The Book of Molly Hayes

[tcglkn]

Doesn't Margloth lose his Man Card for that post?

[IAmBatman]

With posts like that, I think his may never have been issued ...

[Margloth]

Back off guys.. 15 year old sister!

But back on track, since capes are usually hitzones on C3G cards, I kinda feel the rock should be too. I mean, heck, is that little bitty piece of asphalt really gonna block a repulsor blast from Iron Man?

Imagine Molly surrounded by Zombies (and no, let's not get into the Valhalla mixing argument here , I'm just using them because quite frankly I can see them being used as C3G figures at some point). Essentially you've formed the Heroscape equivalent of the historical Roman turtle formation... virtually impervious to ranged fire because there's no soft bits to hit.

Cool? Yes. Right for Molly? Eh...

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Very elegant design. Yea to ERB.

[johnny139]

Alright, this passed to the ERB Phase about half an hour ago, so, messages sent out to Matt Helm and The B.I.V.

First post is updated with what I think is the picture A3n liked and a slightly fixed bio. I assume we're keeping the size at Small 3 for theme and because, well, most people agree that's about right. Still could be pursuaded to change that, though.

As for the hitzone - I, personally, am in favor of her keeping all the "frills" and having them non-targettable. I doubt it'll make a difference either way in points of in gameplay, and I think lopping off the slab would be too tough to do without screwing things up.

[Griffin]

I like the non-hitzones too.

[Karat]

I concur as well.

[davidlhsl]

If I may, I'd like to chime in on the hit zone issue.

I bought this figure when the design phase started, as I *love* the comic image on the OP. And who doesn't love little ducky-wuckies? In my figure, the slab tilts slightly towards the back.

If she had range, the target point would be a major issue to discuss. Since it isn't...

I'm personally not a fan of having a figure designed around a specific sculpt, because proxies and alternate sculpts are simply a fact of life in this biz. Would the proxy also need the boulder? Would this affect game balance if one group of players choose to play with the boulder, and another group decides to play without? So that's the first issue.

A more serious concern is wondering if players would use the game-y tactic of marching her backwards down the battlefield to use her boulder for protection. I can even see where this might lead to arguments among certain players.

[tcglkn]

Originally Posted by davidlhsl

A more serious concern is wondering if players would use the game-y tactic of marching her backwards down the battlefield to use her boulder for protection. I can even see where this might lead to arguments among certain players.

Well my slab leans forward, so thats not an issue with my figure. I honestly think the figure would look better if we just chopped the concrete off.

[davidlhsl]

Originally Posted by tcglkn

Well my slab leans forward, so thats not an issue with my figure. I honestly think the figure would look better if we just chopped the concrete off.

That might be where an argument might start. We get together to play some C3G, and I bring my Molly figure. You look at it and think I deliberately pulled the slab backwards (Not you, personally. I'm just using an example.)

Edit: And what about a tournament situation?

Double-edit: What about adding an ability that states a figure with height must be adjacent to Molly to attack her? Then, you get the effect regardless of the figure you decide to use. I also think it would remove any arguments that might occur.

[SirGalahad]

Originally Posted by davidlhsl

What about adding an ability that states a figure with height must be adjacent to Molly to attack her? Then, you get the effect regardless of the figure you decide to use. I also think it would remove any arguments that might occur.

This might be doable.

[Griffin]

Originally Posted by davidlhsl

If I may, I'd like to chime in on the hit zone issue.

I bought this figure when the design phase started, as I *love* the comic image on the OP. And who doesn't love little ducky-wuckies? In my figure, the slab tilts slightly towards the back.

If she had range, the target point would be a major issue to discuss. Since it isn't...

I'm personally not a fan of having a figure designed around a specific sculpt, because proxies and alternate sculpts are simply a fact of life in this biz. Would the proxy also need the boulder? Would this affect game balance if one group of players choose to play with the boulder, and another group decides to play without? So that's the first issue.

Are you suggesting that we modify (customize) the "official" figure to make it easier for those who use the proxy figure? That seems bassackwards to me. If someone wants to use a proxy figure, then the burden should be on them to make the custom.

A more serious concern is wondering if players would use the game-y tactic of marching her backwards down the battlefield to use her boulder for protection. I can even see where this might lead to arguments among certain players.

Let them argue, it is a valid tactic and sounds like a hell of a lot of fun to me.