The Book of E. Honda

[Karat]

Yea

[SirGalahad]

This passes to Playtesting

[SirGalahad]

From ASock:

Originally Posted by Aggressive Sock

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: E. Honda

Army Test 1
Map: Country Road
Units:
E. Honda, Martian Manhunter, Invisible Woman, Bane, Rocket Raccoon (1000)
vs.
Quasar, Iron Fist, Captain Marvel(Billy) (990)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
-R2: 2 wounds on Iron Fist. (Headbutt, 4 levels down)

Notes:
-R1: MM rolls 6 skulls on Quasar, 1 shield, she's dead.
-R2: CM puts 3 wounds on IW.
-R2: Iron Fist puts 1 wound on E. Honda.
-R3: Iron Fist puts 1 wound on E. Honda.
-R3: MM puts 5 wounds on CM.
-R4: CM kills IW.
-R4: MM kills CM.
-R4: IF puts 3 wounds on Bane.
-R5: IF puts 4 wounds on Bane(botched defense), kills him.
-R5: IF puts 2 wounds on E. Honda, kills him.
-R6: IF puts 2 wounds on MM.
-R6: IF puts 2 wounds on MM.
-R7: MM puts 3 wounds on IF.
-R7: IF rolls 6 skulls, MM rolls 1 shield, he's dead.
-R7: IF puts 2 wounds on RR, kills him.



Iron Fist with 2 wounds.

This was a tough game for E. Honda. He started off well by putting 2 wounds on IF with his headbutt, but Iron Fist was able to heal them in time, as E. Honda failed to put any more wounds on him. He struggled the rest of the game to cause any more wounds, and failed to until ultimately being killed off in round 5. He tried his Special Attack 4-5 times, and it just couldn't break through Captain Marvel or Iron Fist's defense. Even with Quasar's botch leading to her death right away, their team managed to best E. Honda's in the end.

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Army Test 2
Map: Country Road
Units:
E. Honda, Martian Manhunter, Darkseid, Robot (1010)
vs.
Fantastic Four(1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
-

Notes:
-R1: MM puts 3 wounds on IW.
-R1: Mr. F. puts 4 wounds on MM. (botched defense)
-R2: Thing kills MM.
-R2: Mr. F. puts 2 wounds on Robot.
-R2: Thing kills Robot. (botched defense)
-R2: Mr. F. puts 1 wound on E. Honda.
-R2: Thing puts 1 wound on E. Honda.
-R2: Mr. F. puts 1 wound on E. Honda.
-R3: Thing kills E. Honda.
-R3: Darkseid puts 3 wounds on HT.
-R3: Darkseid kills HT.
-R4: Thing puts 4 wounds on Darkseid, kills him.



Invisible Woman with 3 wounds, Mr. Fantastic and Thing with 0 wounds.

Not a very good showing for E. Honda at all. I was really hoping I could get in with him on someone like Invisible Woman or Human Torch, and do some real damage with his special attack. Unfortunately, the opponent defended the couple times he was able to try, and then Thing and Mr. F. put the hurt on him. This was the story for his team, as they couldn't manage to really catch any real traction.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: At 120 he definitely has some great stats, and 2 cool specials. I think the balance feels nice, and if he is buffed up in the right army, his normal attack may do some decent damage, with a decent defense number to boot. I think he will really struggle against those 250 points or higher, has a slight chance on those in the 200 point range, and do some decent damage on those in the 150 or less range. He'll destroy squads with ease, and be a threat against those with 4 defense, or especially so on those with Magical Defense if you can roll his Special Attack well. I tried several times with his Special Attack, around 6-7 in total between the 2 games, but couldn't manage to cause a wound.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: I think he has a lot of promise, even if these tests weren't the best outing for him. I'm hoping these aren't a trend, and others have more success with him. I generally don't use squads in my games, and the 2 armies he went up against were probably a bit out of his league in terms of ones he can really shine on. If this is a trend however, perhaps allowing his Headbutt and a normal attack in the same turn? I'm not sure. He's fun, thematic, and I like him, so hopefully others have better success.

