Fish's custom unit thread Kaito 8/19/15

[fishguy1]

Hello all! This is my custom units thread any feedback is welcome and appreciated.

Aquilla:

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Unit: Jarek Guy (SoV Approved)
Figure: Star Wars Miniatures, Bounty Hunters, Mandalorian Blademaster
Bio:

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During the early years of the soulborg uprising, in defence three mariedian scientists were asked tho create an exosuit for thier soldiers, thus the jev-nar were born. Once the first jev-nar exosuits were made the lab they were made in was attacked and destroyed, along with the three scientists and only a single squadrant of jev-nar troops escaped, one of the only escaping commanders was Madrick Cammer the other was Jarek Guy. Sadly one day Jarek dissappeared and was never seen again on the planet mariedian

Unit Celestier Freeheart
Figure: Pathfinder Battles Rise of the Runelords Warrior of wrath

Bio:

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Born in a small village Celestier Freeheart didn't expect to be anything great, she had grown up without many things, her mother even died when Celestier was at a very young age, and her father was a simple farmer. But one terrible day drow mercenaries raided the villiage, Celestier's father then took up the family sword to defend the town. The drow burnt down the Freeheart's home and Celestier ran to find her father. When she found him he was laying motionless with an arrow in his back, dead. Celestier wept over her father's death. The drow found her, and seeing no other option she grabbed her father's sword and attacked. She had killed three drow when she felt a terrible sting in her side, for a knife had stabbed her. She ran and got to the outskirts of the burning village and collapsed. When she awoke she was surrounded by unfamiliar faces, and her side bandaged. The adventurers had saved her. With nothing to go back to she joined them, and made to herself a vow: to kill all drow and avenge her father.

Vydar:

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Unit:CH4827 "Divo"

Bio:

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On a world called Nel-Ter, lives an advanced race that calles themselves the Daiachi. The race went to war with an enemy race called Vantai, the Daiachi thought that they could overtake the enemy's planet by creating genetically advanced soldiers, and began experimenting on criminals who were supposed to be executed. Only one group of test subjects survived. However the test subjects escaped and fled socioty, living in the sewers of Sector 352. Rejected by their own people they were forced to steal and fight the enforcers of the Sector, they only hope that they can return to thier old selves one day.

Jandar:

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Unit: Jagmor The Wise
Figure: D&D Aberrations Adventuring Wizard

Bio:

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Come and hear the true tale of Jagmor, the perhaps greatest wizard ever to walk this world! There were once two adventurers, Aston and Marhood, brothers who attempted the feat of climbing cliff Gatmantle, atop the high peak they discovered a strange house with an odd old man living in it. "Hello," the man said "I am Jagmor." The adventurers were confused, how could a man live and build a home on the top of Gatmantle, for there was no civilization for a hundred miles. Before they knew what was happening a demon lept at them. The old man shot a bolt of lightning wich struck the demon killing it. "You must come in," he said "my rivals have sent more monsters to destroy me." "Teach us your magical ways!" pleaded Marhood. "Very well," said Jagmor "for I am growing old and will not live many more years, but I have one question for you: can you endure?" "Yes!" the brothers said in unison. "Then come for you have much to learn."

Einar:

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Unit: Kaito Kojima
figure: Horrorclix Nightmares Street Samurai

Bio:

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Kaito left onto the crowded streets of Tokyo, time to go to work. He walked down to the crowded train station and boarded the train to the temple. He opened his phone and looked the contract over one last time.

"Target: Yukine Aketsukasa
Occupation: Keeper of the shrine
Reward: 2,000 American dollars
Info.: Aketsukasa is a tricky man who is extremely skilled with a katana, it is advised that you do not engage him in close combat. Keep in mind that you are to kill Aketsukasa and bring his sword to No Tongue Jin."

Kaito stepped off of the train and into the station. He left the station, back on the street again. He walked a few blocks and put on a surgical mask and continued until he came to the temple. He stepped inside and made his way to the shrine to Amaterasu. Kaito personally didn't believe in the supernatural, but he still had respect for the samurai and their code. Kaito found the shrinekeeper, who was holding a katana in his hands.

"I know why you're here, Kaito." said Aketsukasa. Kaito pulled out a concealed mini-uzi. In the blink of an eye, Aketsukasa disarmed Kaito. Aketsukasa raised his sword and motioned to the wall to the right of Kaito. There was another sword hung on the wall. Kaito lifted it off of the wall and got ready for the shrinekeeper's attack.

A sword fight ensued in front of the shrine of Amaterasu as the two danced, the flicker of blades and clashes of steel in between them. Until finally Kaitos sword stuck Aketsukasa in the heart. He pulled off his mask and walked over to the Shrinekeeper's sword and picked it up without saying a word. For a moment he wondered why No Tongue Jin even wanted the sword, but didn't think about it for long. He looked at the face of the old man, he reminded Kaito of the samurai of the old day. The man died in battle, with his honor in tact. Something passed though Kaito's mind then, and he took the sword of Aketsukasa, but not to No Tonuge Jin. Kaito made a vow in his heart that he would become a warrior of honor, he was already wanted and he was already a killer, but he decided that he would only kill those without honor.

A new era was about to begin for Kaito.

