The Book of Jericho

[IAmBatman]

Yep. And that was Ronin's intent. Just had an opportunity to make that clearer in the wording.

[Arkham]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT Jericho

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Army Test 1
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units:
Jericho(240), Bane(190), Diablo(140) (570)
vs.
Luke Cage(190), Shang-Chi(230), Moon Knight(150) (570)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
2 wounds on Moon Knight.

Consciousness Projection:
12, takes control of Luke Cage.
Wounded by Shang-Chi, losing control of Luke Cage.
13, takes control of Shang-Chi.
11, fails to take control of Cage. (which would have ended the game)

Defiance Leader:
Takes a turn with Luke Cage and puts 2 wounds on Moon Knight.
Takes a turn with Luke Cage and puts 4 wounds on Shang-Chi.
Takes a turn with Shang-Chi and puts a wound on Moon Knight, killing him, and 1 wound on Luke Cage.
Takes a turn with Shang-Chi and puts 2 wounds on Luke Cage.
Takes a turn with Shang-Chi, puts 2 wounds on Luke Cage, killing him.

Gravity Shield:
Shield rolled by Shang-Chi cancels out his auto-skull.
2 shields rolled by Shang-Chi cancels out his auto-skull.

Notes:
R1: Moon Knight puts a wound on Diablo with CD.

R2: Moon Knight puts a wound on Bane with CD, but misses on Diablo. Cage puts 2 wounds on Diablo. Bane takes a wound from his Venom Injection. Moon Knight puts a wound on Bane and Diablo with CD. Cage puts a wound on Bane. Moon Knight puts a wound on Bane with CD, but misses on Diablo.

R3: Shang-Chi puts 3 wounds on Jericho. Cage kills Bane.

R4: Diablo's Sleep Potion prevents Cage from doing anything.


Diablo with 4/6 wounds(2 life), Jericho with 3/4 wounds(1 life), and controlled Shang-Chi with 4/5 wounds(1 life).

This game was looking a bit rough for Jericho's team, as Bane and Diablo were getting beaten up, but Jericho taking Luke Cage to finish off Moon Knight helped, then using him to almost kill Shang-Chi also helped, and finally taking control of Shang-Chi to take out Luke Cage secured the victory. They almost had it sooner had Jericho taken control of Cage and Shang-Chi at the same time. Cage almost wounded Jericho as well to get Shang-Chi back, but Diablo shut him down that turn, and then Shang-Chi was used to block the direct path to Jericho thus forcing Cage to walk around(leaving Jericho's 3 range aura for safety), and ultimately leading to his demise. All is to say, it was a close game that could have gone either way in the end.

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Army Test 2
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units:
Jericho(240), Diablo(140), Jocasta(180), Aaron Cash(75), Invisible Woman(215) (850)
vs.
Star-Lord(250), Nebula(240), Abomination(360) (850)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
1 wound on Nebula. (+1 from height)

Consciousness Projection:
19, takes control of Abomination.
Loses control of Abomination after taking a wound from Nebula's VS.
9, fails
15, takes control of Abomination.
Loses control of Abomination when killed.

Defiance Leader:
Takes a turn with Abomination, puts 2 wounds on Star-Lord.
Takes a turn with Abomination, puts 2 wounds on Star-Lord, then throws him to his death.
Takes a turn with Abomination, puts 1 wound on Nebula.
Takes a turn with Abomination, puts 2 wounds on Nebula.

Gravity Shield:
Shield rolled by Nebula cancels out one of her skulls.
Shield rolled by Nebula cancels out one of her skulls.

Notes:
R1: Abomination puts 1 wound on Invisible Woman. Abomination puts 2 wounds on Invisible Woman then tosses her.

R2: Diablo prevents Abomination from doing anything.

R3: Nebula would put 3 wounds on Jericho, but Jocasta takes them instead. Nebula takes a wound from LEA then puts a wound on Jericho with VS. Nebula would kill Jericho, but Jocasta is killed instead, putting a wound on Nebula in the process. Nebula puts 2 wounds on Jericho with VS. Nebula heals.