[Tornado]

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = E. HONDA

SECRET IDENTITY = EDMOND HONDA

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = WRESTLER
PERSONALITY = PROUD

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 4
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 6

POINTS = 130

SUMO HEADBUTT
After moving, if E. Honda is unengaged, instead of attacking normally, you may choose a non-adjacent figure within 3 spaces of E. Honda whose base is no more than 5 levels higher than his height or 5 levels lower than his base. Place E. Honda up to 2 spaces from where his movement ended and adjacent to the chosen figure. Roll the 20-sided die, adding 1 to the roll for each level E. Honda moved down this turn with this special power. If you roll 18 or higher, the chosen figure receives 2 wounds.

HUNDRED HAND SLAP SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 1. Attack 3 + Special.
After using this special attack, you may attack again with this special attack, rolling a number of attack dice equal to the number of skulls rolled for the previous attack. You may attack the same or a different figure with each subsequent attack.

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: (E. Honda)

Army Test
Map: Island Plane Crash.
Units: E. Honda, Syrin, Armor, Mr. Zsasz & Harley Quinn vs. Vampire Minions(x3), Arkham Inmates(x3) & Elite League Assassins. {600 each).

Spoiler Alert!

UNIT SUM-UP
Damage:
Normal Attack: 1 Arkham Inmate
Sumo Headbutt: 0
100 Hand Slap: 0,3,0,0 destroys 2 V. Minions & 1 Elite League Assassin

Power Usage/Effectiveness:
Sumo Headbutt: 1 use. d20: 9+3
100 Hand Slap: 4 uses. # of attacks per use: 2,5,3,2

(summary of the game).
R1: Z and HQ move. Vampire Minions move. Z and HQ move. Minions move, miss HQ. Z destroys Minion, HQ avoids a swipe and Smilex Bombs the enemy SZ for 3 skulls, destroys 4 Inmates, 2 Minions, 1 ELA. Minions miss HQ, wound Z.

R2: Z destroys 2 Minions, HQ misses a Minion. VMs miss Z and HQ. Z destroys 2 Minion, HQ miss. Minion miss HQ. E moves in. Minions miss HQ and Z.

R3: Minions 3wound HQ, miss Z who destroys a Minion, HQ misses. Arkham Iinmates move, miss HQ. E. Honda moves. Inmate misses HQ. E moves.

R4: Inmates destroy HQ. Z destroys 2 AI but takes 2wounds from Aggravated Assault. Minions destroy Mr. Z. E. Honda moves and misses Sumo Headbutt(9+3). ELA misses E, 2skulls. E. 100HS: 1,0 miss Vampire Minions.

R5: Minions wound E, 2skulls, 3skulls. E 100HS: 2,2,2,1,0 destroys 2 Vampire Minions & ELA. Inmates move. E moves, destroys Inmate, 3skulls, normal. Inmates miss E, 1,2skulls. E 100HS: 1,1,0. Inmates 2wound E, Aggressive Assault.

R6: Inmates miss E, 2,3 skulls. E 100HS: 1,0. Inmates 2wound E, Aggressive Assault, destroy E. AI move. Siryn and Armor move. Siryn destroys Inmate. Inmate misses. Siryn moves, destroys Inmate.

R7: Siryn destroys AI.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Siryn and Armor (both full).

In this one I wanted to see how E. Honda would fair against squads. Unfortunately I built an army around him that was a little too good facing squads. Harley and Mr. Z decimated the opposition early and I brought in E. to clean things up and he really did not fair great but still got his worth.
He just could not get the 100 Hand Slap going except for one 3 figure clearing barrage.

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Army Test
Map: Island Plane Crash.
Units: E. Honda, Human Torch(150), Rorshach & Gambit vs. Ryu, Zangief, Mockingbird & Jean Grey{600 each}.

Spoiler Alert!

UNIT SUM-UP
Damage:
Normal Attack:
Sumo Headbutt: 4 (2+2)
100 Hand Slap: 8 (1+1+0+0+2+0+4)

Power Usage/Effectiveness:
Sumo Headbutt(1: d20 rolls: 15, 14+4, 19
100 Hand Slap: 7 uses. # of attacks per use: 4,3,3,3,3,1,5

(summary of the game).

