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Re: [Pod 0] Honored Soul-Guides (Lantern Geists) - Playtesti
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I'm not sure that this change would significantly improve the Soul-Guides, though. Being left with 1-2 OMs on a lone Soul-Guide would still be crippling when the hero dies quickly, and it doesn't work at all for the second revival. Given that it doesn't add a ton of value to the card/playstyle, I'm not confident that it's worth the added text on an already-complex card. How about a different type of bonus? For example, a minor addition to your initiative roll when summoning the revived hero would make it easier to get in OM1 at least and give them some strong utility. Quote:
It also took a while to get the current version through Editing, and I think that this design is already pushing a lot of boundaries for its place in an introductory Master Set. As Blue Trails noted, this would probably need to go through the full Editing Checklist again if we wanted to put heroes on different cards or change where the Soul-Guides go (and the negation is necessary as a hack to get around the Viking Spirits issue). In this case, I'd prefer to more closely stick to what has already been etched out rules-wise if we can. Proud Member of Platyfly!
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Re: [Pod 0] Honored Soul-Guides (Lantern Geists) - Playtesti
Yeah, stupid Vikings (and Varks) necessitating negation... That can easily be added back in with the placement of the Soul-Guide on the Hero's card to prevent double revival, though.*
Aren't OMs still "revealed" on dead cards? So even if the last Soul-Guide goes, the Hero can still be used if it's still around. I'm not as keen on a different bonus. *The revive glyph could get around this, but IMO that's a fun corner case interaction, and could be achieved with Sturla as well. Arena of the Valkyire - Help create Heroscape's next Master Set! Trade List C3V Brainstorm never not funny Pepperony - 14/09/13 |
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Re: [Pod 0] Honored Soul-Guides (Lantern Geists) - Playtesti
Hmm. I thought that OMs weren't revealed on cards not in play, but a Retchets of Bogdan R&C implies otherwise. That's from Hasbro, though, so it might be outdated like the ruling about LEAs from Parmenio.
My concern was actually more from a practicality standpoint, though. I'm not sure that getting turns with a 5 move and 2 attack melee figure is a significant enough consolation to be worth complicating the card further. I'm fine with the Soul-Guides being a bit hard to manage effectively so long as they can create some fun stories. I don't mind double revival unless it proves problematic, personally. It broadens their usage a bit and allows for some fun combos like the MacDirk Warriors' Highland Fury. Proud Member of Platyfly!
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Re: [Pod 0] Honored Soul-Guides (Lantern Geists) - Playtesti
I might play these tonight in a test game. So with the current "last will" power, you can bring Allistair back twice to benefit the MacDirks for two extra rounds? Even though he has no power, the benefit comes from the warriors, correct?
So if I brought back Heracles twice, the second time back he would get no bonus against large and huge, could not throw and could not use the "X" marker, correct? The first round back he would have his powers for the whole round? LAST WILL At the start of any round, before placing Order Markers, you may choose one of your previously destroyed small or medium Unique Heroes. Place or remove wounds from that Hero's Army Card so that it has 1 Life remaining, then destroy an Honored Soul Guide you control and replace it with the chosen Hero. At the end of the round, negate that Hero's powers for the entire game and destroy that Hero. What GenCon taught me was to assume only one skull on three dice! |
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Re: [Pod 0] Honored Soul-Guides (Lantern Geists) - Playtesti
@Scytale
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Re: [Pod 0] Honored Soul-Guides (Lantern Geists) - Playtesti
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A different bonus would be fine as long as we stick to the unit's general theme of taking/improving turns with destroyed heroes. I wouldn't want to risk overcomplicating a Master Set figure with something that isn't an intuitive extension of its current purpose. The initiative boost would work, but we would probably have to tie it to Order Markers on the revived figure's Army Card, as it seems odd to let a player leave that hero in their start zone and use the Soul-Guides as a twice-per-game initiative bonus. |
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Re: [Pod 0] Honored Soul-Guides (Lantern Geists) - Playtesti
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Raelin, Krav, Grimnak, and Airborne Elite would all disagree. Arena of the Valkyire - Help create Heroscape's next Master Set! Trade List C3V Brainstorm never not funny Pepperony - 14/09/13 |
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Re: [Pod 0] Honored Soul-Guides (Lantern Geists) - Playtesti
So I play tested them last night with the MacDirks.
