The Book of Silver Samurai

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by quozl

There was talk here about Mercenary synergy.

Yeah, but the justification there basically seems to be "wouldn't it be neat if we could have a ton of Mercenaries" rather than "Mercenary is the best possible class for Silver Samurai and he really fits in with these other guys thematically."

[quozl]

Everything I've read online describes him as a mercenary. Is there a reason why we don't want him to have any future mercenary synergy?

[Lord Pyre]

I don't know the character enough to comment. I always assumed he was more of a Crime Lord type (Which I don't think should be his class), but I don't think I've ever read anything with him.

[Hahma]

As a youth, Harada mastered the attendant disciplines of the medieval samurai and sought employment as a warrior for hire. He first worked for the criminal Mandrill and clashed with the blind hero Daredevil. Harada then served the Viper, an agent of the terrorist organization HYDRA, as her bodyguard. In that capacity, Harada battled opponents such as the costumed crimefighter Spider-Man, the martial arts master Shang-Chi, and the team of mutant trainee heroes the New Mutants.
Following his father’s death, Harada sought the leadership of Shingen’s Clan Yashida from his half-sister Mariko Yashida, but was opposed by the Ronin Yukio and Mariko’s lover, the mutant adventurer Wolverine
Later, Harada worked with Wolverine to free American private investigator Jessica Drew from the influence of Black Blade of Muramasa, a sword mystically imbued with its creator’s madness. Wolverine himself fell under the sword’s spell, but managed to overcome his possession after which Harada took up the sword, finding himself worthy of its power.
After Mariko’s death, Harada claimed leadership of Clan Yashida and was briefly employed by the Japanese government as leader of their fledgling super-team Big Hero 6. Ultimately, his inability to lead Clan Yashida allowed the Mongolian crimelord Haan Kaishek to take control, and he allied with Wolverine to defeat the Kaishek’s. However, the disgrace of losing leadership was too great for Harada, and he returned to his mercenary ways.
Eventually falling into the service of HYDRA once more, Harada was dispatched to battle the female ninja Elektra and was seemingly killed.

The above background is from Marvel Comic Database. To me, it seems like he was more of a mercenary than anything else. He had a brief stint as a crime lord, but that didn't work out so well.

Nice design Quozl

[SirGalahad]

Hambone research, FTW!

[IAmBatman]

Cool. I was more wondering if Mercenary was thematic and the best possible fit. Sounds like it is.

[johnny139]

He's definitely a Mercenary. I just like Samurai better. Not a deal-breaker either way though.

[A3n]

Mercenary FTW.

[quozl]

OK, upped the Attack to 5. Are we good with the SP now?

[IAmBatman]

[quozl]

ERBs:

Originally Posted by Margloth

Looks good! He'll be pretty fast though, may want to consider dropping his normal move to 4 (he is pretty loaded down in armor) but that's really the only comment I have!

Originally Posted by Porkins

So, why would you ever use Silver Samurai's Normal Attack? Maybe if you were going up against a high defense figure and you had height advantage. I'd have to consult a probability chart, but it seems to me that three attacks of three with -2 D will almost always if not always be better than Normal attack of 5.

For the Teleport Ring, it might make sense to limit the teleport to once per round so that he doesn't get free disengages all the time. He's a pretty tough melee guy and with a move of 5+3, he won't be too scared of ranged attackers either.

Originally Posted by davidlhsl

Silver Samurai

Here's a video showing your ERB staff in action!

Teleportation Ring 3
That's sneaky! This actually has a strong Glyph vibe to it, but this way SS can't lose the ability.

Tachyonic Katana Special Attack
Youch! I wonder if Adamantium is used in constructing the Katana.

Counter Strike
Vetted, Classic, and my favorite Heroscape ability.

Final Thoughts
Reminds me a bit of Wolverine, though this guy can pop in and out wherever he wants. Very clean design.

I wouldn't mind lowering his Move to 4 and upping his Attack even farther to 6. What do you all think?

[IAmBatman]

I'd be fine with that. The one thing about his normal attack, though, is that there are already ways to enhance it, like getting him height, or making him an Avenger, or making him a Master of Evil and playing him against Avengers, etc. So it's not like it's a static 5 either.