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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
I would like to resubmit my Drow Assassin:
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Spoiler Alert!
Changes from last time: Shadow Shift can now only target friendly Drow figures. Drow Assassinate now uses the X order marker, and adds +2 attack. I did this because I want the assassin to be appealing next to the Drow Chain Fighter, who has 2 more defense. Other than the extra turn from the XOM, you can now have a once per round execution attempt on a high value target, or just whatever happens to be annoying you at the moment. The Chain Fighter is still more consistent with it's higher defense, but the utility of Shadow Shift, and the potential of combining assassinate with a Chain Grab is highly appealing. Figure used is Lolth's Sting #53, and Lolth's Sting '05 Gameday Promo Availibility: 16 - TrollandToad 13 - Coolstuffinc 41 - RPGLocker 5 - GameHollow 17 - NobleKnight A LOT - eBay I still have around 100 of the figure here at my house to sell to anyone interested. For those that weren't around for the my first iteration of this design, I bought around 130 of the figure to ensure that there would be enough of them to submit. I don't recommend doing this. I have sat on these figures for literally 4 years. My Custom Designs.
--------------- Check out my maps. --------------- Get general Valkrill's symbol in SVG vector format. Last edited by Leaf_It; February 8th, 2022 at 06:11 PM. Reason: adding information/ fixing typos. |
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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
Sorry, I should have included that.
Figure used is Lolth's Sting #53, and Lolth's Sting '05 Gameday Promo. I have edited that info into the submission. My Custom Designs.
--------------- Check out my maps. --------------- Get general Valkrill's symbol in SVG vector format. |
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Drow Cleaning Service
I don't love the power name Drow Assassinate, but everything else looks solid to me. Once a round 6 attack could be annoying, but it's not like the Drow are a world breaking army. This looks mostly like a nice filler piece for them. ~Dysole, with her first SoV vote My Twitch Channel where I play Scape and other things My YouTube Channel where the games get uploaded later Dysole's Draft Rankings Map Thread (Not responsible for psychic damage) Customs Battle Reports This sentence is seven words long. This sentence is not seven words long. |
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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
Not all of the issues that caused the previous version of the Drow Assassin to fail were addressed, but a design that overtly makes an existing unit/faction stronger is always going to have detractors. The changes to Shadow Shift are excellent (though I don't love allowing it before or after, it feels like it's trying to hard to cover all weaknesses), including reducing the number of times Drow Assassinate can proc. This combination of powers makes the unit outside of Drow armies, but I'm not bothered by that.
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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
I wonder how often, during playtesting, "Drow Assassinate" was used for some purpose other than attacking a high value target. I imagine that power is very helpful for repositioning, grabbing glyphs, activating from the rear, or trying to eliminate some low-defense figure from the front, rather than assassinating at the rear.
I see the theme "assassinate" but the mechanics make me wonder if it plays that way. The mini is holding a rapier, correct? Does it look like an assassin? Sorry, I'm not trying to be difficult. Just trying to talk through the issues I'm seeing at first glance. I like Shadow Shift (sharing Scy's preference for making it before *or* after, not both) and I like the mini. I'm just not in love with the assassin power or theme (or power name, as dysole said). |
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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
I had similar thoughts as to Assassinate's utility, but I suspect the power's +2 Attack boost will tempt players to use it for attacking most of the time. Won't really know without playtesting, though, and I would downvote the unit if the power tried to force the attack to occur.
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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
The SoV is proud to announce its first 2022 inductee, Olog by
@The Long eared bat
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Here's the PDF for easy printing. Last edited by superfrog; February 7th, 2022 at 04:16 PM. |
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Weaponry
Looks too thick to be a rapier. It is the kind of weapon I would expect to see from an assassin. The pose for me at least helps sell it as an assassin.
~Dysole, not completely sure how she feels about Shadow Shift but they are all playtesting concerns My Twitch Channel where I play Scape and other things My YouTube Channel where the games get uploaded later Dysole's Draft Rankings Map Thread (Not responsible for psychic damage) Customs Battle Reports This sentence is seven words long. This sentence is not seven words long. |
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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
Am I reading/understanding this interaction correctly?
By my understanding, it is possible (after developing some Deepwyrm Drow or Chainfighters into position) to reveal a numbered OM on an Assassin, move 6 normally, Shadow Shift, then reveal the X with Drow Assassinate to take another turn with the same Assassin, move normally and Shift again, before attacking with 6? That's 22 spaces of movement, 10 of which effectively ignores terrain. That might be something I have a problem with. Edit: Ninja'd by Olog. Congrats @The Long eared bat ! "I disagree. You're kind of right, yes, but Vydar and I are entirely right." -superfrog High Quality Map Rendering Vydar's Custom Units Vydar's Maps VC Units Base Size Spreadsheet |
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Hmm
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~Dysole, suspecting that it might be fine but that's a big leap (pun kinda intended) My Twitch Channel where I play Scape and other things My YouTube Channel where the games get uploaded later Dysole's Draft Rankings Map Thread (Not responsible for psychic damage) Customs Battle Reports This sentence is seven words long. This sentence is not seven words long. |
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