R4: Diablo prevents Nebula from doing anything. Nebula kills Jericho with VS. Diablo kills Nebula.

R5: Cash puts 2 wounds on Abomination. Diablo prevents Abomination from doing anything. Abomination puts a wound on Invisible Woman. Abomination kills Invisible Woman.

R6: Abomination kills Aaron Cash. Abomination puts 2 wounds on Diablo. Diablo puts a wound on Abomination. Abomination puts 3 wounds on Diablo.

R7: Abomination kills Diablo.


Abomination with 3/7 wounds(4 life).

Very similar to the last game, Jericho's team got real close to victory just by almost taking control of the remaining enemy figures, but this time Nebula's auto-wounding saved the day and Abomination came back and won it.

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY:
Disrupting the enemy by forcing them to lose turns if he takes control of a figure with OMs can be a pain. Potentially causing the opponent to lose the game by taking control of their remaining figures is also scary. He came very close in each game to pulling that off. About an equal win and loss here at 240 makes me feel he's probably good as-is, but I'd imagine he needs the right support to allow him to be the threat he can be. Fun design.

[Ronin]

Thanks for the games, Ark!

Realizing now that Consciousness Projection is missing anything that would keep him from taking over more than one figure at a time. Glad it didn't happen in those games because it's definitely not supposed to.

EDIT: Tweaked the wording in the SP so that he can't do that.

[japes]

Originally Posted by Ronin

Thanks for the games, Ark!

Realizing now that Consciousness Projection is missing anything that would keep him from taking over more than one figure at a time. Glad it didn't happen in those games because it's definitely not supposed to.

EDIT: Tweaked the wording in the SP so that he can't do that.

Noticed that in the report as well and was about to comment. Good catch.

[Ronin]

Results from Fresh:

Originally Posted by FreshFoods

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

JERICHO (Joseph Wilson)

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = JERICHO
SECRET IDENTITY = JOSEPH WILSON

SPECIES = METAHUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = OPERATIVE
PERSONALITY = RELUCTANT

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 4

POINTS = 240

CONSCIOUSNESS PROJECTION 12
Once per round before taking a turn with Jericho, you may choose an enemy Unique Hero within 3 clear sight spaces that is not an Android or Construct and does not have the Mental Shield special power. Roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 12 or higher, remove all Order Markers from the chosen Hero's card and take control of the chosen Hero. While you control that Hero, it has the class of Operative instead of what is listed on its card, and Jericho may not move, attack, roll defense dice, or roll for this special power. At the beginning of any player's turn, you may return control of that Hero to the player that controlled it before the Consciousness Projection. If Jericho receives any wounds or is destroyed, immediately return control of that Hero to to that player.

DEFIANCE LEADER
After revealing an Order Marker on this card and taking a turn with Jericho, if he did not move or attack, you may take a turn with any Unique Operative Hero you control. You may not take any additional turns.

GRAVITY SHEATH
When Jericho is attacked, all shields rolled by the attacking figure count as shields rolled by Jericho.

SUPER STRENGTH

FLYING

Army Test
Map : Alkali Lake (No Glyphs)
Units :
Jericho (240), Com. Gordon (90), Beat Cops x2 (130), Punisher (210), Robin *Tim Drake* (120)
= 790

VS.

Wolverine (280), Wildcat (240), Luke Cage (190), Jolt (80)
= 790

Spoiler Alert!

Pre-Game Thoughts/Preview : Wildcat buffing Wolverine is going to make him a really scary foe. He’s gonna be a priority target for Jericho to take control of. The Beat Cops will hopefully be able to keep Jericho safe when he does get a projection off.

Damage Done (Normal Attack) : Used 1 time, dealt 4 wounds to Wildcat
CONSCIOUSNESS PROJECTION 12 : Used 3 times, failed once.
DEFIANCE LEADER : Used to take control of Wolverine, who did a good amount of damage.
GRAVITY SHEATH : Lets him defend well against high attackers, mitigated a few wounds.

ROUND 1 : Red Team initiative.
Turn 1 : Gordon places Punisher on some ice height. Gordon and 5 Beat COps move forward.
Luke Cage and Wolverine move up.

