The Book of Piccolo

[Dr. Jekyll]

Originally Posted by Karat

I got 270-290 on the Calculator but I'm cool with trying him at 260. Yea

Oh, right on. Thanks! I'll try 260 first and if he's coming in too hot I'll bump him up.

[tcglkn]

Yea

[Dr. Jekyll]

This passes thanks everyone

[Dr. Jekyll]

PLAYTEST UNIT: Piccolo
Version Tested

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = PICCOLO
SECRET IDENTITY =

SPECIES = NAMEKIAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CHALLENGER
PERSONALITY = DISCIPLINED

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 2
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 260

CHARGING UP
Before taking a turn with Piccolo, you may place a yellow Ki Marker on this card, then, instead of moving normally or attacking with Piccolo you may place an additional Ki Marker on this card to a maximum of 3 Ki Markers. Add 1 to Piccolo's Range number for each Ki Marker on this card.

SPECIAL BEAM CANNON SPECIAL ATTACK
Range Special. Attack 5 + Special.
Remove 3 Ki Markers from this card to choose 6 spaces in a straight line from Piccolo. All figures on the chosen spaces are affected by Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon. Roll 5 attack dice once for all affected figures. When Piccolo attacks with this special attack, all affected figures subtract 1 from their Defense Numbers for each skull rolled, to a minimum of 1.

NAMEKIAN REGERATION
At the beginning of each round before placing Order Markers, you may roll one attack die for each Wound Marker on this card. For each skull rolled, you may remove a Wound Marker from this card.

SUPER STRENGTH
FLYING

Army Test
Map: Dark Dimension
Units: Piccolo(260), Star-Lord, Wolverine(Howlett), Meteorite (1000) VS FF4 (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Normal Attack Damage:
R4: 3 wounds on Mr. Fantastic.
R5: 1 wound on Human Torch.
CHARGING UP:
R1: Moves but does not attack, 2 Ki Markers gained.
R2: Gains a Ki Marker.
R3: Attacks but does not move, 2 Ki Markers gained.
R4: Gains a Ki Marker.
R5: Attacks but does not move, 2 Ki Markers gained.
R6: Gains a Ki Marker.
SPECIAL BEAM CANNON:
R2: Rolls 3 skulls and deals 1 damage to Mr. Fantastic and 3 damage to Invisible Woman.
R5: Rolls 4 skulls and deals 3 damage to Invisible Woman and 4 damage to Human Torch.
R6: Rolls 4 skulls and deals 3 damage to The Thing.
NAMEKIAN REGENERATION:
R5: Rolls a skull and removes a Wound Marker.
R6: Rolls a skull and removes a Wound Marker.
Notes:

Spoiler Alert!

R1: Piccolo wins initiative. Both teams move forward, not contact is made.

R2: Piccolo wins initiative. Piccolo uses his Special Beam Cannon to hit Reed and Sue for a few wounds.

R3: Piccolo wins initiative. Star-Lord lands a lucky shot on Reed with his Distracting Fire and moves Wolverine and Piccolo forward. Wolverine runs passed Ben, dodging a LEA and missing Sue with his attack. Wolverine takes a massive hit from Ben and Reed. Piccolo misses a shot on Ben, and Ben smashes Wolverine. Reed moves to wrap up Piccolo and lands a wound on him.

R4: Piccolo wins initiative. Really good roll from Piccolo takes Reed out. Meteorite moves up, cancels out Sue’s force field and lands 3 wounds on Ben.

R5: FF4 wins initiative. Ben smacks the crap out of Meteorite, she’s hangin on by a thread. Piccolo lines up his shot and lands a devastating blow on Sue and Johnny. With nothing left to lose Johnny lets out a Super Nova taking down Meteorite and landing a couple of wounds on Piccolo. Ben absolutely obliterates Star-Lord in one punch. Piccolo takes Johnny down. It’s just Piccolo and Ben left now.

R6: FF4 wins initiative. Ben lands 3 wounds on Piccolo with a nasty roll. Piccolo ends the match with his Special Beam Cannon. That was a close one.

Winning Team: Piccolo with 4 wounds.

