The Book of Draugr Thrall

[johnny139]

The Book of Draugr Thrall

C3G MARVEL WAVE 30
TOIL AND TROUBLE


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The figure used for this unit is a HeroClix figure from the Undead set.
Its model number and name is #003 / Skeleton and #012 / Skeleton Champion.

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Character Bio - Niffleheim is a cold and barren place, and in it lies Hel, the resting place for the dead from across the Nine Realms. While it is not merely a place of torment and depravity, its ruler Hela is no doubt a cruel and petty goddess. Under her command are countless draugr, the restless dead of Norse myth. A draugr has all the might of the Asgardian it once was, but none of the memory, and makes for a useful puppet in any war against the living.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• Draugr Thrall may add 1 to its Attack and Defense numbers when adjacent to a Hell Lord or Thrall due to its Unhallowed Ranks special power.
• As an Undead, Draugr Thrall has these Undead Synergies.
• As a Thrall, Draugr Thrall has these Thrall Synergies.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Draugr Thrall has these Super Strength Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• As a Thrall, a figure destroyed by Draugr Thrall can be placed on Hela's Army Card.

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• As an Undead, Draugr Thrall interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Draugr Thrall interacts differently with these special powers.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• When a Draugr Thrall is destroyed, you must place its figure on the card of a Hell Lord, which changes their interactions with units like Ghost Rider. In addition, some Hell Lords like Hela or Pluto can use previously destroyed figures as a resource.

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: johnny139
• Second playtest: Arkham
• Third playtest: Ronin
• Art: Comic Art/Mini Pics/Background
• Art by Arkham

[johnny139]

NAME = DRAUGR THRALL

SPECIES = UNDEAD
UNIQUENESS = UNCOMMON HERO
CLASS = THRALL
PERSONALITY = SUBSERVIENT

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 3

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 95

LEGION OF THE LOST
After revealing an Order Marker on this card and instead of taking a turn normally with this Draugr Thrall, if all your revealed Order Markers are on the Army Cards of Thralls, you may take a turn with any two Draugr Thralls you control. You may not take a turn with any other figures you control.

UNHALLOWED RANKS
If this Dragur Thrall is adjacent to at least one Hell Lord or Thrall you control, add 1 to this Draugr Thrall's Attack and Defense numbers.

ETERNAL BONDAGE
When this Draugr Thrall is destroyed, you must place this figure on the Army Card of a Hell Lord, if possible.

SUPER STRENGTH

[johnny139]

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Mini Pics (from Ronin)

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[johnny139]

I think these guys are pretty much good to go after recent workshopping. I went with Subservient for class. We also have Servile, which is kind of a redundant class, but I don't think it works as well here.

For miniature, the current ones listed actually have slightly different color schemes, but I figure I'd put both anyways.




Unfortunately they both run $3-6 apiece, which is a bit pricier than ideal for a generic unit like this. Of course we can always proxy with other skeletons, but if anyone has a cheaper "skeleton with vaguely Norse looking weapons/armor" laying around that'd work, too!

[Ronin]

Nice!

That skeleton does have a pretty perfect look for this.

[IAmBatman]

More cannon fodder is always cool. Any early thoughts on Wave Planning fit for these guys?

[Ronin]

Probably alongside Hela, right? Might be nice to have another 'support unit' type figure in that release so that you could bundle a couple together and they wouldn't look as out-of-place, but I think right next to Hela on the calendar would be ideal.

Ordered a couple of those skeleton minis so I can provide photos if need be.

[IAmBatman]

A little odd with the current SSE title on that, but I can dig it.

[Scapemage]

I'm surprised Heroclix has an Undead set. I would have thought it old Horrorclix material. The minis look great either way, despite their price. People will find cheaper options for anything so I think we should go with those guys for this design.

The design looks pretty good and I am happy to see more Undead things. My only concern is attack. Are these guys really that strong to be swinging 5 or 6 dice all the time?

[johnny139]

Yeah, alongside Hela if at all possible. We can shuffle around our October-November stuff as needed since there's a lot of overlap between "horror" and "magic" and "sword-and-sorcery ladies."

Attack power is based on the idea that they're Asgardian Warriors (which have 5A/5D base stats), but dead, so their defense is a lot lower. I wouldn't mind ticking them down if needed to hit a good price point but I do like the symmetry.

[Ronin]

Originally Posted by Scapemage

I'm surprised Heroclix has an Undead set. I would have thought it old Horrorclix material. The minis look great either way, despite their price. People will find cheaper options for anything so I think we should go with those guys for this design.

The design looks pretty good and I am happy to see more Undead things. My only concern is attack. Are these guys really that strong to be swinging 5 or 6 dice all the time?

Heroclix did one Undead set a year or two back. Definitely felt like kind of a callback to Horrorclix, but more under the Heroclix brand. Not sure it was too financially successful, because they haven't returned to it since. (Though maybe they just haven't really felt the need to, since they've picked up a few more licenses)

[Scapemage]

If they are Asgardians, that definitely justifies the stats.