The Book of Dark Cave Lair Map

[Griffin]

The Book of Dark Cave Lair Map

A C3G Casual Map


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Required Sets: Rise of the Valkyrie™ Master Set, 3 Battle for the Underdark Master Sets™
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Dark Cave Lair Bio - Far beneath the belly of the earth lies a hidden cavern full of leathery wings and shadow. This unexplored sanctum holds great untapped potential for any masked crusader seeking a home base. But will the future dweller of this cave be a savior or a devil?




-Rulings and Clarifications-


OPTIONAL SPECIAL RULE

INTO THE SHADOWS
Figures do not have clear line of sight on any non-adjacent figure that is standing on a Shadow Tile.

This concept is pretty straight forward, it allows any figure to hide or be lost in the cave. You can't attack or target a figure with a special attack or special power, and if you are not careful, you may also loose your allies and any synergy like Cupid's Arrow or Field Commander.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

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-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• TBA

[Cavalier]

[quozl]

Cool-looking!

[Griffin]

Originally Posted by quozl

Cool-looking but why would the red team ever move off the highest part of the map?

Would you honestly sit there and wait for your enemy? I guess some people may do that, but I wouldn't play with them again after that. Both sides technically have the high ground. Do you have any real suggestions for start zones or shifting the map in any way?

[quozl]

Originally Posted by Griffin

Would you honestly sit there and wait for your enemy? I guess some people may do that, but I wouldn't play with them again after that. Both sides technically have the high ground. Do you have any real suggestions for start zones or shifting the map in any way?

I wouldn't but many people do and I'd like these maps to have the widest possible appeal.

My suggestion is to move the cool cave part with the stalagmites in the middle and have lowered start zones on either end.

Another benefit would be less sets required. How many does this require currently?

[Griffin]

Originally Posted by quozl

I wouldn't but many people do and I'd like these maps to have the widest possible appeal.

My suggestion is to move the cool cave part with the stalagmites in the middle and have lowered start zones on either end.

Another benefit would be less sets required. How many does this require currently?

3 DnD sets and 1 Rise of Valkyrie set are required. Also, I will see what I can come up with for the start-zones and mountain shifting later.

[mrcrimson]

Now I have a good reason to buy a third dnd set. Thanks

[A3n]

Griff that is one cool looking map. I love it, but I do also agree with Quozl:

Originally Posted by quozl

I wouldn't but many people do and I'd like these maps to have the widest possible appeal.

My suggestion is to move the cool cave part with the stalagmites in the middle and have lowered start zones on either end.

Another benefit would be less sets required. How many does this require currently?

Cheers

[IAmBatman]

You could always put glyphs or other objectives in the low land to attract the red team off of height. I'm loving the Cavern look.

[mrcrimson]

Maybe put a treasure glyph to entice the red guys down?

[mad_wookiee]

Personally, I'm less bothered by height in start zones when it comes to comic characters. So many of them have some kind of height-defying power, whether it's flying or super leap or bat-grapple or whatever, and in addition so many have ranged attacks or specials that aren't as affected by height as classic characters. I'm far more interested in theme and visual appeal when it comes to these kinds of maps because I think you need to be covering your bases anyway.

You might try throwing a Wannok in the center of the map if it's a real concern. That's usually enough to make people pay attention and bring at least some of their forces down from height.

I think this map looks INCREDIBLE. The only thing I'd do is move the shadow tiles around so that there's a bit more strategic importance to them, but that's a minor thing.

[IAmBatman]

What about a map special rule involving Shadow Tiles that gives a +2 defense against ranged attacks? That'll even out height advantage just fine ...