The Book of Medusa

[japes]

I dug into the box of figures I have yet to give my son since his birthday party is today...He got the inHumans today and this is indeed the figure I have so I can take the photos when I make the card.

My supply is getting thin. Down to a handful of figures.

[Viegon]

C3G INITIAL PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Medusa (@350 points)

Army Test 1
Map: Swamp Lab (no glyphs or special rules)
Units: Medusa, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Aurora (1,000 points) VS Gorilla City Warriors x3, Solovar, Super-Ape (Mikhlo), Super-Ape (Peotor) (1,005 points)

Spoiler Alert!

UNIT SUM-UP
Damage:
Normal Attack: N/A
Hair Assault 14: 2 wounds to Super-Ape (Mikhlo), 1 Gorilla City Warrior.
Power Usage/Effectiveness:
Prehensile Hair: Was used, but the map was mostly flat.
Hair Assault 14: Used 6 times, 14+ rolled 4 out of 18 total rolls. Inflicted 3 wounds, tossed figures 1 time.
Entangling Hair 14: Rolled for 4 times, 14+ rolled 0 times.

GAME SUMMARY:
Reed quickly got his team unto the castle, giving them a significant advantage. Peotor rushed in and managed to pull Reed off of the castle, but the Adventurers retaliated by instantly KOing Peotor, allowing Reed to jump back on top the castle. It looked like the Simians had no hope of breaking through, but then Mikhlo got a lucky hit to KO Aurora, opening a path. Medusa tried to take on Mikhlo but couldn’t match him. Over the next couple rounds the Simians tore through first Sue, then Reed and Medusa.

Round One: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: Reed and Medusa move.
ARMY 2: Warriors and Peotor advance.
ARMY 1: Reed rolls a 1.
ARMY 2: Warriors fail; Peotor pulls Reed into a bad spot.
ARMY 1: Reed, Sue, and Aurora kill Peotor.
ARMY 2: Warriors and Mikhlo advance.

Round Two: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: Reed: Medusa moves up the ladder and pushes Sue forward.
ARMY 2: Warriors and Mikhlo fail.
ARMY 1: Reed and Medusa fail.
ARMY 2: Warriors and Mikhlo fail.
ARMY 1: Reed, Medusa, and Aurora put 1 wound on Mikhlo.
ARMY 2: Warriors fail; Mikhlo kills Aurora.

Round Three: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: Reed and Medusa kill 1 Warrior and put 1 wound on Mikhlo.
ARMY 2: Warriors put 1 wound on Reed and Mikhlo tosses Medusa lower.
ARMY 1: Reed, Sue, and Medusa put 1 wound on Mikhlo.
ARMY 2: Warriors and Mikhlo put 1 wound on Reed and 2 on Sue.
ARMY 1: Reed kills a Warrior.
ARMY 2: Warriors put 2 wounds on Medusa and 2 wounds on Sue.

Round Four: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: Reed, Sue, and Medusa kill 1 Warrior.
ARMY 2: Warriors and Mikhlo put 2 wounds on Medusa and kill Sue.
ARMY 1: Reed and Medusa kill 2 Warriors.
ARMY 2: Warriors and Mikhlo fail.
ARMY 1: Reed fails.
ARMY 2: Warriors and Mikhlo kill Medusa and Reed.

4 Gorilla City Warriors, Super-Ape (Mikhlo) with 3 wounds, Solovar unwounded.

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Army Test 2
Map: A custom RotVx1/RttFFx1/TTx1 map by ZJ (no glyphs or special rules)
Units: Medusa, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Aurora (1,000 points) VS Scarlet Spider (Kaine), Batman (Jean-Paul), Oracle, Nite Owl, Robin (Dick), Catgirl, Batgirl (Cassandra) (995 points)

Spoiler Alert!

UNIT SUM-UP
Damage:
Normal Attack: all 4 wounds to Batman, all 4 wounds to Nite Owl.
Hair Assault 14: 2 wounds to Scarlet Spider, 1 wound to Batgirl.
Power Usage/Effectiveness:
Prehensile Hair: Very useful (map had lots of gradual height).
Hair Assault 14: Used 4 times, 14+ rolled 5 out of 12 total rolls. Inflicted 3 wounds, tossed figures 2 times.
Entangling Hair 14: Rolled for 4 times, 14+ rolled 1 time; prevented Scarlet Spider from going after Invisible Woman.

GAME SUMMARY:
Despite Reed and Medusa’s best attempts to act as a shield, Scarlet Spider snuck his way around them to get in on Invisible Woman. However, he couldn’t quite take her down before he was KOed in the third round. The Adventurers hit a hot streak and took down Robin and Batgirl at the same time. But then Batman came out, and with a lucky hit he managed to KO Reed with an OM still on his card. Medusa rushed in and avenged him, taking down Batman with one lucky hit. Nite Owl came up next to challenge Medusa, and while he lasted for awhile, he couldn’t get through her defense. Oracle entered in the sixth round, and on her first attack luckily broke through to take down Medusa. With OMs lost on Medusa, Oracle was able to rush in and just barely finish off both Aurora and Invisible Woman before she could be taken down herself.

