The Book of Parallax (Hal Jordan)

[IAmBatman]

The Book of Parallax (Hal Jordan)

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The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Collateral Damage set.
Its model number and name are #219/Parallax.

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Character Bio - Hal Jordan was the greatest Green Lantern. Until the day his hometown, Coast City, was destroyed by Mongul and Cyborg Superman, and Hal’s emotional fallout left him vulnerable to the Entity of Fear. That Entity, Parallax, preyed upon Hal’s fears and took Hal as a host, turning him against the Green Lantern Corps, the Justice League, and even reality itself. After Hal wiped out the rest of the Green Lantern Corps and every Guardian, save Ganthet, he only grew in power and ambition. There would not be another Coast City on his watch! No, he combined forces with villainous time manipulator, Extant, and plotted to obtain enough power to begin anew. And if all of his former friends and enemies were wiped out from reality in the process, it was just the price he had to pay. Hal planned to reset the clock on the Universe and bring it all back to Zero Hour!

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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• Parallax is an Event Hero and follows Event Hero rules.

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Green Lantern, Parallax has these Green Lantern Synergies.
• As a Yellow Lantern, Parallax has these Yellow Lantern Synergies.
• As a Destroyer, Parallax has these Destroyer Synergies.
• As a figure with Battery Markers, Parallax has these Battery Marker Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• N/A

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• N/A

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• Yellow Lantern faction guide

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: (IAmBatman)
• Second playtest: (Arch-vile)
• Third playtest: (Arkham)
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Art by Arkham

[IAmBatman]

NAME = PARALLAX
SECRET IDENTITY = HAL JORDAN

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = EVENT HERO
CLASS = DESTROYER
PERSONALITY = TORMENTED
SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5
MOVE = 9
RANGE = 5
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 6
POINTS = 950

PARALLAX POWER BATTERY 3
Parallax is considered to have the names of Green Lantern and Yellow Lantern in addition to what is listed on this card. Start the game with 3 green Battery Markers and 3 yellow Battery Markers on this card. Add one to Parallax’s Attack number for each green or yellow Battery Marker on this card.

ENERGY MASSACRE SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 3. Attack 6.
After attacking with this special attack, if you inflict one or more wounds on the defending figure, you may remove up to 3 yellow Battery Markers from this card. Choose a figure adjacent to Parallax for each Battery Marker removed this way. Inflict one automatic wound on each chosen figure.

PARALLAX POWER SHIELD
Anytime Parallax is attacked by an opponent's figure and at least 1 skull is rolled, instead of rolling defense dice normally, you may remove one green Battery Marker from this card and ignore that attack. When Parallax removes a green Battery Marker to ignore a normal attack from a figure adjacent to Parallax, the attacking figure receives one wound.

SUPER STRENGTH
FLYING

[IAmBatman]

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[japes]

So not just the name of but "the name of the name of Green Lantern"

What's the purpose of the yellow markers...just resource for the S.A. And Shield?
Seems odd to have lantern markers that have no reason to want to keep them.

[tcglkn]

Looks good to me.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by japes

So not just the name of but "the name of the name of Green Lantern"

What's the purpose of the yellow markers...just resource for the S.A. And Shield?

That was an obvious typo, so I went ahead and corrected it during the breathing period.

The purpose of the yellow markers is interaction with the second and third power, as well as with the Parallax Entity, yes.

[japes]

Is this the first time we used a battery marker that didn't have a static benefit?

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by japes

Is this the first time we used a battery marker that didn't have a static benefit?

I have no idea.

[IAmBatman]

Nekron?

[johnny139]

Okay, I was fine cheating Mr. Incredible to Large, but this guy at Huge 5 is clearly over the line!

I think the two types of Battery Markers is a bit complicated, but he IS an event hero, so I don't mind pushing the envelope there. Maybe make it 3/3 instead of 4/2, though, just to keep things easier to remember a little bit? And maybe bump his base stats to compensate by a little bit.

I do think having the name Green Lantern is still a bit strange - like, in general I think he's going to be a very good centerpiece to a Green/Blue army, more than he really would be in a Yellow army, but I guess he never really ran with Sinestro anyways? But still, he's going to work great with the Guardians and Ganthet, which is sort of a shame. I just don't see a way to fix that without a ground-up rework of how we've done GL synergies.

[Lazy Orang]

'Parallax counts as having the name Green Lantern for the purposes of powers on Construct Army Cards'?

[Lord Pyre]

Oooh I like this a lot. I’m not up and up on the Lantern synergies so can’t comment on Johnny’s thoughts, but I love the dual mechanic here. Similar to Blue Hal, but way nastier. A GL army with Jade recharging markers might be cool. Might not be as good or as efficient as other things, but it’s a cool thought.