The Book of Superman/Batman Robot

[IAmBatman]

This passes.

[japes]

I guess this was discussed offline and I just don't recall but, what's the reason for using figure height as the boost?

[IAmBatman]

He's built to destroy asteroids, so he should hit bigger things harder.

[japes]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

He's built to destroy asteroids, so he should hit bigger things harder.

I get that but more curious why Height was chosen is all. Was it just easier trying to mechanically work it out over something like Medium\Large\Huge since that would take a lot of words probably.

Just thinking of poor Stilt-man getting bullied because he pulled a fast one on Leg Switch Mirror Master.

[LordVenoc]

Originally Posted by japes

I get that but more curious why Height was chosen is all. Was it just easier trying to mechanically work it out over something like Medium\Large\Huge since that would take a lot of words probably.

Just thinking of poor Stilt-man getting bullied because he pulled a fast one on Leg Switch Mirror Master.

Basically the easy translation from the number to the bonus was the core of it.

[IAmBatman]

Yeah, it's a ton more elegant.

[SirGalahad]

Originally Posted by japes

Just thinking of poor Stilt-man getting bullied because he pulled a fast one on Leg Switch Mirror Master.

Poor Wilbur.

[japes]

makes sense.

[LordVenoc]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM
NAME OF THE TEST UNIT Superman/Batman Robot
Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Wonder Woman (JL), Superman/Batman Bot (250), Wonder Twins, EZ 8 (1000) OG XMen (1000)
Unit Summary
Damage: 10 Wounds dealt.
Abilities: Initiative win grabbed once. Punch killed Xavier. Protection very helpful.

Spoiler Alert!

General Flow:
R1: Not a lot done here as the bots get in position.
R2: EZ 8 completely whiffs a defensive roll against a 4 skull Optic Blast from Cyclops.
R3: The bot puts wounds on Jean, but is killed.
R4 and R5: The Twins mess with the XMen.
R6: Diana kills off Angel and Iceman.
General thoughts: Weird dice here, especially late game. Powers all came in handy, but generally felt decently easy to subvert. Big hit on Xavier was a clencher, but it was probably the weird dice after that that made the game weird when it should have still been winnable.
Unit Summary:
R1 T3: 3 wounds on Cyclops.
R2: Wins initiative with the +2 bonus (both teams rolled a 20)
R2 T2: Kills Xavier in one big special attack punch.
R3 T1: 2 on Jean
R3 T2: 1 on Jean

Who won and how many wounds did they have? Team Justice Bots win. 3 wounds on Wonder Woman, 1 wound on Zan.

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Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Wonder Woman (JL), Superman/Batman Bot (250), Wonder Twins, EZ 8 (1000) Godzilla (1000)
Unit Summary
Damage: 7 wounds with Special attack.
Abilities: Defense power slowed death, no initiative steals, free move was nice.

Spoiler Alert!

General Flow:
R1: The team launches their specials on turn 1, putting 10 wounds on Godzilla. Godzilla responds by killing EZ8 in a single attack.
R2: They can’t really eke out more wounds, as Zilla eventually demolishes the bot, and kills Zayna.
R3 and R4: Diana gets some wounds on Zilla, but can’t take him out before she goes down.

General thoughts: Zilla is unshakable this round, taking early hits but then just demolishing everything in his path.

Who won and how many wounds did they have? Godzilla wins with 14 wounds.

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Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Wonder Woman (JL), Superman/Batman Bot (250), Wonder Twins, EZ 8 (1000) Godzilla (1000)
Unit Summary
Damage: 11 wounds total, 2 with Special.
Abilities: Special move nice, no initiative steals.

Spoiler Alert!

General Flow:
R1: The bots get 6 early wounds in, with 2 of those from the Superbot. EZ8 Counters to stop two potentially huge hits by Zilla.
R2: Zilla wins initiative and puts 4 wounds on EZ8 with a 14 die roll. EZ does 3 wounds, and the Super punch is lackluster, only dealing 2 wounds. Zilla uses breath to kill EZ8, hurt Jayna and wound the bot. The bot punches back for 3. The bot kills Godzilla, punching successfully for 4.
General thoughts: Zilla was a bit more all over the place with his defense rolls. Win here, but that’s on successful dice rolls from EZ8 I think slowing down the king.

Who won and how many wounds did they have? Heroes win. 2 wounds on bot, 4 wounds on Jayna, Wonder Woman unwounded.

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[IAmBatman]

Any overall thoughts for Tornado?

[IAmBatman]

Only 2 wounds with the special on that second Godzilla game? That's disappointing. Sounds like you got a big 7 wound smash the first time against him, though, which is cool.

[LordVenoc]

Think it plays just fine, doing what it feels like it should. About only change I'd really consider is maybe dropping the stats just to lower cost a bit more, as right now it's probably right at the window where you aren't going to go for it outside of niche of needing a figure protected, or having a huge foe to contend with.