The Book of Zauriel

[johnny139]

To quote Wiki:

Cast in the foundries of the Fifth Heaven—a creation of Elemental Angelic Fire. It embodies Zauriel's will and can cut through all bonds, dispel shadows and even wound non-material entities.

Zauriel's second piece of equipment is his flaming sword. This sword, which is characteristic of both guardian angels depicted thus far, is directly bonded to Zauriel's will. It is able to emit blasts of holy fire, and because it is controlled by Zauriel's will, the sword can cut virtually anything, including otherwise intangible objects and people, and even dimensional fabric itself. Zauriel was once able to cut a hole in the dimensional barrier separating Heaven and Earth when the blade was magically pumped up by teammates, enabling himself and his team to transverse dimensions.

Despite it being a heavenly weapon, Zauriel's sword can be exhausted of power. It has been blown out at least once, but was re-ignited by one of the powers wielded by the then-Supergirl.

Reading that, I'm starting to like the "blanks-as-wounds" even more - when the sword ITSELF doesn't do damage, Zauriel's will cuts through the very fabric of the opponent.

Demons, Undead, any sort of "unnatural" beings could easily take extra hits from it.

[Good Pig]

Originally Posted by johnny139

To quote Wiki:

Reading that, I'm starting to like the "blanks-as-wounds" even more - when the sword ITSELF doesn't do damage, Zauriel's will cuts through the very fabric of the opponent.

Demons, Undead, any sort of "unnatural" beings could easily take extra hits from it.

Hmm... some interesting take aways from the wiki. Sounds like this sword can do quite a lot. Could go any number of directions with the mechanics based on the themes in it.

I think it would really help to add the word 'Holy' to the power title too.

[quozl]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

I think I'd rather see it have a line about Demons than anything about lava resistance or fire weakness.

Don't most if not all demons in the comics have Lava Resistance?

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by quozl

Don't most if not all demons in the comics have Lava Resistance?

Yes, but Griff's suggestion would've made it weaker against figures with Lava Resistance, not stronger.

[Griffin]

I am liking Johnny's points, especially as a way to cut through Magical Defense.

[Scapemage]

Originally Posted by Good Pig

Hmm... some interesting take aways from the wiki. Sounds like this sword can do quite a lot. Could go any number of directions with the mechanics based on the themes in it.

I think it would really help to add the word 'Holy' to the power title too.

Originally Posted by Griffin

I am liking Johnny's points, especially as a way to cut through Magical Defense.

My thoughts here are to make all blanks count as wounds. Zauriel can definitely cut through Magical Defense without a problem. We sure can add Undead and Demon weakness, as holy, obviously, severely weakens them. If we are going to count all blanks as wounds however, I'm still thinking that he should have to roll as least 1 skull for it to work. Zauriel currently will have strengths against 4 types of units, yet is still highly playable without facing any of them. I like it.

Should Flaming Sword, counting all blanks as auto-wounds, require at least 1 skull to be rolled?

[IAmBatman]

I can roll with that. The number of dice he rolls can be adjusted in playtesting if there proves to be an issue.

[Scapemage]

FYI, Sword of Holy Flame would look something like this:

When attacking with Zauriel's normal attack, if at least one skull is rolled, all blanks rolled count as unblockable hits on the defending figure. Demons and Undead roll 2 less defense dice when attacked by Zauriel's normal attack.

2 less defense dice for Demons and Undead seems right.

[IAmBatman]

Should be 2 fewer, not 2 less. Looks good, though. What would you be putting his attack at with this change?

[Good Pig]

Love the name! I'd rather see just one mechanic going on with the attack and not 2 separate ones.

Regular attack of 6 maybe?

SWORD OF HOLY FLAME
When attacking a Demon or Undead figure with Zauriel's normal attack, if at least one skull is rolled, all blanks rolled count as unblockable hits on the defending figure.

[Scapemage]

Originally Posted by Good Pig

Love the name! I'd rather see just one mechanic going on with the attack and not 2 separate ones.

Regular attack of 6 maybe?

SWORD OF HOLY FLAME
When attacking a Demon or Undead figure with Zauriel's normal attack, if at least one skull is rolled, all blanks rolled count as unblockable hits on the defending figure.

That ruins the point however because only Demons and Undead are affected. What I think myself and a couple others were looking for is counting blanks as unblockable hits while still having Demons and Undead suffer more from it.

Wait a second...maybe making this a special attack?

EDIT: His base attack for this would be 5 or 6.

[Good Pig]

So maybe a higher regular attack and then a special that is more effective in certain situations?