The Book of Harley Quinn (Batman Ally)

[tcglkn]

You should remove the ruling and the glyph since they’re no longer part of this design.

[MrNobody]

Originally Posted by Lord Pyre

(If I'm really the only one with a slight opinion, seriously just do whatever you think is best!)

Well the votes technically came out in preference of the 160/No DD version (you, me, and Bats with an LD's choice vote), so I think I'm going to start with that. We have plenty of knobs to twist during playtesting though!

This passes.

[MrNobody]

C3G INITIAL PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Harley Quinn

Army Test 1
Map: Conflict Chernobyl (No Glyphs)
Units: [COLOR=red]Team 1 (900): Harley Quinn (160), Bat-Family Batman (270), Catwoman II (200), Huntress (170), Dick Grayson Robin (100)/COLOR]
Team 2 (900): Annihilus (360), Arthrian Invaders x3 (540)

Pre-game thoughts: No range on the enemy team, so maybe not the best test of Clingy Clown. Still, feel like there’s plenty of other stuff to feel out here.

Summary of the game:

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: T1 wins initiative
-Robin takes out an Invader
-Catwoman takes out an Invader
-An Invader inflicts 2 wounds on Robin

Round 2: T1 wins initiative
-Harley takes out an Invader with her Bat
-An Invader takes out Robin
-Annihilus inflicts 2 wounds on Catwoman
-Harley inflicts 2 wounds on Annihilus with Acme Bomb
-The Cosmic Control Rod (CCR) goes flying
-Batman takes up the CCR
-Batman takes out an Invader
-Catwoman ties Annihilus up with the Bolas
-Catwoman inflicts a wound on Annihilus
-Annihilus takes out Catwoman
-Batman inflicts a wound on Annihilus
-Annihilus takes an LEA from Harley
-Annihilus inflicts a wound on Batman
-The CCR goes flying
-Annihilus takes a wound for not having the CCR on his card

Round 3: T2 wins initiative
-Invaders inflict 2 wounds on Huntress
-Huntress counters them, taking out 2 Invaders
-Annihilus inflicts 2 wounds on Batman
-Batman takes out Annihilus
-Huntress takes out the last Invader


Special power usages:
Normal attack: 0 wounds inflicted
Baseball Bat Beatdown SA: 1 wounds inflicted (1 on Arthrian Invaders) Only used once, and the 1 die option was used every time
Acme Explosive: 2 wounds inflicted on Annihilus in R2 (Hit on the first roll)


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Harley Quinn (0/4 wounds), Batman (3/5 wounds), Huntress (2/4 wounds)

Post-game thoughts: Harley didn’t do much actively here, but hitting her Acme Bomb roll so fast definitely mattered. She was just a general clingy annoyance.

Caltrops made a big difference here. Catwoman was able to speed up to the front lines quickly and drop them to create a “shield” that the squad figures didn’t want to penetrate.

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Army Test 2
Map: Conflict Chernobyl (No Glyphs)
Units: Team 1 (800): Harley Quinn (160), Bat-Family Batman (270), Bud and Lou (70), Batwoman w/ Flash-Bang and Smoke Pellet (180), Tim Drake Robin (120)
Team 2 (800): Captain Cold II (200), Mirror Master (160), Owen Mercer Captain Boomerang (135), Magenta (130), Weather Wizard I (100), Rainbow Raider (75)

Pre-game thoughts: Really excited to see how Harley brings Bud and Lou into the Bat-Family web.

Summary of the game:

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: T1 wins initiative
-Batman inflicts 3 wounds on Magenta
-Robin inflicts a wound on Boomerang
-Weather Wizard inflicts a wound on Harley
-Cold inflicts a wound on Harley
-Boomerang takes out Bud

Round 2: T1 wins initiative
-Harley takes out Magenta with Baseball Bat Barrage
-Robin inflicts a wound on Boomerang
-Boomerang inflicts a wound on Harley
-Weather Wizard takes out Harley
-Batman inflicts a wound on Cold
-Robin takes out Boomerang
-Weather Wizard inflicts a wound on Batman

Round 3: T2 wins initiative
-Rainbow Raider removes OM1 from Batwoman’s card
-Rainbow Raider inflicts a wound on Batman
-Weather Wizard inflicts a wound on Batwoman
-Robin inflicts a wound on Weather Wizard
-Robin inflicts a wound on Raider

Round 4: T2 wins initiative
-Rainbow Raider removes OMX from Batman’s card
-Weather Wizard inflicts a wound on Batman
-Batman inflicts a wound on Cold
-Robin inflicts a wound on Rainbow Raider
-Rainbow Raider inflicts a wound on Batman
-Batman inflicts a wound on Cold
-Robin takes out Rainbow Raider
-Batman inflicts a wound on Cold

Round 5: T1 wins initiative
-Cold takes out Batman
-Batwoman takes out Cold
-Robin inflicts 2 wounds on Weather Wizard
-Weather Wizard inflicts a wound on Robin
-Batwoman takes out Weather Wizard
-T2 had OM3 on Weather Wizard, so they lose a turn.

