Out-there Heaven (Movie, TV, and Video Game Characters)

[Splash]

I'll add a limit to some of that. They can definitely leap though.

edit: I also don't think they're gonna come in as high as 190 or as low as 90, it's always better to figure out a design than adjust it to a cost anyway. What feels right should be the precedent. I lowered the life to 3.

[Splash]

"Robert, Robert Muldoon, my game warden from Kenya. A bit of an alarmist, I'm afraid, but knows more about raptors than anyone." - John Hammond, CEO of InGen

NAME = ROBERT MULDOON


SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = HUNTER
PERSONALITY = GRUFF

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 7
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 3

POINTS = ?

GAME WARDEN
At the start of the game, you may choose a species other than Human. When a numbered Order Marker is revealed on the card of the chosen species, you may immediately move Robert Muldoon up to 3 spaces. If Robert Muldoon attacks a figure of the chosen species with his normal attack, he may attack that figure one additional time.

CONTINGENCY PLAN
When an Army Card you control has all of its figures destroyed, you may immediately remove any unrevealed Order Markers from that card and place them on any other card you control.

AUTO SHOTGUN SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 4. Attack 3.
Choose a figure to attack. Any figures adjacent to the chosen figure are also affected by this special attack. Robert Muldoon only needs a clear sight shot at the chosen figure. Roll attack dice once for all affected figures. Each figure rolls defense dice separately. Robert Muldoon cannot be affected by this special attack. When Robert Muldoon attacks with this special attack, he may attack one additional time.

I initially had Tracking 3 (from Wolverine) and Combat Shotgun in addition to Auto Shotgun (since the SPAS-12 can switch from semi-auto to pump action), but that's a lot of reuses.
Contingency Plan is a nice theme tie, since he is the one to mention the Lysine Contingency in the film and also died fighting the raptors so Ellie had time to reset the power.
I was thinking of also doing a future tie to InGen Workers or other hunters in general with game warden but that can saved for any of those designs. I could also see him just specifically countering Dinosaurs even if it's too niche, since being able to pick Mutates or something might be a little weird, but I guess it depends how broad the power should be and how much reuse it could see. He also was a warden in Kenya so it would make sense he would counter other animals. We could also goa more Beast Man route, except where he is countering them.
One last thing was possibly letting him or friendies move after dealing wounds, but the card's already full.

[MrNobody]

Man...Contingency Plan is a great power, huh?

I feel like a reverse Reluctant Hero (where his OMs go elsewhere when he dies) would be a neat simple power for him.

[Taeblewalker]

I agree that Contingency Plan is a really cool power.

[Shiftrex]

Initial drafts for Yugioh, been doing research on the IPas it comes from a Shounen Jump manga. There are minis available and I think it could fit right in.

The idea is that Duel Monsters work as Summons from spell cards to tie them to the Magical Defense special power. Below is an iconic monster and my second draft of how I think things could work.

Name: Dark Magician
SI: n/a
Species: Duel Monster
Uniqueness: Uncommon Hero
Class: Magician
Personality: Loyal

Life: 3

Move: 5
Range: 1
Attack: 5
Defense: 3

Points: 70

Shadow Game
Dark Magician does not start the game on the battlefield, he may only be placed on the battlefield using the Spell "Summon Duel Monster." Instead of taking a turn with a figure with the Magical Defense special power you may take a turn with Dark Magician and then take no more turns. When Dark Magician is destroyed deal an automatic wound to a figure you control.

Dark Magic Special Attack
Range 5. Attack 4.
After choosing a figure to attack you may discard a spell card, if you do then negate all powers on the chosen figure's Army Card until the end of this turn.

Magical Defense

------Spell Card-----
Summon Duel Monster
Common Spell

Instead of attacking, choose a Duel Monster in your Army that has not been placed on the Battlefield this game and place them on an empty space within 2 clear sight spaces.

Points: 5

[Skinderella]

Dig it! Yu-Gi-Oh has a lot of potential for a summoner play style with some unique figures.

I'd almost want to cut the Summon Duel Monster spell card and make it the first power here. Something like this:

SUMMON: DUEL MONSTER
Dark Magician does not start the game on the battlefield. After revealing an Order Marker on the card of a Duelist or a figure with the Magical Defense special power, you may place Dark Magician on any empty space within 3 clear sight spaces of that figure, and you may not place any additional figures with this special power. Instead of attacking with a Duelist or a figure with the Magical Defense special power, you may take a turn with Dark Magician, and you may not take any additional turns with other figures you control.

