Tiva Steelheart

[Lord Pyre]

This passes, thanks. Just waiting on BWL.

[IAmBatman]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM
NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: TIVA STEELHEART
VERSION TESTED

Spoiler Alert!

[quote]NAME = TIVA STEELHEART
IDENTITY = N/A

SPECIES = LYCANTHROPE
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = LEADER
PERSONALITY = DETERMINED

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 6
MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 200?

THE SWORN
Start each round with X Black Sworn! Order Markers. You may not place more than one Sworn! Order Marker on a single card. X is the number of units on your team in The Sworn faction, to a max of 4.

THE SWORN ATTACK!
Once per turn, before a move action with a figure you control, you may remove an Unrevealed Order Marker from a figure on your team to choose either Tiva or a figure you control within 6 clear spaces of Tiva. Make a move action with the chosen figure. Figures chosen by this ability may not use another move action this turn.

CONTROLLED LYCANTHROPY
If an Order Marker is removed from Tiva's card, she heals 1 wound and has +2 Move this turn.

Team Test
Map: GRUNDY’S GRAVE
Units: Tiva Steelheart (190), Hellslinger (210), Lady Death (360), War Angel (240) (1000) vs Omni-Man, Atom Eve, Invincible (1000)
Unit Summary: Fun, brutal game that felt like it could’ve gone either way about the whole time. Lots of power on both sides. Omni and Tiva seemed like they might last forever in end game, but he was stronger overall. I like this crew at 1000 points.
Game Summary

Spoiler Alert!

All four Sworn have a Sworn OM. Initiative Sworn. Hellslinger teleports himself, War Angel, and Lady Death to the ring around the swamp water in the middle of the map. Atom Eve advances, charges up, and smashes Lady Death over the head with a tree for 2 wounds. Omni-Man smacks a whiffing Lady Death for 3 more wounds. Tiva uses a Sworn marker to move up. Lady Death hits Eve for 1 wound after changing a die to a skull and after Eve uses her marker for a block. Lady Death removes a Sworn marker to attack again and defeats Atom Eve. Invincible flies up and hits Lady Death for a sixth wound. War Angel’s Sworn Marker goes and Hellslinger moves next to Invincible. Lady Death attacks Invincible (no wounds) and a marker is removed from Hellslinger (1 heat wound on Invincible) so Lady Death can attack him again. She hits him for 1 wound. Hellslinger removes an OM and hits Invincible for 1 Heat wound, then attacks Invincible and hits for 1 wound. Invincible (now with 4 wounds) punches Hellslinger for 1 wound, then his desperation finishes Lady Death.
Invincible heals 1 wound. There’s only room to place 3 Sworn OM now. Initiative Sworn. OM on War Angel, who engages Invincible. Tiva has Hellslinger remove an OM (heat wound on Invincible but up to a third wound on Hellslinger) and Tiva engages Invincible as well. War Angel defeats Invincible. Invincible had OM1. War Angel uses a Sworn Marker to go instead of Tiva, but first Tiva uses a Sworn Marker and has Hellslinger teleport next to Omni-Man. War Angel can’t hit Omni. She attacks again and hits Omni-Man for 1 wound. Hellslinger hits Omni with a heat wound and puts wound number 4 on himself, then attacks Omni, but can’t hit. Omni-Man uses his special and finishes Hellslinger and puts 3 wounds on War Angel. Tiva climbs to even height and punches Omni for 2 wounds. Omni-Man punches out War Angel.
Omni-Man heals a wound and is up to 5 Life. Tiva only has one place for a Sworn marker. Initiative Omni-Man. He tries his special but only hits for 1 wound. Tiva heals the wound and hits Omni-Man for 2 wounds. Omni can’t hit with his normal attack. Tiva can’t hit either. Omni uses his special and hits Tiva for 1 wound. Tiva heals and can’t hit back.
Omni-Man heals a wound and is up to 4 Life. Initiative Tiva. She can’t hit Omni. Omni uses his normal attack and punches for 3 wounds. Tiva heals a wound and can’t hit Omni. Omni hits her for 1 wound. She heals and can’t hit. Omni uses his special and puts her down to 2 Life. Tiva is out of markers to heal with. She catches Omni whiffing for 2 wounds.
Omni heals a wound and is up to 3 Life. Tiva is sitting on 2 Life and has only one place for a Sworn marker. Initiative Omni-Man. He finishes Tiva with his special.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted [6] wounds on [Omni-Man]
• THE SWORN: All the extra Order Markers were [huge for making the faction go]
• THE SWORN ATTACK!: Used for [3] additional move actions
• CONTROLLED LYCANTHROPY: Used to heal [4] wounds and for move boost [0] times

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Omni-Man with 3 Life wins.

