The Book of Noh-Varr

[Karat]

I do like overconfident better than enthusiastic. Otherwise I agree with all the changes.

[japes]

For what it's worth I liked the attack boost...like he cannon balled right into his target after building up the speed.

[TrollBrute]

Overconfident's not my favorite option, but I can live with it.

[IAmBatman]

Are there any important synergies he'd be losing out on if we move away from Enthusiastic?

[TrollBrute]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Are there any important synergies he'd be losing out on if we move away from Enthusiastic?

No. The YA were originally tied into Enthusiastic as a Personality, but I moved away from that in favor of Rookie as a Class. I guess with Enthusiastic, if you had a way to shrink his Size to Small, you could give him synergy with the Power Pack.

[IAmBatman]

Cool. No reason to stick to Enthusiastic if something fits better, then.

[Karat]

Maybe Brash would work better?

[TrollBrute]

With the breathing period up, I've made the suggested changes to White Running, changed his personality to Overconfident, and raised his normal attack to 5. If no one has any other comments before tomorrow, I'll propose for an Initial then.

[Karat]

Pre-yea

[IAmBatman]

Make sure to tag the CRB here. I'm also at least trying to encourage the earlier usage of this checklist (about to run it for Cheetah in a bit):

Spoiler Alert!

(Done once the Design is finalized, before or as part of the proposal for the Initial Playtest)
1. Check if we are recycling a unit name or special power name.
2. What happens when the powers are negated (Zatanna, etc.)?
3. Should the powers affect destructible objects, undead, constructs, etc?
4. Check if the powers work correctly in a mirror match or in a mutiplayer game.
5. Do the powers allow turn stacking?
6. Are any powers expected to work after all figures have been destroyed? If so, is that clearly worded?
7. Do any powers place figures on this card? If so, how does it interact with other place-on-card powers (Bug Drop, Frenchie’s Air Drop, Alternate Realities, Penance Stare 19, Helicarrier Drop Team, Timestream Reinforcements)?
8. Does a power trigger off of an Order Marker being revealed on another Army Card? If so, is the power expected to trigger if all figures associated with that Army Card have been destroyed? If so, does this allow turn stacking, overpowered passive movement abilities, or unclear power timing?
9. Is it clear which powers are mandatory and which are optional?
10. Does any power's name or wording unintentionally prohibit the power's reusability?
11. Are there any competitive concerns brought up by the CRB that need to be addressed in testing?

Movement Power Checklist:

1. Does it allow leaving engagement attacks?
2. How does it interact with Engagement Strike?
3. How does it interact with Stuck/Rubber Wrap?
4. Is there any way the figure can be forced to end its movement on an illegal space?
5. Is it a space-by-space move power, or a teleport-like place power? Is it clear in the power which one it is?
6. How does it interact with bonus movement powers, such as Telepathic Directive or Guarding the Globe?

Aura Power Checklist:

1. Is the aura intended to affect the figure with the aura? Is this clear?
2. If one member of a squad is within the aura, are the other squad members unintentionally affected?

Attack Targeting Triggered Powers:

1. Is it intended to only work with normal attacks? If so, does it specify this? Is it intended to work only with melee attacks? If so, does it specify this?
2. Does it affect special attacks? Take careful note of special attacks that do not use targeting like Optic Blast Special Attack or Canary Cry Special Attack.
3. What happens if the attacker changes targets?

Receiving Wounds Triggered Powers:

1. How does it interact with normal attacks?
2. How does it interact with special attacks?
3. How does it interact with leaving engagement attacks?
4. How does it interact with falling damage?
5. How does it interact with lava field damage?
6. How does it interact with the Glyphs that cause wounds?
7. How does it interact with Engagement Strike/Auto Chain Gun?
8. How does it interact with auto-wounding powers that choose the target?
9. How does it interact with Knockback?
10. How does it interact with Destructible Objects?

Uncommon Card Checklist:

Do multiple copies of the Uncommon have unintended interactions? Note that each card represents a distinct copy of each power, unlike Commons.

Special Attack Checklist:

If the unit is a squad, can some of the squad members use the special attack while others attack normally? Is it clear?

[TrollBrute]

Checklist:

Spoiler Alert!

(Done once the Design is finalized, before or as part of the proposal for the Initial Playtest)
1. Check if we are recycling a unit name or special power name. Yes, but only for a reused power.
2. What happens when the powers are negated (Zatanna, etc.)? He has no powers.
3. Should the powers affect destructible objects, undead, constructs, etc? N/A
4. Check if the powers work correctly in a mirror match or in a mutiplayer game. No issues that I see.
5. Do the powers allow turn stacking? Nope.
6. Are any powers expected to work after all figures have been destroyed? If so, is that clearly worded? N/A
7. Do any powers place figures on this card? If so, how does it interact with other place-on-card powers (Bug Drop, Frenchie’s Air Drop, Alternate Realities, Penance Stare 19, Helicarrier Drop Team, Timestream Reinforcements)? N/A
8. Does a power trigger off of an Order Marker being revealed on another Army Card? If so, is the power expected to trigger if all figures associated with that Army Card have been destroyed? If so, does this allow turn stacking, overpowered passive movement abilities, or unclear power timing? N/A
9. Is it clear which powers are mandatory and which are optional? Yep.
10. Does any power's name or wording unintentionally prohibit the power's reusability? Yes on the name for White Running, but that's to hit a theme. Sorta on his SA.
11. Are there any competitive concerns brought up by the CRB that need to be addressed in testing? We'll see.

Movement Power Checklist:

1. Does it allow leaving engagement attacks? No, and is clearly spelled out.
2. How does it interact with Engagement Strike? Normally.
3. How does it interact with Stuck/Rubber Wrap?Normally.
4. Is there any way the figure can be forced to end its movement on an illegal space? No more than any other Phantom Walk-like power.
5. Is it a space-by-space move power, or a teleport-like place power? Is it clear in the power which one it is? N/A
6. How does it interact with bonus movement powers, such as Telepathic Directive or Guarding the Globe? Doesn't.

Aura Power Checklist: N/A

Attack Targeting Triggered Powers: N/A

Receiving Wounds Triggered Powers:

1. How does it interact with normal attacks? Limits wounds, clearly spelled out.
2. How does it interact with special attacks? Doesn't.
3. How does it interact with leaving engagement attacks? Doesn't.
4. How does it interact with falling damage? Doesn't.
5. How does it interact with lava field damage? Doesn't.
6. How does it interact with the Glyphs that cause wounds? Doesn't.
7. How does it interact with Engagement Strike/Auto Chain Gun? Doesn't.
8. How does it interact with auto-wounding powers that choose the target? Doesn't.
9. How does it interact with Knockback? Doesn't.
10. How does it interact with Destructible Objects? Doesn't.

Uncommon Card Checklist: N/A

Special Attack Checklist:

If the unit is a squad, can some of the squad members use the special attack while others attack normally? Is it clear? N/A

I was waiting to tag the CRB until I was sure there were no more issues, but it seems there are not so:

I propose we move Noh-Varr to Initial testing.
@IAmBatman -
@johnny139 -
Karat - Yea
@SirGalahad -
@Viegon -

and

@dok , @Dysole , @Soundwarp SG-1 , @weebaer any worries here? Any suggested builds or combos? Rookie synergy will come later, but he does have Kree synergy right now.

[TrollBrute]

Oh, and one other thing: do we want to change the SA name to make it more reusable or leave it with the current thematic name? We could switch to Dual Pistols SA or even Dual Weapons SA for maximum reusability.