The Book of Gorilla Grodd

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by Spidey'tilIDie

I am loving some Grodd right now! Great work, kudos to you all!

EDIT: However, I prefer this mini to the one posted, I mean when have you ever seen Grodd wear a cape and loin cloth? http://www.hcrealms.com/units/aa010.jpg

You weren't there!
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It was a different time ...
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Don't judge me!

(Also, I agree with you on the mini thing).

[Griffin]

I also prefer the more monkey like sculpt.

[A3n]

I agree with the mini change, the other was just the one Hahma had taken a pic of so I went with that.

Cheers

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Can everyone click on and see the link I posted to Grodd?

[A3n]

Originally Posted by Spidey'tilIDie

Can everyone click on and see the link I posted to Grodd?

That's why we all have agreed to the change .

[whitestuff]

He is looking a little Shakespearean in this new pose...

[Griffin]

"Give the unit their best."

[SirGalahad]

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Arkham Asylum set. Its model number and name is #010 / Gorilla Grodd or #104 / Grodd.

[Griffin]

I will be playtesting this guy tonight.

[IAmBatman]

Cool.

[A3n]

Originally Posted by SirGalahad

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Arkham Asylum set. Its model number and name is #010 / Gorilla Grodd or #104 / Grodd.

SirG I totally missed this, but have updated the first post with that info now. Thank you very muchly.

Originally Posted by Griffin

I will be playtesting this guy tonight.

& thank you very muchly sir

Cheers

[Griffin]

C3G PLAY TEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT Gorilla Grodd

- THEME TEST/ Check to see if there are any powers or stats on the test unit card that does not accurately reflect the theme or likeness of what the character would and could do. Also consider destructible objects, and whether or not this characters powers should affect them.
PASS

- MIRROR TEST/ Check to see if the unit were played against itself, if there would be any loops that would upset the balance of the Game.
PASS, though you could potentially run a bunch of turns between the two, so that could be highly dangerous.

- BONDING TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing Bonding abilities to make sure there are no continual Bonding possibilities that do not stop appropriately or do not stop at all. This is to prevent loops in Bonding.
PASS

- SYNERGIES TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing synergies to make sure there are no factors that could break the game by making any unit to powerful or too weak.
PASS, boosting Jean and Professor X is cool and not too powerful, and the same is said for Martian Manhunter boosting Grodd's movement with the Telepathic Directive.

- POWER CHECK/ Consider the test unit and all existing units and all glyphs to compare to and check for any powers that could be over amplified and break the game. Each power must define when it takes place, who or what it affects, and What are the stipulations on the power if there are any.
PASS, Doom and Grodd can run a couple of turns together, but they will usually either run out of D20 luck quickly, or quickly find a more valuable Unique Hero to mind control, thus breaking the telepathic chain.

- FUN TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play.
PASS

- FUN COMPETITIVE TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play against.
PASS

- DRAFTING TEST/ Consider whether or not this design is worth drafting.
PASS

- USAGE TEST/ Consider whether or not all of the powers on this card were used or at least usable.
PASS

- STRATEGY TEST/ Consider whether or not the design offers any real strategy or interesting tactics to the overall game.
PASS

- Heavy Hitter or Mid-Level Hero/ Does it pass? YES, So far he looks like he is worth 240 on a lava map, and 220 any other time.

Spoiler Alert!

TEST 1
Map: Martian War: The Heat
Units: Grodd VS Black Canary

Grodd wins with 4 out of 5 wounds. He won by rolling for Cognizant Control 16 and forceing her into Molten Lava.

TEST 2
Map: Martian War: The Heat
Units: Grodd VS Batman

Grodd wins with 4 out of 5 wounds. He won by rolling for Cognizant Control 16 and forceing him into Molten Lava.

TEST 3
Map: Martian War: The Heat
Units: Grodd VS Captain America

Grodd wins with full life. He won by rolling for Cognizant Control 16 and forceing him into Molten Lava.

TEST 4
Map: Martian War: The Heat
Units: Grodd VS Captain America

Grodd wins with 4 out of 5 wounds. He won by rolling for Cognizant Control 16 and forceing him into Molten Lava.

TEST 5
Map: Martian War: The Heat
Units: Grodd VS Hawkgirl

Hawkgirl wins with 4 out of 5 wounds. She won by hitting him with a double attack Hawk Swoop, and then a normal attack on height.

TEST 6
Map: Martian War: The Heat
Units: Grodd VS Hawkgirl

Grodd wins with 4 out of 5 wounds. He won by rolling for Cognizant Control 16 and forceing her into Molten Lava.

