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Re: [Pod 0] HONORED SOUL-GUIDES (Lantern Geists) - Design
I like idea 1. Even a super neutered version of Last Will (skip the Geist's turn, negate the hero's card, etc.) Seems really cool and Scapey to me
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Re: [Pod 0] HONORED SOUL-GUIDES (Lantern Geists) - Design
If we can make it work, it’ll be good to keep Last Will.
Here’s what I think could work. make it so that you skip a turn > destroy a Guide > return any unique hero for one turn (no restrictions [besides maybe size]) on the space that guide occupied > take a full, non-negated turn with that hero > destroy that hero. That gives a hard cap of twice per game, (less if your opponent can destroy them) which allows the heroes to come back at full force, simplifies (cuts out entirely) the putting-figures-on-cards mechanic, and eliminates any turn-stacking concerns. |
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Re: [Pod 0] HONORED SOUL-GUIDES (Lantern Geists) - Design
LAST WILL
After revealing an Order Marker on the HSG, and instead of taking a turn with them, you may choose a small or medium Unique Hero that has been previously destroyed. Destroy an HSG and place the chosen hero on the space that HSG occupied. Take a turn with that Hero, and at the end of that hero’s turn, destroy it. Notably this version would allow you to take turns with an opponent’s destroyed hero, which feels fun and cheeky to me. |
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Re: [Pod 0] HONORED SOUL-GUIDES (Lantern Geists) - Design
That does simplify things and somewhat helps with the "endgame" issue since you have to position them at some point or the revenant hero's turn will be useless way in the back.
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Re: [Pod 0] HONORED SOUL-GUIDES (Lantern Geists) - Design
That's an easy thing to switch, to be honest.
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Re: [Pod 0] HONORED SOUL-GUIDES (Lantern Geists) - Design
Cleaning up some wording:
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Re: [Pod 0] HONORED SOUL-GUIDES (Lantern Geists) - Design
Pushign the envelope in terms of complexity?
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Re: [Pod 0] HONORED SOUL-GUIDES (Lantern Geists) - Design
I'm just going to put this out there since you're looking at a redesign anyway.
What you have (or had, originally) are creepy-looking undead things that enslave people and force them to keep fighting. Or at least that's how they'll appear on the battlefield. I did not think that when I read through them, because right away I saw they followed Jandar, and Jandar = good. That, along with the unit and power name, led me to understand what you were going for. But the goal of this project, at least partially, is to make something accessible to new players. New players won't have the context of Jandar = good. They'll see creepy undead things, and a general who recruits creepy undead things. I think the soul-guides concept is really neat and wonderfully outside-the-box, but that runs contrary to the goals of the project. Cool, but wrong for the target market. |
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Re: [Pod 0] HONORED SOUL-GUIDES (Lantern Geists) - Design
I can see them looking creepy, but our goal was for them to portray bringing heroes back for one last swing. I see a kind of vague connection to the Dead souls that came to help Aragorn in the battle of the Pelennor fields. A better parallel would probably be the Heroes of the Horn from the Wheel of Time series. These "Soul Guides" bring heroes back for one last valiant aid.
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Re: [Pod 0] HONORED SOUL-GUIDES (Lantern Geists) - Design
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Re: [Pod 0] HONORED SOUL-GUIDES (Lantern Geists) - Design
Yes. Part of this is from the inherent complexity in reviving a figure (removing all wounds and placing them, taking a non-negated turn (or, frustratingly, the act of negating the figure also complicates the card despite simplifying the rules), destroying them afterward, etc.) and part stems from the murkier rules interactions such as reviving Viking Spirits to apply Finn to two different cards simultaneously (up to 3 if you revive him twice). I love this design, but I don't think it's well-suited to a Master Set because it comes with a lot of baggage and likely R&Cs.
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Re: [Pod 0] HONORED SOUL-GUIDES (Lantern Geists) - Design
Wait....why does reviving Finn let you give his bonus multiple times?
I also don't think negating the card will be required. |
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