Public Design Workshop

[Shiftrex]

Kung Lao draft

Highpoints
- IP is Mortal Kombat (DC)
- Strong hand to hand fighter
- Nifty hat that can do everything from be a returning thrown weapon to being a buzz or a decapitation tool
- His style seems to focus on fluidity, Shaolin fist uses fast combos that end in heavy strikes.
- The hat can rotate at high speeds in a variety of settings, used for lots of fatalities.

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = Kung Lao

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = Warrior / Monk
PERSONALITY = RESOLUTE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = ???

HAT THROW SPECIAL ATTACK
Range Special. Attack 4.
Choose four spaces in a straight line from Kung Lao. All figures on those spaces who are in line of sight are affected by this power. Roll 4 attack dice once for all affected figures. Then roll 4 attack dice again against all affected figures. Affected figures roll defense dice separately after each attack.

DEADLY PATH
After Kung Lao or any other figure moves, you may reveal the X Order Marker on this Army Card and Move up to 4 spaces. When Kung Lao moves with Deadly Path he may move through all figures and is not attacked while leaving engagement. After moving, roll an unblockable attack die against every figure that Kung Lao moved through this turn.

FLOWING WATER
While attacking normally with Kung Lao you may attack up to 3 times. Whenever Kung Lao rolls a blank you may either subtract 1 shield from the target's defense roll or move Kung Lao up to 1 space. On the third attack, add 3 to Kung Lao's Range number and 1 to his attack number.

Story Card Draft

Highpoints
- Trying to recreate the iconic 1v1 (or lack thereof) in Mortal Kombat
- Places emphasis on unique heroes
- Introduces a stragetic choice as the beginning of the game
- Is useless in situations where the opponent doesn't have at least 2 unique heroes
- No one should be losing their best stuff in defense of Earthrealm unless they choose to
- Pay off is at its maximum if you finish the fight early in a round

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = CHALLENGED TO MORTAL KOMBAT
STORY CARD

POINTS = ?

STORY PROLOGUE =
- At least 2 Unique Heroes in your Army and 2 Unique Heroes in an Opponent's Army
- A Mortal Kombat board
- 8 Kombat Order Markers

STORY SET-UP =
- At the beginning of the game choose an opponent that controls at least 1 Unique Hero.
- Choose a Unique Hero that you control and place them on a Startzone for the Mortal Kombat Board.
- Then, Opponent chooses a Unique Hero they control and places them on a Startzone for the Mortal Kombat board.

STORY RULES =

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
Before placing Order Markers you must place 4 Kombat Order Markers on the Army Card of your chosen Hero on the Mortal Kombat board. Before you reveal a numbered Order Marker you must first reveal the corresponding Kombat Order Marker and take a turn with that Hero.

RULES OF MORTAL KOMBAT
Kombat Markers can only be placed on Army Cards of Unique heroes on the Mortal Kombat Board. Heroes on the Mortal Kombat board cannot affect figures on the battlefield.

VICTORY
When only 1 Hero remains on the Mortal Kombat board, that figure's owner must immediately place that figure adjacent to another figure they control on the battlefield. You may use and take turns with any remaining Kombat Order Markers.

DEFEAT
Figures on the Mortal Kombat board do not count as figures on the battlefield. If at any point a player would have no more figures remaining on the battlefield, they lose the game.

Any help on reaching the intents here is much appreciated!

[Splash]

These are AWESOME.

[toyhandle]

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the DC: Harley Quinn and the Gotham Girls set.
It's model number and name are #050/The Joker.

NAME = JOKER
SECRET IDENTITY = ???

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CRIME LORD
PERSONALITY = INSANE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 6

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 5
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 4

POINTS = ?

JOKER’S WILD or WILD CARDS
At the start of the game, after Order Markers are placed and before initiative is rolled, shuffle five Joker Cards of different types face down into a Deck. After rolling initiative, play the top card of your Joker Deck. At the end of the round, shuffle that card back into your Deck. Once per game, instead of playing the top card, you may search your Deck for a card and play it.

EXPLOSIVE PLAN
At the start of the game, you may choose up to two empty spaces on the battlefield that are not in a start zone. Place a Glyph of Time Bomb on each space, power-side up. At the start of any round after the first, you may choose to activate one Glyph of Time Bomb placed by this special power. Remove the other Glyph of Time Bomb from the game.