MAGICIAN'S RIPOSTE
When Dark Magician is destroyed, immediately roll one unblockable attack die against the attacking figure.

DARK MAGIC SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 5. Attack 4.
Before rolling attack dice for this special attack, you may discard a spell card you control. If you do, all special powers on the defending figure's Army Card are negated until the end of this turn.

Just trims down having to draft a summon duel monster card for each monster you draft. Also allows you to have Summon special powers for the different types of summoning in Yu-Gi-Oh, and can tie into a Duelist design to reference all monsters easily, especially if you want to split away from them having the species of Duel Monsters.

[Shiftrex]

Definitely a good direction. Only reason I'd be against it is because a ton of card space gets soaked up and limits what could be put on a Duel Monster.

Only summon mechanic we would have to worry about is fusion which could be hit with a spell card for Polymerization/Super-Poly or a ritual summon. Synchro and forward werent in the manga.

I'd be good with this implementation though, looks just as fun. Just gotta keep monsters simple with summoning built in because of card space.

[Skinderella]

Here's a design I've been cooking up for a while. Never played League of Legends but I adore this character and the lore around them. Basically League's deity of death, hinted to have been the Grey Man who grew lonely, so split himself in two so he could have a friend. The Lamb is his rationale; feels little but knows everything. The Wolf is his emotions; feels everything but knows little. They're two halves of one being, and cannot exist without the other.

They could probably do with tuning down a bit, but I like where it's headed. Alternatively could probably be condensed into one card too if a two card design is too much.

A really nice thing about this character is that there are a couple of models for them on thingiverse for 3D printing. They only need a simple paint job too, only really requiring white for Lamb and black for Wolf, with a bit of blue for the eyes.

NAME = KINDRED
SECRET IDENTITY = LAMB

SPECIES = ENTITY
UNIQUENESS = EVENT HERO
CLASS = HUNTER
PERSONALITY = MERCIFUL

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 4

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 5
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 6

POINTS = ???

MARK OF THE KINDRED
Start the game with 4 Kindred Markers. At the start of each round, before placing Order Markers, you may place a Kindred Marker on an enemy figure's card that does not have a Kindred Marker. Anytime a figure with a Kindred Marker on its card is destroyed, place that Kindred Marker on this card. Add X to Lamb’s Range number, and whenever you roll attack dice for Lamb, you may re-roll up to X dice once. X equals the number of Kindred Markers on this card.

ETERNAL HUNTER
When you draft Lamb, you also draft a Kindred figure with the Wolf secret identity. Lamb does not start the game on the battlefield. When Lamb is destroyed, place or remove Wound Markers from this card until she exactly 4 wounds. Each time you reveal a numbered Order Marker and Lamb is not on a battlefield, remove a Wound Marker from this card. At the end of each round, if Lamb is on this card and has no Wound Markers on its card, you may place Lamb on any empty space within 10 spaces of an enemy figure.

DANCE OF ARROWS
Once per turn, after attacking or defending with Lamb, you may place her on any empty space within 3 spaces of her original position. After placing Lamb, roll 1 unblockable attack die against a figure within 5 clear sight spaces of Lamb. When moving with this special power, Lamb does not take any leaving engagement attacks.

NAME = KINDRED
SECRET IDENTITY = WOLF

SPECIES = ENTITY
UNIQUENESS = EVENT HERO
CLASS = HUNTER
PERSONALITY = FEROCIOUS

SIZE/HEIGHT = LARGE 4

LIFE = 1

MOVE = 7
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = ???

ETERNAL PREDATOR
Wolf can only be drafted if you have drafted a Kindred figure with the Lamb secret identity. Wolf does not start the game on the battlefield. Anytime Lamb is placed from her card onto the battlefield, or after moving with Lamb, you may place Wolf on any empty space adjacent to Lamb. If Lamb is not on the battlefield, remove Wolf from the battlefield.

MOUNTING DREAD
If a figure attacked by Lamb uses a special power during that attack and receives no wounds, you may immediately place Wolf on any empty space adjacent to the defending figure and roll one unblockable attack die against that figure, or two unblockable attack dice if that figure has a Kindred Marker on its card.

