The Book of Klaw

[Ericth74]

The Book of Klaw

C3G MARVEL PUBLIC EXCLUSIVE COLLECTION 31
THE SOUND AND THE FURY


Comic PDF


Mini PDF

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Avengers/Defenders War set.
Its model number and name are #059 / Klaw.

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Character Bio - "Morality is the first step toward cowardice. Your cowardice has doomed your whole world. I will hunt down and kill everyone and everything you have ever loved. Listen for it...soon you will hear everyone you love scream. " - Klaw, Klaws of the Panther v1
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Mutate, Klaw has these Mutate Synergies.
• As a Criminal, Klaw has these Criminal Synergies.
• As an Ambitious figure, Klaw has these Ambitious Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• Figures with the Ambitious or Brilliant personality may allow Klaw to add 2 to his roll when activating his Sonic Disruption special power. Current Ambitious and Brilliant figures.

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• As a Criminal, Klaw interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Klaw interacts differently with these special powers.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: IamBatman
• Second playtest: Ericth74
• Third playtest: MrNobody
• Fourth Playtest: tcglkn
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Card Art by Dr. Jekyll

[Ericth74]

NAME = KLAW
SECRET IDENTITY = ULYSSES KLAW

SPECIES = MUTATE
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CRIMINAL
PERSONALITY = AMBITIOUS

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 4
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 4

POINTS = 240

CHARGED SONIC CANNON SPECIAL ATTACK
Range Special. Attack 5 + Special.
Choose 3 spaces in a straight line from Klaw. All figures other than Klaw on or within 1 space of the chosen spaces are affected by this special attack. Roll 1 fewer attack die for each space Klaw moved this turn. Symbiotes roll 1 fewer defense die against this special attack.

SONIC DISRUPTION
After an enemy figure within 4 clear sight spaces of Klaw rolls defense dice against a normal attack from a figure you control, you may roll the 20-sided die. Add 2 to your roll if the enemy figure is a Symbiote or if the attacking figure has the Ambitious or Brilliant personality. If you roll 11 or higher; subtract one skull, shield, or blank from the enemy figure's defense roll.

BODY OF SOUND
Once per round, when Klaw is attacked by an enemy figure and at least 1 skull is rolled, you may ignore the attack. You may then either roll an unblockable attack die against a figure within 4 clear sight spaces of Klaw or remove 1 Wound Marker from this Army Card.

SUPER STRENGTH


Original Version

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = KLAW
SECRET IDENTITY = ULYSSES KLAW

SPECIES = MUTATE
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = TERRORIST (GENIUS? MASTERMIND?)
PERSONALITY = AMBITIOUS

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

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

POINTS = ???

CHARGED SONIC CANNON SPECIAL ATTACK
Range Special. Attack 5 + Special.
Choose 3 spaces in a straight line from Klaw. All figures on the chosen spaces, and all figures other than Klaw within 1 space of the chosen spaces, are affected by this special attack. Roll 1 fewer attack die for each space Klaw moved this turn. Each figure rolls defense dice separately. Symbiotes roll 1 fewer defense die against this special attack.

SONIC DISRUPTION
When an opponent's figure within 4 clear sight spaces of Klaw attacks or is attacked by any figure you control with a normal attack, you may first roll the 20-sided die, adding two if the opponent's figure is a Symbiote. If you roll 10 - 19, subtract one skull, shield or blank from the opponent's roll. If you roll a 20 or higher, subtract two skulls, shields or blanks instead.

THE IMMORTAL KLAW
Once per round, if Klaw would be destroyed by receiving wounds, he instead takes no damage. At the end of the round, if there are two or more revealed Order Markers on this card, you may remove 1 Wound Marker from this card.

SUPER STRENGTH

FLYING

[Ericth74]

Art:

[IAmBatman]

Comic pictures look a bit small. Strong podding potential with the second and third power, so that's probably the thing to look for in testing.

Got 250 on the calculator for him.

[Ronin]

I'd prefer to see Sonic Disruption toned down a bit. It's very strong for a passive effect. (Also having to roll the d20 on every normal attack that happens within 4 spaces of Klaw could end up being a lot of extra rolling)

[MrNobody]

So we the Heroes really like this design, but we had some ideas/tweaks/concerns.

