The Book of Sam (Samhain)

[Ronin]

pre-yea at 95.

Agreed with Arkham that in my tests, he was kind of a non-factor in the big win, but had a big showing in the game that ended in a narrow loss. So kind of a wash - went pretty even overall.

Edits:

TRICK 'R TREAT
If you win initiative, you may choose an opponent's Army Card with at least one Order Marker on it. That opponent may remove one Order Marker from that Army Card. If they do not, Sam and all Creatures, Slashers, and Undead you control within 6 spaces of Sam roll 1 additional die when attacking figures from that Army Card's figure(s) this round.

JUMP SCARE
Before moving, you may choose an opponent's figure that does not have clear sight to Sam is not within clear sight of. As long as Sam ends his movement engaged with that figure, he adds 3 to his Move number and may ignore his height when climbing. If Sam attacks the chosen figure this turn, it rolls 1 fewer defense die.

HALLOWED TRADITION
After any dice are rolled for Sam, or a Common or Unique figure within 6 spaces of Sam, you may reveal the "X" Order Marker on this card. If that figure is a friendly Slasher, a friendly figure with a secret identity, or an enemy figure without a secret identity, the player that controls that figure must immediately re-roll all the dice once.

Plaintext:

TRICK 'R TREAT
If you win initiative, you may choose an opponent's Army Card with at least one Order Marker on it. That opponent may remove one Order Marker from that Army Card. If they do not, Sam and all Creatures, Slashers, and Undead you control within 6 spaces of Sam roll 1 additional die when attacking figures from that Army Card this round.

JUMP SCARE
Before moving, you may choose an opponent's figure that does not have clear sight to Sam. As long as Sam ends his movement engaged with that figure, he adds 3 to his Move number and may ignore his height when climbing. If Sam attacks the chosen figure this turn, it rolls 1 fewer defense die.

HALLOWED TRADITION
After any dice are rolled for Sam, or a Common or Unique figure within 6 spaces of Sam, you may reveal the "X" Order Marker on this card. If that figure is a friendly Slasher, a friendly figure with a secret identity, or an enemy figure without a secret identity, the player that controls that figure must immediately re-roll all the dice once.

[Scapemage]

95 is safer than sorry. Overcost is better than undercost and it's a low cost unit anyways so the difference isn't all that much. Pre-yea.

[johnny139]

In that case, I PROPOSE WE MOVE TO FINAL EDITING AT 95! And we have four Pre-Yeas, so we're already there.

Looks like cards are already in the OP with updated wording, but I've amended the synergies and second post as well. A bio is now in the first post. I also updated the thread title to Sam (Samhain), just for extra clarity if someone is browsing casually. Not that I expect another Sam anytime soon.

Unless I've missed something, all of our ducks are in a row for On Deck... so I'll start accepting Pre-Yeas for that as well.

[Yodaking]

yea

[Scapemage]

Art links, synergy, release info, bio, and cards present. Yea to On Deck!

[japes]

Just so you know...this is live in the X-2 Printer. As soon as you move the PNG files they are visible. It's why I don't move them until after the release.


YEA

[Arkham]

I figured we were close enough. If anyone finds him a day or two before release, consider it a nice treat.

[Tornado]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Sam

Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Sam(95), Dracula(490), Brides of Dracula(110), Jason(175) (870) vs. Captain America(240), Ms. Marvel(350), Fandral(280) (870)

Spoiler Alert!

R1: Sam Tricks Cap who takes it like a champ. Brides move. (Jason moves) Cap moves. Dracula flies to the center high ground on the fountain. (Jason moves) Fandral moves. Brides move, miss Cap with four attacks. (Jason moves) Ms. Marvel moves, KOs a Bride.

R2: Sam Tricks Cap, who takes it. Sam moves. (Jason moves) Cap 3wounds Jason. Sam Jump Scares Ms. Marvel for 2wounds but takes a wound from Best Defense. Fandral KOs a Bride, wounds Jason, Ms. Marvel 5wounds Sam from high ground, takes a wound from Jason. Dracula moves, misses Ms. Marvel. Fandral KOs Jason, Ms. Marvel 3wounds Dracula.

R3: Cap KOs the last Bride and Sam. Dracula KOs Ms. Marvel who returns as Vampire. Ms. Vampire 2wounds Fandral, KOs Fandral.

R4: Ms Vampire moves, misses Cap who KOs Ms. Vamp. Dracula misses Cap who 2wounds Dracula. Vlad 2wounds Cap who 2wounds Dracula.

R5: Drac misses. Cap misses. Drac 2wounds Cap who KOs Dracula.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Cap 4/5 wounds.

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Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Sam(100), Pinhead(335), Freddy(175), Jason(175), Leatherface(95), Chucky(85) (965) vs. Star-Lord(250), Nebula(240), Gamora(310), Blob(165) (965)

Spoiler Alert!