Round One: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: Reed and Medusa move up.
ARMY 2: Batman is stopped by System Psychosis; Batgirl and Catgirl advance.
ARMY 1: Reed, Aurora, and Sue move up.
ARMY 2: Spider, Batgirl, and Robin advance.
ARMY 1: Reed fails his roll.
ARMY 2: Spider, Batgirl, and Robin put 2 wounds on Medusa.

Round Two: Army 2 wins Initiative.
ARMY 2: Spider, Batgirl, and Robin put 3 wounds on Sue.
ARMY 1: Reed and Sue fail.
ARMY 2: Spider, Batgirl, and Nite Owl put 2 wounds on Aurora.
ARMY 1: Reed, Medusa, Aurora, and Sue put 1 wound on Spider (Medusa tosses Robin aside).
ARMY 2: Spider, Batgirl, and Robin fail.
ARMY 1: Reed and Medusa put 2 wounds on Spider and toss Robin aside.

Round Three: Army 2 wins Initiative.
ARMY 2: Spider, Batgirl, and Robin fail.
ARMY 1: Reed, Sue, and Medusa kill Robin and Scarlet Spider.
ARMY 2: Batman and Catgirl move up.
ARMY 1: Reed, Medusa, and Aurora kill Batgirl.
ARMY 2: Batman and Nite Owl kill Reed.
ARMY 1: Turn lost on Reed.

Round Four: Army 1 wins Initiative (Light of Inner Peace blocks OMs going to Batman).
ARMY 1: Medusa kills Batman.
ARMY 2: Nite Owl fails.
ARMY 1: Medusa put 2 wounds on Nite Owl.
ARMY 2: Nite Owl fails.
ARMY 1: Medusa fails.
ARMY 2: Nite Owl fails.

Round Five: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: Medusa puts 1 wound on Nite Owl.
ARMY 2: Nite Owl fails.
ARMY 1: Medusa fails.
ARMY 2: Nite Owl fails.
ARMY 1: Medusa kills Nite Owl.
ARMY 2: Oracle moves.

Round Six: Army 2 wins Initiative.
ARMY 2: Oracle moves up.
ARMY 1: Sue moves up.
ARMY 2: Oracle kills Medusa.
ARMY 1: Turn lost on Medusa.
ARMY 2: Oracle fails.
ARMY 1: Turn lost on Medusa.

Round Seven: Army 2 wins Initiative.
ARMY 2: Oracle puts 1 wound on Sue.
ARMY 1: Sue puts 1 wound on Oracle.
ARMY 2: Oracle fails.
ARMY 1: Aurora fails.
ARMY 2: Oracle kills Aurora.
ARMY 1: Turn lost on Aurora.

Round Eight: Army 2 wins Initiative.
ARMY 2: Oracle kills Sue.

Oracle with 1 wound, Catgirl unwounded.

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Army Test 3
Map: Swamp Lab (no glyphs or special rules)
Units: Medusa, Lockjaw, Ms. Marvel (850 points) VS Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Hawkmen of Thanagar x3, Ragdoll (850 points)

Spoiler Alert!

UNIT SUM-UP
Damage:
Normal Attack: N/A
Hair Assault 14: 1 wound to Ragdoll.
Power Usage/Effectiveness:
Prehensile Hair: Not used (teleported by Lockjaw).
Hair Assault 14: Used 2 times, 14+ rolled 2 out of 6 total rolls. Inflicted 1 wound, tossed figures 1 time.
Entangling Hair 14: Rolled for 1 time, failed.

GAME SUMMARY:
Hawgirl’s first strike scored 4 wounds on Medusa, setting the direction for the game. Ms. Marvel and Medusa desperately tried to retaliate, but Medusa was KOed at the start of the second round, followed by Lockjaw later that round. Ms. Marvel wasn’t rolling well, and was often tied down by Ragdoll, meaning she only scored a few good hits herself before she was KOed.

Round One: Army 2 wins Initiative.
ARMY 2: Hawkmen and Hawkgirl advance.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel: Lockjaw teleports them all into position.
ARMY 2: Hawkgirl puts 4 wounds on Medusa.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel and Medusa fail.
ARMY 2: Hawkman put 1 wound on Lockjaw and maneuver Hawkgirl to safety.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel fails while Medusa tosses Ragdoll aside and puts a wound on him.

Round Two: Army 2 wins Initiative.
ARMY 2: Hawkgirl kills Medusa.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel and Lockjaw put 2 wounds on Ragdoll.
ARMY 2: Hawkmen put 2 wounds on Lockjaw and move Hawkgirl back.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel kills Ragdoll.
ARMY 2: Hawkgirl fails; Hawkmen kill Lockjaw.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel puts 3 wounds on Hawkgirl.