Turn 2 : Jericho moves near the beat cops.
Jolt moves onto the road, while Cage moves up.

Turn 3 : Punisher stays on his height and opens fire on Cage. 1 wound.
Wildcat moves out of the start zone.

ROUND 2 : Red Team initiative.
Turn 1 : Gordon moves into a positon to let the last Beat Cop move up, and then fires at Cage. 1 wound.
Cage moves adjacent to Punisher and attacks, 2 wounds. Wolverine moves forward.

Turn 2 : Robin moves forward and attacks Cage. No wounds.
Wolverine moves adjacent to Gordon and Punisher, and attacks Punisher. 2 wounds. Cage also attacks him, no wounds.

Turn 3 : Punisher starts attacking, dealing 1 wound to Cage.
Wildcat moves forward.

ROUND 3 : Blue Team initiative.
Turn 1 : Wolverine and Cage attack Punisher, Cage kills him by dealing 2 wounds.
Jericho goes for Consciousness Projection 12 on Wolverine and it lands. He moves Wolverine towards Wildcat and starts attacking, 1 wound to Wildcat.

Turn 2 : Jolt moves along the road and attacks a Beat Cop, killing the cop.
Gordon moves and fires at Jolt, 1 wound.

Turn 3 : Wildcat takes a LEA wound from Wolverine, and moves down onto the road.
OM 3 was Punisher.

ROUND 4 : Blue Team initiative.
Turn 1 : Wildcat moves adjacent to Jericho and attacks. He would take heavy damage, but a Beat Cop takes the fall.
Jericho moves Wolverine adjacent to Wildcat and attacks. 1 wound.

Turn 2 : Jolt moves through Jericho and Gordon, dealing 1 wound to Gordon with Hyperkinetic Blitz.
Jericho makes Wolverine attack Wildcat again. 3 wounds.

Turn 3 : Wildcat attacks Jericho, dealing 1 wound and forcing Jericho to lose control of Wolverine.
Jericho fails to retake control of Wolverine, so he attacks Wildcat. 4 wounds, Wildcat goes down.

ROUND 5 : Red Team initiative.
Turn 1 : Gordon moves a beat cop adjacent to himself and Jericho. Gordon fires at Jolt, no wounds.
Wolverine moves up and easily kills a Beat Cop. Cages does the same.

Turn 2 : Jericho takes control of Wolverine, and sends him to attack Cage. 1 wound.
Cage risks the LEA against Wolverine, but it kills him.

Turn 3 : Jericho sends Wolverine after Jolt. 1 wound.
Jolt moves and uses Hyperkinetic Blitz, killing 1 Beat Cop.

ROUND 6 : Red Team initiative.
Turn 1 : Wolverine deals 2 wounds to Jolt. Since he is currently controlled by the Red Team, Blue Team has no characters. Red Team wins!

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes):
Jericho 3/4 Life, Beat Cops 1/6 Left, Gordon 2/3 Life, Robin 4/4 Life

Post-Game Thoughts : Pretty comfortable win for Red Team. Blue Team had no range, so they were all susceptible to being controlled by Jericho. Once he got control of Wolverine, he was able to just tear through his former allies. The Beat Cops didn’t eat a ton of wounds for Jericho, but I’m sure they make for excellent allies. I think Gordon + a few Beat Cops might warrant further testing, but I’m gonna try something else for game 2.

Army Test
Map : Alkali Lake (No Glyphs)
Units :
Jericho (240), He-Man (360), Hawkeye *3* (220), Jean Grey (180)
= 1000

VS.

Fantastic Four
= 1000

Spoiler Alert!

Pre-Game Thoughts/Preview : Any member of the FF makes for a great projection target. Jean Grey will try and keep Jericho safe once he does get a projection going.

Damage Done (Normal Attack) : Used 0 times.
CONSCIOUSNESS PROJECTION 12 : Used 1 time, Failed 0 times.
DEFIANCE LEADER : Let him take a big turn with Human Torch.
GRAVITY SHEATH : Negated Torch’s attack in R1T3. Completely saved him R3T2.

