The Book of Yellow Lantern (Mongul II)

[IAmBatman]

I think you're pretty good here, but I might put the cap down at 2 just to make him less swingy and difficult to test and easier to cost.

I think the go-to move with him is to run him with some other YLs an Sinestro Corps Soldiers, OM1 move up like Sinestro and a SCS, then OM2 move up Mongul and attack your own SCS. If that doesn't get the job done, Serve Mongul Or Die gives you a second shot to KO that SCS.

So most of the time I think you'll be sacrificing a single SCS to him, which means 2 battery markers. I think getting to a third is going to be a lot fiddlier and more situational, which means it'll be harder to accurately test and reflect in his cost.

[Arkham]

So that's 220 points and best case scenario 2 turns you're sacrificing for him to be at max power. But would he then play like a 520 point figure(- the at least 2 turns you've now given up that normal 520 pointed figure wouldn't have)? My main concern is he going to be worth all that trouble and is he worth drafting compared to 520 points elsewhere?

[johnny139]

Yeah, that's the big trade-off. Even at his best he's just a single attacker, though you can bond with the SCS. Like, I'm not sure Mongul + 3 Soldiers is going to be stronger than Sinestro + Arkillo, as the core of a YL army.

I'm spitballing a bit - how do people feel about this?

YELLOW RING THIEF
Start the game with one yellow Batter Marker on this card. When Yellow Lantern destroys an adjacent figure, you may move one yellow Battery Marker on that figure’s card onto this card. Add one to Yellow Lantern’s Move, Range, Attack, and Defense numbers for each yellow Battery Marker on this card, to a maximum of +2.

So he starts with a marker, which is a nice bonus. But, whenever he destroys a figure, he only gets one marker. So this sort of encourages you to at least get the Soldiers into the fray, because otherwise a marker goes to waste whenever you kill one off.

I think it would make his playstyle less linear - "kill the dudes in your start zone and go wild" - but maybe too finicky?

[IAmBatman]

Yeah, that's not bad. Let the enemy weaken your SCS for you first and then finish him off.

[Arch-vile]

I like that better.

[Karat]

A lot more toned down.

[MrNobody]

Will be nice with Parallax - put markers on enemy cards, then kill them to reap the rewards.

[Soundwarp SG-1]

Originally Posted by Karat

I don't believe it is. I'm pretty sure you can choose not to. I'll have to research that.

Rolling defense is mandatory. And you have to roll all the dice allowed to you (unless it's from a power that says 'may add such-and-such amount of defense dice or something).

[Lord Pyre]

Originally Posted by Soundwarp SG-1

Rolling defense is mandatory. And you have to roll all the dice allowed to you (unless it's from a power that says 'may add such-and-such amount of defense dice or something).

We could always add a line here saying that friendly figures attacked by Mongul don't roll defense dice or something like that if we wanted.

[Arkham]

May as well just go with an auto-destroy like Arkillo if we want to go that route. Much simpler and more reliable IMO.

[johnny139]

Personally, I like that they can defend themselves - in my head, these are dudes being keelhauled against their will. They'll fight for him, but if Mongul tries snapping them in half and stealing their ring, they're gonna put up a fight.

I'm seeing mostly positive feelings about the updated version above, and I think I'm leaning that way too - anyone with strong preference for what's in the SP now?

[tcglkn]

Nope like your updated version here.