The Book of Silver Samurai

[quozl]

The Book of Silver Samurai

C3G MARVEL SUPER SECRET EXCLUSIVE 24
DEATH AND DISHONOR

Comic PDF

Mini PDF

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Universe set.
Its name and name number are Silver Samurai/ #049-051.

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Xplosion set.
Its name and name number are Silver Samurai/ #067-069.

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Character Bio - Silver Samuari is a Japanese mutant with the power to charge almost anything, most notably his katana, with mutant energy (described as a tachyon field) which enables it to slice through any known substance except adamantium. He also sports a suit based on traditional samurai armor. It is made of a silver metal, hence his name. He became a professional criminal, was once the bodyguard for the international terrorist known as the Viper, and was subsequently an occasional mercenary. On one of his jobs, he recovered Viper's teleportation ring.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Mutant, Silver Samurai has these Mutant Synergies.
• As a Mercenary, Silver Samurai has these Mercenary Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• N/A

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-Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses-

Immunities:

• N/A

Benefits:

• N/A

Weaknesses:

• As a Mutant, Silver Samurai interacts differently with certain special powers. Special Powers the Interact Differently with Mutants.
• As a figure with a Special Attack, Silver Samurai can be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Special Powers that Interact Differently with Special Attacks.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: quozl
• Second playtest: ZJ
• Third playtest: YK
• Fourth playtest: GP
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Art by Scapemage

[quozl]

NAME = SILVER SAMURAI
SECRET IDENTITY = KENUICHIO HARADA

SPECIES = MUTANT
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = MERCENARY
PERSONALITY = DISCIPLINED

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5

MOVE = 4
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 240

TELEPORTATION RING 3
Before attacking, you may place Silver Samurai on any empty space within 3 spaces of his current position. When Silver Samurai starts to teleport, he will not take any leaving engagement attacks.

TACHYONIC KATANA SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 1. Attack 3.
Figures subtract 2 from their Defense number when defending against this special attack. After attacking with this special attack, Silver Samurai may use this special attack two additional times.

COUNTER STRIKE
When rolling defense dice against a normal attack from an adjacent attacking figure, all excess shields count as unblockable hits on the attacking figure.

[IAmBatman]

Looks good! I think his normal attack could be 5, though, especially since his special attack is so nasty.

[quozl]

I was wondering whether to bump up both his attack and defense by 1.

[IAmBatman]

5 life/5 defense with Counter Strike seems pretty solid. I wouldn't outright oppose 6 defense, but I'm not sure it's needed. Definitely like 5 attack, though.

[quozl]

Comic art:





Mini Background:

[Good Pig]

Nice!

Glad you stuck with Mercenary for the class. If you up his defense to 6, you could always lower his life to 4. Would give Counter Strike a little more weight.

On my original design I had a range of 3 to represent ninja stars, ala Hand Ninja but that isn't crucial. So a bump to 5 for him normal would make sense to make that a viable option vs using that nasty special.

[quozl]

Yeah, this is all GP and Tickle's work here. The only thing I did was synthesize the two where they differed.

[SirGalahad]

Since his Katana can't cut through Adamantium, those figures (Wolverine, Lady Deathstrike, X-23, Ultron) should be exempted from the reduced defense dice.

If the power were to read:

TACHYONIC KATANA SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 1. Attack 3.
Figures without the Adamantium Claws special power subtract 2 from their Defense number when defending against this special attack. After attacking with this special attack, Silver Samurai may use this special attack two additional times.

that should do it--Ultron can't have his Defense number reduced and adding in the exemption takes care of the rest.

[Lord Pyre]

I really like this design.

But not a samurai? Mercenary has some cool synergies, so I get that.

Winter Soldier isn't a soldier, US Agent isn't an agent, Silver Samurai isn't a samurai. What's this world coming to?!?

[A3n]

Looks good.

[quozl]

Originally Posted by SirGalahad

Since his Katana can't cut through Adamantium, those figures (Wolverine, Lady Deathstrike, X-23, Ultron) should be exempted from the reduced defense dice.

If the power were to read:

TACHYONIC KATANA SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 1. Attack 3.
Figures without the Adamantium Claws special power subtract 2 from their Defense number when defending against this special attack. After attacking with this special attack, Silver Samurai may use this special attack two additional times.

that should do it--Ultron can't have his Defense number reduced and adding in the exemption takes care of the rest.

We could do that but they're not armored with adamantium. It's just their skeletons. The sword will still cut through their flesh really well.