R1: Torch, Zangief, E. Honda and Mockingbird move. Mock misses Torch. Mock 3wounds Gambit with Counterstrike. Jean moves, TKs Ryu.

R2: Gambit whiffs on Jean. Mock 2wounds Torch who 2wounds Mock who wounds Torch. E. moves SHB(15) Mock. Jean destroys Gambit.

R3: Mock misses Torch who destroys Mock. Jean destroys Torch. E. climbs to high ground and SHB(14+4), 2wounds Jean. Zangief 2wounds E (2skulls) with a Piledriver(20). E 100HS: 3skulls(wounds Jean), 1skull(misses), 1skull(misses), 0skulls.

R4: E 100HS: 1skull(destroys Mock), 1skull(misses Z), 0skulls.
Z moves to high ground and wounds E(2skulls) with a Piledriver(19). E avoids a swipe and SHB(19) to high ground and 2wounds Z who Grapples misses a Piledriver(2) and misses E with 2skulls. E 100HS: 3 miss 1,1,0 skulls, all miss Z. Ryu misses E, 2skulls.

R5: E. 100HS: 2,1,0 skulls, miss Z. Z misses with 2skulls. E 100HS: 2,2,0 skulls, 2wounds Z who misses E, 3skulls. Rorshack moves in. Ryu moves, misses E with 2skulls.

R6: E 100HS: 0 skulls. Ryu misses Rorshach who destroys Zangief. Ryu 3wounds Ror who misses Ryu who destroys Rorshach.

R7: E 100HS: 3,2,2,1, 0 for 2,1,1 wounds, Ryu destroyed.

This one allowed me to see how E. Honda compared to the other Street Fighters. To my surprise he held on to win. That 6 Defense really came up big protecting his last bit of life. Zangief had terrible rolls and he certainly shines above E. and Ryu.
I thought they felt solid as a little sub-group.

E. had a really good game dishing out 12 points of damage.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): E. Honda 3wounds 1 Life left.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: In recent years I have really come to enjoy the lower cost heroes and E. Honda is no exception. The theme and balance are there. He is certainly draft-able and works fine at 130.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: Sumo Headbutt is more of a movement power and with his Move of 4, he certainly needs it. When it hits though it hurts and can cause some fear in your opponent. His 6 Defense is impressive at his cost. Move this guy up to high ground and he is tough to dislodge. Rush him and he unleashes the 100 Hand Slap, sit back and risk a downhill juiced Headbutt. It works.

The 100HS is certainly variable and reminds me a bit of Heat Vision but with much better crowd clearing. Great power for the figure. I thought all the Street Fighters were well done and are a nice addition to C3G.

[Viegon]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: E. Honda

Army Test
Map: Country Road (no glyphs or special rules)
Units: E. Honda, Hawkeye (II), Captain America (C3G), Baron Helmut Zemo, Shadowcat (800 points) VS Green Lantern (Kyle), Jade, Green Construct (Mech Warrior), Green Construct (Decoy) x3 (810 points)

Spoiler Alert!

UNIT SUM-UP
Damage:
Normal Attack: N/A
Special Attack: 1 wound to Green Construct (Decoy) #2, 2 wounds to Green Construct (Decoy) #3.
Sumo Headbutt: 2 wounds to the Green Construct (Mech Warrior).
Power Usage/Effectiveness:
Sumo Headbutt: Used 1 time, with a +2 from height, successfully rolled 18+.
Hundred Hand Slap SA: Used 1 time: 3 skulls on first attack, 2 skulls on second attack, 1 skull on third attack (no target for fourth attack).

GAME SUMMARY:
This was a fun one for E. Honda. Backed by Cap, Zemo, Hawkeye, and good dice, he was able to take down most of the Green Constructs on his own, which really helped his team win.