ROUND 1 : Red Team initiative.
Turn 1 : Jean moves up, and throws He-Man forward.
Human Torch and Mr. Fantastic move up.

Turn 2 : Hawkeye moves up and fires at Torch, no wounds.
Thing and Invisible Woman move up. Torch flies forward and attacks Jean, 2 wounds. Mr. Fantastic moves up one space.

Turn 3 : Jericho moves up, just out of range of engaging with Torch.
Torch flies just outside of Jericho’s Counciousness Projection, then attacks him. He-Man activates Heroic Duty, he takes no wounds.

ROUND 2 : Red Team initiative.
Turn 1 : He-Man engages Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman, and deals 2 wounds to Invis.
Invis moves away, while Thing engages He-Man and attacks. No wounds from Invis, 2 from Thing. Mr. Fantastic also attacks, no wounds.

Turn 2 : Jean moves up and attacks, no wounds.
Thing attacks He-Man, no wounds.

Turn 3 : Hawkeye fires at Torch, no wounds.
Mr. F rolls a 19 for Fantastic Leader. Torch moves adjacent to Jericho, Hawkeye, and Jean, and attacks Jean for 1 wound. Thing deals 3 wounds to He-Man, and he drops his sword adjacent to Thing. Mr. F tries to deal the last wound to He-Man, but fails.

ROUND 3 : Red Team initiative.
Turn 1 : Jericho lands his Projection on Torch. He takes the turn with Torch, flies him into the other members of the FF (and He-Man) and uses Supernova. He-Man and Invisible Woman die, Mr. Fantastic takes 3 wounds, and Thing takes 1 wound.
Mr. Fantastic takes a LEA from Torch, and goes to attack Jean. 3 wounds, she dies.

Turn 2 : OM 2 was He-Man.
Thing takes a LEA from Torch, and goes to attack Jericho. Mr. F has 4 wounds, so Thing gets 2 attacks of 10 on Jericho. No wounds, Gravity Sheath saved his life. Mr. F also attacks, no wounds.

Turn 3 : OM 3 was Jean.
Thing attacks Jericho again. He rolls 7 skulls and 3 blanks on his first attack, Jericho rolls 1 shield and explodes. Torch rejoins his allies.

ROUND 4 : Red Team initiative.
Turn 1 : Hawkeye moves onto the frozen water and fires at Mr. F. 1 wound finishes him off.
OM 1 was Mr. F.

Turn 2 : Hawkeye moves into the water and attacks Thing, 1 wound.
OM 2 was Mr. F.

Turn 3 : Same as last turn, Thing takes 1 wound.
Thing starts moving towards Hawkeye.

ROUND 5 : Red Team initiative.
Hawkeye kites as well as he can into the water, putting a wound on Thing. Thing finally catches him, and a good attack roll kills Hawkeye in one hit. Blue Team wins!

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Human Torch 5/5 Life, Thing 1/6 Life

Post-Game Thoughts : Really fun and tactical game. Jericho really forces board control, since getting near him could make you lose your unit. Although he only got one Projection off this game, it was nearly enough to swing the match in his teams favor. Losing He-Man relatively early really hurt his team however.

Thoughts on the Tested Unit's Cost, Balance, and Draftability : A really fun unit that forces thinking for both players. If you have him, you have to get him in position for a Projection, and then keep him safe. If against him, you have to try and keep your units from his threat range, or put at least 1 wound on him when he does take your unit. I think a cost of 240 is fair for him, he can seriously swing a game, but it can be hard to set up. Drafting into an army made to protect him seems like his best bet.

General Thoughts on the Tested Unit : Really enjoyed this PT. Jericho makes you think about every move with him and his allies, since his Projection is such a powerful ability. I know its not his main power, but Gravity Sheath is also a really fun defensive ability! It’s simple, but lets Jericho stay safe around heavy hitters with some luck. Really well made design that I've got no problem with, hopefully future Operatives will be a bit more synergistic with him though.

