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Re: Blue Trails's Customs (Updated 8/28/2021 - Undead Wolf)
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As for the miniature: it's a recent release that is fairly easy to find online. The pack sells for about $4 to $5 and comes with two unpainted sculpts of the same basic character in different poses. I'm not crazy about the rock piece attached to each miniature's feet, but your tastes may vary. |
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Re: Blue Trails's Customs (Updated 9/18/2021 - Gladiator)
It's been a little while since I last posted here, but I saw a relatively new sculpt that I thought would make a neat Gladiator.
Original figure image credit goes to MiniatureMarket.com. The figure used for this unit is a D&D: Icons of the Realms figure from the Snowbound set. The name of the figure is Chardalyn Berserker. Bio:
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-Combinations and Synergies- Synergy Benefits Received - Capuan Gladiators: Human Gladiator Hero BondingSynergy Benefits Offered - Ebon Armor: Animated MaterielAs always, comments are welcome. |
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Re: Blue Trails's Customs (Updated 9/18/2021 - Gladiator)
I had to read his SA a lot to "get it", because it seemed too strong at first glance. There's some issues with the whole "shields or blanks" on attack dice due to the original red and blue attack and defense dice that had all blanks, hence why the flagbearers request that you use their Valkyrie Dice which are of course in the form of the 3-skulls 2-shields 1-blank we're used to. I believe the term for those types is "combat dice" while the others are attack dice and defense dice respectively. Honestly you could make the defense reduction automatic since you're pretty likely to roll a blank on 7 dice anyway.
All that yapping aside, he's quite cool. It's good that he's often squishier than his peers and can still get counterstuck against high-defense targets. Fearless Advantage is also a nice touch, though it makes me wonder if he shouldn't have had a Fearless personality to match. ~TAF TAF was the Storyteller... in THE ENEMY'S LAST RETREAT |
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Re: Blue Trails's Customs (Updated 9/18/2021 - Gladiator)
I concur with
@TheAverageFan
that the defense reduction part of the ability is wordy and difficult to parse at first glance.
As it reads, the Special Attack has a roughly 72% chance of triggering the defense reduction every time you use it. The only way I can think of to game it is by using that attack on OM3 on a round where you lost initiative so that you have a chance of taking the initiative and revealing OM1 before your opponent reveals an OM. I think it would be both more interesting and easier to understand if the condition for the defense reduction was changed. My initial thought is to have it trigger when Bestiarius is wounded by one of the excess shields. The wording being something along the lines of: "PRECARIOUS SWING SPECIAL ATTACK Range 1. Attack 7. When attacking with Precarious Swing Special Attack, all excess shields rolled by the defending figure count as unblockable hits inflicted by the defending figure on Bestiarius. If Bestiarius receives a wound this way, subtract 1 from his Defense until the next time you reveal an Order Marker on any Army Card." That way, the probability of the ability triggering is dependent on the defense of the figure you're attacking rather than being static. If you wanted to make it trigger more frequently, then you could change the wording to "If Bestiarius did not wound/destroy a figure with this attack... (defense reduction)" |
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Re: Blue Trails's Customs (Updated 9/18/2021 - Gladiator)
Thanks for the responses, guys. If Precarious Swing is only easily comprehensible to its creator, I'll have to rewrite it at some point.
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Also, nice catch with Fearless Advantage. I had wanted to keep uniformity with the Classic Gladiators, and I thought that Heracles had set a precedent for using the power without a Fearless personality, but I checked again and found that I was mistaken. Fearless is a good personality for the design, anyway, so I'll likely make that change when I reword the special attack. Quote:
I do like the idea of avoiding the Defense drop by destroying a figure, so I might play around with it. By the way, welcome to the boards! It's nice to see new faces around here. |
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Re: Blue Trails's Customs (Updated 9/18/2021 - Gladiator)
I like the gladiator; I'm using a tweak of Fearless Advantage in a custom I'm working on, so it's good to see someone else doing some Heroscape recycling too. That said, I think the two powers here might work together better if Precarious Swing were a special power instead of a special attack; as it is, it seems like the bonus attack die from Fearless Advantage would rarely come into play.
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Re: Blue Trails's Customs (Updated 9/18/2021 - Gladiator)
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I would be a little hesitant to change the unit's first power to a special power, though, because I don't want to overreach into the Azurite Warlord's space. Bestiarius already costs 30 points fewer with an identical Attack value (under neutral conditions) that is attained without a guaranteed self-inflicted wound, and Fearless Advantage shores up the difference in Life in certain matchups. Thus, I figured it would be best to institute a 7-die cap and leave factors such as Finn, height, auras, and Glyphs for the Warlord to enjoy. |
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Re: Blue Trails's Customs (Updated 9/18/2021 - Gladiator)
I dig Bestiarius. That 7 Attack swing coming with the Ogre Brute drawback is a nice touch, though I thought I'd also voice the opinion that the defense drop should just be automatic. Should be much less words, and it's not like its very common for him to not take the defense penalty. That being said, this guy really appreciates something like Raelin or Spartacus giving him extra defense. More swings with that flail, and 7 life isn't going to go down any time soon!
My customs. NE Ohio Tourney - TBA SW Ohio Tourney - NHSD 550 points AotV - Colliding the minis of AotP with the world of HS. |
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Re: Blue Trails's Customs (Updated 9/18/2021 - Gladiator)
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The point about defense boosts is spot on, though. Due to Precarious Swing's defense drop, it's sometimes easy to forget that Bestiarius is almost as tough as Valguard, and any sort of outside help allows a player to really leverage that fact. Even Thorgrim's Spirit is a notable improvement, although this does mean delaying the Gladiator attack for a few rounds. |
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Re: Blue Trails's Customs (Updated 9/18/2021 - Gladiator)
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Or just kill Throgrim yourself. Wait, that'd be an Utgar thing lol. My customs. NE Ohio Tourney - TBA SW Ohio Tourney - NHSD 550 points AotV - Colliding the minis of AotP with the world of HS. |
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Re: Blue Trails's Customs (Updated 9/18/2021 - Gladiator)
Definitely an awesome custom, I wouldn't assume keeping track of his dropped defense should be any kind of a problem. Fearless advantage is really interesting to see here, paired with a Spartacus build he is a welcome addition to the steam roller strategy. Curious to see how he does on the board, do you have any favorite builds with him yet?
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Re: Blue Trails's Customs (Updated 9/18/2021 - Gladiator)
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------------------------------ While I'm here, I wanted to post some updates on various designs. Fiendsoul War Dancers
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