WOLF'S FRENZY
After taking a turn with Lamb, if Wolf did not use the Mounting Dread special power, you may take a turn with Wolf, and you may not take any additional turns with other figures you control. During this turn, Wolf may attack up to X times. X equals the number of Kindred Markers on Lamb’s card.

FLYING

[Skinderella]

Been thinking about Pathfinder characters lately and think they'd be a great fit. Multiple comics, crossed over with Red Sonja and Vampirella, and has a bunch of unique characters with an abundance of miniatures available. A really nice set of Pathfinder miniatures is the Pathfinder Battles: Iconic Heroes Evolved set, which comes with all 4 of these characters + 2 others which I plan to write up as well.

The Pathfinder characters make up an adventuring party that go on a variety of journeys, with a few main characters and a couple of guests here and there, and end up becoming a tightly knit team that are practically a family. These are 4 of the main characters, which would be interesting to develop into a faction of their own. My aim would be to make a faction of Explorers (class not decided) that include these 6 + 1 more to start with.

Seoni, the sorcerer, is the party's leader and one of the team's spellcasters. Valeros is the fighter, Merisiel the rogue, and Kyra the cleric. Other main members include a wizard and a ranger, as well as several guests like an investigator, a Half-Orc inquisitor, a small team of villains, and many many more. All of these characters have both unpainted and painted miniatures.

Pathfinder features a bunch of characters in the world of Pathfinder called Iconics, which represent the playable classes in Pathfinder, and can be used in place of player made characters. The main characters of the comics are some of these characters, but the comics also feature a variety of other characters that also feature minis. In total it comes to about 17 of the Iconics appear in the comics, with a bunch of other characters too, and of course all the generic fantasy stuff that has countless miniatures.

For some power level ideas, Valeros has gone toe to toe with Red Sonja, Kyra has obliterated entire rooms of undead in a single blast, Merisiel was abducted into an alternate dimension featuring several Dynamite Comic universes for being regarded as one of the greatest thieves within those worlds, and Seoni has cast so many different spells of varying power its hard to pin down what abilities to give her, but some of her abilities include team wide flight, enlarging party members, granting invisibility, and deflecting projectiles. The party has also taken on a dragon, teams of demons, bandits, a variety of monsters, and some beings that border on Event Hero status.

Seoni

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Bio

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A member of the wanderers known as Varisians, Seoni wears the magical markings of her culture in the elaborate tattoos that crisscross her body. But her path was not to be the path of tradition. A caravan master's daughter who spent much of her youth traveling, she was expected to one day either lead her own caravan or perhaps develop a talent for reading the harrow, the fortune-telling cards of her people. One night, while her family camped at the edge of the mysterious Lurkwood, young Seoni wandered out of sight of her people's cooking fires. There she found a great white tree, its ancient roots twisted around a ring of rune-carved stone. As she investigated, the tree's bark fell away, revealing elaborate symbols and images that related a brief tale—that of her own short life. Seoni fled, but returned with her kin soon after to find nothing more than a normal old tree and a strange rock.

Regardless, the images upon the wood carved themselves into Seoni's mind, and she promised that she would never submit to letting another choose her destiny. From that point onward, she delved into the mysteries of her homeland, eventually even unlocking sorcerous power within herself—an ancient sorcery unlike the common magic of her people. When she came of age, she sought to continue her wandering life, but this time along routes she chose and in pursuit of her own ambitions.

Mini

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Both Reaper Bones and Pathfinder Battles have multiple minis of her.

NAME = SEONI

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = EXPLORER
PERSONALITY = DISCIPLINED / ANALYTICAL / ???

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 4

LIFE = 4

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

POINTS = ???

ADVENTURE PARTY BONDING
After revealing an Order Marker on a Unique Explorer Hero’s card you control and taking a turn with that Hero, you may take a turn with Seoni or any Unique Explorer Hero you control within 6 clear sight spaces of Seoni that has not taken a turn this player turn, and you may not take any additional turns with other figures you control.

STRATEGIC POSITIONING
Seoni and all friendly Explorers add 1 to their Defense number if they are adjacent to at least one friendly Explorer. When Seoni or an Explorer adjacent to Seoni is attacked by a non-adjacent figure, the most wounds that figure can receive from this attack is one.

