The Book of Stardust

[IAmBatman]

Yea

[Arch-vile]

yea

[Karat]

Yea

[Zakizzryn]

This Passes

[Ericth74]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Stardust

Version tested:

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = STARDUST
SECRET IDENTITY = LAMBDA-ZERO

SPECIES = ETHEREAL
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = HERALD
PERSONALITY = OBSESSIVE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 6

MOVE = 8
RANGE = 5
ATTACK = 6
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 400

THE POWER COSMIC
Before rolling attack or defense dice for Stardust, you may remove any number of unrevealed Order Markers from this card and add that number of skulls or shields to your roll.

COSMIC HALBERD SLASH SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 3. Attack 4.
Choose a figure to attack with this special attack, you may also choose any number of figures adjacent to the chosen figure. Roll attack dice once for all defending figures. Before rolling attack dice for the special attack, you may remove any number of unrevealed Order Markers from this card and add that many skulls to your roll. After attacking with this special attack, Stardust may attack with this special attack one additional time.

ENERGY FORM
Stardust can move through all figures and is never attacked when leaving an engagement. If Stardust is not engaged with an opponent's figure, they cannot be targeted by opponents' non-adjacent figures for any attacks or any special powers that require clear sight. After taking a turn with Stardust, remove 1 Wound Marker from this card.

SUPER STRENGTH
FLYING

Army Test
Map: Cell Games Arena – Playtest Map
Units: 800 pts - Stardust, Silver Surfer VS 800 pts - Wrecking Crew

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt: R2T3 Wrecker 3 wounds – SA
R3T1 Wrecker 3 wounds – dead


The Power Cosmic: summary

Cosmic Halberd: summary

Energy Form: summary

R1 – Surfer hit Piledriver for 1 wound.
R2 – Surfer hits Piledriver for 4 wounds. Wrecker hits Surfer for a wound. Bulldozer hits Stardust for 3 wounds. Thunderball hits Surfer for 1 wound. Stardust heals a wound. Wrecker hits Stardust for 3 wounds. Stardust uses his SA hitting Wrecker for 3 wounds. Stardust heals a wound.
R3 – Stardust attacks and kills Wrecker doing 3 wounds, he heals a wound. Order Marker 1 is dead. Stardust attacks and kills Piledriver by doing 1 wound to him. He heals one wound. Thunderball hits Stardust for 1 wound. Bulldozer hits Surfer for 2 wounds.
R4 – Stardust hits Thunderball for 1 wound, Stardust heals 1. Surfer heals a wound. Stardust hits Thunderball for 4 wounds and heals a wound. Bulldozer hits Surfer for 1 wound. Surfer attacks and kills Thunderball.
R5 – Bulldozer kills Stardust. Surfer hit Bulldozer for 3 wounds. Surfer heals a wound. Surfer hits Bulldozer for a wound.
R6 – Surfer kills Bulldozer.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Silver Surfer 3 wounds/3 life left.

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Army Test
Map: Wakandan Royal Forest
Units: 1000 pts Captain America 240, Ms Marvel 350, Stardust, Skrull Infiltrator VS 1000 pts - Fantastic Four

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt: R2T2 Human Torch 2 wounds - SA
R2T2 Invisible Woman 2 wounds - SA
R3T2 The Thing 1 wound
R3T3 The Thing 3 wounds
R4T2 The Thing 2 wounds - Dead
R4T3 Invisible Woman 3 wounds -SA – Dead
R4T3 Human Torch – 1 wound – SA - Dead


The Power Cosmic: Used often.

Cosmic Halberd: Used in round 2 to get a double attack on 3 figures doing 4 wounds. Put them right in the heart of the enemy though. Used a second time to take out Torch and Invisible Woman.

Energy Form: Used to escaped being surrounded. Healed a few wounds and couldn't get attacked while at range.

Both teams started out moving to the northern part of the map. Fan4 podded up and tried to stay out of Ms Marvel's range. Stardust was able to fly in and attack with their Halberd SA and did a few wounds. On the next turn though they got hit for 5 in return and had to escape to heal. Once the Fan4 got into Ms Marvel and Stardusts range it was the beginning of the end. Stardust did a bit of damage putting all the wounds on Thing. Stardust then flew back in and used their SA again this time taking out both Johnny and Sue Storm. Mr Fantastic did take out Captain America and the Skrull, but Ms Marvel was able to put him down for good once Sue and her defensive bonus was off the board.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Stardust 2 wounds/4 life left, Ms Marvel 2 wounds/3 life left

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: 400 pts seems on point and fits with the rest of the Heralds.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: I enjoyed testing Stardust, its a Herald that I didn't know that much about. Stardust can do a little bit of everything, Cosmic Power, Disengage, Healing, Multi attacking Special Attack, Flying and Range. I think the Special Attack with boost is great, but if they don't kill anything its puts itself in a tough place surrounded by enemies. The drop in defense to 5 keeps it from being a little too much. No changes recommended, nice job on this design.