Army 1: Alistair, Macdirks x3, HSG, Krav Army 2: Grundermund, Children of the star x 4, Isamu, Myrddin Board: Honor Round 1: Tiamat lead with the Children and I lead with the Krav for OM 1 and 2. He tried to move several groups of 5 up, but the Krav were rolling well and picked off 6 in the first round. He killed one Krav and I brought Alistair up and positioned some Macs with OM 3. Round 2: I got the init switch and moved in with the three attack Macs. By the end of the round, They were attack 4 and mowing down the Children. I took some losses on the Macs, but was winning the position battle. Round 3: won Init and moved Alistair in to try to steal OM and take out the Children. I did not complete the mission in round 1 with 5 attack Macs, and Alistair went down. The next two turns I try to protect my remaining Macs, which works since he is down to only 3 Children. He move Grunder up in turn 3. Round 4: I brought Alistair back using one HSG in my start zone and win init. My 7 attack Macs clear out the last Children and steal an OM. I advance on Myrddin and Grunder. round 3 I whiff on three attacks of 7. Alistair jumps on Wannok, but loses a dice off and does not activate it. Round 5: Tiamat does not have much left and I place Alistair again by replacing a HSG in my start zone. I win Init and hit with 4 attacks of 7 to finish him off. Summary. HSG are scary good with the MacDirk army. I never put an OM on them. I would say that they are a 100% play with this army. I did not go against much range, which do hurt the Macs, but being able to have 2 rounds 4 attacks of 7 anywhere on the board is very powerful. Tiamat said that higher attack figures (the Children are attack 2, even though they can lower someone's defense dice) might have been able to clear out the Macs better, the Macs do get 4 attacks per turn. We tried to figure out if any other squads have powers like the Macs. We came up with Greenscales, but they are limited by 2 spaces away from the lizard king (and you would have to use Zogross). The fact that the macs can be anywhere on the board was very powerful. The HSG make the MacDirks a very competitive squad. What GenCon taught me was to assume only one skull on three dice! |
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Re: [Pod 0] Honored Soul-Guides (Lantern Geists) - Playtesti
@Muskie
that is a very powerful combo, glad you tested. There are other boons such as any unit that adds a power just by being alive or maybe within "clear sight space" such as Raelin, Taelord, Atlaga, Su-Bak-Na, Empress Kiova, Estiva, Nerak, many of the flag-bearers, but none of them are as powerful as Alastair or other MacDirk champion, as they can only be used for their power for one round. Also Kurrok, Marro Hive, and Iskra are helpful to bring back to summon more units.
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Re: [Pod 0] Honored Soul-Guides (Lantern Geists) - Playtesti
The MacDirks are the main combo that comes to mind as a squad that can elect a hero and gain bonuses based on the damage taken. Of course, there's also the potential for medium heroes such as Krug who get stronger the weaker they are (in fact, there's one in our set). I'm okay with the MacDirks being a strong combo with the HSG here since they're rather underwhelming otherwise and the pairing feels pretty thematic.
That said, if it seems overwhelming in Testing, we can always remove the incentive and simultaneously give the non-bonding heroes a significant buff by having revived heroes start out at full life, rather than 1 wound away from death. That would give significantly more leeway to units like Cyprien and Drake, and it mostly only hurts the MacDirk pairing. Proud Member of Platyfly!
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Re: [Pod 0] Honored Soul-Guides (Lantern Geists) - Playtesti
Krug isn't a Medium Hero, thankfully.
I would definitely be against something that boosts Cyprien, etc. over the MacDirks. MacDirks would appreciate the help more than those other units. Here's something that I don't think we've covered: what about making it a once per game power? Truly just a Last Will. I know we keep going over and over this power, but I can't help but feel it's just not quite what it could be. And it's such a cool concept I'd like to get it right. Arena of the Valkyire - Help create Heroscape's next Master Set! Trade List C3V Brainstorm never not funny Pepperony - 14/09/13 |
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Re: [Pod 0] Honored Soul-Guides (Lantern Geists) - Playtesti
Heh, I should've specified that there is the potential for medium-sized heroes who get stronger with wounds (such as, but not Krug himself) to emerge in the future; I don't have any concerns about the Soul-Guides reviving Krug specifically right now.
The main goal of removing the "Life - 1" wounds aspect would be to boost non-bonding heroes. That's the main concern that we've heard repeatedly, since the risky nature of OMs makes a Life 1 standalone hero a risky prospect. This has the downside of hurting the MacDirk synergy (which I personally love), but it would otherwise be in line with a lot of the feedback that we've received and simplify the card more. Something worth considering, at the very least. Quote:
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