hypnosis. To do this, choose a figure adjacent to Morbius and roll the 20-sided die. If you roll a 17 or higher, the chosen figure is hypnotized for the remainder of this turn. Hypnotized figures cannot roll any defense dice. Morbius cannot hypnotize Destructible Objects.

BLOOD DRAIN
For each wound Morbius inflicts on a hypnotized human or mutant figure, you may remove one wound marker from this Army Card.

STEALTH FLYING
When counting spaces for Morbius’ movement, ignore elevations. Morbius may fly over water without stopping, pass over figures without becoming engaged, and fly over obstacles such as ruins. When Morbius starts to fly, if he is engaged he will not take any leaving engagement attacks.

SUPERSTRENGTH

[Tornado]

Cool take.