The Book of Black Panther (Avengers)

[Arkham]

Tests:

Originally Posted by Cinderquail

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Black Panther

Version tested:

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = BLACK PANTHER
SECRET IDENTITY = T'CHALLA

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = VISIONARY
PERSONALITY = CUNNING

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 4
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 6

POINTS = 210

??? AVENGER
At the start of the game, place a white Avenger Marker on the card of a friendly Unique Hero. If you win initiative, for the remainder of the round after revealing an Order Marker on the card of a Hero you control that has an Avenger Marker on its card and taking a turn with only that Hero, you may take a turn with a Unique Hero that is a King or Visionary you control other than that figure, and you may not take any additional turns.

FENDING DAGGERS 14
Black Panther may move through all figures and is never attacked when leaving an engagement. When a figure moves into engagement with Black Panther or a friendly figure within 4 clear sight spaces of Black Panther, you may roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 14 or higher, that figure receives a wound.

VIBRANIUM FORCE BURST
If you roll a blank when defending with Black Panther, ignore all but 1 wound from the attack and, if the attacking figure is adjacent to him, move that figure up to 4 spaces in a straight line away from Black Panther, without taking any leaving engagement attacks.

Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Iron Man 270, Wasp 50, Sub-Mariner, Black Panther, Hawkeye 220 VS Deathstroke 275, Taskmaster, Silver Samurai, Ravager (Rose)

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt: R3T1 Deathstroke 2 wounds
R3T1 Taskmaster 1 wound - Daggers

??? Avenger: Won Initiative in rounds 2 and 3, and was able to use this ability.

Fending Daggers: Had 3 attempts in the 3 rounds he was alive, did 1 wound.

Vibranium Force Burst: Faced adjacent attacks twice, failed to roll a blank once, other time moved taskmaster away 4 spaced which stopped his Swordplay attack.

Played this game with Ericth74. Game lasted 5 rounds, Black Panther made it 3 of those alive. Round 1 Iron Man and Silver Samurai exchanged wounds as they moved toward the center of the map. Round 2 began with Iron Man taking out Silver Samurai on turn 1. Black Panther took his first turn moving forward. Deathstroke took the next turn along with his other two teammates and they made it count. Ravager put another wound on Iron Man, Taskmasker put 2 on Hawkeye and Deathstroke killed Iron Man. At the end of the round Hawkeye put a wound on Deathstroke and Taskmaster put 1 on Black Panther who missed on a Dagger attempt and failed to roll a blank so no Force Blast. Round 3 began with Hawkeye hitting Deathstroke for another wound from range and Blank Panther following up with 2 more wounds on Deathstroke. Deathstroke again took a turn with his 2 remaining teammates. Ravager hit Black Panther from range for a wound. Taskmaster attacked Black Panther with Swordplay but took a Dagger wound and was Force Blasted away 4 spaces. Unfortunately Deathstroke was able to then end Black Panthers day. Namor ended the round by taking out Taskmaster. Round 4 began with Deathstroke and Ravager trying to pin down Hawkeye, missing on 2 unblockable attacks. Hawkeye was able to hit Deathstroke for 1 more wound. Ravager attacks Hawkeye twice and had both blocked by the Avenger. Wasp popped out and Stung Deathstroke to death. Ravager missed Hawkeye again, and Wasp ended the round doing a wound to Ravager. Round 5 started with Namor hitting Ravager for 2 wounds. Ravager, sick of missing Hawkeye switched targets and killed Wasp with her first attack and did 3 wounds to Namor with her 2nd. That was the end of the line for her, as Hawkeye finished the game by putting the final wound on her from range. Hawkeye wins the MVP, he avoided so many attacks!

