Moondragon(Guardians Of the Galaxy)

[Ericth74]

Moondragon (Heather Douglas)



Card PDF

NAME = MOONDRAGON
IDENTITY = HEATHER DOUGLAS

UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
SPECIES = HUMAN
CLASS = FIGHTER
PERSONALITY = DAUNTLESS

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5

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

POINTS = 230

MENTAL MANIPULATION
During setup, you may choose another Unique Hero on each team without Mental Shield that is not already a Pawn to be a Pawn. Choose for each of these Pawns to have +1 or -1 Attack or Defense until Moondragon is defeated.

CEREBRAL CHESS
After initiative, if there is an Order Marker on this card, you may roll 9 combat dice, then choose 1 of the following:
• Maneuver up to X allies up to 2 spaces each with Stealth where X is the number of skulls.
• Push up to X enemies without Mental Shield up to 2 spaces each with Stealth where X is the number of shields.
If a figure is her Pawn, you may move that figure up to 2 additional spaces.

TITANIAN TECHNIQUE
When defending, if Moondragon has more skulls than the attacker, she ignores all but 1 wound and, if the attacker is adjacent to Moondragon, it takes 1 wound.

FACTION = GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
PUBLISHER = Marvel
KEYWORDS = Telepath
SYMBOLS = FLYING

REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE: Moondragon is a powerful telepathic martial artist who possesses extraordinary mental and physical abilities. With her bald head and fearless attitude, she is a force to be reckoned with, and a crucial ally to the Guardians of the Galaxy in their battles against cosmic threats.

Resources and Rulings

• The suggested figure for this unit is a Heroclix figure: Avengers Infinity #015 / Moondragon
• See this card's wiki page for synergies and strategies!

Credits

• Legacy design: Arkham
• Card art: Arkham
• Comic creators: Bill Everett, Mike Friedrich and George Tuska

Updates

• 3/26/24 Cerebral Chess updated to "push" enemies instead of manuevering them to avoid activating move action abilities.

[Ericth74]

Changing class from Telepath to Fighter, which fits thematically, other than that it's a straight port.

I think I have the wording of the 3rd power close, but the first 2 might need work. Those were tough ones for me.

[MrNobody]

Would love to score her as a Defender if possible. I’m not sure I’d use her in a Fighter build, since she kills synergies. Not sure she really ever hangs around with the Fighter crew?

Lol at that blurb! “With her bald head…”

[Arkham]

The class change in MM is optional, fwiw. So she should still work plenty well with the Fighters if that's the desire. I think Fighter fits thematically. Not sure what her relationship is with those in the synergy though, if any.

What are the plans for the Defenders?

[MrNobody]

Do you mean it’s optional as in you don’t have to choose an ally for the power? If you do choose an ally, that class change isn’t scanning as optional to me?

Defenders is looking to be a class, but lighter on the synergy because a few pieces (like Beast or Nighthawk) have to fit multiple factions.

Heather has some Avengers history, but I don’t think there’s really any overlap with the Fighter ones. Tigra maybe?

I think that Defender will definitely get her in more thematic armies more often.

[Ericth74]

Honestly Moondragon isn't a figure that I know real well so I will allow you guys to decide which way to go on class.

[IAmBatman]

Likewise

[Karat]

Edits:

MENTAL MANIPULATION
During set-up, you may choose a Unique Hero in each army. While a chosen Hero is within 9 spaces of Moondragon or destroyed, it has the class of Guardian, or Pawn if it is an enemy, instead of what is listed on its card, and you may give +1 or -1 fromto its Attack or Defense.

CEREBRAL CHESS
After rolling initiative, if there is an Order Marker on this card, you may roll 9 combat dice, then choose one of the following:
• For each skull rolled, maneuver an ally up to 2 spaces with stealth.
• For each shield rolled, Maneuver an enemy without Mental Shield power up to 2 spaces with stealth.
If a figure is a Guardian or Pawn, you may move that figure up to 2 additional spaces.

TITANIAN TECHNIQUE
When defending, if you rollMoondragon has more skulls than the attacker, the most wounds Moondragon can take isshe ignores all but 1 wound and, if the attacker is adjacent to Moondragon, it receives atakes 1 wound.

For pasteability:

MENTAL MANIPULATION
During set-up, you may choose a Unique Hero in each army. While a chosen Hero is within 9 spaces of Moondragon or destroyed, it has the class of Guardian, or Pawn if it is an enemy, instead of what is listed on its card, and you may give +1 or -1 to its Attack or Defense.

CEREBRAL CHESS
After rolling initiative, if there is an Order Marker on this card, you may roll 9 combat dice, then choose one of the following:
• For each skull rolled, maneuver an ally up to 2 spaces with stealth.
• For each shield rolled, Maneuver an enemy without Mental Shield up to 2 spaces with stealth.
If a figure is a Guardian or Pawn, you may move that figure up to 2 additional spaces.

TITANIAN TECHNIQUE
When defending, if Moondragon has more skulls than the attacker, she ignores all but 1 wound and, if the attacker is adjacent to Moondragon, it takes 1 wound.

FWIW first power does not scan as an optional class change if you choose a figure and it is near Moondragon.

[Ericth74]

Originally Posted by Karat

Edits:

For pasteability:

FWIW first power does not scan as an optional class change if you choose a figure and it is near Moondragon.

Thanks for the edits Karat.

I think the only optional part is if you decide to choose a figure or not. Once you choose you have to switch classes. But you can choose to essentially skip the first power all together if you wanted to in a Fighter build.

[MrNobody]

After some thinking - do we need the class changes here, or can we just say both figures are Moondragon's Pawns?

Would definitely alter balance if the design was balanced around enemy class changing in 1.0, but I think that's the kind of "unfun" gameplay we've been pushing away from anyways, and I don't think 2.0 Guardians need it. (Since Telepath is gone as a class, you don't really have overlapping classes.)

Definitely something where I'm only okay with it if Ark is okay with it, but that plus Defenders class is practically my dream Moondragon.

[IAmBatman]

Yeah, I think we could do a "is considered a Pawn" instead of changing the Class and it be just fine.

Tweaks:

MENTAL MANIPULATION
During set-up, you may choose a Unique Hero in each army. While a chosen Hero is within 9 spaces of Moondragon or defeated, it has the Class of Guardian, or Pawn if it is an enemy, instead of what is listed on its card, and you may give +1 or -1 to its Attack or Defense.

CEREBRAL CHESS
After initiative, if there is an Order Marker on this card, you may roll 9 combat dice, then choose 1 of the following:
• For each skull rolled, maneuver an ally up to 2 spaces with stealth.
• For each shield rolled, Maneuver an enemy without Mental Shield up to 2 spaces with stealth.
If a figure is a Guardian or Pawn, you may move that figure up to 2 additional spaces.

[Arkham]

Just keep in mind she was tested and originally costed with that ability to disrupt Synergy too.

Defender vs Figher is not something I have a strong preference for. I'd just like to see her included in more games. So if we go Defender, I sure hope there's something using that as a Synergy hook otherwise it's a bit of a waste.