[IAmBatman]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM
NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: STARDUST
VERSION TESTED

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = STARDUST
SECRET IDENTITY = LAMBDA-ZERO

SPECIES = ETHEREAL
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = HERALD
PERSONALITY = OBSESSIVE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 6

MOVE = 8
RANGE = 5
ATTACK = 6
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 400

THE POWER COSMIC
Before rolling attack or defense dice for Stardust, you may remove any number of unrevealed Order Markers from this card and add that number of skulls or shields to your roll.

COSMIC HALBERD SLASH SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 3. Attack 4.
Choose a figure to attack with this special attack, you may also choose any number of figures adjacent to the chosen figure. Roll attack dice once for all defending figures. Before rolling attack dice for the special attack, you may remove any number of unrevealed Order Markers from this card and add that many skulls to your roll. After attacking with this special attack, Stardust may attack with this special attack one additional time.

ENERGY FORM
Stardust can move through all figures and is never attacked when leaving an engagement. If Stardust is not engaged with an opponent's figure, they cannot be targeted by opponents' non-adjacent figures for any attacks or any special powers that require clear sight. After taking a turn with Stardust, remove 1 Wound Marker from this card.

SUPER STRENGTH
FLYING

Army Test
Map: CITY PARK
Units: Stardust (400), Star-Lord (250), Nebula (240), Oracle (110) (1000) vs Fantastic Four (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Initiative Fan Four. The advance in a cluster.
Star-Lord advances.
Human Torch takes height and fails to hit Star-Lord with a ranged attack. Mister Fantastic advances.
Stardust takes height in Star-Lord’s aura, adding an auto skull with the X and blasts Mister Fantastic, but is blocked. Nebula advances but can’t hit Mister Fantastic from range.
Invisible Woman advances and is blocked by Star-Lord. Mister Fantastic wraps up Stardust and Star-Lord and fails to hit Star-Lord from height.
Stardust hits Mister Fantastic for 3 wounds from height.

Round 2: Initiative Guardians. Stardust attacks Mister Fantastic from height, burning the “3” and using Oracle’s “X” and KO’s Mister Fantastic.
Mister Fantastic had OM1.
Stardust flies to the middle of the fountain and uses her special on Human Torch, who is next to Invisible Woman, and slashes him for a wound and her for two.
Mister Fantastic had OM2.
Stardust burned OM3.
Thing punches Stardust for three wounds.

Round 3: Initiative Guardians. Stardust burns the “3” and uses her slash to KO Invisible Woman and put another wound on Human Torch. Then she heals.
Human Torch takes a swipe, but Flames On Stardust for two wounds, then catches her whiffing on defense and KO’s her from height.
Star-Lord follows the Secret Attack Plan and KO’s Human Torch.
Thing advances.
Stardust had burned OM3.
Thing engages Star-Lord but can’t hit him.

Round 4: Initiative Guardians. Star-Lord avoids a swipe, takes height, follows the Secret Attack Plan, and catches Thing whiffing for four wounds.
Thing can’t hit Star-Lord.
Thing’s terrible defense continues, as Star-Lord finishes him from height.

Unit Summary: Stardust was a nasty offensive piece here, but died on a whiff once fire really focused on her. She did enough damage before going out to set up her team well, however. The dice in end game were fairly terrible for Thing, who was outmatched by Star-Lord one-on-one.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted [5] wounds on [Mister Fantastic [5]]
• POWER COSMIC: Added [2] skulls and [0] shields
• COSMIC HALBEARD SLASH SA: Inflicted [7] wounds on [Human Torch [2], Invisible Woman [5]]; added [1] auto skulls
• ENERGY FORM: Healed [1] wounds

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Oracle, Nebula, and Star-Lord, all with Full Life, win.

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Army Test
Map: Custom
Units: Wasp (Avengers) (160), Moon-Knight (Avengers) (170), Stardust (400), She-Hulk (Avengers) (370) (1100) vs Hawkwoman (260), Wonder Woman (JL) (310), Green Arrow (JL) (210), Atom (JL) (100), Black Canary (JL) (220) (1100)

Spoiler Alert!