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Army Test
Map: Dark Dimension
Units: Piccolo(260), Star-Lord, Wolverine(Howlett), Meteorite (1000) VS FF4 (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Normal Attack Damage:
R4: 2 wounds on The Thing.
CHARGING UP:
R1: Moves but does not attack, 2 Ki Markers gained.
R2: Gains a Ki Marker.
R4: Attacks but does not move, 2 Ki Markers gained.
R6: Attacks but does not move, 2 Ki Markers gained.
SPECIAL BEAM CANNON:
R3: Rolls 1 skull and Invisible Woman blocks the attack.
R5: Rolls 3 skull and deals 2 damage to The Thing.
NAMEKIAN REGENERATION:
R3: Rolls a shield and does not remove a Wound Marker.
R4: Rolls a shield and does not remove a Wound Marker.
R5: Rolls a shield and does not remove a Wound Marker.
R6: Rolls 3 skulls and removes 3 Wound Markers.
Notes:

Spoiler Alert!

R1: FF4 wins initiative. Both teams advance forward, neither reaching the other.

R2: Piccolo wins initiative. Piccolo misses a shot on Ben. Johnny lands a wound on Piccolo from a distance.

R3: FF4 wins initiative. Both teams move to find high ground, take some shots but nothing lands.

R4: Piccolo wins initiative. Meteorite moves in, negates Sue’s forcefield and lands a wound on Johnny. Wolverine is blocked by Ben. Ben punches Wolverine real good and Reed lands 2 wounds on Meteorite. Wolverine takes another wound from Ben.

R5: Piccolo wins initiative. Wolverine takes a LEA from Ben and destroys Sue with his Berserker Rage. Ben takes his revenge and ends Wolverine. Piccolo smacks Ben with a Special Beam Cannon. Ben runs up to Piccolo and hits him for 2 wounds and Reed hits Meteorite for 1 wound. Being wrapped up by Reed she attempts a little manipulation, it doesn’t work out. She does however land a wound on him. Ben misses a hit on Piccolo and Reed takes Meteorite down.

R6: FF4 wins initiative. Piccolo takes a wound from Reed. Piccolo misses a shot. Ben hits Piccolo for 2 wounds and Johnny finishes him off with another 2 wounds. Reed hits Star-Lord for 1 wound. Ben smashes Star-Lord with a big hit.

Winning Team: Mr. Fantastic with 1 wound, Human Torch with 1 wound and The Thing with 4 wounds.

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Version Tested

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = PICCOLO
SECRET IDENTITY =

SPECIES = NAMEKIAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CHALLENGER
PERSONALITY = DISCIPLINED

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 2
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 260 - 270

CHARGING UP
Before taking a turn with Piccolo, you may place a yellow Ki Marker on this card, then, instead of moving normally or attacking with Piccolo you may place an additional Ki Marker on this card to a maximum of 3 Ki Markers. Add 1 to Piccolo's Range number for each Ki Marker on this card.

SPECIAL BEAM CANNON SPECIAL ATTACK
Range Special. Attack 5 + Special.
Remove 3 Ki Markers from this card to choose 5 spaces in a straight line from Piccolo. All figures on the chosen spaces are affected by Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon. Roll 5 attack dice once for all affected figures. When Piccolo attacks with this special attack, all affected figures subtract 1 from their Defense Numbers for each skull rolled, to a minimum of 1.

NAMEKIAN REGERATION
At the beginning of each round before placing Order Markers, you may roll one attack die for each Wound Marker on this card. For each skull rolled, you may remove a Wound Marker from this card.

SUPER STRENGTH
FLYING

Army Test
Map: Island Plane Crash
Units: Piccolo(260), Ms. Marvel(Carol), Goku (990) VS Doctor Octopus(II), Electro, Sandman, Hydro-Man, Vulture, Mysterio (990)

Spoiler Alert!

Normal Attack Damage:
R2: 1 wound on Sandman.
CHARGING UP:
R1: Moves but does not attack, 2 Ki Markers gained.
R2: Gains a Ki Marker.
R2: Attacks but does not move, 2 Ki Markers gained.
R3: Gains a Ki Marker.
SPECIAL BEAM CANNON:
R2: Rolls 3 skulls, deals 3 damage to Sandman, 2 damage to Doctor Octopus, and 1 damage to Vulture.
R3: Rolls 2 skulls and deals 1 damage to Sandman.
NAMEKIAN REGENERATION:
R3: Rolls 2 skulls and removes 2 Wound Markers.
Notes:

Spoiler Alert!

R1: Piccolo wins initiative. Goku sends a Kamehameha at Sandman who blocks it. Carol takes a hit from Electro.