MAGIC MISSILE SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 6. Attack 1.
Figures may not roll more than 1 Defense die against this special attack. After attacking with this special attack, Seoni may attack with this special attack 2 additional times.

Valeros

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Bio

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Valeros was born on a quiet farm, and grew up dreaming of adventure and exploration. Though this longing only increased as he grew older, so did the responsibilities of agricultural life. Finally, just a month before a marriage of convenience to a local farmer's daughter could lock him into place, Valeros came to the realization that the door to a life of adventure was closing for good. Seized by a desperate need for a larger life than cattle and corn, Valeros packed quietly and left in the middle of the night.

In the years since, Valeros has come a long way from the wide-eyed young man who sought only the joy of exploration (and maybe a pretty girl or three). Life on the road is much harder than the bards' tales suggest, and adult Valeros has the scars to prove it. Discovering himself to be a deft hand with a sword, Valeros quickly fell in with the mercenary crowd, learning the dirtier, grittier facts of warfare. After acting as hired muscle for dozens of different employers, Valeros finally realized that it was time to go into business for himself as an adventurer.

While admittedly not the best at following orders, Valeros is an extremely talented two-blade fighter, easily earning his keep in any group through the tenacity and absolute fearlessness—some might say thoughtlessness—with which he flings himself into combat.

Despite his reputation as a bruiser and scofflaw, Valeros has picked up a fair bit of education during his travels, and can even read (something his “respectable” parents never learned to do). Valeros takes an easy-come, easy-go approach to life, wealth, and relationships. Though a fan of fine weapons and creature comforts, the only object he's never without is the tankard on his belt (as you never know when someone might offer you a drink). Noble at heart and fiercely loyal to those few who earn his affection, Valeros nevertheless hides such sentiments under a jaded and crass demeanor, frequently observing that there's nothing better than “an evening of hard drinking and soft company.”

Mini

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Both Reaper Bones and Pathfinder Battles have multiple minis of him.

NAME = VALEROS

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = EXPLORER
PERSONALITY = FIERCE / RECKLESS

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 6

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

POINTS = ???

BLOOD AND BATTLE!
When moving normally, you may add 2 to Valeros’ Move number as long as he ends his movement adjacent to an enemy figure. When Valeros attacks with an adjacent normal attack, roll one additional attack dice, and he may attack one additional time.

ADVENTURE PARTY FIGHTER
Immediately after a friendly Explorer figure you control within 3 spaces of Valeros rolls defense dice against an enemy figure and receives 1 or more wounds, you may immediately move Valeros adjacent to the attacking figure, if possible. If you do, roll one unblockable attack die against the attacking figure. When Valeros uses Adventure Party Fighter, he will take any leaving engagement attacks.

DARING DECOY
Figures engaged with Valeros can only attack figures that have the Daring Decoy special power.

Merisiel

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Bio

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The elves have a name for elven children unfortunate enough to be born and raised in human society—the Forlorn. Merisiel is one of these, born in the Varisian city of Magnimar to elven parents who were either unable or unwilling to raise a child on their own. Merisiel never learned the truth of it, for her parents left her in the care of the city's temple to Calistria. The priests raised Merisiel as a ward of the temple, but she had little patience for teachers and prayer. Eventually, she left the temple and spent many years on the streets of Magnimar, earning a living as a freelance thief. When her growing reputation as a thief became inconvenient, she decided to leave her home city to seek out new settlements to explore and enjoy.

Merisiel became a master at stowing away on ships, talking her way out of trouble, and finding her way in new societies. She's called dozens of cities home, leaving one for another when her companions outgrew her or she outlived them. Life has been hard for Merisiel, made more so by the fact that she's always found it difficult to master skills that come easily to her companions. Faced often with situations where a quick tongue or stealth won't suffice to keep her out of trouble, Merisiel has taken to carrying dozen knives. When things go wrong with her carefully laid plans (as they almost always seem to do), the knives come out and what needs to be done gets done. To date, Merisiel hasn't met a problem that can't, in one way or another, be solved with a blade.

