The Book of Aquaman (III)

[Arkham]

The Book of Aquaman (III)

C3G DC WAVE 39
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED


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The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Justice League 52 set.
Its model number and name are #005 / Aquaman.

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Character Bio - The son of an Atlantean queen and a lighthouse keeper from the town of Amnesty Bay, Arthur Curry grew up to become the superhero Aquaman. He would go on to do extraordinary things, such as becoming the King of Atlantis and a founding member of the Justice League.

Along one of his many journeys, a gift was bestowed to Aquaman by the greek God of the Sea; Poseidon (who also gallivanted as Neptune) after Aquaman defeated Poseidon's treacherous son, Triton. Leaving it behind in the new King of the Seas capable hand. With this Trident, Aquaman's abilities grew even further, granting him the ability to conjure and command the sea.

In rare instances, when Aquaman and his people have been in a dire situation and all hope seemed to be lost, Aquaman has resorted to telepathically calling upon his friend Topo, a giant fearsome sea monster, part octopus and part crab. Summoning the beast from the darkest depths of the sea takes great strain on Aquaman, but desperate times have called for desperate measures.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As an Aquaman, Aquaman allows Mera to use her Love of Atlantis special power.
• As an Atlantean, Aquaman has these Atlantean Synergies.
• As a Champion, Aquaman has these Champion Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• N/A

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• As a Valiant figure, Aquaman interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a figure that can turn spaces into water spaces, Aquaman can benefit these figures.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Aquaman interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a figure with the Flying special power, Aquaman interacts differently with these special powers.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• Aquaman is a Champion, and:
  • features a multi-attack, making him a nice option for Wonder Woman III's attack boost.
  • has a 20-sided die roll, pairing well with Batman III's ability to add to his roll.
  • gets to roll the 20-sided die per wounds on his card. Having Superman III allow Aquaman to defend in an ally's place, thus any resulting wounds can make for a devastating Release the Kraken attempt.
  • can place friendly and/or opponent's figures adjacent to him, potentially at a height advantage or disadvantage, which can set up Green Arrow II's follow up attack(s) from height.
• If Aquaman has a revealed Order Marker on his card, the space he occupies and all spaces adjacent to him are treated as water spaces. This allows Mera, and any others who benefit greatly from water, a great mobile boost in performance without potentially having to suffer the usual height disadvantage of lower water levels.

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: (Arkham)
• Second playtest: (Arch-vile)
• Third playtest: (IamBatman)
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Art by Arkham

Card updates:
Updated "instead of attacking" to "instead of an attack"

[Arkham]

NAME = AQUAMAN
SECRET IDENTITY = ARTHUR CURRY

SPECIES = ATLANTEAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CHAMPION
PERSONALITY = VALIANT

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 6

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 3
ATTACK = 6
DEFENSE = 6

POINTS = 370

SUMMON THE SEVEN SEAS
While there is a revealed Order Marker on this card, you may consider the space Aquaman occupies and all land spaces within 1 space of Aquaman that are no more than 3 levels above or below his base as water spaces instead of their normal terrain type. Aquaman never has to stop his movement when entering a water space, and while occupying a water space, he may attack any or all adjacent figures. Roll each attack separately.

RIP TIDE RUSH
Instead of moving normally, you may remove any number of unrevealed Order Markers from this card. For each unrevealed Order Marker removed, you may choose up to 2 figures within 4 clear sight spaces of Aquaman to place on empty spaces adjacent to Aquaman. Placed figures will not take any leaving engagement attacks.

RELEASE THE KRAKEN!
Once per game, instead of an attack, you may choose a water space. Roll the 20-sided die once for each Wound Marker on this card. For each roll of 15 or higher, any enemy figures on or within 1 space of the chosen water space receive 1 wound.

SUPER STRENGTH
FLYING

[Arkham]

Comic:

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Background:

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[Arkham]

This is meant to accomplish an ideal Aquaman for Justice Leaguers, Mera(+ the other Atlanteans), and for those players who desire an Aquaman who is less map/placement dependent.

If we were to alter anything power wise, I'd be open to the first and 2nd powers becoming tied to a Trident of Poseidon glyph. Don't mind keeping it simple as-is though, sans glyph. Really just a matter of glyph or no glyph to represent the abilities.

[Arch-vile]

Big fan of this one. Not really seeing the point of adding a glyph when what you've got works well.

[MrNobody]

Looks cool. I’ll be honest and say I’ll miss him being an explicit JL design, but there’s no denying how clean this version is.

[Lord Pyre]

I love that he easily adds water spaces for atlantean allies. That's something that's been needed, as Tempest is a bit slow.

Super clean design. My only tweak at this point is not loving 7 defense here. I like me a jacked Aquaman, but 7 defense on him feels a bit much. Even 6 feels better to me. Or 6 life and 5 defense. I also think 400 points for Aquaman is a pushing it a bit, but obviously we'll see how testing goes. This guy is primarily a leader. Outside of the once-per-game and beefy attack, it'll be his allies bringing most of the offensive power.

[tcglkn]

I agree with LP, I like everything here but think 7 defense is a tad high for Aquaman. Would be happy to hear your reasoning for having it that high, but to me it's high.

[Tornado]

He does have 5 Life which is a bit low for a figure over 300. I feel like 6 Life, 6 Defense is pretty standard for 300-ish figures.
I guess it comes down to theme. Does he take more of a beating than goes down or is he a harder nut to crack with a softer interior?

[IAmBatman]

For the 7 defense, I will say that at the upper end of his powers, Aquaman has been portrayed as being physically on about the same level as Superman, and this would be 7 defense without the addition of Man of Steel.

Originally Posted by Arch-vile

Big fan of this one. Not really seeing the point of adding a glyph when what you've got works well.

Originally Posted by MrNobody

Looks cool. I’ll be honest and say I’ll miss him being an explicit JL design, but there’s no denying how clean this version is.

Totally agree with both of these takes. Digging what you have here other than maybe some quibbling with folks over a defense number or two (I'm fine with 7 or 6, fwiw).

[Arkham]

Reasoning was based on him being near Superman levels of strength and endurance, as well as taking his previous 2 versions into account with Aquaman I being 7 def on water, and Aquaman II being 6 def on water with a 50% dodge opportunity in Submerge.

[Lord Pyre]

If it's thematic, it's thematic. I just would never have said Aquaman of all people is on par with Superman. I just haven't seen that in any JL books I've read.