R1: (Jason moves) Blob moves. Leatherface with Chucky move. (Jason moves) Gamora moves. Leatherface with Chucky move, Freddy wounds Starlord who moves and wounds Leatherface. (Sam uses Hallowed Tradition to re-roll DoH but gets the same result) Leatherface with Chucky move, 2wounds Gamora, Chucky wounds Gamora who Heals.

R2: Sam Tricks Starlord who does not remove an OM. Freddy pops into the real world behind Starlord, Leatherface 2wounds Gamora, Chucky wounds Leatherface. Starlord 2wounds Chucky, Blob moves. Leatherface KOs Gamora, wounds self, Jason moves, misses Blob. Starlord misses Freddy, Nebula moves, wounds Freddy. Leatherface moves with Chucky, 4wounds Blob, Chucky KOs Leatherface. Freddy wounds Starlord, Jason misses Blob, Chucky wounds Blob. Starlord 3wounds Freddy.

R3: Starlord KOs Freddy. (Sam uses HT to re-roll DoH, but gets 0 skulls instead of 1). Starlord KOs Chucky, misses Jason. Pinhead blanks out again. Nebula moves, 3wounds Jason who misses Blob, Sam and Pinhead move.

R4: Nebula moves, misses Jason. Pinhead moves, wounds Nebula with HCM (-1wound on Leatherface), Sam Jump Scares Nebula, wounds her from low ground(-1 Leatherface). Starlord moves, 2wounds Sam, Blob moves. Pinhead moves, KOs Blob with HCM(-1w Leatherface). Nebula VS Pinhead for 1wound, missess Pinhead after Sam uses HT to force a re-roll. Nebula heals.

R5: Sam Tricks Nebula who does not remove an OM. Jason(+1) moves, rolls all skulls, 2wounds Nebula(Leatherface is reborn), Pinhead wounds Nebula with HCM(-1 Freddy). Nebula wounds Pinhead. Sam uses HT to re-roll DoH but gets no skulls instead of one. Nebula 3wounds Pinhead who blanks out again for DoH. Nebula KOs Pinhead, heals.

R6: Nebula KOs Leatherface and OM1 (despite another failed HT!!). Nebula Vengeful Strikes Sam for a wound, wounds him from high ground. Jason misses Nebula from low ground. Nebula VS and KOs Sam. Jason misses. Nebula heals.

R7: Nebula KOs Jason

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Starlord 2/4, Nebula 4/6. Terrible re-rolls for Sam and Jason missed six RA9 rolls on Nebula.

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Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Sam(95), Judge Fire(195), Judge Fear(145), Judge Mortis(165) (600) vs. Nightwing(200), Raven(190), Starfire(210) (600)

Spoiler Alert!

R1: Titans move. Sam moves. Nightwing moves. Sam moves. Nightwing takes center high ground on the fountain. Sam moves. Dark Judges Dimensional Teleport.

R2: Sam Tricks Starfire who does not remove an OM. Fire & Mortis move, Fire(+1) 2wounds Starfire, Mortis(+1) wounds Starfire. Raven absorbs all 3wounds from Starfire and Soul Selfs Mortis, Starfire 2wounds Fire, Nightwing is Trapped by Fear. Fire burns Starfire, Fire and Fear move, Mortis(+1) wounds Starfire, Fire(+1) wounds Starfire. Nightwing remains Trapped. Fire burns Starfire and Raven, Fear moves, Mortis(+1) 2wounds Starfire, Fire(+1) misses Starfire. Starfire KOs Fire, KOs Mortis. Fear Teleports, Nightwing takes a wound to remove the Trap.

R3: Raven Absorbs a wound from Starfire and Soul Selfs Fear, Starfire KOs Fear, Nightwing steps down and rolls 3skulls on Sam from low ground, Sam blanks out but uses Hallowed Tradition to re-roll, blanks out again and gets 3wounds. Starfire KOs Sam with two attacks of 5 from high ground.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Nightwing 1/4, Raven 3/5 & Starfire 3/5 wounds.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Feels right theme-wise from what little I know of the character. A bit difficult to get into position and his powers are not super reliable (at least for me) so that keeps things in check. He does pair nicely with Pinhead and the Dark Judges (move Sam up the first round then Teleport in with the DJs).

[Lazy Orang]

Cleared.

[Ronin]

pre-yea for On Deck.

[johnny139]

And Ronin is our final (pre) yea for On Deck! I'll OFFICIALLY PROPOSE FOR ON DECK and that's all she wrote. He's #780 and should be good for release. If no one has any objections, I'll push him out tonight before I go to bed. Witching hour if I can manage it.

[Yodaking]

yea