Round Three: Army 2 wins Initiative.
ARMY 2: Hawkman puts 4 wounds on Ms. Marvel and takes 1 from TBD.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel puts 2 wounds on Hawkman.
ARMY 2: Hawkmen fail but move Hawkman back.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel kills 1 Hawkman.
ARMY 2: Hawkman kills Ms. Marvel.

Hawkgirl with 3 wounds, Hawkman with 3 wounds, 5 Hawkmen of Thanagar remaining.

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Army Test 4
Map: Swamp Lab (no glyphs or special rules)
Units: Medusa, Lockjaw, Ms. Marvel (850 points) VS Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Hawkmen of Thanagar x3, Ragdoll (850 points)

Spoiler Alert!

UNIT SUM-UP
Damage:
Normal Attack: all 5 wounds to Hawkgirl.
Hair Assault 14: 2 Hawkmen of Thanagar.
Power Usage/Effectiveness:
Prehensile Hair: Not used (teleported by Lockjaw).
Hair Assault 14: Used 2 times, 14+ rolled 2 out of 6 total rolls. Inflicted 2 wounds, tossed figures 0 times.
Entangling Hair 14: Rolled for 3 times, 14+ rolled 1 time (prevented Hawkman from being repositioned with Battle Maneuver).

GAME SUMMARY:
To make up for last game, Medusa got in the first hit this time and got off a lucky one-hit KO on Hawkgirl, who still had an OM. Angered, Hawkman came in and took down Lockjaw, then managed to kill Medusa a couple of turns later before he was taken down by Ms. Marvel. The last few Hawkman managed to bring Ms. Marvel up to 4 wounds but The Best Defense took two of them down, allowing Ms. Marvel to claim a narrow win.

Round One: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel: Lockjaw teleports them into place.
ARMY 2: Hawkmen and Hawkgirl advance.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel; Medusa charges and luckily one-shots Hawkgirl.
ARMY 2: Turn lost on Hawkgirl.
ARMY 1: Lockjaw teleports Ms. Marvel forward, who then kills a Hawkman.
ARMY 2: Hawkmen fail.

Round Two: Army 2 wins Initiative.
ARMY 2: Hawkman kills Lockjaw.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel and Medusa kill a Hawkman of Thanagar and put 3 wounds on Hawkman.
ARMY 2: Hawkmen put 2 wounds on Medusa.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel and Medusa kill a Hawkmen of Thanagar and put 1 wound on Hawkman.
ARMY 2: Hawkman kills Medusa and puts 2 wounds on Ms. Marvel.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel kills Hawkman.

Round Three: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel puts 3 wounds on Ragdoll.
ARMY 2: Hawkmen put 2 wounds on Ms. Marvel but both die to TBD.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel kills Ragdoll.
ARMY 2: The last Hawkman charges.
ARMY 1: Ms. Marvel kills the last Hawkman.

Ms. Marvel with 1 life left.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: She seems pretty close as a powerhouse around 350 points, if maybe a little weak. Hair Assault and Entangling Hair is a nice combo that can really punish the right opponents, but at 14+ both she’s often going to fail. I’d like to drop both of her rolls to either 13+ or even 12+, but otherwise move forward at 350 as-is.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: I’m happy with the design. It fits the character nicely and she’s a lot of fun to play. She can really dish out damage when she’s rolling well, and with Entangling Hair she plays well with the right allies. She’s a fun addition to the Fan4, and her and Lockjaw already play nicely together.

[Yodaking]

3 loses and one narrow victory does seem to indicate a move down in points or a increase in power. If you prefer an increase in power level here than an improved roll is okay with me. We can try 12+ for both of her rolls to start and if she is coming in too strong nudge them back to 13+.

[Viegon]

SP updated to 350 points, rolls of 12+ on both her powers, and the simplified Prehensile Hair. I propose we move Medusa to Danger Room Playtesting.

VOTES:
japes - Yea
johnny139 - Yea
Tornado - Yea
TrollBrute - Yea
Yodaking - Yea
Zettian Juggernaut - Yea

[japes]

YEA

[Tornado]

Yea

[Zettian Juggernaut]

Yea

[Yodaking]

yea

[Viegon]

Originally Posted by Viegon

SP updated to 350 points, rolls of 12+ on both her powers, and the simplified Prehensile Hair. I propose we move Medusa to Danger Room Playtesting.

VOTES:
japes - Yea
johnny139 -
Tornado - Yea
TrollBrute -
Yodaking - Yea
Zettian Juggernaut - Yea

Down to @johnny139 and @TrollBrute , or 24 hours.

[TrollBrute]

Yea

[johnny139]

I'd probably just go to 13+ but, you tested her, so I figure you're better informed. Yea

[Viegon]

This proposal passes.

Now she's just waiting for the next round of DR testing.