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Team Test
Map: GRUNDY’S GRAVE
Units: Tiva Steelheart (190), Hellslinger (210), Lady Death (360), War Angel (240) (1000) vs Joker (220), Mister Freeze (240), Calendar Man (130), Long Halloween (80), Mister Zsasz (100), Arkham Inmates (x1) (60), Man-Bat (170) (1000)
Unit Summary: Joker couldn’t muster the toxic wounds and Mister Freeze went down like a chump and the Arkhamites never recovered. They just didn’t have the beef to keep up with the Sworn here, though Man-Bat made it interesting.
Game Summary

Spoiler Alert!

Calendar Man starts on his card. Sworn have 4 markers again. The holiday killers are Man-Bat and Mister Zsasz.

Lady Death is the first target for Holiday Killings. Initiative Arkhamites. Joker advances. Calendar Man chooses an OM on Lady Death (OM3) and it’s moved to War Angel. Joker advances 4 spaces. Tiva removes a Sworn Marker from Lady Death and has War Angel fly forward. Hellslinger teleports the others up and then attacks down on Joker from range for 2 wounds. Joker has Man-Bat carry up Mister Freeze and Inmates advance. He defeats an Inmate and Mister Freeze drops ice in a row in front of the Sworn, then uses his damage dice to put 1 cold wound on Lady Death. Joker can’t hit Tiva with a toxic roll. Tiva has War Angel move next to Mister Freeze. Lady Death moves around to the side and blasts Mister Freeze from range for 3 wounds. She has War Angel remove an OM (no auto wound on Freeze) then attacks Freeze again and finishes him. Joker can’t hit Tiva with a toxic wound. Man-Bat flies Lady Death next to a Tree of Death and throws an Evergreen Tree at her, but only inflicts 1 wound. He reveals himself as a killer to get another wound on Lady Death. An Arkham Inmate moves next to Lady Death and attacks down on her, but whiffs. Zsasz attacks Lady Death from height disadvantage and rolls all skulls, but she rolls 3 shields on 3 dice and only takes 1. Joker misses yet another toxic wound. Tiva has Hellslinger move next to Joker. War Angel flies next to Zsasz but can’t hit him from height. Hellslinger removes an OM and hits Joker for a heat wound, but can’t follow up with his attack (and takes on a wound of his own, of course).
Initiative Sworn. Joker finally gets a toxic wound on someone (Hellslinger). Tiva avoids a swipe from Joker after removing an OM from War Angel (missed the damage die) to move closer to the action. Lady Death hits Zsasz for 3 wounds. War Angel loses an OM (damage die hits Zsasz) so War Angel can go again, and she takes out the last Arkham Inmate. Hellslinger hits Joker with a damage die (1 wound) and an attack to finish Joker. Joker had OM1. War Angel attacks down on Zsasz and finishes him. The Long Halloween is over. Calendar Man uses mind games but it works out for the Sworn, moving an OM from Tiva to War Angel. War Angel uses it to steal Tiva’s turn. Tiva uses the last Sworn marker for the round to maneuver Hellslinger next to Man-Bat. War Angel engages Man-Bat and smacks him for 3 wounds. Man-Bat claw carries Hellslinger for 1 wound, then finishes Lady Death with a tree. Calendar Man chills in Arkham.
Initiative Sworn. War Angel steals a turn and attacks down on Man-Bat for 1 wound. Hellslinger uses a Sworn Marker and attacks Man-Bat but can’t hit him. Man-Bat claw carries Hellslinger for 1 wound, defeating him, then chucks a tree at War Angel for 1 wound. War Angel flies over and defeats Man-Bat.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted [0] wounds
• THE SWORN: All the extra Order Markers were [helpful again]
• THE SWORN ATTACK!: Used for [4] additional move actions
• CONTROLLED LYCANTHROPY: Used to heal [0] wounds and for move boost [0] times

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Tiva with Full Life and War Angel with 5/6 Life win.

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UNIT SUMMARY: The Sworn Attack! feels like a strange ability title for movement ability. Overall, I like how the faction plays together and I’d love to see a way for them to come in at 1000, whether that’s having Tiva at 190 or lowering one of the others by 10 points. It seems like a great four figure 1000 point build that we should have in the game.

