The Book of Sam Winchester

[MrNobody]

Yea

[Tornado]

Yea

[fret_gurglo]

This passes

[LordVenoc]

We open to a text-based change like this?

HUNTING COMPANION
At the beginning of the game you may choose one unique Slayer hero you control to be Sam Winchester’s companion. After revealing an Order Marker on this card and taking a turn with Sam, you may move his companion. When his companion is destroyed, you may place that figure on this card.

DEMON CROSSROAD DEAL
Once per game, if a Dean Winchester figure you control is destroyed, you may remove all wound markers from his card and place that figure on this card. At the start of a round, if there is a Dean Winchester figure on this card, you may remove all wound markers from Dean's card, and place that figure adjacent to Sam Winchester, if possible and, if you do then at the end of that round, destroy Sam.

Minimal effective change, but I think it reads a little cleaner in my brain reorganizing the effects like that.

[fret_gurglo]

But that is assuming Dean is chosen as his companion.

[LordVenoc]

Yeah the "functional" change would be its allowing putting anyone on his card, but only Dean would get to come off it to resurrect.

[fret_gurglo]

Originally Posted by LordVenoc

Yeah the "functional" change would be its allowing putting anyone on his card, but only Dean would get to come off it to resurrect.

Yes, but Dean would only be placed on the card if he chosen as the companion. For example, if Sam chooses Blade as his companion and Dean is destroyed, Dean cannot be placed on Sam's card and therefore cannot be revived.

This would force Sam and Dean to choose each other. Maybe not a terrible idea, but it does limit who to draft with them.

[fret_gurglo]

Version tested

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = SAM WINCHESTER

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = SLAYER
PERSONALITY = ANALYTICAL

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 5
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 4

Cost = 180-220

HUNTING COMPANION
At the beginning of the game you may choose one unique Slayer hero you control to be Sam Winchester’s companion. After revealing an Order Marker on this card and taking a turn with Sam, you may move his companion.

HUNTER’S TRAPS
Once per turn, when an enemy figure moves onto or over a space within 3 spaces of Sam Winchester or his companion, you may immediately roll two unblockable dice against that figure.

DEMONIC PRECOGNITION
After rolling defense dice for Sam Winchester or any Slayer figure you control within 3 clear sight spaces of Sam, add one automatic shield to the roll. If the attacking figure is Demon or Undead, you may reveal the X Order Marker on this card to make it two automatic shields instead.

DEMON CROSSROAD DEAL
Once per game, if a Dean Winchester figure you control is destroyed, you may remove all wound markers from his card and place that figure on this card. At the start of a round, if there is a Dean Winchester figure on this card, you may place that figure adjacent to Sam Winchester, if possible and, if you do then at the end of that round, destroy Sam.

Army Test
Map: Country Road
Units: Blade (230), Sam (190) (420) vs 2x Lurker (50), 6x Roamer (120), 5x Walker (250) (420)

Powers Used:
Hunting Companion: Choose Blade – Used often for positioning
Hunter’s Trap: 4
Demonic Precognition: 2
Demon Crossroad: 0

Damage from normal attacks: 1

This game was a joke. Extremely unfun for the undead as the Traps power completely destroyed the entire undead army while Blade used his multiple attacks to clean up.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Blade 5/5 Life Remaining, Sam 4/4 Life Remaining

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Sam destroys a Lurker. Traps destroy a Walker. Blade destroys 2 Walkers. Traps destroy a Walker.
Round 2: Blade destroys 2 Roamers. Traps destroys a Walker. Blade destroys 2 Roamers. Traps destroy a Roamer. Blade destroys a Roamer.
Round 3: Blade destroys last Lurker

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Map: Country Road
Units: Buffy (210), Sam (190) (400) vs Alfred (60), Batman (200), Robin (120) (380)

Powers Used:
Hunting Companion: Choose Buffy – Used often for positioning
Hunter’s Trap: 5
Demonic Precognition: 7
Demon Crossroad: 0

Damage from normal attacks: 1

Batman made his Strike roll often and this kept the Slayers from gaining momentum, otherwise it was pretty close.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Batman 1/4 Life Remaining, Robin 2/4 Life Remaining

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Batman dodges an attack from Buffy and his Strike gets her for 1 wound. Robin grapples over Buffy and takes 2 wounds from traps.
Round 2: Alfred advances and takes 1 wound from traps. Batman hits Buffy for 3 wounds. Buffy attacks back but again takes a wound from Batman’s strike and is destroyed.
Round 3: Sam shoots Batman for 1 wound. Next turn he does it again. Alfred heals Batman 2 wounds. Traps deal 1 wound to Batman while Batman punches Sam for 1 wound. Sam punches back for 2 wounds and Traps destroy Alfred.
Round 4: Sam takes 1 wound from Strike and then Batman destroys Sam

Change of power
HUNTER’S TRAPS
Once per player turn, when an enemy figure moves onto or over a space within 3 spaces of Sam Winchester or his companion, you may immediately roll two one unblockable die against that figure.

