The Book of C3G Equipment Glyph Rules

[quozl]

I suggest adding this to the OP. It was taken from The Book of Mandarin and modified to be a bit more general.

-Rulings and Clarifications-

Q: Some heroes have powers that say they can't lose equipment glyphs by any means other than being destroyed. Does that mean Shadow Thief (or other glyph stealers) can't steal them?

This may be obvious to some, but is he actually "losing" the ring if Shadow Thief takes it?

A: The term "lose" as you have probably already assumed is a keyword used in our rules for Equipment glyphs. That term in the proper context as it is found on certain heroes' cards holds just as much power as any other official term like "move", "attack", "target", etc.

In short, Shadow Thief can take a Makluan Ring glyph away from Mandarin (for example) because Mandarin wouldn't technically be "losing" the glyph. To "lose" a glyph, per the C3G rules, is to be wounded or destroyed. That also means that Mandarin could "drop" one if he chose to.

[Griffin]

Thanks Quozl. Updated.

[BigBadBruinsMac]

When A figure that cannot lose an equipment glyph is destroyed while in possession of the glygh, is the glyph destroyed with him?

[IAmBatman]

"Lose" just means they cannot have it knocked away from them by taking wounds. When they're destroyed, they still leave the glyph on the battlefield.

[Yodaking]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

"Lose" just means they cannot have it knocked away from them by taking wounds. When they're destroyed, they still leave the glyph on the battlefield.

Just to follow up on this, those glyphs are placed by an opponent within 5 clear sight spaces of the figures last location.

The original Heroscape rules had you place a glyph on the space last occupied, with a max of one glyph with any additional glyphs then destroyed. C3G keeps all the glyphs in play by having them scattered about after a figures death.

[IAmBatman]

I'm pretty sure our Equipment Glyph rules actually predate the Treasure Glyphs, if those are the original Heroscape rules you're referring to. The Equipment Glyph rules were developed based off a Hulk scenario in the Hasbro Marvel Master Set.

[Yodaking]

Didn't know that was the timeline. That is pretty cool to know. Yeah I was referencing the rules as depicted in the BftU set since many players new to C3G will have encountered those first, as I did.

[IAmBatman]

Gotcha. Yep, our Equipment Rules predate the release of any DnD Heroscape.

[Griffin]

I remember we were in the process of finalizing our E-Glyph rules when Hasbro/WotC released to us the Treasure Glyph rules before the UnderDark set came out. We had to decide if we were going to continue with our current direction or go along with their rules. We decided to do our own thing and not be that influenced by the official line. I still feel that we made the best decision for C3G.

[IAmBatman]

I really like how we built on the precedent set by the official Marvel stuff and started to move in our own direction and make C3G Superheroscape something really unique and separate from Valhallascape.

Also, Treasure Glyphs with superheroes would've been overpowered!

[Good Pig]

Primarily the quantity of glyphs that can be held. I'm really glad C3G went with a max of one glyph per hero.

Glyphs already unbalance the game. Having multiple glyphs can really make things seem unfair. I can remember playing a game with Niflheim where I snagged multiple glyphs on the board and went on a tear with him. He was boosted so much it crippled my opponent completely.

[IAmBatman]

And unlike with C3G, there's no real way to do anything about it other than killing that figure. With Superheroes already being so powerful, we just couldn't go that route.