[Lord Pyre]

Thank you! So glad the army feels good to you. I don't mind adjusting one of their points to fit into that 1000 slot if you think that's fine. Maybe LD would be best? Having her cheaper would help in the faction overall.

But also that said, I do plan to add more additions to the faction so it should theoretically be able to hit that 1000 points in a few different ways too.

[IAmBatman]

If you went Hellslinger at 200, then Tiva and he might both feel easier to swap in/out. I think Lady Death feels like the beefiest of them. I'd hesitate to drop the points on her or War Angel, probably.

[Lord Pyre]

Pretty sure testers wanted Hellslinger bumped up to 210? I'd have to check his thread.

Like I said I don't mind them not fitting at 1000 if other options help a few different builds get there. I think it just depends if we think Steelheart is worth 190 or 200.

[IAmBatman]

My thought is that if the team here is balanced at 1010, it's balanced at 1000, so might as well make a playable package. Tiva is probably the most dependent on the others to really have value, so dropping her to 190 probably makes the most sense then.

[Lord Pyre]

Works for me. Updated OP.

[Ericth74]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Tiva Steelheart

Version tested:

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = TIVA STEELHEART
IDENTITY = N/A

SPECIES = LYCANTHROPE
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = LEADER
PERSONALITY = DETERMINED

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 6
MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 200?

THE SWORN
Start each round with X Black Sworn! Order Markers. You may not place more than one Sworn! Order Marker on a single card. X is the number of units on your team in The Sworn faction, to a max of 4.

THE SWORN ATTACK!
Once per turn, before a move action with a figure you control, you may remove an Unrevealed Order Marker from a figure on your team to choose either Tiva or a figure you control within 6 clear spaces of Tiva. Make a move action with the chosen figure. Figures chosen by this ability may not use another move action this turn.

CONTROLLED LYCANTHROPY
If an Order Marker is removed from Tiva's card, she heals 1 wound and has +2 Move this turn.

FACTION = THE SWORN
PUBLISHER = COFFIN COMICS
KEYWORDS =
SYMBOLS = SUPER STRENGTH, COLD RESISTENCE, ELECTRIC RESISTENCE

Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: 1000 pts – Lady Death 360, War Angel 240, Tiva Steelheart 200, Vassago 100, Nameless Wolves 80, Spells 20 points VS 1000 pts – JLA Trinity

Spoiler Alert!

R1 – WW uses a marker. A wolf attacks WW doing a wound. War Angel attacks and does 3 wounds to WW but Superman comes to the Rescue and takes a wound instead and is placed adjacent to WW and War Angel. War Angel attacks WW doing 1 wound. Batman uses his SA and defeats a Wolf. A wolf attack WW, its blocked. Lady Death attacks Superman twice doing 2 wounds to him. Superman attacks up on War Angel doing no damage. Supes uses a marker. WW attacks War Angel, its blocked. Batman hits War Angel for 2 wounds and Vassago for 1 wound with his SA.
R2 – WW uses a marker. Superman attacks War Angel doing a wound. Superman uses a marker. WW attacks War Angel, its blocked. Batman uses his SA and hits Tiva for 1 wound. A wolf attacks Bats, its blocked. Lady Death attacks down on Superman, its blocked. She removes the X marker from Vassago and attacks again doing 1 wound to Superman. Tiva removes a Sworn marker and moves and heals a wound. Superman hits War Angel for 1 wound. Tiva reveals an OM, War Angel removes a marker and rolls a damage die against Superman doing 1 wound. War Angel attacks Superman and blanks so attacks him again doing 2 wounds to defeat Superman. WW attacks War Angel and defeats her. A Wolf attacks Batman, its Blocked. Vassago carries Lady Death moves adjacent to Batman and WW, but does no damage. Lady Death attacks WW, and does 2 wounds to WW. She removes a Sworn marker to attack again, its blocked. Batman uses his SA and defeats a Wolf and puts 2 wounds on Lady Death.
R3 – WW uses a marker. Lady Death attacks WW, its blocked, a Sworn marker is removed from Vassago and she attacks again defeating WW. Batman attacks Lady Death doing 2 wounds to her. Tiva attacks Batman doing 1 wound. A Sworn Marker is removed from Tiva and Lady Death attacks Batman doing 3 wounds and defeats him.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Lady Death 4 wounds/3 life left, Tiva full 6 life left, Vassago full 4 life left.