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Map: Swamp Lab
Units: Blade (230), Buffy (210), Cassie (110), Dean & Sam (400) (950) vs Brides of Dracula (110), Dracula (490), Silver Banshee (290), Vampire Minions (90), Spells (20) (1000)

Powers Used:
Hunting Companion: Choose Dean – Used often for positioning
Hunter’s Trap: 3
Demonic Precognition: 7
Demon Crossroad: 0

Damage from normal attacks: 0

Dracula was quite underwhelming in this game for his 490 cost. This and the fact that the Slayers have the right tools for Undead meant this game was very one sided. Sam bonus shield was his only really useful contribution to this game with some use of Traps.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Blade 3/5 Life Remaining, Cassie 4/4 Life Remaining, Dean 4/4 Life Remaining, Sam 2/4 Life Remaining.

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Brides get first strike against Buffy for 2 wounds. Blade destroys a Bride. Traps fail and Brides destroy Buffy.
Round 2: Traps destroy a Bride. Dean colts the last Bride and Sam hits Dracula for 1 wound. Dracula rolls 4 skulls on Sam, but Sam defends with the X OM and takes only 1 wound. Blade attacks Silver Bansee for 1 wound.
Round 3: Silver Banshee uses Hellfire Fireball for 1 wound on Sam and 2 wounds on Blade, but also 1 on Silver Bansee. Dean uses the X OM with the Colt on Dracula for 1 wound. Next turn the Colt does 3 wounds on Dracula and Sam destroys Dracula.
Round 4: Dean colts Silver Banshee for 2 wounds and Sam destroys her (0 shields rolled). Blade destroys 2 minions.
Round 5: Traps destroy the last minion.

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Map: Swamp Lab
Units: Blade (230), Buffy (210), Dean & Sam (400) (840) vs Wrecking Crew (800)

Powers Used:
Hunting Companion: Choose Buffy – Used until she fell
Hunter’s Trap: 3
Demonic Precognition: 5
Demon Crossroad: 1

Damage from normal attacks: 0

This was a tough fight for Sam and Dean where their partner/companions did not do most of the heavy lifting since there were no “monsters”. Buffy was taken out very quickly and Blade didn’t last much longer.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Bulldozer 1/6 Life Remaining, Piledriver 6/6 Life Remaining, Thunderball 5/6 Life Remaining.

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Traps deal 1 wound to Wrecker, but Wrecker hits Sam for 1 wound. Traps deal 1 wound to Bulldozer, but Bulldozer destroys Sam. Piledriver hits Buffy for 4 wounds. Wrecker attacks Blade for 1 wound and Piledriver destroys Buffy.
Round 2: Dean hits Wrecker for 2 wounds and Blade follows for 2 more. Wrecker attacks Blade for 2 wounds and Bulldozer destroys him. Bulldozer charges Dean for 2 wounds and Wrecker strikes Dean for 1 more. Colt destroys Wrecker. Dean attacks Bulldozer for 1 wound.
Round 3: Sam returns. Dean uses the Colt for 1 wound on Bulldozer and Traps get Piledriver for 1 wound. Piledriver does 3 wounds to Sam. End of round Dean is destroyed.
Round 4: Dean returns and uses the colt for 2 wounds on Bulldozer. Piledriver destroys Sam. Bulldozer takes 1 wound from LEA. Colt does 1 wound on Thunderball. Piledriver hits dean for 3 wounds and Bulldozer charges and destroys him.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY:
Sam is a little tougher to gauge then Dean. His Traps is better than Dean’s Arsenal and his shield bonus is better than Dean’s Colt SA, but Sam performed so much worse. I think it all comes down to a free move vs a free attack. Dean is seeing a change to reduce this free attack and I think I will offer an additional change to Traps too.

[fret_gurglo]

Vote for public testing at 170 with this change

HUNTER’S TRAPS 13
When an enemy figure moves onto or over a space within 3 spaces of Sam Winchester or his companion, you may immediately roll the 20 sided die. If you roll 13 or higher, that figure must end it's movement and cannot move again for the remainder of the turn.

[MrNobody]

Yea

Sorry if I missed it, what’s the figure here?

[fret_gurglo]

I'll get a mod/paint tutorial up soon.

[Karat]

Yea