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Re: Cosmic Terrain Brainstorming Thread
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I agree with the idea that height advantage makes zero sense in space, but we need to be thoughtful and replace it with something else - height adds a lot of strategy, and we'd risk making space battles less interesting than terestrial ones. Oddly, though, I think this could allow us to go to town more on space rules - if we're relying on an all new set of rules to make the battlefield tactically interesting after ditching height, then it's more important to make that rule set pop and be truly dynamic. |
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Re: Cosmic Terrain Brainstorming Thread
What are some ideas you'd be in favor of, LO?
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And LO, I think I was having too much fun thinking of the map as possibly functioning like the classic game Asteroids, where, like Pac-Man, disappearing to one side causes reappearing on the other. But speaking of asteroids, if we're having chunks of rock floating around in space, maybe constant movement could be their feature. Are numbered 6D's ever used in C3G? Perhaps, at the end of each round, for each asteroid, roll the 6D to see which direction the asteroid moves in, with each number corresponding to the direction of a hex face. 1 6 2 5 3 4 Players either decide where 1 is in relation to all players, or players take turns rolling for each asteroid, with 1 facing away from the player rolling, and 4 being toward the player rolling. The smaller the # of rock tiles making up spaces on the asteroid, the more spaces it moves. 1 hex asteroids move 6 spaces in the direction of the number rolled, 5 hex asteroids move 2 spaces. 6-7 hex asteroids move 1 space 8+ hex asteroids do not move in any direction. Asteroids will stop directional movement if coming into contact with a figure or other terrain. Roll 1 unblockable attack die for collision damage to the figure on asteroids 1-3 hexes, 2 dice for asteroids 4+ hexes. Figures with super strength roll one less attack die for collision damage. Might encourage some nice big asteroids to serve as stationary battlegrounds, and smaller floaty ones for non-fliers to ride around on, leading to epic moments of two 'roid riders clashing into one another at the end of a round. The non Super Strengthened would be better off standing on asteroids while they suffocate, rather than being crushed. It might even be a faster form of transportation for those with super-strength and flying, though unpredictable. |
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Re: Cosmic Terrain Brainstorming Thread
Maybe figures with super strength may instead choose to attack an adjacent asteroid with a normal attack. Asteroids do not have life, instead, all skulls rolled count as spaces moved away in a straight line away from the figure.
EDIT Figures standing on a moved asteroid do not roll for disengagement. |
#113
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Re: Cosmic Terrain Brainstorming Thread
I'd forgotten that throwing DOs functions like a different type of attack that you roll defense against. So we do have some precedent, if not really for terrain in particular.
So something like if a figure ends its turn occupying a Cosmic Space, roll two attack dice against it and they roll defense? Maybe something progressive, like two + X attack dice where X = the number of Wound Markers on their Army Card? We wouldn't necessarily have to do a SS/non-SS divide then, as it'd just be using defense as a general toughness rating. C3G can be played with official Heroscape, but it's not recommended.
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#114
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Hmm, maybe I need to read some of the most iconic comic space battles, or the ones that really gave an interesting idea of superheroes fighting in space.
I think of space in the Fantastic Four, and how detrimental it was to them*. It could be an ever looming threat. At the end of R1, Roll two, each character rolls defense dice separately. R2, roll 3, and so on. Maybe characters with no Superstrength roll one less defense die? EDIT *Maybe just The Thing |
#115
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What if:
Any character ending their movement on a Cosmic Space automatically has height advantage over their target. After the turn ends, height is determined normally. |
#116
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Maybe on top of rolling one less defense die, characters without super strength also roll one less defense die each around, so end of round skulls eventually become auto wounds.
The idea of cosmic tiles giving auto-height advantage on that turn is to give the sense that when moving in space, these characters want to move vertically to where it's best for them to be. Even non-fliers are basically flying, or falling with style. But things are always also always shifting in space. With the asteroids idea I put up earlier, the ideas make it so super strengthened folk are less cautious about moving around in space, as they are more resilient to space debris. Figures without Super Strength are going to want to head for terrain by the end of the round, or else risk getting slammed into, so there will be competition for those spaces. The possibility of having a large asteroid sent hurling toward even a super strength character isn't ideal, because two unblockable attack dice isn't good for pretty much anyone. So even those with Super Strength and flying may still want to head for terrain. With the ability to knock asteroids around and asteroid positions being reset before every round, I think it could make order marker placement and movement really interesting. There's pros and con's to being on both types of spaces, and it captures the dangers of outerspace, and the dangers of asteroid fields that C3P0 was talking about. |
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I feel like cosmic tiles should not allow super leap, but asteroid tiles should allow super leap in single directions, up to the maximum number of moves available to the character.
EDIT: Or, I think I'm being too rigid with movement. These are superheroes after all, they know what they're doing. I don't want non-fliers to be too disadvantaged. Straight line movement ok, but they move however # of spaces they want and are allowed. EDIT 2* Cosmic tiles should not allow super leap, but terrain tiles should allow super leap in single directions, unless moving onto and off of other terrain tiles. EDIT 3** What if all figures gain SPACE LEAP on a cosmic map? Or maybe it's not a good idea to have tiles bestow abilities onto units. Maybe all asteroid tiles allow a SPACE LEAP type movement? Last edited by toyhandle; January 18th, 2020 at 02:10 AM. |
#118
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Re: Cosmic Terrain Brainstorming Thread
I'm not really sure, but if I come up with anything, I'll let you know! It's certainly a tricky one, and I don't think this is something we could rush. This is a big deal and I'd rather see it awesome in 3 years than okay in 1.
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Re: Cosmic Terrain Brainstorming Thread
Look, I'm up for those, chap! Push the ideas and people will listen, but vague dreams will only go so far.
The problem there seems to be logistics, sadly, but I'm sure we can make it work - just keep pushing! |
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