The Book of Rick Jones

[IAmBatman]

The Book of Rick Jones

C3G MARVEL WAVE 43
EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES


Comic PDF


Mini PDF

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Marvel Incredible Hulk set.
Its model number and name are #025/Rick Jones.

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Character Bio - A born adventurer, Rick Jones wandered into a gamma bomb testing site on a dare, and happened to witness (and be saved by) Bruce Banner transforming into the Hulk. He befriended Hulk, became an honorary Avenger, and even briefly fought alongside Captain America as his new sidekick, which gave him the skills to survive in a world of super powered conflict.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As an Adventurer, Rick Jones has these Adventurer Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• Rick Jones's Honorary Avenger and Daring Distraction offers synergy to Gamma Mutates and figures with an Avenger Marker.

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• N/A

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• Avengers faction strategy guide

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: (IAmBatman)
• Second playtest: (Arch-Vile) after changes (Arch-Vile)
• Third playtest: (Ericth74 and Toyhandle)
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Card Art by Dr. Jekyll

Card Updates:
24 February 2022 - Honorary Avenger updated for start of round clarity

[IAmBatman]

NAME = RICK JONES

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = ADVENTURER
PERSONALITY = LOYAL
SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 3
MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 3
POINTS = 80

HONORARY AVENGER
Start the game with a white Avenger Marker. If another figure places an Avenger Marker on this card, you may place Rick's Avenger Marker on that figure's card. After rolling for initiative, if Rick Jones is within 4 clear sight spaces of an enemy figure, you may reveal an "X" Order Marker on the card of a friendly Hero that is a Gamma Mutate or has an Avenger Marker on its card. If you do, for the remainder of the round, enemy figures cannot target Rick for an attack or special power if they could target that friendly figure instead.

DARING DISTRACTION
If a friendly Unique Hero that is a Gamma Mutate or has an Avenger Marker on its card attacks a figure within 4 clear sight spaces of Rick Jones, subtract 2 from the defending figure’s Defense number.

SNEAK AND SURVIVE
When Rick Jones is adjacent to any terrain, obstacle, or destructible object with a height higher than his base, Rick cannot be targeted for an attack by a non-adjacent figure. At the end of the round, you may move Rick, during which he does not take any leaving engagement attacks. He cannot end this move engaged.

[IAmBatman]

Mini Picture

Comic Picture

Background

[japes]

Sneak and Survive is quite cool. Little throwback to Bob there.

I do wonder how much use the second power will get. If someone gets to him to engage, Rick may not last long enough to be a distraction to anyone worth of needing a Defense drop.

[IAmBatman]

Well presumably he'll be backed by Cap a lot and won't often be a priority target. Also if you send him up on Ms. Marvel's turn, she can attack afterwards with the bonus. Or if you move Rick up and then use Hawkeye (Avengers) instead of his attack, you can get a nice attack in right away. There's also always the option of pairing him with defensive figures. For instance, he's an Adventurer, so he gets the full +4 defense from Invisible Woman.

[Ronin]

Should be "an" X OM vs "the".

Honorary Avenger feels a little tactical to me in a way that doesn't necessarily scan as a Rick thing? Like it puts me in mind of Cyclops (II). Mechanics are obviously neat.

Dig the other powers.

[IAmBatman]

I'm open to suggestions if folks really aren't digging the Honorary Avenger as is. The two main things I'd like to keep for that are:

1. He gets an Avenger marker
2. The soft synergy of revealing an OM on another Avenger at the start of the round

If y'all have any thoughts on how to sell that package with a theme better, I'm open to ideas.

[Ronin]

What if it were like a souped-up version of that Trickster "look over there" type power combined with a little bit of that Baby Groot sort of "beneath notice" thing?

Start the game with a white Avenger Marker on this Army Card. At the start of the round, you may reveal an "X" Order Marker on the card of any other Hero you control with an Avenger Marker on its card. Enemy figures cannot target Rick for an attack or special power if they could target that Hero instead.

[IAmBatman]

Yeah, I dig that. I think that sells the theme I articulated in LCW better than an initiative boost. He's an Avenger, but not really, so they feel the need to protect him a bit better.

[tcglkn]

That tracks better for me than an semi-random init boost.

[IAmBatman]

Obviously juices up his distraction power as well.

[Arch-vile]

Yeah, that's a solid tweak.