The Book of Namor (Avengers/X-Men)

[Arkham]

C3G PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT Namor

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Army Test 1
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units:
Namor(280), Doctor Strange(320), Black Panther(210), Professor X(190) (1000)
vs.
Black Canary(220), Green Arrow(210), Hawkwoman(260), Wonder Woman(310) (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
4 wounds on Hawkwoman. (lucky 6 skull attack)
1 wound on Green Arrow, kills him.
1 wound on Wonder Woman. (+1 from height)

ARROGANT AVENGER:
R1: Loses, removes XOM from Prof. X to take a turn.
R2: Would lose but Prof. X forces the win.
R3: Wins

”IMPERIUS REX!”:
4/10

16, moves 1 space, puts a wound on Hawkwoman which kills her. (JL is out Turns 2 and 3)
16, moves 2 spaces, puts a wound on WW.
17, moves 2 spaces, puts a wound on WW.
19, puts a wound on WW, kills her.

Notes:
-Strange puts 3 wounds on Canary.
-Hawkwoman puts a wound on Strange.
-Green Arrow puts a wound on Strange.
-Strange kills Canary.
-Strange has to inflict a wound on Namor.
-Strange puts 3 wounds on Green Arrow.
-Green Arrow puts 2 wounds on Namor(lucky 5 skull attack).
-Strange heals Namor.
-WW puts 2 wounds on Namor.
-WW takes a wound from Panther's FD after being placed by Namor.


Namor with 4/6 wounds. (2 life)
Doctor Strange with 2/6 wounds. (4 life)
Black Panther unwounded.
Professor X unwounded.

The Illuminati were rolling pretty hot here. Some nice attacks and some pretty big d20 rolls dishing out some wounds.

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Army Test 2
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units:
Namor(280), Professor X(220), Beast(200), Gorgon(300) (1000)
vs.
Luke Cage(190), Iron Fist(260), Moon Knight(150), Cap(220), Ronin(180) (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
2 wounds on Luke Cage(botch).
1 wound on Luke Cage. (+1 from height)
2 wounds on Moon Knight.
1 wound on Moon Knight, kills him.
1 wound on Iron Fist. (+1 from AM/water)
2 wounds on Cap(botch). (+1 from height)
1 wound on Cap, kills him. (Fighters out Turn 1)
1 wound on Ronin.
1 wound on Ronin, kills him.

ARROGANT AVENGER:
R1: Loses, removes XOM from Prof. X to take a turn.
R2: Loses, removes XOM from Prof. X to take a turn.
R3: Wins
R4: Wins

”IMPERIUS REX!”:
6/27

18, moves 2 spaces and puts a wound on Cage.
14+1=15, moves 2 spaces and puts a wound on Iron Fist.
18+1=19, moves 2 spaces.
13+1=14, moves 1 space and puts a wound on Cap.
15+1=16, 1 wound on Cap.
20+2=22, moves 2 spaces.

Notes:
-Moon Knight puts a wound on Beast and Gorgon.
-Gorgon puts 2 wounds on Moon Knight.
-Moon Knight puts a wound on Beast and Gorgon.
-Luke Cage puts 3 wounds on Namor.
-Beast kills Luke Cage.
-Moon Knight puts a wound on Gorgon.
-Gorgon puts 2 wounds on Iron Fist.
-Fist heals.
-Gorgon kills Iron Fist(botch).
-Ronin puts 3 wounds on Professor X.
-Beast puts 2 wounds on Ronin.
-Ronin puts 2 wounds on Gorgon(botch).
-Cap kills Gorgon. (Mutants are out Turn 3)
-Ronin kills Beast.
-Ronin kills Professor X.
-Ronin puts a wound on Namor.


Namor with 4/6 wounds. (2 life)

Anyone's game in the end as Ronin and Cap almost brought it back for the win, but Namor just barely bested Ronin. With Cap not hitting any ICDTAD successes to stay in the fight, that may have been the difference maker.

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY:
Definitely fun with the Illuminati and Mutants. He can amass a lot of Imperius Rex rolls if the damage is spread among his team, but the roll requirement and being adjacent to them prior to that roll to inflict the wound, helps keep it in check. The bonus turn at the cost of an OM feels like a reasonable tradeoff. With Professor X in Illuminati, since Prof. X now requires an initiative win, it feels less punishing taking the X off him on a loss which is nice. One fun combo was with Black Panther, as I think the placement of Imperius Rex counts as the enemy figure moving into engagement with him based on our definition of placed = moved, so you'd get the roll for Fending Daggers as well, which is nice. Overall solid design. I think points are reasonable, with maybe a Defense drop by 1 if he's feeling strong. If we did that, I'd say allow the water to add to his Defense too, as then he has more of a reason to place himself on water and drag opponents to it with Imperius Rex. I had a couple opportunities to do that, but the +1 Attack didn't feel worth placing himself at a disadvantage when he could just stay at height and get the same bonus.

[MrNobody]

Thanks Ark! Yeah, I like that change. I’ll make it.

[Ericth74]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Namor II

Version tested:

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = NAMOR
SECRET IDENTITY = NAMOR MCKENZIE

SPECIES = ATLANTEAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = KING
PERSONALITY = ARROGANT

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 6

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 6
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 280

ARROGANT AVENGER
At the start of the game, place a white Avenger Marker on the Army Card of a friendly Unique Hero. If you lose initiative, you must immediately remove an Order Marker on the Army Card of a figure you control. If that figure has an Avenger Marker on its Army Card, you may immediately take a turn with Namor. You may not take any additional turns.

ATLANTEAN MUTANT
Namor has the species of Mutant in addition to what is listed on this card. Namor does not stop his movement when entering water spaces and adds 1 to his Attack and Defense numbers while occupying a water space.