All Avengers start with a marker.
Round 1: Atom moves a JL Marker to Hawkwoman. Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Avengers. Stardust flies up. She-Hulk leaps up with Moonknight in tow.
Black Canary advances to height.
Stardust flies forward and smacks Black Canary for two wounds, using the “X.” Canary misses her cry. She-Hulk leaps next to Canary with Moonknight, but can’t hit her.
Hawkwoman flies over and attacks Moonknight from height disadvantage, but can’t hit him. Green Arrow one-shots Moonknight, but fails to go again.
Stardust can’t hit Black Canary. She-Hulk finishes Canary and Canary misses her cry.
Hawkwoman hits Stardust for a wound and recharges Wonder Woman. Atom uses a JL Marker and hits Stardust for a wound. Green Arrow snipes She-Hulk for a wound, then goes again. Green Arrow can’t hit on his follow up.

Round 2: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Justice League. Hawkwoman hits Stardust for a wound and recharges Wonder Woman. Atom sheds a JL Marker and hits She-Hulk for a wound. Green Arrow sheds a JL Marker and hits She-Hulk for a wound from height.
Stardust flies over and hits Green Arrow for three wounds with the X. She heals a wound. She-Hulk takes a swipe from Atom but leaps over and hits Hawkwoman with an unblockable, then KO’s Atom.
Hawkwoman has her turn ended with an Objection! Green Arrow sheds a JL Marker and hits She-Hulk for a wound, but fails to go again.
Stardust attacks Hawkwoman twice with her special attack for one wound. Then she heals a wound. She-Hulk throws Hawkwoman into Green Arrow, ending Green Arrow.
Hawkwoman KO’s She-Hulk and recharges Wonder Woman.
Stardust can’t hit Hawkwoman with her special attack. She heals back to full life.

Round 3: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Avengers. Stardust uses the “X” on the first attack and puts two wounds on Hawkwoman with the special attack (one on each attack).
Hawkwoman rolls 5 skulls on Stardust. Stardust uses OM3 for an auto shield and takes three wounds. Wonder Woman gets recharged.
Stardust finishes Hawkwoman with the special. Then she heals one.
Hawkwoman had OM2.
Stardust burned OM3.
Wonder Woman hits Stardust for three wounds.

Round 4: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Stardust. Stardust uses the “X” and hits Wonder Woman for a wound, then heals.
Wonder Woman rolls 5 skulls and punches out Stardust despite her burning OM3 for a shield.
Wasp advances.
Wonder Woman advances.
Stardust burned OM3.
Wonder Woman punches Wasp for two wounds.

Round 5: Wonder Woman sheds a JL Marker. Initiative Wonder Woman. She punches out Wasp. Moonknight Rises with the Moon.
Moonknight can’t hit Wonder Woman.
She punches him for two wounds.
Moonknight can’t hit Wonder Woman.
She punches him out.

Unit Summary: Avengers definitely felt nasty here and Stardust was both an offensive force with every tool in the kit and hard to put down with ranged immunity and the slow healing. Both Hawkwoman and Wonder Woman had some big attack rolls down the stretch to get the job done, though.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted [6] wounds on [Black Canary [2], Green Arrow [3], Wonder Woman [1]]
• POWER COSMIC: Added [3] skulls and [2] shields
• COSMIC HALBEARD SLASH SA: Inflicted [4] wounds on [Hawkwoman [4]]; added [1] auto skulls
• ENERGY FORM: Healed [5] wounds

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Wonder Woman with 5 of 6 Life wins.

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UNIT SUMMARY: Stardust definitely feels like her points here. She’s vulnerable to big melee hits that pile lots of wounds on her at once, but otherwise is rock solid and has a ton of offense.

[Zakizzryn]

Thanks for the tests, got them linked to the OP.

How we all feeling bout this? Do we think its safe enough to proceed?

[fret_gurglo]

Originally Posted by Zakizzryn

Thanks for the tests, got them linked to the OP.

How we all feeling bout this? Do we think its safe enough to proceed?

Can you provide a win/loss ratio and maybe note any big wins/losses. Quickly glancing, it appears Stardust has a high win ratio.

[Zakizzryn]

Originally Posted by fret_gurglo

Can you provide a win/loss ratio and maybe note any big wins/losses. Quickly glancing, it appears Stardust has a high win ratio.

With the drop in defense at 400, Stardust's team lost one and won three while being defeated in two of the winning games.
Before the drop in the defense in the initial Stardust lost once and won four times only being defeated in one of those wins.

[Tornado]

Eric and Bats seem to think he is OK so probably good here.

[Zakizzryn]

Originally Posted by Tornado

Eric and Bats seem to think he is OK so probably good here.

I feel the same way but I just want to make sure others were on board as well before proceeding further.

[fret_gurglo]

Right, I forgot about the defense drop after we played. Should be good then