Hawkeye rushed out with E. Honda to meet the enemy on the bridge. E. Honda attempted an early Headbutt and successfully destroyed the Mech Warrior before it could do anything. Hawkeye was able to pick him back up and get him back on the bridge, but died shortly after. In the third round, Zemo passed a turn to E. Honda, where he was stuck engaged to two Decoys; with a lucky streak of Hundred Hand Slap attacks, he managed to take them both down. Though he didn’t last the whole game, his high defense allowed him to stick around and annoy Kyle while Zemo moved up. Kyle did finally manage to get rid of Honda, but it didn’t matter, as Zemo came in and destroyed him over a series of really lucky Swordplay turns. Jade did her best to keep Kyle alive by supplying him with markers, but it wasn’t enough. Enraged by Kyle’s death, Jade killed Zemo and nearly killed Cap before being taken down herself.

Round One: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: OM revealed on Cap, Zemo moves turn to Hawkeye: Hawkeye flies out with E. Honda.
ARMY 2: Jade positions.
ARMY 1: Hawkeye and E. Honda fail.
ARMY 2: Kyle creates the Mech and activates it; the Mech fails.
ARMY 1: Hawkeye: E. Honda gets height then jumps at the Mech, destroying it with his Headbutt.
ARMY 2: Kyle creates a Decoy but fails his attack.

Round Two: Army 2 wins Initiative.
ARMY 2: Kyle creates another Decoy and puts 3 wounds on Hawkeye.
ARMY 1: OM revealed on Cap, Zemo moves turn to Hawkeye: Hawkeye uses his SA to get free (doing no damage), but E. Honda takes 2 wounds from disengagements.
ARMY 2: Kyle: a Decoy fails.
ARMY 1: Hawkeye puts 1 wound on a Decoy.
ARMY 2: Kyle kills Hawkeye.
ARMY 1: E. Honda fails.

Round Three: Army 2 wins Initiative.
ARMY 2: Kyle repositions and actives a Decoy, which fails its attack.
ARMY 1: OM revealed on Cap, Zemo moves turn to E. Honda: E. Honda destroys 2 Decoys with his SA.
ARMY 2: Kyle fails.
ARMY 1: Zemo fails.
ARMY 2: Kyle kills E. Honda.
ARMY 1: Zemo puts 1 wound on Kyle.

Round Four: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: OM revealed on Cap, Zemo moves turn to himself: Zemo puts 1 wound on Kyle.
ARMY 2: Kyle creates his last Decoy and puts 1 wound on Zemo.
ARMY 1: Zemo kills the last Decoy.
ARMY 2: Kyle puts 2 wounds on Zemo.
ARMY 1: Zemo burns 1 of Kyle’s batteries.
ARMY 2: Jade moves a Battery to Kyle but fails her attack.

Round Five: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: OM revealed on Cap, Zemo moves turn to himself: Zemo burns two of Kyle’s batteries.
ARMY 2: Jade moves her second battery to Kyle and again fails her attack.
ARMY 1: Zemo removes another 2 batteries from Kyle.
ARMY 2: Jade puts 1 wound on Zemo.
ARMY 1: Shadowcat moves up.
ARMY 2: Jade fails.

Round Six: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: OM revealed on Cap, Zemo moves turn to himself: Zemo kills Kyle.
ARMY 2: Jade fails.
ARMY 1: Cap moves up.
ARMY 2: Jade fails.
ARMY 1: Cap stays next to Kitty.
ARMY 2: Jade finally kills Zemo.

Round Seven: Army 2 wins Initiative.
ARMY 2: Jade puts 1 wound on Cap.
ARMY 1: Cap puts 2 wounds on Jade.
ARMY 2: Jade puts 3 wounds on Cap.
ARMY 1: Cap kills Jade.

Captain America with 1 life left, Shadowcat unwounded.

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Army Test
Map: Country Road (no glyphs or special rules)
Units: E. Honda, Star-Lord, Red Skull, Kid Flash (700 points) VS Hand Ninja x3, Typhoid Mary, Kirigi, Elite League Assassins (700 points)

Spoiler Alert!

UNIT SUM-UP
Damage:
Normal Attack: N/A
Special Attack: N/A
Sumo Headbutt: N/A
Power Usage/Effectiveness:
Sumo Headbutt: Used 2 times, height boost 1 time (+1), failed his roll both times.
Hundred Hand Slap SA: Used 1 time: 2 skulls on first attack, 1 skull on second attack, 0 skulls on third attack.

