The Book of Professor X (Illuminati)

[Ericth74]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

If either Utopian or AoA Cyclops fits in that build, they might be worth trying as both help with initiative.

Toy and I were brainstorming a build that made sense and hit round numbers(1000 and 1100) and couldn't really find something that worked. Open to ideas if someone has one. I have 2 teams in mind but are in a different direction.

[Ericth74]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Professor X(Visionary)

Version tested:

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = PROFESSOR X
SECRET IDENTITY = CHARLES XAVIER

SPECIES = MUTANT
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = VISIONARY
PERSONALITY = RESOLUTE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 4

LIFE = 4

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

POINTS = 190

TELEPATHIC CLOAK
If you win initiative and there is an Order Marker on this card, Professor X and adjacent friendly Unique Heroes cannot be targeted by non-adjacent enemy figures for any attacks or special powers that require clear sight, unless that enemy figure is an Android, Construct, Telepath, or has the Mental Shield special power.

MASSAGE THE TRUTH
Once per game, if you lose initiative, you may instead win initiative.

MIND BLAST 14
Instead of attacking with Professor X, you may roll the 20-sided die X times. For each roll of 14 or higher, Professor X may inflict a wound on a figure within 10 spaces, that is not an Android, Construct, destructible object, nor has the Mental Shield special power. X equals the number on the Order Marker you revealed this player turn.

MENTAL SHIELD
An opponent may never take temporary or permanent control of Professor X.

Army Test
Map: Sacred Shrine
Units: 1100 pts – Magneto 375, Destiny, Mystique 200, Pyro, Professor X 190, Black Tom Cassidy VS 1100 pts – Captain Cold 200, The Top, Weather Wizard 100, Golden Glider, Girder, Tar Pit, Plunder

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt: Did all 11 wounds with Mind Blast


Telepathic Cloak: Used for most of the game, hung next to Magneto as much as possible.

Massage the Truth: Used in R4 to win a big initiative.

Mind Blast: 11/17 for 11 wounds, 4 wounds were because of Destiny's bonus.

Mental Shield: Not used.

Plunder picks Magneto as his Bounty. Golden Glider picks The Top as her Duo. Magneto makes Prof X an Outcast. Black Tom picks Prof X as his Partner in Crime.
R1 – Rogues win Initiative. Mostly movement. Prof X ends the round by Mind Blasting Captain Cold hitting for 2 wounds on 3 tries.
R2 – Brotherhood wins initiative. Brotherhood pod up around Prof X. Prof X puts another wound on Captain Cold with Mind Blast. The Top uses his Explosive Top SA to target a space next to Prof X, Magneto and Pyro, Pyro takes 2 wounds from it. Black Tom Engages The Top but misses on his attack. Prof X puts 2 more wounds on Captain Cold.
R3 – Magneto misses 2 toss attempts on The Top. The Top uses his Spinning Top SA doing 2 wounds to Black Tom, then engages Prof X and Pyro. He does 2 wounds to Pyro killing him and 1 wound to Prof X. Golden Glider flies in next to Prof X and does 1 wound to him with her SA. Magneto tosses The Top doing a wound and Golden Glider doing a wound. Mystique attacks down on Golden Glider killing her. Black Tom takes a wound from Weather Wizard. Black Tom attacks down on The Top doing a wound. Prof X Mind Blast The Top doing 2 wounds and taking him out. Girder moves in and attacks Black Tom, taking him out.
R4 – Prof X Massages the Truth to win Initiative. Magneto tosses Girder into the water doing a wound. Magneto tosses Girder again doing a wound but misses Weather Wizard. Prof X hits Weather Wizard twice with Mind Blast for 2 wounds. Tar Pit moves. Prof X Mind Blasts Weather Wizard 3 times, hitting once. Plunder moves.
R5 – Brotherhood wins initiative. Magneto tosses Weather Wizard doing a wound and killing him. Girder moves. Magneto tosses Tar Pit twice doing 2 wounds. Prof X Mind Blasts Plunder for a wound. Tar Pit moves. Prof X Mind Blast 3 times doing 1 wound to Girder. Plunder stays where he is. Girder dies by Rusting.
R6 – Brotherhood wins initiative. Magneto moves in and tosses Tar Pit twice killing him. Plunder moves and misses Magneto twice. Prof X Mind Blasts Plunder for 1 wound. Plunder moves. Prof X Mind Blasts Plunder for 2 wounds killing him.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Destiny full 6 life, Magneto full 5 life, Mystique full 5 life, Professor X 2 wounds/2 life left

