Help With Wurdz

[William099]

There were trebuchet cards kicking around here a long while ago that may be a good reference for these.

[Zetsubo]

I've been working on DOs like this as well, a 2 space boat and a cannon, and for ownership I went with the idea all destructible objects are ownerless even if drafted into an army. To use a power on a DO, you had to meet certain requirements, such as no opponents figures can be adjacent to the DO or the figure using it. This way you don't need to have an ability on the card defining when ownership transfers.

Also keeping OMs off DO cards helps show that anyone can use it and keeps them from wasting OMs should your opponent capture the DOs

Here's my DOs

Spoiler Alert!

Row Boat

Destructible object
Vehicle
Occupancy 2
Large
Life 4
Defense 3
Points

Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Instead of moving with a figure occupying this boat, you may move this boat 2 spaces. This boat cannot move if there is an opponent's figure occupying this boat. This Boat never takes leaving engagement attacks. Figures occupying this Boat may take leaving engagement attacks

Sunken Ship
If an opponent targets a figure occupying this boat with a non-adjacent normal attack, roll the 20 sided die. If a 7 or lower is rolled, the attack targets this boat instead. When this boat is destroyed, place the figures occupying this boat onto the spaces directly under this boat and roll the 20 sided die for each figure placed this way. If a 5 or lower is rolled, that figure receives one wound.

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Cannon

Destructible Object
Weapon
Crew 1
Medium
Life 3
Defense 4
Points 100

Cannon Shot SA
Range 8 Attack 3
If no opponents figures are adjacent to this Cannon, you may use Cannon Shot SA. After activating an unengaged human soldier or dwarf adjacent to this cannon, instead of moving and attacking with that figure, you may attack with Cannon Shot Special Attack. Choose a non adjacent figure to attack within 8 spaces of this cannon. When targeting a destructible object, add 1 skull to whatever is rolled. All figures adjacent to the chosen figure are affected. Each affected figure rolls defense dice separately. This cannon may only use Cannon Shot SA once per round.

Cannon Crew
Once per turn, after moving a medium or large figure you control that begins it's move unengaged and adjacent to this cannon, you may move this cannon 3 spaces if the figure is medium or 4 spaces if the figure is large as long as this cannon ends it's movement on a same level adjacent space to the moved figure. You may not move this cannon if an opponent's figure is adjacent to this cannon.

[caps]

I don't know if you're still doing this but I thought I would swing by anyhow. I'm not looking for the most official or "compatible" wording, just the clearest to the reader.

LIFE LINK
Before the game starts, pick one friendly hero Army Card to be Quiella's Life Link. At the start of Quiella's turn, you may transfer a wound marker from that Army Card to this Army Card, if possible.

SMITE EVIL
At the beginning of the game, choose an Army Card that follows Utgar or Valkrill. Against figures from the chosen Army Card Quiella rolls two additional attack dice and one additional defense die.

[Dad_Scaper]

The second sentence in Smite would look better if you reversed its two component parts: “Quiella rolls two additional . . . against figures from the/that chosen army card.”

Looks good otherwise. Life Link seems to be quite powerful but you know that already. Particularly so if Quiella bonds.

[caps]

Originally Posted by Dad_Scaper

The second sentence in Smite would look better if you reversed its two component parts: “Quiella rolls two additional . . . against figures from the/that chosen army card.”

Looks good otherwise. Life Link seems to be quite powerful but you know that already. Particularly so if Quiella bonds.

Thank you! Since they start with the same clause, I made the wording match there too. She can also heal herself. But she has other limitations and all of this healing requires activating her. She should be quite good in dungeon crawl scenarios. I'm not as sure about tournament-style games. Have a look in the thread in my signature for the full card.

[Dad_Scaper]

Copying the sentence structure like that was too clever by half. I prefer my way but do what you please. Thanks for sharing!

[caps]

I think you misunderstood me? In one power I had "before the game starts" and in the other I had "At the beginning of the game." They mean the same thing and the latter sounds more in line with other cards, so I made them match it. I didn't see you comment on that part of the text at all.

[Dad_Scaper]

Ah. I did misunderstand you. I thought you were trying to keep some weird sentence structure parallel inside the power.

Regardless, the point of writing is to be in service to the reader. Make it as helpful as possible to your readers, with all other considerations being lesser priorities.

[Sir Yeshua]

Anyone around who can help me with this? I’m mostly trying to figure out a cleaner way to say ‘once this ability succeeds, he’s done using it for the turn’ to prevent weird stuff from happening

PROTECTIVE REPOSITIONING 13
Whenever a Medium friendly figure adjacent to ~ is targeted by a normal ranged attack from an opponents figure, you may roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 13 or higher, switch ~ with the targeted figure and the attacking figure must target ~. Once ~ has been moved by this power, you may not roll for it for the rest of the turn.

[Tornado]

Do you want it restricted to the card or player turn?
I think you can just say: This power may only be used once per turn.
You just may need to designate which as I do not remember what the default is in classic.

[Vydar_XLIII]

Originally Posted by Sir Yeshua

Anyone around who can help me with this? I’m mostly trying to figure out a cleaner way to say ‘once this ability succeeds, he’s done using it for the turn’ to prevent weird stuff from happening

Let me try my hand at it.

First, Protective Repositioning is a power name that already exists in VC on the Honor Guard of the Blasted Lands. So if that matters to you, you'll need to change the power name. Second, only medium? Not the typical "small and medium"? Third, a "normal ranged attack" isn't a thing.

I cribbed a lot of the wording from the Warforged Soldiers' Tactical Switch.

PROTECTIVE REPOSITIONING 13
When an opponent's unengaged figure attacks a friendly medium figure adjacent to [NAME], before rolling attack dice, you may switch [NAME] with the defending figure. After switching spaces, the opponent's figure must attack [NAME], if possible, and cannot attack any other figure this turn. Figures moved by Protective Repositioning 13 never take any leaving engagement attacks. [NAME] may only be moved by Tactical Switch once per turn.

[Sir Yeshua]

Originally Posted by Vydar_XLIII

Let me try my hand at it.

First, Protective Repositioning is a power name that already exists in VC on the Honor Guard of the Blasted Lands. So if that matters to you, you'll need to change the power name. Second, only medium? Not the typical "small and medium"? Third, a "normal ranged attack" isn't a thing.

I cribbed a lot of the wording from the Warforged Soldiers' Tactical Switch.

Huh. I’ve been gone too long. I’ll think of a different power name, totally blanked on small figures existing and forgot that ‘ranged attack’ wasn’t a thing lol I’m rusty

I like your version, although I think I’ll change the triggering text to “targeted by a normal attack from a non-adjacent opponent” that’s found on the Nakitas.

Thanks for your help!