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Hawkeye 2 wounds/2 life left, Sub-Mariner 5 wounds/1 life left

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Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Iron Man 270, Captain America 240, Winter Soldier 240, Black Panther VS Luke Cage, Songbird, Spiderman 250, Dare Devil 200, Two-Gun Kid

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt: R2T2 Spiderman 1 wound - Daggers
R3T2 Luke Cage - 1 wound - dead
R4T3 Spiderman - 1 wound - dead

??? Avenger: Used a bit. Had some tough choices when taking a turn with Cap if I was going to take a turn with Panther or Winter Soldier

Fending Daggers: Did 1 wound on 5 rolls

Vibranium Force Burst: Used 3 times, enemies avoided engagement with him between this power and Daggers

Quick 4 round game. Avengers quickly gain the center of the map and were able to attack and defend from there. Spiderman was able to pull Iron Man into the water and the Crime Fighters quickly took him out. They tried it again with Black Panther but it didn't work out. The Avengers were able to pick off the Crime Fighter easily once Iron Man dropped. Fun game but Luke Cages crew couldn't break through the boosted defense of the Avengers, between height, Cap and Jungle plants it was too much.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Cap full 5 life, Winter Soldier 2 wounds/3 life left, Black Panther 1 wound/3 life left

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: 210 seems reasonable and theme is on point.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: Fun fit with the Avengers. The extra turn ability on initiative is great but made for some hard decisions with order marker placement. I was hopeful of winning the roll every time with Iron Mans bonus so I avoided placing order markers on Black Panther. So if I lost the roll, he sat out the round, although he did still help sometimes with Dagger rolls. Force Blast is a fun power that enemies have to keep an eye on all the time. Daggers is a cool power but didn't hit that much. Nice take on Black Panther.

He's gone 5-4 overall.

1-0 @205:

Close win. (Cinderquail)

4-4 @210:

Very Close loss. (Arkham)
Very Close loss. (Arkham)
Very Close loss. (Arch-Vile)
Very Close win. (Arch-Vile)
Close loss. (Arkham)
Close win. (Arkham)
Medium-Big win. (Arkham)
Medium-Big win. (Cinderquail)

Outside of the 2 bigger wins he had when going up against the Fighters(some notable luck in my game, can't speak to Cinderquail's other than him saying the Avengers maintained height + jungle bonuses which seems rather difficult to hold on Chernobyl, so not sure what happened there), all the other games were close to very close. That being the case, and his 5-4 record, I feel pretty comfortable wrapping up at 210.

I propose a vote to move to Final Editing.

[IAmBatman]

yea

[MrNobody]

Yea

[Arch-vile]

yea

[Ronin]

yea

[MrNobody]

Just a thought, how would you feel about changing the personality to King? Not something I’m going to strongly push or fight for, but it would keep the Illuminati at a pretty equal distribution of Kings and Visionaries, and would help if we ever wanted to do some power that called out royalty.

[Arkham]

Don’t really care either way I suppose. If anyone else has a preference, feel free to throw one out. I’ll call for a vote later tonight.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by MrNobody

Just a thought, how would you feel about changing the personality to King? Not something I’m going to strongly push or fight for, but it would keep the Illuminati at a pretty equal distribution of Kings and Visionaries, and would help if we ever wanted to do some power that called out royalty.

I'm assuming you mean Class?

[tcglkn]

I think going Visionary here is good cause vI is already a King.

[Arch-vile]

The other two Black Panthers are Kings, so it makes sense to me to go with something different here. I like variety in 2nd/3rd versions when it's possible.

[MrNobody]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

I'm assuming you mean Class?

Nah, let's really throw them for a loop.

I guess I just see T'Challa primarily as a king first, so I don't mind reusing that class a bit with him. I'm biased though cause I still really want to get to that modern Namor one day that has a Royal Rivalry power. Would suck if he couldn't be rivals with T'Challa in an Illuminati build. Suppose I could always just throw Visionary into that power though.

[Arkham]

Seems like the general preference is to stick with Visionary here.

I propose a vote to move to On Deck.
@Arch-vile
@Lord Pyre
@LordVenoc
@MrNobody
@Ronin
@tcglkn