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Army Test
Map: Turtle Training Dojo
Units: 1100 pts - Prof X (190), Sage (190), Magneto AoA (355), Cyclops AoA (170), Mentallo (135), Jubilee (60) VS 1100 points - Yellow Lanterns(Sinestro, Crane, Arkillo), Yellow Lantern Soldiers x2

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt: No Normal attacks, did 1 wound with Mind Blast.

Telepathic Cloak: Used in Rd 1

Massage the Truth: Did not use

Mind Blast: 1/5 -

Mental Shield: Not used

R1- Sage places a marker on a Cyclops. Arkillo Killed a Yellow Lantern Soldier. A Soldier moves in and attacks Professor X and does 2 wounds. Prof X Mind Blasts a Yellow Lantern Soldier doing 1 wound. Sinestro one shots Jubilee.
R2 – Initiative is lost, Magneto has Cyclops reveal the X-marker and attacks The Soldier who uses a marker to ignore the attack. Sinestro attacks and kills Professor X. Magneto attacks and kills the Soldier. Sinestro attacks Sage doing 2 wounds. Mentallo tries to mind control Sinestro but misses even plus 7 to his roll. Cyclops attacks Sinestro who blocks it.
Rest of the Game – Sinestro attacks Magneto one shotting him. Sinestro then One Shots Cyclops. Sinestro attacks Mentallo

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Sinestro 1 wound/4 life left, Crane 3 full life left, Arkillo 5 full life left

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: Professor X went 1-1 in two very different games. Game 1 was a total domination, game 2 Professor X's team got destroyed. The biggest factor's were the size of the map and the speed of the opponents and winning initiative of course. In game 1 the slower moving Rogues were torn apart by Professor X's Mind Blast. It was easy to set up a pod and sit back and just pop off with Xavier. Almost turtling a little. If the Rogues got too close Magneto was there to toss them and put auto-wounds on them. Winning almost all of the initiative rolls were huge too, it took away all of the range of the Rogues, half way through it started to feel helpless. In game 2 it was the total opposite, Sinestro with his move of 9 and big attack, paired with a small map it was so easy for him to close the distance and avoid Magneto's reactive toss. Sinestro one- shotting figures three attacks in a row made it game over real quick. 190 feels right. This Professor X seems like he will either have huge impact in a game or very little at all. I like the design but struggled with team building a little bit. I would definitely use him with the Brotherhood of Mutants. Not sure I would attempt the AoA build again, but it could have been that it was just a terrible match up. High move figures like Flash could be real counters to Professor X. In game 1 Destiny's bonus was massive for both Xavier, Magneto and Mystique. Xavier hit well above average for Mind Blast but that was offset some by Magneto rolling poorly with the d20. I'll have to try him in an Illuminati build in the future.

[Arkham]

Thanks!

I propose we move to Final Editing.

[MrNobody]

Yea

[fret_gurglo]

Yea

[Arkham]

I propose a vote to release.

@MrNobody
@Tornado
@fret_gurglo
@IAmBatman
@Lord Pyre
@Soundwarp SG-1

[MrNobody]

Yea

[fret_gurglo]

Yea

[Tornado]

Yea

[IAmBatman]

yea

[Arkham]

This passes. 4-0-1

#1496

[IAmBatman]

5-0-1 (your proposal counts as a yea )