Each of the cities she's spent time in carries special memories for Merisiel. In cosmopolitan Kintargo, she fell in love for the first five times, but only the last of those relationships survives to this day. In bustling Corentyn, she spent five years in prison for a crime she wasn't able to pin on someone more deserving, a sentence exceeded by her stay in Almas (still her record—ten years in jail). In Cassomir she helped rob a corrupt jeweler, in Oppara a decadent and cruel magistrate, and in Sothis a narrow-minded priest of Abadar. Yet in each of these cases her companions betrayed her and left her penniless. She spent many years in Katapesh and Absalom, but the size of these cities eventually grew to be too much even for her. Recently, she's come home to Magnimar with a new purpose in life. Finally matured to the point where she's willing (and perhaps able) to learn from her mistakes, she hopes to make something more of her life than merely bad decisions laced with periodic bouts of excitement and fun.

Merisiel's life experiences have taught her to enjoy things to their fullest as they occur—it's impossible to tell when the good times might end. She's open and expressive, always on the move and working on her latest batch of plots to make easy money. In the end, it comes down to being faster than everyone else—either on her feet or with her beloved blades. She wouldn't have it any other way.

Mini

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Both Reaper Bones and Pathfinder Battles have multiple minis of her.

NAME = MERISIEL SILLVARI

SPECIES = ELF
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = EXPLORER
PERSONALITY = IMPULSIVE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 5
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 3

POINTS = ???

ROGUISH SNEAK ATTACK
When attacking with Merisiel’s normal attack, each blank rolled counts as 1 additional skull. When Merisiel attacks a figure adjacent to at least one other figure you control, add 1 to Merisiel’s attack, or 2 if Merisiel or Kyra are adjacent to the defending figure.

THIEVES' TRICKS
Merisiel can move through all figures and never takes leaving engagement attacks. Once per player turn, after moving with Merisiel normally or with the Acrobatic Manuever special power, you may choose a figure that Merisiel moved through, and you may either:
-roll one unblockable attack die against the chosen figure. Or,
-move one Equipment Glyph on that card to this card.

ACROBATIC MANUEVER
When Merisiel rolls defense dice against an opponent's attack, one shield will block all damage. For each shield rolled, you may immediately move Merisiel one space up to 6 levels up or down. When Merisiel moves using Acrobatic Maneuver, she will not take any falling damage or leaving engagement attacks.

Kyra

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Kyra was one of the few survivors of a brutal raid on her hometown, and on the smoking ruins of her village she swore her life and sword arm to Sarenrae, the goddess of the sun, redemption, honesty, and healing. Possessed of a fierce will, pride in her faith, and skill with the scimitar, Kyra has traveled far since then. Where another might be consumed by anger and a thirst for revenge, she has instead found peace in the Dawnflower, and in the belief that if she can prevent even one death at evil hands, her own losses will not have been in vain. While she takes great pleasure in ridding the world of evildoers, she takes even greater pleasure in redeeming them.

Mini

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Both Reaper Bones and Pathfinder Battles have multiple minis of her.

NAME = KYRA SIEF AL KIRAAN

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = EXPLORER
PERSONALITY = DEVOUT

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 4
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 4

POINTS = ???

FLAME OF THE DAWNFLOWER
When Kyra attacks an adjacent figure, add 1 automatic skull to whatever is rolled. Enemy figures without the Lava Resistant special power roll 1 fewer defense dice against Kyra’s attacks. Demon and Undead figures instead roll 2 fewer defense dice against Kyra’s attacks.

CURE MODERATE WOUNDS
Instead of attacking with Kyra, you may choose Kyra or a Unique Hero you control adjacent to Kyra. Roll the 20-sided die. Add 3 to your roll if the chosen figure is Merisiel. If you roll 3-10, remove 1 Wound Marker from that figure’s card. If you roll 11 or higher, remove up to 2 Wound Markers from that figure’s card. If you roll 18 or higher, remove up to 3 Wound Markers from that figure’s card.

SARENRAE'S MERCY
Anytime Kyra would destroy an opponent’s Unique Hero, the player controlling that figure must immediately roll the 20-sided die. If they roll 5 or lower, instead of destroying that figure, you must place or remove Wound Markers from its card until it has 1 Life remaining. Take control of the chosen Hero and its card. That Hero has the class of Explorer instead of what is listed on its card.

[Tornado]

Would open the door for the Adventurers.

[Skinderella]

I don't know who those are and can't find much of anything on them, but they look like they'd make cool additions to the faction!

[Tornado]

Yeah, not too popular. Found then in a 25 cent bin back in the day. Actually pretty darn good.