Round 6: T2 wins initiative
-Batwoman inflicts 2 wounds on Mirror Master
-Robin takes out Weather Wizard


Special power usages:
Normal attack: 0 wounds inflicted
Baseball Bat Beatdown SA: 1 wounds inflicted (1 on Magenta), only used 4 die option
Acme Explosive: Did not go off (Rolled for 5 times)

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Batwoman (1/4 wounds), Robin (1/3 wounds), Lou

Post-game thoughts: No Acme Bomb here, and she barely did damage, but Harley still felt pretty useful as a clingy annoyance. She especially liked being able to latch onto Mirror Master and generally turn his teleporting into an annoyance.

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Army Test 3
Map: Conflict Chernobyl (No Glyphs)
Units: Team 1 (800): Harley Quinn (160), Silver Sable (200), Spider-Man (250), Bane I (190)
Team 2 (800): Occult Batman (230), Zatanna II (220), Nightstalkers Blade (260), Slam Bradley (90)

Pre-game thoughts: It’s kinda funny that you can bootstrap Harley back into being an Outlaw. Anyways, just trying out an alternate build for her. Spidey and Harley can do movement hijinks all day long.

Summary of the game:

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: T2 wins initiative
-Harley inflicts a wound on Zatanna
-Blade inflicts a wound on Spidey
-Harley inflicts a wound on Blade with her Bat
-Spidey inflicts a wound on Zatanna
-Blade inflicts a wound on Harley
-Sable inflicts a wound on Zatanna

Round 2: T1 wins initiative
-Slam inflicts 2 wounds on Harley
-Batman inflicts a wound on Spidey
-Slam takes out Harley
-Bane inflicts 3 wounds on Slam
-Sable inflicts 2 wounds on Blade
-Blade inflicts a wound on Sable

Round 3: T2 wins initiative
-Batman inflicts 2 wounds on Spidey
-Spidey takes out Blade
-Spidey takes out Slam
-Bane inflicts 2 wounds on Batman

Round 4: T2 wins initiative
-Batman takes out Sable
-T1 had OM1 and OM2 on Sable, so they lose those turns
-Batman takes out Spidey
-Zatanna inflicts a wound on Bane
-Zatanna inflicts 2 wounds on Bane
-Bane breaks Batman’s back, taking him out

Round 5: T2 wins initiative
-Zatanna inflicts a wound on Bane
-Bane takes out Zatanna


Special power usages:
Normal attack: 1 wounds inflicted (1 on Zatanna)
Baseball Bat Beatdown SA: 1 wounds inflicted, 1 die option
Acme Explosive: 2 wounds inflicted on Blade in R2 (Rolled for 4 times)

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Bane (4/6 wounds)

Post-game thoughts: A pretty close game. Not too much to say, Harley wanted to use her Bomb on Batman but decided it wasn’t worth risking it.

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: With 3 wins, she’s probably in need of a bit of a nerf - I think the range is probably what needs to go. It’s not really what the design is about anyways, so no harm in losing it.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: I had a lot of fun with this one! The Acme Bomb is a bit swingy, but I also played her pretty aggressively. A player who keeps her back and uses the free Bat-Family movement to generate Bomb rolls will probably have better luck with it.

Really enjoyed where this design ended up! She'll probably be a bit of a go-to pick for the Bat-Family for now, but I think that'll fade as we (hopefully) get more tailored inclusions in the future.

[MrNobody]

I'm thinking about these changes.

RANGE = 1

BASEBALL BAT BEATDOWN SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 1. Attack 1, 2, or 3.
Start the attack with 3 attack dice. You may attack with 1, 2, or 3 attack dice until all 3 attack dice have been rolled. For each roll, if a skull is rolled on every die, add 1 automatic skull.

[IAmBatman]

Three strikes you're in. I do think 3 sells the baseball theme nicely.

[MrNobody]

Cool, updated.

Let's do a VOTE for Public Playtesting.

I think it makes sense to sends Batman out with her to any public testers, any objections to that?

[Arch-vile]

No objections here. yea

[Soundwarp SG-1]

yea

[Dr. Jekyll]

Makes sense yea

[Arkham]

yea

[MrNobody]

This passes.

[IAmBatman]

Oooooh yea.