-There were some questions about Flying being present. SW mentioned that comics Klaw basically does what he wants as a weird sound dude.
-Sonic Disruption is pretty complex and potent. My advice would just be to drop the 20+ effect.

And some more personal notes from me.

-On class, not really sure where to go there? He's always had close ties to Wizard, so maybe Criminal? But the design doesn't really want what Wizard is handing out, and it generally seems like there's desire for a second Wizard at some point.
-Is the Immortal Klaw a specific title for the character? It feels oddly specific when something like Body of Sound would work just as well.
-I also want to toss out the idea of possibly doing a different effect there? The Go The Distance-style power just personally doesn't sell the sonic body thing as much as say...Unstoppable Resilience would.

[IAmBatman]

For ease of use, I'd say having his Range number and the range on Sonic Disruption both be the same makes a lot of sense (probably both 5, since that's also the special attack range).

[Ericth74]

Originally Posted by MrNobody

So we the Heroes really like this design, but we had some ideas/tweaks/concerns.

-There were some questions about Flying being present. SW mentioned that comics Klaw basically does what he wants as a weird sound dude.
-Sonic Disruption is pretty complex and potent. My advice would just be to drop the 20+ effect.

Flying - Klaw has a flying/teleport type of power as SW said because he is made up of sound. Just using flying seemed to be easier. Flight is listed as a power on many of his bio's.

Sonic Disruption - dropping the 20+ effect would be fine.

And some more personal notes from me.

-On class, not really sure where to go there? He's always had close ties to Wizard, so maybe Criminal? But the design doesn't really want what Wizard is handing out, and it generally seems like there's desire for a second Wizard at some point.

I went back and forth on class as he covers a bunch of areas and has played many roles. He's a PhD in physics, so Scientist or Genus work. He's been a thief and assassin, which covers criminal. He's also worked with AIM, which hits both Terrorist and Mastermind. I went with Terrorist because I felt like that covered the most of what he really is.

-Is the Immortal Klaw a specific title for the character? It feels oddly specific when something like Body of Sound would work just as well.
-I also want to toss out the idea of possibly doing a different effect there? The Go The Distance-style power just personally doesn't sell the sonic body thing as much as say...Unstoppable Resilience would.

Every bio lists him as Immortal or possibly Immortal and also having healing powers. So I tried to cover that in making him hard to kill but still having 4 life. The name is a straight rip from the Marvel Champions game that I'm a fan of. I'm open to other ideas, that was my attempt at kind of reusing a current power with something added.



His power set is tough to narrow down but I feel like I hit the big ones. Here is just one of the lists of his power:

Agility
Animation
Blast Power
Duplication
Elasticity
Energy Based Constructs
Flight
Force Field
Healing
Hypnosis
Immortal
Intellect
Invulnerability
Longevity
Power Item
Shape Shifter
Size Manipulation
Sonic Scream
Stamina
Super Hearing
Super Speed
Super Strength
Unarmed Combat
Vibration Wave
Willpower-Based Constructs

[Ericth74]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

For ease of use, I'd say having his Range number and the range on Sonic Disruption both be the same makes a lot of sense (probably both 5, since that's also the special attack range).

Sure, makes sense.

[Ericth74]

Originally Posted by Ronin

I'd prefer to see Sonic Disruption toned down a bit. It's very strong for a passive effect. (Also having to roll the d20 on every normal attack that happens within 4 spaces of Klaw could end up being a lot of extra rolling)

Sure I can see that, but we do have figures that do that. Sharknado glyph and Spider-Girl are two of the top of my head that cause a lot of d20 rolls. War Machine too.

I think as MrNobody mentioned dropping the 20+ effect makes sense.

I'm open to suggestions, but he's supposed to be disruptive by nature.

[IAmBatman]

For reducing effectiveness of the disruption, I'd probably choose a lane. Do you want him to disrupt offensively or defensively? Doing both doubles both the effectiveness and the amount of game disruption.

[Ericth74]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

For reducing effectiveness of the disruption, I'd probably choose a lane. Do you want him to disrupt offensively or defensively? Doing both doubles both the effectiveness and the amount of game disruption.

If it's an eithe/or issue I think it would have to effect defense rolls of opponents. It's very thematic to be able to mess with Black Panther. It does make the power significantly weaker though.