The Book of Gorgon (Tomi Shishido)

[Hahma]

Great write-up GP, he's going to be a nasty addition to both the HYDRA and Mutant faction.

Originally Posted by Griffin

Use of the Rock is a cool idea Bats, but in that case, we may want to limit it to small or medium figures only. Also, I don't think there is any surviving his Stone Glare. So this would just be a placement of the rock and a death.

I think I prefer just a straight up death.

Yeah, straight up death is the way to go. Gorgon actually got turned to stone by his own gaze when fighting Wolverine as Wolvie flashed his claws at the right time and reflected Gorgon's gaze back at him. After Gorgon was turned to stone, Wolverine sliced him up into a bunch of smaller stones. In the series Secret Warriors, Baron von Strucker and others from HYDRA busted into a secret Hand fortress/compound and after dumping the rocks that were Gogon on to the floor, forced the Hand healers to bring him back to life and they did.

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

I've heard of the Inhuman Medusa, but didn't know that Medusa was ever created as a villain for WW.

The Inhumans Madusa uses her very long red hair to attack, entwine and throw opponents around. She's not like the Greek version with the snakes for hair and stone gaze.

[tcglkn]

Nice design GP. I think it looks good to go.

[Good Pig]

Cool, glad you guys like it. I've been itching to get this guy designed/carded since the figure came in the mail.

[tcglkn]

This guy is gonna cost much more than 300 in the end I think. His special attack is gonna be brutal on Superman.

Precognitive Strike is also going to hurt big melee heroes like Hercules.

I like this design as it is though so unless your aiming for 300 points, I say keep it as it is and just find the cost that works.

[Good Pig]

I really like the thought of using Gorgon to take on 'god like' figures a lot stronger than he is. It really fits with his Fearless personality and his combination of abilities should allow him to do that. I put the limit on the SA of once per round to keep his cost in check.

He will definitely have some counters in ranged/fliers as he is a ground pounder and his Precognitive Strike only works on adjacent attacks. Any of the Green Lanterns should make quick work of him. Also, figures with Mental Shield can get around his Precognitive Strike. Magneto, Gorilla Grodd, Juggernaut, etc. Grodd should make a relatively cheap counter.

To have him come in at 300 would be really cool because then you could swap out Red Skull and a squad of Hydra Agents in a Hydra build for another thematic army option. His Terrorist class will let him work nicely with Strucker in being able to move up if you win initiative because you really want him to be engaged.

All that being said you're probably right about 300 being unrealistic and he's probably closer to 320-330.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

I was wondering, can we tweak this:

PRECOGNITIVE STRIKE
When an opponent's figure without the Mental Shield special power targets Gorgon for an adjacent attack, you may roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 14 or higher, the opponent's figure receives 1 wound and its turn immediately ends.

to something like this:

PRECOGNITIVE STRIKE
When an opponent's figure without the Mental Shield special power targets Gorgon for an adjacent attack, you may roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 14 or higher, the opponent's figure receives 1 wound and that attack ends without rolling combat dice.

[Griffin]

Why Spidey?

[Good Pig]

Thanks Porkins!

I mostly see him using the Stone Gaze to take out squad figures, but if you're desperate it might be worth it to try on a hero too. Or if a Hero is up on a ledge and can't be reached.

Originally Posted by Porkins

Nice write up, great powers!

Move of 6 should allow him to get into position to use Stone Gaze. I hope the roll of 20 is not too high to make it worth using...Deadeye Dan doesn't see much play. If he can get into position to do the Gaze on a clump of figures, it might be worth the risk.

I would reword the last part of Stone Gaze to mimic the wording on Sudema or Braxas.

Precognitive Strike is cool! I always wish that Nakita Agents could keep rolling Engagement Strike once they are engaged.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Originally Posted by Spidey'tilIDie

I was wondering, can we tweak this:

to something like this:

Originally Posted by Griffin

Why Spidey?

It allows double attack to still work.

[IAmBatman]

I think it's cleaner (and less confusing) to just end the turn - and consistent with how we handled the similar Psychic Defense X.
Good call by Porkins on modeling Stone Gaze wording off of Braxas ... does Sudema really have that clustered squad/hero wording? Or was that just a tweak because she treats all figures the same?

[Hahma]

Yeah, I can see Stone Gaze to be worded similar to Braxas' Acid Spray. But instead of 3 figures with in 4 spaces, it should be more focused like "choose a figure up to 2 clear sight spaces away from Gorgon, ....up to 2 figures adjacent to the chosen figure are affected by Stone Gaze." This would help keep it focused but not limit it to a straight line only. I can see it having a lower roll for common figures and unique squad figures, and then have a real high number for a Unique Hero. A chosen figure up to 2 spaces away still gives it a max range of 3 if there's a figure behind that figure.

Spoiler Alert!

In the issue of Secret Warriors where he killed Phobos? He attempted to Stone Gaze Phobos up close and it didn't work on him as he was immune to it, but it turned a bunch of nearby HYDRA Agents to stone. Then he still had his eye covering off while looking across the chasm at Nick Fury and the Secret Warrior crew and they weren't affected by the gaze as I guess the range is limited.

Anyway, he's definitely a cool one.

[tcglkn]

Originally Posted by Hahma

In the issue of Secret Warriors where he killed Phobos?

WHAT? I haven't read that issue yet.