TEST 7
Map: Martian War: The Heat
Units: Grodd VS Flash

Flash wins with 2 out of 4 wounds. He won by continuously rolling for his SA.

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- Squad / Does it pass? YES, 225 is feeling right at this point.
Map: Martian War: The Heat
Units: Grodd VS Street Thugs x3

Spoiler Alert!

Grodd wins with 4 out of 5 wounds. Grodd's defense had them out matched mostly, but he couldn't use his Cognizant Control 16 either, so there was some trade off there. Ultimately though, he felt like he was worth 225 against them. (Random glyphs were Smilex which killed a thug, and Reinforcements which did bring back 3 thugs)

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- Army Test/ Does it pass? YES, 225 still feels right.
Map: Martian War: The Heat
Units: Grodd (225), Sinestro (330), Vertigo (160), and Grundy (290) (Team = 1005) VS Superman (400), Batman (200), Flash (250), Green Arrow (150) (Team = 1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Batman catches the Boomtube glyph and uses it to teleport to the Green Kryptonite glyph. Batman equiped it and then threw batarangs missing Grundy and Grodd, but hit Sinestro for 2 wounds. Vertigo flies up on height and destroys Batman with a 5 skull attack, and knocks the Green K towards Grodd in case he may need it later (which he won't). GA moves up and rolls a skill shot of 1 against Vertigo. Sinestro speedily moves up and fires at GA but misses. Superman flies up and hits Sinestro for one wound. Vertigo moves up and springs the Heroic Duty trap forcing Superman to take a wound from Sin and another wound from Vertigo's attack on height. Superman punches Sin but he blocks it. Sinestro circles Superman to land on the Boomtube glyph and safely teleport to engaged height on Flash only to give him two wounds with the Force of Fear, then burns a battery to try again but Flash somehow manages to zip away. Superman punches Sin but Sin blocks the attack with a power shield. Sin puts Superman 2 away from death with his SA by burning another marker. Then Sin is helpless to Kal El's fists and so dies. Vertigo flies over the lava river away from Superman but still in sight and shoots at GA but misses, then Superman runs (not flies) around the river and hits and destroys Vertigo. Grodd moves up and does nothing. Superman hits Grodd but misses, then Grodd takes Superman's mind and throws him in lava for death. Flash punches, punches, punches, and punches Grodd for 2 wounds. Grodd swings back and fails. Flash tries again but fails. Grodd swings and fails while Flash zips away, but then Grodd takes his mind and forces him into lava. GA retreats so as to avoid any lava death, and then rolls a 20 for skill shot! Then rolls 3 skulls killing Grodd and having the rest of the round to take target practice on Grundy. Grundy takes no wounds however, and next round, Grundy slowly menaces GA as GA finally gets one wound off on him. GA uses the Boomtube to get further away, but then Grundy gets initiative and follows through the Boomtube as well and kills GA while GA was on height.

Grundy wins with 1 out of 4 wounds.

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- Army Test/ Does it pass? YES, 225 still feels right.
Map: Martian War: The Heat
Units: Grodd (225), Doctor Doom (245), and Jonah Hex (130) (Team = 600) VS Green Lantern Hal (350) and Flash (250) (Team = 600)

Spoiler Alert!

Doom takes the reinforcements glyph and takes a turn with Grodd, who moves up and takes a turn with Doom, who moves up a bit and takes a turn with Grodd, who fails to take a turn with flash. Flash takes the Superspeed glyph and sits on it. Grodd moves up some and fails to take Flash's mind. GL uses the speed boost and gets height on Grodd while engaged and hits his fearless charge 3 times bringing the big ape down to one away from death. Grodd then hits back for 3 wounds on GL. GL attempts to kill Grodd again but fails, and ends up paying the price as Grodd steals his mind and forces him to jump into the lava. Flash then turns up the super charged fists and knocks the mad monkey into oblivion. Doom moves up and attacks but Flash zips away and out of the Mind Exchange zone, so Doom Mind Exchanges with nearby Jonah instead and Jonah takes height on the now engaged Flash and puts 3 wounds on him. Flash then puts 4 wounds on Jonah. Doom fails again. Flash gets height and puts Doom one away from death. Doom makes a bold move and doesn't attack so as to avoid Flash zip dodging away, and instead mind exchanges Flash successfully, and then...... you guessed it..... Hot Lava Death!

Doom and Jonah win with both one away from death.