The Book of Hawkman (Carter Hall)

[IAmBatman]

The Book of Hawkman (Carter Hall)

C3G DC WAVE 25
THE JUSTICE SOCIETY


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The figure used for this unit is a modified Heroclix figure from the DC Brave and the Bold set.
Its model number and name are #009 / The Atom and the Hawkman. Its modification is that the Atom has been removed.

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Character Bio - “Originally Prince Khufu of ancient Egypt, the hero who would become known as Hawkman discovered an alien spacecraft from the planet Thanagar, powered by a mysterious anti-gravity element called Nth Metal. The unearthly energies of the metal transformed his soul, and he and his love Princess Chay-Ara were reincarnated over and over for centuries. Currently he is Carter Hall, archaeologist and adventurer [….] During the same period, his love Chay-Ara was reborn as archaeologist Shiera Sanders. After the two met, she became Hawkgirl, fighting at Carter's side. They became founding members of the Justice Society of America, and Hawkman took the role of chairman” (DCWikia 2015).
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• Q: If Hawkman uses Golden Age Heroism to reveal an "X" OM on his card and activate four Mystery Men, and one of his chosen Mystery Men is Superman (Kal-L), can Kal-L use his Faster than a Speeding Bullet special power during his turn?
  A: No. Faster than a Speeding Bullet is used "Instead of attacking", and a figure must be able to attack in order to use an "Instead of attacking" special power. More broadly, in order to use an "Instead of doing X" special power, a figure must be able to do X.

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Human, Hawkman has these Human Synergies.
• As a Mystery Man, Hawkman has these Mystery Man Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• Hawkman may activate Mystery Men with his Golden Age Heroism special power. Current Mystery Men.

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-Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses-

Immunities:

• As a figure with the Flying special power, Hawkman cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Flying special power.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Hawkman cannot be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Super Strength special power.

Benefits:

• As a Human, Hawkman interacts differently with certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with Humans.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Hawkman interacts differently with certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Super Strength special power.

Weaknesses:

• As a figure with the Flying special power, Hawkman can be affected by aspects of certain special powers. Current Special Powers that Interact Differently with the Flying special power.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: (IAmBatman)
• Second playtest: (TrollBrute)
• Third playtest: (Zettian Juggernaut)
• Fourth playtest: (IAmBatman) (With Mister Terrific)
• Fifth playtest: (Viegon) (With Mister Terrific)
• Sixth playtest: (Arkham)
• Art: Comic (Alex Ross) Comic, Figure, Background
• Art by japes

[IAmBatman]

NAME = HAWKMAN
SECRET IDENTITY = CARTER HALL

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = MYSTERY MAN
PERSONALITY = FIERCE
SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5
MOVE = 6
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 5
POINTS = 220

GOLDEN AGE HEROISM
Immediately after revealing a numbered Order Marker on this card, if all of your unrevealed Order Markers are placed on the cards of Unique Mystery Man Heroes, you may reveal an Order Marker on this card and remove it. If it is:
• an “X” Order Marker, instead of taking a turn with Hawkman, you may immediately take a turn with up to four other Mystery Men you control. During this turn, the chosen Mystery Men cannot attack and you cannot take any additional turns with other figures you control.
• a numbered Order Marker, for the remainder of the round all figures you control add 1 to their Attack numbers and after taking each turn with Hawkman, you may take one additional turn with one other Mystery Man you control, but cannot take any additional turns with other figures you control.

FLYING SYMBOL
SUPER STRENGTH SYMBOL

Spoiler Alert!

Change Log:
1. Posted 12-27-15
2. Post breathing period (12-29-15) defensive bonus changed to just Mystery Men
3. 1-25-16 Golden Age Heroism altered. Original version in spoilers:

Spoiler Alert!

GOLDEN AGE HEROISM
Before rolling for initiative, if all of your Order Markers are placed on the cards of Unique Mystery Man Heroes, you may reveal and remove an Order Marker from this card. If it is an “X” Order Marker, for the remainder of the round, all Mystery Man figures you control add 2 to their Defense number. If it is a numbered Order Marker, for the remainder of the round, all figures you control add one to their Attack number and after taking each turn with Hawkman, you may take one additional turn with one other Mystery Man you control, but cannot take any additional turns with other figures you control.

4. After initial, Golden Age Heroism altered to activate four Mystery Men on the "X" instead of three.
5. 4/11/15 in Final Editing, wording adjusted on Golden Age Heroism for grammar and flow.
6. 4/16/15 Post On Deck editing, Golden Age Heroism wording update to "Attack numbers."

[japes]

No protege bonding here?

So reveal a numbered order marker you lose one turn but the other two turns net you four activation total. So if you have bonding somewhere else or have counter strike type of abilities you go for the defense boost, if no or if the bonding gets knocked off early then the attack boost looks like the better option. Pretty cool.

[Viegon]

Looks good. Simple, thematic, looks fun, and pulls the Mystery Men together in a fun way. We'll need to keep an eye on the amount of stat boosting this faction has (put Hawkman, Jay, and Jesse together and you can be looking at +4 defense), but I don't think it'll be an issue and I kind of like that about how this faction is coming together.

Do we want to maybe limit the stat boosts to just Mystery Men though? With all the OMs having to be on Mystery Men it won't be easy to boost many other figures, but you could still use that +2 defense with passive figures (such as on figures that can move without OMs like Kid Flash or Zombie; or with Stargirl who can move on Hawkman's OMs and now carry a defensive figure).

Other than that, I love the design.

[IAmBatman]

I don't know, I feel like putting all the OMs on Mystery Men is enough of a limitation. I don't mind the combo defensive boosts unless the CRB guys have a problem with it.
@japes - He's really a Golden Age character who wasn't around when the Proteges started coming in, thus all Mystery Men.

[dok]

The only exploit I can come up with is running him with Doctor Manhattan, dumping all your OMs on him at the start of the round, and sending the numbered OMs to something else after burning the "X" marker. Still, that's ~700 points wrapped up in creating a defensive bonus for other figures, which feels like a lot.

[Yodaking]

I'd certainly be concerned about giving +2 Defense to all figures you control without and restrictions. On it's own, not too scary but combined with Sue or Superman III it could get ridiculous. Giving the defense boost to just other Mystery Men (and a few other appropriate classes like Protege?) would still be very cool. Otherwise everything looks pretty cool. Maybe a double attack or swoop power to give him a second power that is similar in nature to the other Hawkman?

[IAmBatman]

I'm cool with restricting the "X" defensive boost to just Mystery Men to help completely close down any exploits folks might be worried about. I don't think adding any other class would be particularly thematic.

[IAmBatman]

I don't want to give him a swoop power, as I feel that infringes a bit too much on the other Hawk designs. I could consider a Double Attack, though. I was looking at the bio for the golden age version of him again and it's tough to pick out thematic powers during that phase as most of the overall character's interesting quirks are when he's Thanagarian.

[TrollBrute]

Definitely agree on making the defense boost limited to Mystery Men. Even with that, I'm a little bit worried about an easy +2 to their defense, but we can always lower that if testing shows it too strong. I like the tension between which OM to remove.

[johnny139]

I'm good with this (pending testing for tweaks on the numbers). Nice and simple, very Golden Age.

[IAmBatman]

No Karat comments yet and no hurries, so I'll let the Breathing Period ride at least one more day before updating.