”IMPERIUS REX!”
Instead of moving normally with Namor, you may choose up to 1 figure engaged with Namor and roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 14 or higher, move Namor up to 2 spaces. Then if you chose a figure, place it adjacent to Namor and inflict a wound on it. Figures moved with "Imperius Rex!" will not take leaving engagement attacks. After using “Imperius Rex!”, you may use it X additional times, where X is the number of Unique Heroes in your army that are destroyed or have at least 1 Wound Marker on their Army Card.

SUPER STRENGTH

FLYING

Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: 1000 pts – Namor 280, Dr Strange 320, Black Panther 210, Professor X 190 VS 1000 pts – Original Guardians of the Galaxy

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt: R2T2 Nikki 2 wounds - Normal
R2T3 Vance Astro 2 wounds – Rex
R2T3 Vance Astro 1 wound – Normal
R3T1 Vance Astro 1 wound - Rex


Arrogant Avenger: Placed his Marker on Dr Strange. Died before losing initiative.

Atlantean Mutant: Got a few attacks in from the certer water spaces.

Imperious Rex: Went 3/6 doing 3 wounds on Vance.

Both teams moved toward the center of the map. Namor and Professor struck first taking Nikki out quickly. Namor then got 4 wound on Vance over 2 turns but couldn't finish him off, and the Guardians quickly focused their attention on Namor taking him out in the middle of the third round. Once Namor dropped, Charlie-27 chased down Professor X and put a Jovian Beatdown on him. With both Namor and the professor gone the Guardians ended the game pretty quickly. Other than Nikki the Guardians rolled well above average on defense, almost refusing to take damage.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Yondu full 4 life, Martinex 1 wound/3 life left, Vance Astro 4 wounds/1 life left, Charlie-27 4 wounds/1 life left

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Army Test
Map: Sewer Labyrinth
Units: [B]900 pts - Namor, Rick Jones, Moon Knight 170, Wasp 160, Black Panther 210/B] VS 900 pts - Donald Ferguson, Nebula, Lady Deathstrike, Bloodshot.

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt: R2T2 Nebula 2 wounds
R2T3 Nebula 2 wounds

Arrogant Avenger: Won initiative both rounds he was alive

Atlantean Mutant: Didn't come into play

Imperious Rex: Used once 0 for 2 against Nebula.

Black Panthers bonding allowed the Avenger team to get moving fast but that also lead to the teams downfall. Namor, Rick Jones and Moon Knight took to the cent er of the map to take advantage of Rick's defensive debuff of the enemies. Namor engaged Nebula and moon Knight took a couple shots at her but couldn't get the last wound on her. Donald Ferguson One Shot Moon Knight with his Special Attack, while Namor missed again at putting the final wound on Nebula with two tries of Imperious Rex. Bloodshot moved inot engagement with Namor and rolled 4 skulls and Namor blanked, and when BloodShot attacked again he rolled 3 skulls and Namor only rolled 1 shield going down at the end of round 2. At this point Moon Knight returned but that wasn't enough. The Cybernetic Squad's healing allowed them to stick around taking out the rest of the Avengers.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Bloodshot 2 wounds/3 life left, Donald Ferguson full 4 life

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: 280 feels right for the design. Namor's teams did go 0-2, but partly due to poor defensive rolls. Namor's 5 defense should do better than what I rolled with him. The power set is solid. Game 2's team was not one I would typically use, I asked the LD what he wanted to see and he asked for a low cost Avengers team to take advantage of Imperious Rex. In hindsight I should have kept him in the back and bring him forward once some of his teammates have taken a few hits. I think I personally would use him more in an Outcast build with Magneto and Destiny or in an Illuminati team over a straight up Avengers team. In both my games Namor didn't stick around too long, but it was enough for me to see his value. Really good design. Only tweak I'd suggest would be a possible boost to his d20 roll if he's in water, maybe add 2 to his roll if he's on a water tile?

[MrNobody]

Thanks Eric, especially for the game with cheaper figures!

I worry about tying him to water a little too much, with the +1A/+1D already there. I’m worried that he fell so much faster with the drop in defense, but it sounds like unlucky defensive rolls were part of that.

I need to link the playtests, but honestly I’d be okay moving ahead as-is if nobody has any objections!

[Arkham]

pre-yea

[MrNobody]

Let's Edit with a certain level of Finality

[IAmBatman]

yea

[Ericth74]

Yea

[Tornado]

Yea

[fret_gurglo]

Yea

[MrNobody]

This passes.

Mini pics that match the planned comic art have been a struggle (chase figure), so we may have to switch tacks there.

Multiple people have felt confused about Imperius Rex - I’m at a bit of a loss for how to word it better, but I’m open to suggestions.

[IAmBatman]

”IMPERIUS REX!”
Instead of moving normally with Namor, you may choose up to 1 figure engaged with him and roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 14 or higher, move Namor up to 2 spaces. Then place any chosen figure adjacent to Namor and inflict a wound on it. Figures moved with "Imperius Rex!" will not take leaving engagement attacks. After using “Imperius Rex!”, you may use it X additional times, where X is the number of Unique Heroes in your army that are either destroyed or have at least 1 wound.

Spoiler Alert!

”IMPERIUS REX!”
Instead of his move phase, you may choose up to 1 figure engaged with Namor and roll the d20. If you roll 14 or higher, stealth maneuver Namor up to 2 spaces. Then, place any chosen figure adjacent to Namor and inflict a wound on it. After using “Imperius Rex!”, you may use it X additional times, where X is the number of allied Unique Heroes that are destroyed or have at least 1 wound.