R2: Sinister Six wins initiative. Piccolo lands a well-placed Special Beam Cannon on 3 of the Sinister Six. Sandman lands an uublockable followed by a punch on Piccolo. Electro hits Goku with Electric Skin and Goku hits him for 2 wounds. Carol finishes Electro off. Piccolo lands a hit on Sandman and Carol does the same to Doc Ock.

R3: Piccolo wins initiative. Piccolo lands a small SBC on Sandman, Carol misses Doc Ock. Doc Ock hits Piccolo for 2 wounds. Goku moves adjacent to Doc Ock, Dock swats him away and blocks his Kamehameha, Carol lands a hit on Hydro-Man. Sandman lands an unblockable on Piccolo. Goku takes Doc Ock down and Carol lands 2 wounds on Hydro-Man. Hydro-Man destroys Piccolo with a Tidal Wave.

R4: Sinister Six wins initiative. Sandman lands a good hit on Goku and heals. Carol moves in and shuts Sandman down. Goku Meteor Smashes Mysterio, lines him up with Vulture and blows them both away with a Kamehameha. Hydro-Man makes a run and Goku ends the game with another Kamehameha.

Winning Team: Ms. Marvel with 1 wound, and Goku with 4 wounds.

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Army Test
Map: Island Plane Crash
Units: Piccolo(270), Vegeta, Ms. Marvel(Carol) (1000) VS Superman(III), Wonder Woman(III), Batman(III) (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Normal Attack Damage:
Didn’t end up landing any normal attacks
CHARGING UP:
R2: Neither moves nor attacks, 3 Ki Markers gained.
R4: Attacks but does not move, 2 Ki Markers gained.
R4: Gained a Ki Marker.
R5: Attacks but does not move, 2 Ki Markers gained.
R5: Gained a Ki Marker.
R6: Attacks but does not move, 2 Ki Markers gained.
SPECIAL BEAM CANNON:
R3: Rolls 1 skull and Wonder Woman blocks the attack.
R4: Rolls 3 skulls and deals 3 damage to Wonder Woman.
R5: Rolls 5 skulls!! Deals 4 damage to Batman and 3 damage to Wonder Woman.
NAMEKIAN REGENERATION:
R6: Rolls 1 skull and removes 1 Wound Marker.
Notes:

Spoiler Alert!

R1: Piccolo wins initiative. Vegeta lands an Atomic Blast and punch on Superman, Carol follows up with a hit of her own. Holy crap, Superman takes out Carol with a huge hit.

R2: Piccolo wins initiative. Vegeta lands another Atomic Blast, but misses his punch. Wonder Woman misses her attack on Vegeta and Vegeta takes out Superman.

R3: Piccolo wins initiative. Piccolo wastes a SBC on Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman lands 2 wounds on Vegeta. Vegeta hits WW for 1 wound. Vegeta misses his hit on WW and she smacks him for 2 wounds.

R4: Piccolo wins initiative. Piccolo misses a shot on WW. Piccolo hits WW for 3 wounds with a SBC. WW hits Vegeta for another 2 wounds.

R5: Piccolo wins initiative. Vegeta lands a hit on WW. WW smashes Vegeta into the ground, thanks to her lasso locking him down (and hit terrible rolls lol). WW blocks Piccolo’s attack. Batman moves in and hits Piccolo for 2 wounds. Piccolo lands a devastating SBC rolling all 5 skulls and destroying WW and hitting Batman for 3 wounds. Batman smacks Piccolo for 2 wounds.

R6: JL wins initiative. Batman hits Piccolo for 1 wound. Piccolo plays himself by attacking Batman and receives a wound from his own attack ending the game.

Winning Team: Batman with 3 wound.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Piccolo can be super effective with his Special Beam Cannon if the rolls are going your way. I like that you can’t use it every single turn. Having him charge up to use it feels worth it. The Namekian Regeneration didn’t seem too overpowered to me, I’ll leave that how it is. I am however going to bump his points to 270 and drop the range of his SBC from 6 to 5 spaces.

[Dr. Jekyll]

I propose we move to Public Playtesting at 270

[Arch-vile]

Yea

[Tornado]

Yea

[tcglkn]

Yea

[Karat]

Yea

[Dr. Jekyll]

Just looking for one more vote here.

[MrNobody]

Yea

[Lord Pyre]

Yea