[Soundwarp SG-1]

Sorry for the delay, tests up now

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Jericho @240 points

Set 1
Map: Island Plane Crash (No E-Glyph)
Units: There and Back Again: Jericho (240), Cosmo (160), Red Skull (Hasbro) (190), Electro (135), Arron Cash (75), Conan (200)- 1000 total vs Marvel Universe: Ms. Marvel (350), Super Skrull (Kurt but spelled dumb) (340), Red Tornado (300), Oracle (110)- 1000 total

Spoiler Alert!

Results:
Game 1: Conan with 3 life, Electro and Cosmo unwounded
Game 2: Conan with 2 life.
Game 3: Red T with 2 life, Super Skrull with 3 life, and full health Oracle.


This is basically just trying to have an easy way of taking turns with people Jerry steals without having to commit to Operatives/ Oms on Jerry and generally having a team that's difficult to grind through. Cosmo and Electro also let you abduct people Jerry steals and try to kill them with zappy skin in the safety of your start zone. Originally I had thought to build this more with the goal of mindshackling someone with Jerry and then porting him away to safety, but as his power says he can't move, I assume that doesn't actually work.

This version worked pretty well though, Jerry's shield is beefy enough against armies that can't auto-wound on command that you have an ok chance of stealing something with him and keeping it long enough to abduct it, especially if he eats some Oms on them (initiative switches help to, so in retrospect I probably shouldn't have had Oracle in the other team). It takes several guys with little in the way of offense to do all this though, so the games basically worked out where if you could get a solid trick out of the army quick enough they'd win, but otherwise the more standardly offensive army wrecks them. The passive threat of OM eating messed up this particular army enough (by forcing them to have to think more on OM placement) that Jerry's team had a bit more minutes on the clock then they otherwise might have though.

In the first game Cosmo ported Ms. Marvel next to Electro and he One (er, several back to back really) Hit KO'd her with his soft and supple skin so that was the highlight of this set for me.

The middle game win was more to with Conan than anything else the rest of his team did.

Set 2
Map: Sewer Labyrinth
Units: Spider-Jerry: Jericho (240), Spider-Man (Avenger) (280), Iron Man (Avenger) (270), Angel (90), Cheetah Boy (20) - 900 total vs Caged Beasts: Luke Cage (190), Iron Fist (260), Wolverine (280), Tigra (170)- 900 total

Spoiler Alert!

Results:
Game 1: Wolverine with 4 life.
Game 2: Iron Fist with 3 life.
Game 3: Iron Man with 2 life, Cheetah BB not dead.


Going with Spider-Man here so the built-in turn taking on Jerry's card can come up, but I get proper efficiency if it doesn't.

Not the worst plan, but he still isn't really someone I want to commit Oms to. His main strength here was more just making putting all the Oms on Cage risky for the other team. Gravity Sheath is a pretty meaty defensive power when you also have normal defense with it and his attack is decent enough, so I mostly ended up just using him and Spidey as a normal team up that had a vaguely scary threat of OM wipeage more than anything else (the other team not having a super meaty thing to steal helped that choice).

Overall: I think he's ok. You can do some pretty nasty stuff to the enemy team, but it needs enough parts to not be super worrying. I personally didn't find reason to dip into the other Operative stuff, since I didn't feel the current ones did enough with the consultation turn to be worth the commitment to putting OMs on him. Once there are more members and synergy there I think that route will be more viable.

[Ronin]

Thanks Soundwarp! Looking pretty even in results. I think we're good to move forward here, maybe with a 10 point bump? Just due to shenanigan potential and the fact that his faction isn't totally there yet.

[Arkham]

Pre yea either way

[tcglkn]

He's gonna be tested more with his faction right? Happy to leave him as is and see if he needs a bump later.

[Ronin]

Yeah I think we could leave him as-is, but he's definitely pretty nasty at times and I don't mind a 10-point bump as-is either. I think the fact that he's in a still-growing faction is more icing on the cake than the reason to bump him.

Updated the SP to 250 because I'm leaning that way after mulling it over.

Let's send him to editing.

[tcglkn]

Yea

[Arch-vile]

yea