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In both cases, they had stopped to rest. They weren't in the middle of battle, and they weren't in the middle of running away. Project Pokemon, Kanto Pokemon (151) Star Wars Custom Army Cards LEGENDS OF 'SCAPE (RPG) Rulebook Templates Last edited by White Knight; April 24th, 2014 at 07:40 PM. Reason: Re-read the passages after Moria. |
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Just spitballing some suggestions... A melee combat power to represent Anduril. This could be the one power that remains on both cards. After all he didn't change to the degree that Gandalf did. Some sort of power to represent the fact that he is the greatest woodsmen/hunter/tracker (forgot the exact adjective) of his day. I'm obviously partial to my power below. It represents both his hunt for Gollum and the Orcs who took Merry and Pippin as well as the general fact that he was a great tracker. Dunedain Tracking Before the game choose an opponents unique hero. After the chosen unique hero takes a turn you may move Aragorn 2 spaces. lastly a power idea that is a little out of left field. If would be a power that gives Aragorn the ability to synergies with a wide variety of units that he normally wouldn't be able to work with. The power represents the way he helps a large variety of forces without them knowing who he is. Some examples are the Dunedain's protection of the shire and Breeland, as well as Aragorn's direct aid of Thengel in Rohan and Ecthelion under the Pseudonym Thorongil. He's got nothing to do with Dwarfs(Aquilla) but everything to do with Elfs(Ullar) and Men(Jandar/Einar). I don't see the reason for him to be Aquilla. |
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I'm also feeling persuaded that a healing power doesn't fit Strider that well.
I think we will make a glyph for Anduril. I'm thinking we'll do glyphs for most of the named swords if major characters. They can be "Personal Item" treasure glyphs that can start on the cards in casual it scenario play and they can only be removed from the card when they die. Isn't Anduril The Sword That Was Broken until more than halfway through the books? The tracking idea could work. It could even be "pick any unique Hero" or "pick a unique Hero you don't control." That way it could represent him following allies that don't even know he's there, like when he follows the Hobbits into Bree. Maybe even Unique Squad also, for added mechanical flexibility. I don't see how the presence of those units under those generals would be a theme *break* but I certainly agree he has stronger thematic ties to the other two. Formerly known as capsocrates -- Remixed Master Sets - challenge yourself with new terrain combinations! -- Colorado Fall 2023 Multiplayer Madness -- caps's Customs Redux - caps's multiplayer maps - caps's maps - Seagate -- Continuing Classic Heroscape: C3V SoV |
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Yes I remembered that it was reforged earlier in the books, I think, but I couldn't remember how much earlier. Thanks for popping in; I see you are correct.
I think I would still prefer to make it a glyph. Formerly known as capsocrates -- Remixed Master Sets - challenge yourself with new terrain combinations! -- Colorado Fall 2023 Multiplayer Madness -- caps's Customs Redux - caps's multiplayer maps - caps's maps - Seagate -- Continuing Classic Heroscape: C3V SoV |
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Fine by me. |
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I read through all of the battle scenes in LotR prior to the Paths of the Dead:
1) Weathertop The book briefly mentions Strider rushing forward with flaming brands in both hands. Then Frodo passes out. 2) Wolves near Moria Legolas uses arrows. Strider and Boromir each take out a wolf with their swords. Gandalf uses magical fire. 3) Moria Strider uses his sword in Balin's Tomb to fight the orcs. 4) Helm's Deep Aragorn uses his sword exclusively (no bow and arrow). He also spends a lot of time rallying the troops. From the books, Strider/Aragorn uses Anduril for all of his fighting. I know that he has a bow in the movie, but in the books only Legolas uses a bow. (And in the books, there are no other elves at Helm's Deep.) Extending the books to Heroscape, I think Strider/Aragorn should have a Range of 1, with some attack special ability such as Ranger's Assault. We might want to give him a leadership type of rallying ability as well. And I'm OK giving him a tracking type of ability. |
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Yeah, no bow for Aragorn in the books (explicitly stated that he had none when he left Rivendell, as I recall) and he only uses it once in the films. That said, I did give my Strider weak ranged potential, purely because my figure had a bow strapped to his back.
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I'm fine with Anduril as a Treasure Glyph, though I'm having trouble thinking of powers off the top of my head.
If we're looking at an Aragorn without a healing power, the question remains of what other qualities should be emphasized. I like a lot of the ideas for melee offense, tracking, minor leadership, and protection powers we've got circulating. Taking away his range works for me, so long as he gets a solid melee power in return. C3V/SoV The Pre-Sov Workshop Xorlof's Handy-Dandy Card Creator My Customs: Ullar Cavalry Faction, 4/24/23 HOW I GOT MY TITLE Last edited by Son of Arathorn; April 25th, 2014 at 09:52 PM. |
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Okay, it looks like we're narrowing things down some. I'll throw this at the wall and see if it sticks:
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The adjacency stipulation on Strider's Assault is unnecessary if he's not going to have a normal ranged attack.
Anybody feeling Engaging Strike? It might be better on a figure like Gimli, but I could see it working here too. Not sure I'm feeling Dunedain Tracking. I know he's a Ranger (THE Ranger, in fact), but Ranger of the North is growing on me, and if we're trying to capture this character in its entirety pre-RotK, I think we should try to get most of his traits in there; two Ranger powers feels unnecessary at the expense of one that could portray his leadership with the Hobbits on the road to Rivendell and with the Three Hunters. I'm going to counter caps's offer (yep, before anyone else gives feedback ) with this: Quote:
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That Dunedain Tracking power should be listed first, since it's a before the game starts kind of power, IMO.
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