The Book of Jason Blood - Final Editing

[Shiftrex]

The Book of Jason Blood

C3G (DC)
(RELEASE SET)


Comic PDF


Mini PDF

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the World's Finest set.
Its model number and name are #029 / Jason Blood.

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Character Bio - Jason Blood is a world leading expert on the occult and demonology. He has walked the Earth since the 6th Century, after the wizard Merlin bound the increasingly uncontrollable threat of Etrigan The Demon to his mortal soul. - DC Fandom.com
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As an Investigator Jason Blood has these synergies.
• As a figure with the Magical Defense power Jason Blood has these synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• Jason Blood has synergy with figures named Etrigan.

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• N/A

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: Here
• Second playtest: Here
• Third playtest: Here
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Card Art by ***

[Shiftrex]

Current working design

NAME = Jason Blood
SECRET IDENTITY = N/A

SPECIES = Human
UNIQUENESS = Unique Hero
CLASS = Investigator
PERSONALITY = Conflicted

SIZE/HEIGHT = Medium 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 3
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 3

POINTS = 80

ARISE THE DEMON ETRIGAN!
If you have a figure named Etrigan in your Army, it does not start the game on the battlefield. If Jason Blood would be chosen for a special power at the start of the game, Etrigan is also considered to be chosen or have any non-wound markers that are on Jason's card. After taking a turn with Jason Blood, you may replace his figure with a figure named Etrigan in your Army. After placing Etrigan, you may make an attack with him. If Etrigan is not engaged at the end of any round, replace his figure with Jason's. If Jason or Etrigan would be destroyed while the other is undestroyed, replace the destroyed figure with the undestroyed figure.

EXORCISM WARDING
If an enemy figure begins their turn adjacent to Jason Blood, immediately roll 1 unblockable attack die against them. If a blank is rolled, you may remove an Order Marker from that figure's Army Card.

MAGICAL DEFENSE
When Jason is attacked by an opponent's figure that does not have the Magical Defense special power, the most wounds Jason can take for this attack is one.

Original Design Idea

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = Jason Blood
SECRET IDENTITY = N/A

SPECIES = Human
UNIQUENESS = Unique Hero
CLASS = Investigator
PERSONALITY = Conflicted

SIZE/HEIGHT = Medium 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 5
RANGE =4
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 3

POINTS = 120

ARISE THE DEMON ETRIGAN
If you have a figure named Etrigan in your Army you must have it start the game on Jason's Army Card instead of on the battlefield. After taking a turn with Jason Blood you may replace his figure with Etrigan's. Take a turn with Etrigan and then take no additional turns with figures you control, if Etrigan is not engaged at the end of the round then replace his figure with Jason's.

EXORCISM WARDING
If a figure begins their turn adjacent to Jason Blood, immediately roll 1 unblockable attack die against them. If a blank is rolled then you may remove an Order Marker from that figure's Army Card.

MAGICAL DEFENSE

[MrNobody]

I really like how streamlined Arise is. Figure transformation powers are always tricky, and this is about as simple as it gets!

I do think his Attack/Range is a little high right now, Jason doesn't usually seem like the fireball flingin' type. I wonder if the Phantom Stranger trick (lower attack so you have to rely on spells for offense) would be cool.

Exorcism Warding should probably call out enemy figures.

Hyped!

[Arch-vile]

Don't forget to link this in the Welcome to C3G thread and tag the heroes. And you'll need to spell out Magical Defense and lose the picture in the second post as well. (Using another post for art links is usually the strategy there, it keeps the SP clean and focused on the design stuff.)

Cool design. Arise the Demon Etrigan is a neat take on the transformation mechanic, giving a turn with both Jason and Etrigan. Though if Etrigan stays engaged, you might not ever get Jason back. Would it be thematic for Jason/Etrigan to transform when it is destroyed, or is the risk of losing the other figure purposeful in this design?

I'd separate these two lines as they don't seem to be meant to go together:

ARISE THE DEMON ETRIGAN
If you have a figure named Etrigan in your Army you must have it start the game on Jason's Army Card instead of on the battlefield. After taking a turn with Jason Blood you may replace his figure with Etrigan's. Take a turn with Etrigan and then take no additional turns with figures you control. If Etrigan is not engaged at the end of the round then replace his figure with Jason's.

[IAmBatman]

I think thematically if one is destroyed, they both are.

I am in agreement with all the other notes you guys make. Those were the only concerns I had.

3/3 Range/Attack seem good?

I'm digging this one! Good stuff.

[Shiftrex]

Alright, all spun on those things. That all makes sense, post updated in the other thread now.

And yea, the idea would be that losing one loses the other. Jason becomes your weirdly... defensive way to move Etrigan around? Or to do some utility stuff with him. Also lets you move current Etrigan into position easier if you want to go after a specific target.

[IAmBatman]

Well plus there's the self turn bonding aspect that would make transformations appealing. I think that's a really clever mechanic to encourage more frequent use of the transformations.

Interestingly, I saw the link had him as a Troubled Investigator and here you have him as a Conflicted Investigator. Not sure it'd be thematic or not, but Doom Patrol synergy would be kinda fun.

[Shiftrex]

Good catch, all fixed up now

[Shiftrex]

Just a quick bump to check and see if anyone had any other input. My intent is to complete the checklist tommorrow night.

[IAmBatman]

For this line: "If Etrigan is not engaged at the end of the round then replace his figure with Jason's." do we need to clarify that it doesn't work if Jason is destroyed? Never sure where exactly to draw the line on that stuff.

[Shiftrex]

That's a good question.

I guess I'm wondering if there is a way to get Etrigan to the field if Jason is actually dead, from our set up I assumed that if Jason bit the dust then Etrigan is stuck in limbo. I don't mind specifying it on the card though.

"While Jason is not destroyed, if Etrigan is not engaged at the end of the round then replace his figure with Jason's."

[IAmBatman]

I believe there are some things that can destroy Jason while he's on his card, so he could e destroyed between Etrigan being placed and when Jason would swap back in.