GAME SUMMARY:
Things did not go well for E. Honda’s team. Both teams moved up and clashed at the end of the round. Early in the second round, Typhoid Mary managed a single wound to Red Skull, knocking the Cube away. Red Skull kept up a good fight, killing Ninjas and then Typhoid Mary, while activating his teammates to take out some extra Ninjas; but the Ninjas retaliated and killed Star-Lord. Kid Flash went for the Cube at one point, but Kirigi moved in and auto-wounded him, sending the Cube even farther away. Red Skull went down at the end of the third round to Kirigi and the Ninjas. Kid Flash and E. Honda tried to hold on, but they only lasted one more round.

Round One: Army 2 wins Initiative.
ARMY 2: Ninjas and Kirigi advance.
ARMY 1: Red Skull moves out with Kid Flash following, then tosses E. Honda forward.
ARMY 2: Ninjas and Mary advance.
ARMY 1: Star-Lord moves up.
ARMY 2: Ninjas and Mary move unto the lower part of the bridge.
ARMY 1: Red Skull kills a Ninja and repositions his team.

Round Two: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: Red Skull advances with Kid Flash.
ARMY 2: Mary puts 1 wound on Red Skull with Pyrokinesis, knocking the Cube away; Ninjas fail.
ARMY 1: Red Skull kills a Ninja; Star-Lord puts 1 wound on Mary.
ARMY 2: Mary and Ninja put 1 wound on Star-Lord.
ARMY 1: Red Skull kills a Ninja; E. Honda uses Headbutt to jump onto the bridge.
ARMY 2: Mary fails; Ninja kill Star-Lord.

Round Three: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: Red Skull takes a disengagement wound to kill Mary; Kid Flash kills a Ninja and grabs the Cube.
ARMY 2: Kirigi uses Kyoketsu Shogi to put 1 wound on Kid Flash, knocking the Cube away again; Ninjas fail.
ARMY 1: Red Skull kills a Ninja; E. Honda fails a Headbutt.
ARMY 2: Kirigi and Ninjas fail.
ARMY 1: E. Honda fails.
ARMY 2: Kirigi and Ninjas kill Red Skull and put 2 wounds on E. Honda.

Round Four: Army 1 wins Initiative.
ARMY 1: Kid Flash fails but picks up the Cube.
ARMY 2: Kirigi puts 2 wounds on Kid Flash but the Ninjas fail.
ARMY 1: Kid Flash puts 1 wound on Kirigi.
ARMY 2: Kirigi and Ninjas kill Kid Flash.
ARMY 1: Turn lost on Kid Flash.
ARMY 2: Kirigi kills E. Honda.

Kirigi with 1 wound, all 3 Elite League Assassins, 4 Hand Ninjas.

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: E. Honda fits nicely at 120 points. Unless your rolls are really hot, he’s generally not going to do a whole lot of damage, but Sumo Headbutt can be scary for your opponent, and his 6 defense allows him to stick around for awhile.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: He’s pretty fun as a cheap solo-hero. Most of the time he’s not going to do much (like in the second game), but from time-to-time you’ll get in a successful Headbutt or a string of good Hundred Hand Slap rolls (both of which I got in the first game), which is a lot of fun. Overall, .

[SirGalahad]

All playtests linked to the OP.

I am satisfied with the results, so I propose we move to Final Editing at 120

[Karat]

Yea

[Viegon]

Yea

[japes]

Do we have Mini pics and background ideas?

[johnny139]

Yea

Sumo ring or Japanese subway (referencing his SFII stage) would be the obvious background options. I can poke around this weekend.

[TrollBrute]

I thought we were testing at 130? I think that's what I sent to Tornado, though I don't know if he went off the OP or the PM I sent him. I'm good with either one, for the record, I just want to make sure we're all on the same page.

[Tornado]

I did test at 130(it is in a spoiler at the top of my report). I am good with him at 120.
He does not have a ton of synergy so the lower cost makes him a little more appealing to draft. A 6 page LD. Nice work Sir G.