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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
I'm pretty passionate about the shadow faction, and was able to find 2 more minis that are still being produced, and widely available AND have some great additions to the faction with the abilities and unique gameplay decisions they bring in coordination with the other 3 Shadows.
I therefore officially submit Shadow Wraith and Shadow Stalker to the SoV! Bio:Xundar leapt across the gurgling creek and hid behind a small ruin, sounds of the battle growing faint after having gained some distance. His Shadows were falling fast to Utgar's forces, the General having gotten used to Xundar's powers and tactics. It was time; time to show Utgar true power. Catching his breath, he concentrated on his staff; the glow growing brighter and brighter. Then, pitch black. A figure appeared in front of the ruin, a dense, palpable darkness flowing through its body, blanketing everything close to it. Another, cat-like figure also appeared; it's body shimmering, shifting and twisting. Xundar commanded them forward while regrouping the others and stepped out from behind the ruin. “Utgar, meet my Aces." The Shadow Stalker and Wraith are the Phase Cat and Shadow, respectively, from Reaper Miniatures.
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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
I don't really think the Shadow faction needs more Shadows, but I'm willing to give some new designs a shot. Both of these add something new and useful to the faction, while keeping with the adjacency-boosts theme. I don't have any concerns with the left- or right-side stats.
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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
I agree with Scytale that the faction does not feel incomplete as-is. But these designs seem to fit in well and I'm interested to put them through the paces.
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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
Echoing above, while I don't think there's a need for more shadows I do like that these Shadows are looking to expand more on the defense of the Shadow army, which is an area that I felt would be good for expansion when testing them.
The Wraith is simple and a decent buff that's got some interesting movement that will tie into the Shadow build. to review it. The Stalker is good, as far as the stats and powers go. But that mini is a displacer beast, and that sticks out to me too much. The other shadows are shadowy versions of whatever, but displacer beasts are more iconic/specific to me, and the mini is obviously a displacer beast doing its displacing business. to review. Monthly Utah Tournaments in SLC!!
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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
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But.... a search for the term "Phase Cat" confirms that they are basically Displacer Beasts with the serial numbers filed off (i.e. Reaper's knockoff version). Hmmm. |
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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
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"They are too numerous to fight. What shall we do?" "Fight anyway." "You can never defeat another if you know not how to defeat yourself." my tradelist |
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Essentially displacer beasts are not part of the Open Game License that accompanies most other monsters in DND. Since you can't copyright a concept, you can make something that's basically a displacer beast but then don't call it that and legally you're fine. Same thing for Mindflayers, Beholders, Carrion Crawlers, Yuan-Ti, and about half a dozen others I'm forgetting.
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"They are too numerous to fight. What shall we do?" "Fight anyway." "You can never defeat another if you know not how to defeat yourself." my tradelist |
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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
@BiggaBullfrog
Uh, so what’s your issue? You want me to call it a Displacer Beast cause it looks like a D&D monster? I’m confused. I’m not sure what the issue is.
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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
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This treads really close to the Guy in Robes with a Laser Sword - That's a Jedi, even though that would be a cool figure. So having a Displacer Beast as a Shadow, rankles feathers a bit. - I'm still undecided if it bugs me too much to vote up. Even more so, if you have a Gold Dragon with Whiskers that is a D&D Dragon and better be fighting for Good. So having a Shadow be a Displacer beast might rackle some feathers. I'm still undecided if it bugs me too much. |
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Re: Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion
We've encountered this issue before. Sometimes someone proposes a mini here, or internally in the C3V, that is (to at least some people) obviously some very particular thing. It has an iconic appearance. If I used a mini for Wonder Woman, and proposed her as gladiator hero, people would say "that can't work, because one look at that mini and it's clearly Wonder Woman."
Wonder Woman is an extreme example, but it's a discussion we've had other times about other minis. For me, I'm with BBF. I take one look at that mini, and I think "displacer beast." It doesn't work for me as something that can be rethemed as something else, because that distinctive creature has been familiar to me for almost 40 years. I recognize that it's probably on the fringe of "iconic appearance," though, and I'm curious to see what others say. I note that Scy, who is a D&D guy, did not even comment on the point. |
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