The Book of Marcu Esenwein - Page 10

jschild · #**109** February 8th, 2009, 09:58 PM

He just took out Q10 and halfway took out Agent Carr in my last game with my son. To be fair, I had a streak of horrible rolls and my son was rolling all skulls, but still - about 200 points worth of damage for a 20 point character isn't bad at all. Reminds me of when Otonashi snuck up and killed the Hulk after two wiffs (4 wounds from before and 4 from her). Talk about humiliated. I still won, but Josh kept saying "Ninja girl killed Hulk, Ninja girl killed Hulk!"

Nothing you can really say to that

Confred · #**110** June 13th, 2009, 12:41 AM

Marcu is one of my most favorite units for his theme/flavor alone
Him running around as his teammates try to catch him like a loose dog
Him biting and nipping along the way
Even his position reminds me of a running dog
With that said, whenever his owner loses the role the most common tactic is to maximize the number of leaving engagement attacks against him and then save enough movement for a backstab.

CheddarLimbo · #**111** June 13th, 2009, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Confred

Marcu is one of my most favorite units for his theme/flavor alone
Him running around as his teammates try to catch him like a loose dog
Him biting and nipping along the way
Even his position reminds me of a running dog
With that said, whenever his owner loses the role the most common tactic is to maximize the number of leaving engagement attacks against him and then save enough movement for a backstab.

Leaving engagement swipes are optional. And when an opponent gets control of Marcu for the turn, he is considered friendly with the opponent's figures, so they can't take swipes either.

RoninValentina · #**112** June 13th, 2009, 01:12 AM

I think the idea is your opponent moves him into a crowd of figures he or she controls, so when it's your turn with Marcu again, you have to stay put and attack or face multiple leaving engagements.

Confred · #**113** June 13th, 2009, 11:34 PM

+rep for Cheddar (when I spread some more around) - I didn't know leaving engagement strikes were optional.
Our understanding was if Player A controls Marcu and then loses control to Player B, then all B units become friendly and all A units become enemy and thus give engagement strikes. If this is true or not doesn't really matter, because the strikes are optional.
Interesting, I wonder how much the correct way will change things ... if not functionally, then flavor-wise

CheddarLimbo · #**114** November 19th, 2009, 12:21 AM

I believe the ruling for 2 Marcu's in opposing armies is that there are no rolls for Eternal Hatred, even after one of them dies.

I think that should be in this Book somewhere...

b57123m · #**115** November 19th, 2009, 12:43 AM

Couldn't you just fly Marcu up to a castle and jump off or do you have to fly your entire movement.

CheddarLimbo · #**116** November 19th, 2009, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by b57123m

Couldn't you just fly Marcu up to a castle and jump off or do you have to fly your entire movement.

You may choose to walk or fly for any or all of your movement. So, yes, if Marcu started on a high ledge, you could walk off, take the falling damage, fly back up, walk off, and repeat.

Revdyer · #**117** November 19th, 2009, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by CheddarLimbo

I believe the ruling for 2 Marcu's in opposing armies is that there are no rolls for Eternal Hatred, even after one of them dies.

I think that should be in this Book somewhere...

Done. Thank you.

Agent Minivann · #**118** November 26th, 2009, 12:45 AM

Here is an odd scenario that I think could use a ruling or clarification. It could also affect Sir Hawthorne. In a 3 player game we just had a situation where my daughter's Marcu was one of the last figures on the board (she had two). I was out, and my son still had a figure on the board. She rolls for Eternal Hatred and gets a 20. She wanted to turn Marcu over to me because she thought that I would want to take out my son's last figure. I didn't see anything in the language of the power that it had to go to an opponent with figures still in play, but I could have just been forgetting something. So in this situation, 3 or more players, 1 or more players eliminated, Marcu rolls a 17 or higher, can he go to one of the eliminated opponents?

Warlord Alpha · #**119** November 26th, 2009, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Revdyer

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Originally Posted by CheddarLimbo

I believe the ruling for 2 Marcu's in opposing armies is that there are no rolls for Eternal Hatred, even after one of them dies.

I think that should be in this Book somewhere...

Done. Thank you.

Would that be the same for Sir Hawthorne as well?

NecroBlade · #**120** November 26th, 2009, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Agent Minivann

Here is an odd scenario that I think could use a ruling or clarification. It could also affect Sir Hawthorne. In a 3 player game we just had a situation where my daughter's Marcu was one of the last figures on the board (she had two). I was out, and my son still had a figure on the board. She rolls for Eternal Hatred and gets a 20. She wanted to turn Marcu over to me because she thought that I would want to take out my son's last figure. I didn't see anything in the language of the power that it had to go to an opponent with figures still in play, but I could have just been forgetting something. So in this situation, 3 or more players, 1 or more players eliminated, Marcu rolls a 17 or higher, can he go to one of the eliminated opponents?

I believe, technically, you're out of the game at that point and no longer valid as an "opponent." However, since I have no problem letting an otherwise "out" player continue to roll for un-Dropped AE, I'd probably let someone give Marcu (or Hawthorne) to whomever they wanted.