The Book of Kenshi

[Karat]

Yea that all sounds good.

[Ronin]

yea

[Scapemage]

I really like the design space here. Small movements on Swordplay is really cool and the last power combines weaker Kryptonian Defense with some counter striking that heals. Nice stuff. Looks like an interesting fellow from the art. Yea to public testing at 190 with 3 range.

[Arkham]

Glad you're digging him. He has a combination of some of my favorite abilities, and he's in my top 3 favorite MK characters, so I figured it'd be cool to see him implemented.

Need just 1 more vote here!

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Yea I'm still a bit wary of ranged Swordplay, but I trust testing to show if that is working or not.

[Arkham]

Originally Posted by Spidey'tilIDie

Yea I'm still a bit wary of ranged Swordplay, but I trust testing to show if that is working or not.

What concerns do you have, out of curiosity?

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Well, realize that I have been retired for some time, so I may have missed something. That being said, to my mind, this is the first time that Swordplay, a power conceived for melee is being given to a Ranged unit. I just hope it still works as well/become over powered.

[Lazy Orang]

Originally Posted by Spidey'tilIDie

Well, realize that I have been retired for some time, so I may have missed something. That being said, to my mind, this is the first time that Swordplay, a power conceived for melee is being given to a Ranged unit. I just hope it still works as well/become over powered.

I'd be concerned too, but I feel better about it since this guy's range is about as short as it could possibly be to properly be considered 'ranged'. Wouldn't want it on someone with even 5 range, but here I think it should work.

[Arkham]

Theoretically, ranged Swordplay shouldn't be much better than normal Swordplay. Height is only determined on the first attack, and that sets the die amount going forward. So the only benefit to ranged is having potentially more options to target, or a higher chance of starting at height. A range of 3 on Kenshi isn't going to allow him Green Arrow levels of safety, so it should be pretty manageable.

[quozl]

Originally Posted by Spidey'tilIDie

Well, realize that I have been retired for some time, so I may have missed something. That being said, to my mind, this is the first time that Swordplay, a power conceived for melee is being given to a Ranged unit. I just hope it still works as well/become over powered.

Punisher has the same power.

[Lazy Orang]

Originally Posted by quozl

Punisher has the same power.

Not quite, he always finishes after the 3rd attack and doesn't require a skull to keep attacking, so it's not quite the same and is, in isolation, likely a bit weaker than swordplay. I don't think Punisher's the baseline we want to set ourselves to either, but still, 3 range I reckon is going to feel a lot closer to 1 than it is to 7.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Thanks @Lazy Orang ! I thought I was going crazy for a split second.