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[IAmBatman]

Solid write up. Duty of Care is cool, though interesting that you could completely hijack it by destroying his Duty with an auto-wound power.

[MrNobody]

My thinking is just that they're a really natural pairing. Jason is an extremely solid unit who likes to be up in your face soaking up wounds and attention. The Doctor enables Jason to soak up more damage, likes for his chosen figure to get attacked a lot, and gets that big swing when his chosen figure dies...which Jason does more than most. On the flip side though, the Doctor's chosen figure dying also has that downside, so maybe Jason repeatedly dying will screw you over more than anything.

Idk, I'm not super worried about it being broken or anything, I'm just worried that Jason and Lanterns will so vastly overshadow the thematic picks for the character. (cheap companions and another Gallifreyan, mainly)

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Solid write up. Duty of Care is cool, though interesting that you could completely hijack it by destroying his Duty with an auto-wound power.

That's an interesting point, but one I don't really know how to fix with the limited space we have left. I suppose if he has the Screwdriver, he still can deal (match-up dependent) damage.

[IAmBatman]

Not entirely thematic, but could species restrict it to Humans and Gallifreyans.

[MrNobody]

That's a pretty good option. Wouldn't protect Nardole, but that's thematic anyways. Still allows Lanterns, but maybe that's just how it is.

I do think a point cost mechanic would be the easiest and most thematic system, since I don't really see many single DW characters crossing the 200 point threshold. When I do him, I might try it at first just to see if there's resistance, but I'm never going to be the person who pushes hard to add a mechanical thing like that to the game.

[IAmBatman]

Hmm, solid point about Green Lantern, but I guess all those Sky People have to stick together.

[MrNobody]

NAME = THE DOCTOR (8th)
SECRET IDENTITY = N/A

SPECIES = GALLIFREYAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = WANDERER
PERSONALITY = PASSIONATE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 6

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

POINTS = ???

INFINITE POCKETS
Start the game with the Glyph of Sonic Screwdriver, Glyph of Jelly Babies, and Glyph of Pocket Watch on this card. The Doctor can equip an Equipment Glyph even if there are other Equipment Glyphs on this card. The Doctor cannot lose the glyphs that started the game on this card by receiving wounds unless he is destroyed.

DASHING ESCAPE
Instead of moving or after defending with the Doctor, you may place him on any empty space within 3 spaces of his previous placement. After placing the Doctor, you may choose a Unique Hero that was adjacent to the Doctor before Dashing Escape. Either place a Glyph from that figure’s card on this card, or place a Glyph from this card on that figure’s card. When moving with Dashing Escape, the Doctor will not take any leaving engagement attacks.

HYPERACTIVE OVEREXTEND
Once per player turn, after revealing an Order Marker on this Army Card and taking a turn with the Doctor, you may reveal another Order Marker on this Army Card to take another turn with the Doctor.

GLYPH OF JELLY BABIES
SUBTITLE = TASTY DISTRACTION

EQUIPMENT GLYPH
If this figure is not a Gallifreyan Wanderer and is not engaged, instead of attacking it must destroy this Glyph.

GLYPH OF POCKET WATCH
SUBTITLE = TIME-KEEPING

EQUIPMENT GLYPH
You may add or subtract 1 from your initiative roll, or 2 if this figure is a Gallifreyan Wanderer.

Another updated Doctor that I feel like I have a much better handle on this time around. And my favorite character too.

I've struggled with capturing Eight, because he does have such a strong personality (Half Oscar Wilde, half immortal alien, half kid trying coffee for the first time), but they're also not traits that translate super-easily into game mechanics.

This take definitely lean pretty heavy into the pickpocket/sleight-of-hand elements of the incarnation, maybe more so than is "truly representative" of the character, but I feel like it's a pretty fundamentally Doctor-y concept overall. He confronts you face-to-face, slips a whats-it in your pocket when you're not looking, then uses that to defeat you. It feels like the spirit of the 8th Doctor, even if it's not encapsulating everything he does on a regular basis.

T inspired me with the idea for the Jelly Babies Glyph. I'm sure there's more than a few who consider the idea of characters stopping the fight to eat candy a bit silly, but comics characters have been known to enjoy a mid-battle Hostess Fruit Pie every now and again.

[Soundwarp SG-1]

Cool write-up. Having a power named Infinite Pockets pleases me.

[Tornado]

I dig that but would of course want to see Jelly Babies on IV.

Totally for a Hostess Fruit Pie EQ glyph!

[MrNobody]

Do you think Infinite Pockets could actually hold infinite Glyphs without being broken? He'd still drop them upon receiving wounds, unless they were his starter Glyphs.

I definitely think if we have a Glyph of Jelly Babies, we can rework Four to have them. He's another Doctor I want to take a second look at.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by MrNobody

Do you think Infinite Pockets could actually hold infinite Glyphs without being broken? He'd still drop them upon receiving wounds, unless they were his starter Glyphs.

I was going to ask the same thing! Something about Infinite Pockets having a "maximum of 3" just seems wrong.

[Tornado]

Did you know the Doctor's favorite brew is made right here in Kalamazoo (well technically Comstock now, but originally in K-zoo)?

I have occasionally ordered it as a Gallifreyan but have yet to have a bartender cool enough to know what I was talking about.

[MrNobody]

That's really cool! I'll definitely have to try some if I'm ever in the area. Or maybe if I'm lucky, at the Total Wine, but they're usually more about the local stuff than crafts from other areas.