The Book of Queen of Spades

[MrNobody]

Ah okay. Looks like that change happened between Ronin’s tests and Tickle’s, so that’s less testing info than I thought. Can definitely understand it’s a thin line to walk between “useless” and “this support character is the best attacker as well.”

[Yodaking]

Doing a great job here Fret!

[fret_gurglo]

Thanks YK. I like how they are turning out.

[tcglkn]

They're definitely fun to play with lots of strategic choices. Just a matter of honing them in now.

[tcglkn]

Originally Posted by fret_gurglo

Side note: the card lists her third power as Royal Flush 13 instead of 12.

Fixed.

[SirGalahad]

Originally Posted by OP

Character Bio - Mona had once been a great actress, who had a sparkling career in her future. Unfortunately, Mona’s personality wasn’t as tough as her skills, and she developed in no time some serious addictive problems. Mona was unable to withstand the stress and the tension coming from her job, and fell into alcohol. She was found in this state by the Ace android, going under the name of his creator Derek Reston. Recognizing her past acting skills, Ace offered her a place in the new Royal Flush Gang as the Queen of Spades. As the Queen, Mona was given the normal team’s equipment, such as the hoovering card she would have used as a means of transportation, a blaster gun, and a special wrist shooter charged with razor-sharp spades-shaped blades. Unique among everyone else in the team, the Queen was also given the Sceptre Royal, a powerful holographic device that allowed her to take the physical appearance of any other woman she could think of; these weapons, added up to her acting skills, made her the team’s infiltrator, an amazing shapeshifter able to impersonate whomever.

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Mona had once been a great actress, who had a sparkling career in her future. Unfortunately, Mona’s personality wasn’t as tough as her skills, and she developed in no time some serious addictive problems. Mona was unable to withstand the stress and the tension coming from her job, and fell into alcohol. She was found in this state by the Ace android, going under the name of his creator Derek Reston. Recognizing her past acting skills, Ace offered her a place in the new Royal Flush Gang as the Queen of Spades. As the Queen, Mona was given the normal team’s equipment, such as the hovering card she would use as a means of transportation, a blaster gun, and a special wrist shooter charged with razor-sharp spade-shaped blades. Unique among everyone else in the team, the Queen was also given the Sceptre Royal, a powerful holographic device that allowed her to take the physical appearance of any other woman she could think of; these weapons, added to her acting skills, made her the team’s infiltrator, an amazing shapeshifter able to impersonate whomever.

In the last power, she is only referred to as Queen. Was that intentional?

[fret_gurglo]

Thanks. I updated the Bio. Most of that was just cut and paste from a wiki I found on her, so I blame the typos on them.

The power should read Queen of Spades. Another card update please. No rush as I am sure this won't be the last.

[SIEGE]

I encountered an interesting situation when play testing Jack of Spades. Beast was adjacent to Queen, King, and Ace. What happens if Beast uses Whirlwind Attack and Queen uses Deceptions 12?

For example, Beast attacks Queen first. Queen successfully uses Deceptions 12 to switch with King. Beast must target and attack King, but what happens next? Can Beast target Queen again since he did not get to actually attack her? I originally ruled that Beast could not target and attack Queen again because he targeted her, but he could target and attack King again since the initial target was against Queen.

I reread Queen's card and I think I ruled incorrectly. Queen's card says, "The attacking figure must then target and attack the chosen figure, if possible." So it sounds like Beast could target Queen again. Beast's card says he can attack all figures adjacent to him, so if he never actually attacked Queen, he can target her again.

Assuming I ruled incorrectly, that leads to another question. Suppose Beast attacks King. Then Beast attacks Queen and Queen switches with King. Can Beast target and attack King again since he already attacked King once?

[fret_gurglo]

Originally Posted by SIEGE

I encountered an interesting situation when play testing Jack of Spades. Beast was adjacent to Queen, King, and Ace. What happens if Beast uses Whirlwind Attack and Queen uses Deceptions 12?

For example, Beast attacks Queen first. Queen successfully uses Deceptions 12 to switch with King. Beast must target and attack King, but what happens next? Can Beast target Queen again since he did not get to actually attack her? I originally ruled that Beast could not target and attack Queen again because he targeted her, but he could target and attack King again since the initial target was against Queen.

I reread Queen's card and I think I ruled incorrectly. Queen's card says, "The attacking figure must then target and attack the chosen figure, if possible." So it sounds like Beast could target Queen again. Beast's card says he can attack all figures adjacent to him, so if he never actually attacked Queen, he can target her again.

Assuming I ruled incorrectly, that leads to another question. Suppose Beast attacks King. Then Beast attacks Queen and Queen switches with King. Can Beast target and attack King again since he already attacked King once?

By the wording of both Deceptions and Whirlwind Assault, I would say no, that Beast can not target and attack Queen again. I believe (and somebody can correct me if I'm wrong) that Beast can only target each figure adjacent to him once and if he already targeted Queen, he cannot target her again.

Example
King & Queen are adjacent to Beast and no other figures are within 2 spaces of Queen

Beast uses Whirlwind assault to attack Queen. Queen succeeds at Deceptions and wants to swap with King because he has a higher Life. Beast rolls attack and King rolls defense. However, now Beast can target and attack King again because he did not target him the first time. Queen has the option to swap, but probably won't.

[tcglkn]

Cards updated.

[fret_gurglo]

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[Arch-vile]

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