The Book of Iron Man (Avengers)

[Lazy Orang]

The Book of Iron Man (Avengers)

C3G MARVEL WAVE 28
MARVEL COSMIC



Comic PDF



Mini PDF

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the 10th Anniversary set.
Its model number and name are #009 / Iron Man.

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Character Bio - One of the founding members of the Avengers, Iron Man has been a cornerstone of the superhero community since its inception. Arrogant, headstrong, diligent and obsessive, these qualities have led to Tony Stark’s initial redemption and many of his greatest achievements, but have also been the cause of his greatest failures. Battling paranoia, alcoholism and self-doubt (though admittedly he hides the last one well...), Stark has always bounced back, but his mistakes have been costlier than most, resulting in tragedy and, at times, the alienation of those closest to him, including Captain America during the Avengers’ Civil War. Despite this, whatever else his friends may say of him (and there’s plenty), no one can deny that, when the chips are down, Tony Stark is one of Earth’s greatest defenders.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a figure with a secret identity, Iron Man has these Secret Identity Synergies.
• As a Marvel figure, Iron Man has these Marvel Synergies.
• As a Human, Iron Man has these Human Synergies.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Iron Man has these Super Strength Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• Iron Man's "I Have a Plan: Attack!" special power allows him to add one to your initiative roll for each Unique Hero you control with an Avenger Marker on its card. Current Special Powers that Place Avenger Markers.
• Iron Man's Avengers Initiative special power lets all Unique Heroes with Avenger Markers on their cards in your army have clear sight of each other at all times. Current Special Powers that Place Avenger Markers.

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• As a figure with a secret identity, Iron Man interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a Human, Iron Man interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Iron Man interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a figure with the Flying special power, Iron Man interacts differently with these special powers.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• Iron Man gives figures Avengers Markers, which are useful in many ways; however, they also make units more vulnerable to Baron Zemo and his Masters of Evil.

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: Lazy Orang
• Second playtest: IAmBatman
• Third playtest: Arkham
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Art by Arkham
• Iron Man created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck, and Jack Kirby
• Comic art by Adi Granov

[Lazy Orang]

NAME = IRON MAN
SECRET IDENTITY = TONY STARK

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = VISIONARY
PERSONALITY = SARCASTIC

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 6
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 6

POINTS = 270

AVENGERS INITIATIVE
At the start of the game, you may choose up to 4 other Unique Heroes you control and place a white Avenger Marker on each of their cards. While Iron Man is in play, he and all figures you control with Avenger Markers on their cards are considered in clear sight of each other.

"I HAVE A PLAN: ATTACK!"
When rolling for initiative, you may add 1 to your roll for each figure you control with an Avenger Marker on its Army Card. If you win initiative, after revealing the first numbered Order Marker on an Army Card you control, if you do not immediately reveal the "X" Order Marker on this card, instead of taking a turn with that card, you must take a turn with Iron Man.

STARK INDUSTRIES ORDNANCE
Before attacking with Iron Man, you may choose to do one of the following:

• add 1 automatic skull to his attack;
• attack one additional time this turn, targeting a different figure for each attack; or
• after attacking, if you rolled at least one skull, roll an unblockable attack die, one at a time, against each figure who was adjacent to the targeted figure before attack dice were rolled.

SUPER STRENGTH

FLYING

[Lazy Orang]

Comic:

Spoiler Alert!

Figure:

Spoiler Alert!

Pending

Background:

Spoiler Alert!

Not too fussed about a specific picture, but I feel Avengers Tower is a must.

[Lazy Orang]

Fairly happy with this design - if he needs to be pared back, the first thing I'd do is bring his Life down to 4 like the other Starks, but this guy going as high as 290 honestly feels kind of right to me - even 300 wouldn't bother me too much, I'm definitely aiming for high 200s here, 260 minimum.

Not sure what the thread name should be though - all other Starks have had their thread named after their specific armour type, whereas this one's based more on a role than a specific mark of armour. If anyone with better comic knowledge can think of a specific era/armour iteration that would fit this design, it'd be appreciated!

[japes]

You have the wrong text in AVENGERS INITIATIVE.

[Lazy Orang]

Originally Posted by japes

You have the wrong text in AVENGERS INITIATIVE.

I think you'll find not, sir.


...Yeah... that's what I get for copy/pasting quickly!

[IAmBatman]

I like it! 5 life does seem a tad inconsistent. What’s the theme behind the bump?

I think folks will naturally refer to him as the Avengers Iron Man, so the subtitle makes sense.

[Lazy Orang]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

I like it! 5 life does seem a tad inconsistent. What’s the theme behind the bump?

I think folks will naturally refer to him as the Avengers Iron Man, so the subtitle makes sense.

I think he was originally listed at 4, but some point in the design process people suggested the bump so he could take more hits and keep going, can't recall the exact reason.

Aha - here we go. Mining my Brainstorming thread, it was a suggestion from Margloth:

Originally Posted by Margloth

I also think 5 life would be fine here. Iron Man has enough redundancy systems and and technical know how to keep himself in the fight, which more than justifies the additional life that makes him a bit more solid on the front lines. This is supposed to be the “Climactic Battle” Iron Man. Don’t let him be afraid to take a punch

I do like that idea of it sort of softly representing redundant systems... plus, MkIII and MkIV can make use of redundant systems via powers on their cards and MkV and Stealth Suit MkI are really difficult to target from range, so a little extra hardiness a leader Iron Man feels reasonable.

[IAmBatman]

Cool. Was just wondering at the rationale. That works.

[Lazy Orang]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Cool. Was just windering at the rationale. That works.

Glad to hear you were windering.

[IAmBatman]

Phone texting.

[Lazy Orang]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Phone texting.

Excuses excuses.