The Book of Ash Williams

[Arkham]

I was thinking of a power that somehow let Ash keep attacking, off a d20 roll or something, but if he rolled a 2 or lower an opponent can choose a figure in your army to take temporary control of. Something along those lines, and the chosen figure has the species of Demon and Class of Deadite instead of what’s written on its card.

Not sure how to regain control of the figure though. The figure could also be a neutral figure somehow as well that does a move and attack at the end of the round.

That would be right up Ash’s alley and represent the Deadites at the same time.

[quozl]

This might need to be simplified a bit.

EVIL DEAD
After attacking, if you control at least one other figure, you may roll the twenty-sided die. If you roll 7 or higher, you may attack again. If you roll 2 or less, choose an opponent and give a figure you control to that opponent with an Evil Dead marker on its card. A card with an Evil Dead marker has the species of Demon and class of Deadite instead of what is on its card. If an enemy figure with an Evil Dead marker on its card would be destroyed, instead remove all markers from the card and take control of that figure.

[Arkham]

I like that direction. Would need refined as you said, but that’s sort of what I was envisioning. Something where you can push your luck like Ash would for the greater good or to show off, get cocky and arrogant, and it can potentially end up making the situation worse. In his attempt to undo what he made worse, he may be attempted to push his luck again to kill the Deadite and free his ally. His allies suffering from his mistake is also quite fitting.

[Arkham]

We can always turn it into 2 powers, including the defense reduction for undead etc. that’s currently in the SP. Otherwise, if we can make it 1 power and streamline it enough, it may leave enough room for an added Boomstick Special Attack like johnny was hoping for. We’ll have to play with the wording and the mechanics to see what’s doable.

[Tornado]

Giving up a Fire Ant does not sound like a risk to me.

[Arkham]

That’s one thing I plan to change when I write up a refined version(when I’m not at work on my phone). The opponent should get to choose. That makes more thematic sense anyways. Deadites use Ash’s loved ones against him, dead or alive. So I’m thinking the opponent can choose any other figure in Ash’s army.

[quozl]

Might need to make it a Unique Hero too.

[Arkham]

So this is what I was thinking:

NAME = ASH WILLIAMS

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = SAVIOR
PERSONALITY = ARROGANT
SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5
MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 4
POINTS = ~170

EVIL DEAD
Start the game with the Glyph of Necronomicon on this card. Demon, Slasher, and Undead figures roll 1 fewer defense die when defending against Ash's attacks.

CHAINSAW SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 1. Attack 3.
When attacking with this special attack, all shields rolled count as extra skulls. If you inflict one or more wounds on the defending figure, immediately roll one unblockable attack die for each wound inflicted this turn.

BOOMSTICK SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 4. Attack 2.
When attacking with this special attack, all blanks rolled count as 2 additional skulls. After attacking with this special attack, Ash may attack one additional time.

Glyph of Necronomicon
Equipment Glyph

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We would use the Glyph of Necronomicon to represent the possibility of something good vs. something going horribly wrong. I figure it can raise the dead, capture live souls, or unleash Demons etc. So there's something to be done with it that can lure the player in and entice them to attempt using it. Making it a glyph allows the enemy team the same temptation if they get their hands on it, while clearing Ash's card a bit.

[Yodaking]

That looks like a Ash card to me. Boom Stick, Chainsaw hand, Book of Necronomicon, & fights undead pretty much are the key theme notes I know him for. I recall the bit about not remembering the phrase correctly, not sure how to reflect that on a card though. If you there is space for a 4th minor negative power, maybe something that negatively effects your initiative roll the more you rely on Ash to win the game for you. So the larger the responsibility he's given, the more likely he's going to forget something and cause your opponent to get to go first.

UNFOCUSED
When rolling for initiative, subtract 2 from your roll for each Order Marker placed on this card.

[Tornado]

Necronomicon is a fun idea.

The first idea that comes to mind is that when figures are destroyed they can come back as Deadites (maybe with less Life) but which side they return to is random.

Would be really cool if we had some sort of AI rules to run them.

[dok]

Anything that involves giving a figure to your opponent needs to be restricted to unique/uncommon cards, due to card mechanics.

I feel like the boomstick can just be his normal attack, saving space on the card, and you can put some of the Ash-specific word-flubbing stuff on Ash's card instead of on the Necronomicon. The Boomstick just a gun, after all.

As far as the Necronomicon goes, there seem to be two basic things going on:

• Folks getting possessed by demons and turning evil
• Said evil things coming back from the dead after getting killed

Seems like maybe you put one of those mechanics on Ash's card, and one on the Necronomicon?

[Arkham]

Yeah I'm not against leaving it as a normal attack and just putting something else to help tie into the Necronomicon or just Ash's tendency to mess something up as the 3rd power. As long as there's a means for him to get it right or something I don't know. Wouldn't want a solely negative power there.