The Book of Blue Lantern (Bro'Dee Walker)

[Ronin]

This doesn't seem to have been talked about or tested in this thread or in the thread for our one On Deck Blue Lantern (or I missed it, if it was)... is it thematically desirable that Blue Power Battery can boost Saint Walker's Range/Attack off the presence of enemy GLs? It does that with the current wording.

[Scapemage]

IIRC, it is. Similar to our Red Lantern discussion, the power batteries don't tend to care whose side anybody is on.

[Zettian Juggernaut]

Yeah, I'm with Scapey on this. If memory serves me right, I believe Blue Lanterns are boosted by just the presence of a Green Lantern, not by an act from either one. So I would say yes, Blue Lanterns should be boosted by Enemy Green Lantern.

[Ronin]

Gotcha. I'm by no means an expert, but I thought that might be the case. Just felt a little weird to me that they can technically work as GL counters.

Kind of a narrow thing to counter, though! We really gotta expand that Green Lantern Corps...

[Lazy Orang]

Originally Posted by Ronin

Gotcha. I'm by no means an expert, but I thought that might be the case. Just felt a little weird to me that they can technically work as GL counters.

Kind of a narrow thing to counter, though! We really gotta expand that Green Lantern Corps...

It kind of feels odd to me that we still only have one non-Human GL in a mostly alien organisation. I know the Humans are the headliners, but come on!



I'm always up for more Lanterns.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Originally Posted by Zettian Juggernaut

Yeah, I'm with Scapey on this. If memory serves me right, I believe Blue Lanterns are boosted by just the presence of a Green Lantern, not by an act from either one. So I would say yes, Blue Lanterns should be boosted by Enemy Green Lantern.

It's actually a co-synergy. Blue Lanterns access new features of their ring, while Green Lanterns get super boosted (400% power level as I recall).

[Ronin]

Okay, cool. I'm gonna have to document Blue Power Battery as a weakness for Green Lanterns in the Synergy Archive then, but I wanted to be sure the interaction was okay before documenting it.

[A3n]

Originally Posted by Ronin

Okay, cool. I'm gonna have to document Blue Power Battery as a weakness for Green Lanterns in the Synergy Archive then, but I wanted to be sure the interaction was okay before documenting it.

That is kinda strange classification as it's not actually a weakness for the GLs. More that it's a boost for BLs. If you have a GL going up against a BL then you are making them stronger (not you weaker), but because they are stronger only because you are a GL then it is a kind-of weakness for you. Hmmm.

Anyway, what I really had to say is the wording for the battery power isn't clear:

BLUE POWER BATTERY 4
Start the game with 4 blue Battery Markers on this card. Add 1 to this Blue Lantern's Move and Defense numbers for each blue Battery Marker on this card. If one or more Green Lantern figures are within 4 spaces of this Blue Lantern, you may also add the same number to this Blue Lantern's Range and Attack numbers

Add the same number? isn't very clear. What about this:
BLUE POWER BATTERY 4
Start the game with 4 blue Battery Markers on this card. Add 1 to this Blue Lantern's Move and Defense numbers for each blue Battery Marker on this card. You may add additional 1 to this Blue Lantern's Range and Attack numbers of each Green Lantern figure within 4 spaces of this Blue Lantern.

[IAmBatman]

You'd be changing the mechanics there. Here's how it breaks down. If you have 4 blue Battery Markers on your card, you add 4 to your Move and Defense. If one or two or three or fifteen Green Lanterns are within 4 spaces of you, you also add 4 to your Range and Attack. The number added is based on the markers on card. The presence of one or more Green Lanterns is just the trigger.

[A3n]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

You'd be changing the mechanics there. Here's how it breaks down. If you have 4 blue Battery Markers on your card, you add 4 to your Move and Defense. If one or two or three or fifteen Green Lanterns are within 4 spaces of you, you also add 4 to your Range and Attack. The number added is based on the markers on card. The presence of one or more Green Lanterns is just the trigger.

Ahh, see that's what I mean is unclear. I didn't get that from reading the power as is. Maybe something more like this:

BLUE POWER BATTERY 4
Start the game with 4 blue Battery Markers on this card. Add X to this Blue Lantern's Move and Defense numbers for each blue Battery Marker on this card. Where X equals 2 if one or more Green Lantern figures are within 4 spaces of this Blue Lantern. Otherwise X equals 1.

[Ronin]

Originally Posted by A3n

Ahh, see that's what I mean is unclear. I didn't get that from reading the power as is. Maybe something more like this:

That's not right either. What the power does is:

If the Blue Lantern is within 4 spaces of a Green Lantern, add 1 to its Move, Range, Attack and Defense for each blue Battery Marker on its card.

If the Blue Lantern is not within 4 spaces of Green Lantern, Range and Attack are not boosted. Add 1 only to its Move and Defense for each blue Battery Marker on its card.

[A3n]

Originally Posted by Ronin

That's not right either. What the power does is:

If the Blue Lantern is within 4 spaces of a Green Lantern, add 1 to its Move, Range, Attack and Defense for each blue Battery Marker on its card.

If the Blue Lantern is not within 4 spaces of Green Lantern, Range and Attack are not boosted. Add 1 only to its Move and Defense for each blue Battery Marker on its card.

Crap you are correct, different stats.

What about:

BLUE POWER BATTERY 4
Start the game with 4 blue Battery Markers on this card. Add X to this Blue Lantern's Move and Defense numbers, where X is the number of blue Battery Marker on this card. If one or more Green Lantern figures are within 4 spaces of this Blue Lantern, you may also add X to this Blue Lantern's Range and Attack numbers