The Book of Black Bolt

[Viegon]

I propose we move to Danger Room Playtesting @380 points.

VOTES:
Arkham -
japes - Yea
johnny139 - Yea
Ronin - Yea
Yodaking - Yea

[Ronin]

yea

[Yodaking]

yea

[johnny139]

Cool that Voice of Destruction went all-out and killed Red Robin. Second game in history and the dream of 3 auto-wounds has already come true.

Yea

[Viegon]

Originally Posted by Viegon

I propose we move to Danger Room Playtesting @380 points.

VOTES:
Arkham -
japes - Yea
johnny139 - Yea
Ronin - Yea
Yodaking - Yea

This proposal passes on time.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

This is looking really good! I do wonder if the Whisper power couldn’t be formatted a little more like Canary Cry and Fireline. Can’t put my finger on why, but the wording seems not quite right.

[Viegon]

Actually, Canary Cry and similar powers were all reworded a little while ago for clarity and consistency. This wording matches the new standard, I believe.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Well, I just checked and they aren’t the same. I think it should follow the same order: designate the spaces, clarify who is affected. Then what happens to those spaces. Right now this power has those three lines jumbled into one sentence.

[Viegon]

Ah, good catch, I missed that. SP updated now.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Looks good! and you are welcome. Thanks for your continued hard work!

[Yodaking]

After looking over Lazy's tests Black Bolt is looking pretty good in terms of powers, theme, and competitive balance. His team was played at -5 points and won a real close one, then they were played at -10 and they lost a fairly close one. So maybe a 5 point bump in price? I find it odd that the royal family is coming in at an uneven point total, that 5 bugs me. Maybe we should have all the members of the Royal family end in a 5 to highlight their close bonds with each other as well as their preference to be left alone. I know Gorgon was right on the bubble for price so he could take a 5 point hit if it helps. I don't recall how Medusa and Karnak were looking for individual prices, and wasn't around for Lockjaw.

Black Bolt 385?
Medusa 370
Crystal 255
Gorgon 270
Karnak 190
Lockjaw 150....1620?

20 points seems like a lot to drop to get the set down to an even 1600 but it could be possible if we made a few small adjustments somewhere. If the 4 even numbered guys all took a 5 point drop though that would make an even 1600, but I'm not sure if all 4 taking a 5 point drop would be fair. Perhaps a few 1600 point tests would help. Or since we have delayed the Inhuman release already, we could try to get Triton and/or Maximus done to fill in the remaining 180 or 380 points and make them an 1800 or 2000 point team.

[johnny139]

Yeah, I was going to hit on the Triton/Maximus factor, but you already did - I think Maximus in the low-mid 200s and Triton in the mid-high 100s would round things out to a full 2000 very well, and the Inhumans, as a royal family of cosmic heavy hitters, definitely warrants an army with a huge price tag.

I wouldn't be against tweaking Karnak/Gorgon into XX5 prices, since Karnak was also given an extra cushion to begin with. Lockjaw and Medusa are the most "friendly" members of the family as far as hanging out with outsiders, Medusa being a Fantastic Four member and Lockjaw leading the Pet Avengers, so making them exceptions would make sense to me.