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Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: 1000 pts – Lady Death 360, War Angel 240, Tiva Steelheart 200, Vassago 100, Nameless Wolves 80, Spells 20 points VS 1000 pts - Fantastic Four

Spoiler Alert!

R1 – Tiva moves. War Angel flies over to Invisible Woman and attacks her doing 3 wounds. Lady Death uses an Marker and attacks Reed with a Lightning Bolt spell doing 1 wound. Invisible Woman flies away and attacks down on War Angel doing no damage. Thing punches War Angel doing 2 wounds. Reed locks down War Angel and attacks her and blanks. Tiva reveals an OM, War Angel romves a Sworn Marker she rolls a damage die against Reed, its blocked. She attacks Reed and hits him for 1 wound. Human Torch Flames on against War Angel doing 2 wounds. He and Reed attack her, both are blocked.
R2 – Wolves don't attack but 1 stays engaged with Thing while the other engaged Thing and Reed. Vassago carries Lady Death. Vassago rolls a d20 against Human Touch(miss), Reed(miss) and Invisible Woman(hit) doing 1 wound. Lady Death attacks Reed, its blocked. Vassago removes a Sworn Marker and Lady Death attacks again doing 2 wounds and she casts Final Ruin to defeat Reed an OM1. Vassago carries Lady Death doing, he rolls a d20 wound hitting Thing. Lady Death attacks Torch doing 1 wound to him. She removes a marker off of War Angel, who rolls a damage die against Thing but misses, Lady Death attacks Torch again, its blocked. Torch takes 2 swipe wounds then Flames on putting 2 wounds on Lady Death and Vassago. War Angel takes a swipe wound from Thing, she flies over and attacks Sue, doing enough to defeat Sue. Lady Death removes a Sworn marker and attacks Torch from range, hitting him for 2 wounds which defeats him. Thing attacks and defeats Vassago.
R3 – Thing defeats a Wolf. War Angel attacks Thing doing 2 wounds. Lady Death Removes a marker to attack Thing, doing 2 wounds. Thing attack War Angel defeating her. Tiva move, A Wolf attacks Thing, its blocked. Lady Death attacks and defeats Thing doing 2 wounds.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Tiva full 6 life, Lady Death 2 wounds/5 life left, 1 Wolf

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: I already spoke with the LD about this but I think Tiva can drop 10 points easily to 190 to make a solid 1000 point team. I also think she can drop to 5 life without a problem seeing she has a pretty easy way to heal. The Sworn are a strong faction. On first read they look a little confusing but once you have the whole team in front of you they aren't too hard to play. By the time I hit the second game I felt like I got into the swing of how to play them. I'm sure I missed an opportunity or two in game 1. The faction as a whole might be a tad hot as they beat a couple of stronger teams without a lot of resistance. Game 1 I used the JLA Trinity, in hindsight that might not have been the best pick because Lady Death can get around Superman's defense. Even without her power there are ways to get in some auto wounds. I found good spots to use Vassago in game 2 which led to to couple of bonus wounds. Both games were played on a smaller map some they were able to get set up quickly, much faster then their opponents. I don't really have any issue with Tiva other than what I mentioned earlier about a small points drop and a life drop. I found that I didn't really need her offense much. Lady Death and War Angel are just too good to not use over her. I think I only attacked with her twice in both games combined. Her best feature is giving out the Sworn Markers and giving out the extra movement. I'll also repeat something that Bats said, Tiva's second power title is a little misleading “The Sworn Attack!” has nothing to do with attacking and is all about movement. I don't have a great suggestion there, but maybe something that references movement or being on the move. All and all I'm looking forward to trying out the faction again, next time with Hellslinger in the team.

[Lord Pyre]

Thanks! If you guys are okay moving forward, they do seem slightly hot. But I'll drop the life and that should help. If Steelheart is on the front lines as your heavy hitter you're probably not doing amazing anyway, so that's an easy tweak.

The Sworn Attack! is a specific reference. The shot of the whole team teleporting in to attack the bad guys is labeled that, which is why I used it here. I thought it evoked a team of superheroes busting onto the scene well myself. But I can try to find another reference if its not jiving with ya'll.

I propose we move to final editing

[Ronin]

yea

[IAmBatman]

I'd be up for a different reference if you can think of one, just because "attack" means something so specific in our game that I think the current ability title/ability marriage is unnecessarily confusing for players.

Dig the faction overall and down for her dropping life by 1 and going 190 here! yea

[Lord Pyre]

Updated the ability title. Could use some more votes though!