GENIUS ESCAPE
When Joker rolls defense dice against an opponent's normal attack:
• if at least 2 shields are rolled, Joker takes no damage and may immediately move up to 2 spaces. He will not take any leaving engagement attacks.
• if at least 2 skulls were rolled and the attacking figure is within 5 clear sight spaces of Joker, it receives one wound.
You may choose which effect to use first.

Joker Cards function as a counterpart to Batman's Utility belt.
Haven't brainstormed what their effects would be. A variety of powers of comparable strength, like Joker/chosen figure gets +1A/-1D.
Maybe even require Joker to have a "Punchline" card in the deck that says nothing but "HA HA HA" for no effect. Like when Joker's big threat turns out to be nothing but a prank.

@Ericth74 suggested the Time Bombs be Smilex Bombs instead, but that would require a new glyph. Some sort of blend between the Time Bomb and Harley Quinn's Special Attack or the Smilex Trap glyph. If we went that route, I'd probably rename the power EXPLOSIVE LAUGHTER or something.
Would be interesting, but it'll still be thematic reusing EXPLOSIVE PLAN as is.
Reminiscent of the Justice League episode "Wild Cards", the plot of the Arkham Origins game, or the boat scene from The Dark Knight movie.

[IAmBatman]

It's cool. I wonder if the first and second power on the card don't muddle the feel of the card too much? I think I'd almost rather focus on the Joker cards and have the other powers be more light touch, rather than complicating his plan with the cards and a couple bombs.

But I guess a bizarre over the top plan *is* kind of his style.

[toyhandle]

The way I see it, Joker sets up time sensitive situations that Batman has to diffuse. And Batman will have to jump through rings of fire and over crocodiles to do it. 
Originally I thought the glyphs could enter via a Joker Card, but because those get reshuffled and redrawn, it would require bringing too much hardware to play. 


[Splash]

It'd be great to have a Joker use the Smilex, you could probably do some other cool Trap glyphs too and style it all that way.

[IAmBatman]

I think I'd need to have a look at the Joker Cards themselves, but I think "too much hardware" is kind of my feeling about having the bombs and the deck of cards come in via the same character.

[toyhandle]

Maybe Joker cards could introduce glyphs, but if they do, the card gets removed from deck, essentially being Unique. That way, if you're forced to have the aforementioned Punchline card, you're more likely to draw it after using those cards, increasing the odds that Wild Cards does nothing each round.

NAME = EXPLOSIVE LAUGHTER
SUBTITLE = TIME BOMBS AND SMILEX

JOKER CARD
Choose four empty spaces on the battlefield that are not in a start zone. Place two Glyphs of Time Bomb and two Glyphs of Smilex on the chosen spaces, power-side down. At the start of any round after the first, you may choose to activate one Glyph of Time Bomb placed by this special power. Remove the other Glyph of Time Bomb from the game. This Joker Card does not get shuffled back into its deck, and you may continue to use the Wild Cards special power.

Superman's X-Ray Vision will become a lot more useful. Sounds fun that Joker introduces a guessing game for Batman.

[japes]

Originally Posted by toyhandle

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the DC: Harley Quinn and the Gotham Girls set.
It's model number and name are #050/The Joker.

Joker Cards function as a counterpart to Batman's Utility belt.
Haven't brainstormed what their effects would be. A variety of powers of comparable strength, like Joker/chosen figure gets +1A/-1D.
Maybe even require Joker to have a "Punchline" card in the deck that says nothing but "HA HA HA" for no effect. Like when Joker's big threat turns out to be nothing but a prank.

@Ericth74 suggested the Time Bombs be Smilex Bombs instead, but that would require a new glyph. Some sort of blend between the Time Bomb and Harley Quinn's Special Attack or the Smilex Trap glyph. If we went that route, I'd probably rename the power EXPLOSIVE LAUGHTER or something.
Would be interesting, but it'll still be thematic reusing EXPLOSIVE PLAN as is.
Reminiscent of the Justice League episode "Wild Cards", the plot of the Arkham Origins game, or the boat scene from The Dark Knight movie.

Are other Joker cards posted somewhere. Interested.

[toyhandle]

Haven't thought of any, would be awesome to see what you come up with!

[Shiftrex]

I might be biased... but I love the concept of Joker Cards this really makes the design larger than life because of all the different things they could be. The narrative is just amazing.

I'll have to brainstorm a card or two. I'm thinking Joker nerve toxin could be a gas

[Yodaking]

Just a thought, but what if the Time Bomb markers were just used as indicator and triggers, but then the Joker Cards told you the type of bomb that goes off. Each would have a different type of effect.