The Book of Professor X

[tcglkn]

Yea, A3n redid this card, but without a SP here he probably had to retype it all. Make sure we remind him when he returns to correct this.

[A3n]

Originally Posted by mac122

I don't know if this has been brought up before (sorry, didn't go through the 27 previous pages), but "Telepathic" is spelled "Telpathic" in the text for Prof X's "Telepathic Blast Special Attack".

Fixed. Great pick-up.

[johnny139]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

-Combinations and Synergies-

Synergy Benefits Received


Classic:

• N/A

Marvel:

• N/A

C3G:

• As a Mutant, Professor X may be moved by Cyclops' Mutant Field Commander.
• As a Telepath, Professor X may take a turn from Cyclops' Telepathic Rapport.
• As a Telepath, Professor X may be moved farther by Martian Manhunter's Telepathic Directive.
• Professor X's Telepathic Blast Special Attack adds one attack die for each adjacent Telepath to a maximum of +3 dice. Current Telepaths include: Emma Frost, Gorilla Grodd, Jean Grey, Martian Manhunter, Psylocke, Solovar, White Martian.
• As a Mutant, Professor X may be turned into an Outcast by Magneto's Mutant Recruitment.

Synergy Benefits Offered


Classic:

• N/A

Marvel:

• N/A

C3G:

• As a Telepath, Professor X may add 1 to Jean Grey's rolls for her Telekinesis 12 and Psionic Grip 12 special powers.
• Professor X can take a turn with one Unique Hero or two Unique Mutant Heroes with his Mutant Mind Link. Current Mutants include: Angel, Avalanche, Banshee, Beast, Blob, Colossus, Cyclops, Dazzler, Deadpool, Destiny, Emma Frost, Gambit, Iceman, Jean Grey, Jubilee, Magma,Magneto, Magneto,Molly Hayes, Mystique, Nightcrawler, Psylocke, Pyro, Quicksilver, Rogue, Sabretooth, Scarlet Witch, Shadowcat, Spider-Girl, Storm, Strong Guy, Toad, and Wolverine.
• As a Mutant, Professor X may offer an initiative bonus from Sentinel's Mutant Detection special power.
• As a Telepath, Professor X may add an additional die to a Gorilla City Warrior's normal attack due to their Telepathic Troop special power if he is engaged with the same figure.
• As a Mutant, Profesor X may enable Jubilee to take a turn after him as his Mutant Sidekick.
• As a Telepath, Professor X may be used by Emma Frost to attack with her Psychic Proxy Special Attack.

[SirGalahad]

Did we say we were changing all the "X" OM powers to say "an "X" Order Marker" instead of "the "X" Order Marker"?

[Griffin]

I'll go with whatever you say on that SirG, though I would prefer to change it to "an".

[IAmBatman]

I think we only made the change when we wanted the power to be able to trigger more than once with Loki. I don't think anyone felt that was needed here.

[Viegon]

The wording on Psychic Defense X is a bit odd if you do any self-attacking. Currently, you can trigger it when one of your own figures attacks another one of your figures (which isn't common, but figures like Fantomex and Malekith can force it), but then the wording at the end says "the opposing player's turn immediately ends". Obviously, if your opponent isn't taking a turn, then ending their turn has no effect, but it's still odd (and also odd in a 3+ player game, considering there is more then one "opposing" player). Similar to the change for War Machine, I recommend inserting an "opponent's" into it to keep it consistent with other defensive powers, and then reworking the last line to match:

PSYCHIC DEFENSE X
Once per round, if Professor X or any friendly figure within 3 spaces of Professor X is attacked by an opponent's figure that does not have the Mental Shield special power, and at least 1 skull is rolled, you may reveal the "X" Order Marker on this card. After revealing the "X" Order Marker, that opponent's turn immediately ends and the attacked figure receives no wounds.

The text in navy blue is also a bit odd; nowadays we use the simpler "if you do" wording.

Thoughts? ( @Karat , @SirGalahad , @johnny139 , @TrollBrute )

[japes]

Originally Posted by Viegon

The wording on Psychic Defense X is a bit odd if you do any self-attacking. Currently, you can trigger it when one of your own figures attacks another one of your figures (which isn't common, but figures like Fantomex and Malekith can force it), but then the wording at the end says "the opposing player's turn immediately ends". Obviously, if your opponent isn't taking a turn, then ending their turn has no effect, but it's still odd (and also odd in a 3+ player game, considering there is more then one "opposing" player). Similar to the change for War Machine, I recommend inserting an "opponent's" into it to keep it consistent with other defensive powers, and then reworking the last line to match:

The text in navy is also a bit odd; nowadays we use the simpler "if you do" wording.

Thoughts? (@Karat, @SirGalahad , @johnny139 , @TrollBrute )

For the color impaired among us could you highlight the Navy portion as I am not seeing it.

[Smithy Winfred]

Originally Posted by japes

For the color impaired among us could you highlight the Navy portion as I am not seeing it.

Here you go

[japes]

Originally Posted by Smithy Winfred

Here you go

Thanks Smithy. That's better.

[TrollBrute]

That definitely makes a mechanical change though. Was it the intent for it to only work on opponent's figures? It's a little weird as-is, but I don't think it's necessarily an issue.

[SirGalahad]

He was released in Wave 1. There have been literally hundreds of figures since then, so yes, the wording will be a little odd -- we've refined our work quite a bit since then.

I honestly do not know whether the intent included attacking one's own figures. We were designing for fun and not competition, and would attack your own figures just for fun?