Unit: Kyle Ghastman
figure: Horrorclix Nightmares Survivalist



Bio:

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You keep a watchful eye as you approach the house to look for supplies. You quietly open the door so that none of them find you. You walk into the kitchen and look in the pantry, you take a can of beans from the cupboard put it in your pocket and quietly walk into the living room. You see a baseball bat in the corner. Seeing nothing that intrists you, you turn to leave and find one of them standing in the doorway. It sees you and rushes you. You attempt shooting it but your gun misfires (it is 14 years old) so you draw your daggar. You stab it in the throat and it pulls away. Losing your knife you take a step back and trip on the bat. As a last resort you pick up the old bat and cub your foe with it, killing the beast. As you run back to your van you see more of the monsters come out of the hallways, far too many to fight. You make it to your van and drive as fast as you can back to your bunker. You learned a lesson that day: NEVER enter a home that looks abandoned, a family of zombies may live in it.

Star Wars:

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Unit: Jaden Korr
Figure: star wars miniatures, jedi academy, exceptional jedi apprentice
Note: the lightsabers on the bottom are the force sensetive symbol and the winged shoe is the force leap symbol.

[Arch-vile]

Neat design. For the Flashbang power, I'd recommend a wording change:

If Kyle Ghastman inflicts at least 1 wound on a unique hero with Flashbang Special Attack, that figure no longer has clear sight on any figures for the rest of this round.

That is a pretty cool mechanic, stopping Raelin and range for a round.

[Ace_of_Spades]

A zombie survival man is a cool theme, but all of three powers have unofficial wording. Arch-vile took care of Flashbang, which is a nifty power by the way.

Zombie Survival(ist) <-Adding the -ist sounds better to me.
Kyle Ghastman rolls 3 additional defense dice when defending against an undead figure.

Or you could switch it to one automatic shield, if you wanted, which is about equal to 3 defense dice:

Zombie Survival(ist)
When Kyle Ghastman rolls defense dice against an undead figure, add one automatic sheild to whatever is rolled.

And Knife Stab can be changed to:

Melee Attack 2
When Kyle Ghastman attacks an adjacent figure with his normal attack, he may roll two additional attack dice.

He is a cool unit. He has a niche power for undead units, which doesn't help too often competitively; perhaps Phantom Knights. Melee Attack 2 gives him a punch with 5 attack dice. Flash Bang is where his usefulness comes in; I suggest bumping his attack for Flash Bang to 3 and he could target a unique hero with a dangerous ranged attack (Q9, Kaemon Awa, Hydra, Dragons, etc.) and effectively disable it in the first OM of the round. I also suggest changing his range to 5 and move to 5 or 6 to give him more mobility. Due to his low survivability (ironic) and only one attack per turn, I would price him somewhere from 60 to 80 with the suggested changes. on theme.

[fishguy1]

thanks for the feedback! but I don't think I could fit much more text, anyone know what font size they use off the top of there head? I've also added Jaden Korr to my customs.

[Arch-vile]

The cards vary on sizing, depending on the amount of text. I am not sure what the standard is though. If you aren't using a Mac, MSE is a great easy way to make cards.

Very cool Jaden Korr, he is one of my favorite Star Wars EU characters. I don't think he uses a double sided lightsaber, but he may in the game. (I have only read Kemp's novels). The card looks pretty good, just some more wording issues:

Add: "Roll each attack seperately" to SaberStaff Kata

Force Protect
Instead of attacking, you may place a Protection marker on this Army Card. For each Protection marker on this Army Card, Jaden adds 1 to his printed defense Stat. At the end of each round, remove all Protection markers from this Army Card.

Points I would say 110 to be on the safe side, though 100 would probably be okay. He is basically Master Woo without the monk boost.

[Ace_of_Spades]

Originally Posted by fishguy1

thanks for the feedback! but I don't think I could fit much more text, anyone know what font size they use off the top of there head? I've also added Jaden Korr to my customs.

I use Adobe Photoshop and the font is anywhere from 6-7 depending on how much text there is. I'm sure it varies by program, but you can definitely lower the font size a notch or two for your customs' special powers text.

[fishguy1]

Does anyone know how to put spoilers around text? I was going to give bios to these guys.

[caps]

I like what you're getting at with Jagmore, but as it currently stands, he can bond with Ulginesh, which is not good. I would add a size restriction, like Small or Medium only.

[Ace_of_Spades]

Originally Posted by fishguy1

Jagmor's Lightning Blast Special Attack does not have any stats and because he can't use it against other Wizards and Mages means he will almost always lose to a potential Understudy. If you wanted, you could change it to affect multiple figures somehow.

You need the phrase, "if it is still under your control", in Understudy Bonding (from the Greenscale's card). Actually, you should mold the entire Understudy mechanic to match the Lizard King wording. There are also several mistakes in spelling and grammar on the card, that should be fixed before you post these.

[fishguy1]

I didn't even notice that he didn't have lightning stats until I used him for the first time on friday. I also thought bonding with Ulginesh was a problem so I added a size restriction to Jagmor's understudy.

[wolfeman1968]

Nice customs, the wording on the Jagmor card is still a little rough. for flow and standard wording I might update Jagmor Understudy ability to read:
At the beginning of the game select one wizard or mage figure to be an Understudy. When an order marker is reveled on this card you may take a turn with the Understudy before taking a turn with Jagmor.

Unless you plan to be able to use multiple understudies.
Also on Lightning Blast you may want to put at the bottom whether or not Jagmor is affected by his own lightning blast (see cards like Deathwalker 9000 and Zelrig)

[caps]

I suggest you consider the pack that this figure is from, or other MechWarrior packs for Jarek Guy. Also, make sure you do some playtesting with him.