The Book of Johnny Cage

[Lazy Orang]

The Book of Johnny Cage

C3G DC WAVE 29
CHRISTMAS IN JULY


Comic PDF


Mini PDF
The figure used for this unit is a modified Heroclix figure from the Amazing Spider-Man set.
Its model number and name are #009 / Daimon Hellstrom.
Tutorial on How to Paint/Mod this Figure

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Character Bio - You know him, you love him. He's the OG badass of the kumite, one of the premiere competitors of Earthrealm, and he looks damn good doing it! At the time of the first Shaolin Tournament, Johnny Cage (born Jonathan Carlton) was "just" an internationally renowned movie star and martial artist. Now? He's the real deal baby. And sure, he's not afraid to go for a low blow or talk some trash here and there, but can you blame him? The fans love it! And Johnny lives for the fans. He would break your legs and still sign an autograph after the fight... that's just the kind of guy he is. (by johnny139)
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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, Johnny Cage has these Secret Identity Synergies.
• As a Human, Johnny Cage has these Human Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• N/A

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• As a figure with a secret identity, Johnny Cage interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a Human, Johnny Cage interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a figure with a special attack, Johnny Cage can interact differently with these special powers.
• Johnny Cage's Shadow Kick Special Attack cannot move tiny, large or huge figures.
• Johnny Cage's Cocky Defense special power cannot be used against special attacks.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: Lazy Orang
• Second playtest: Soundwarp SG-1
• Third playtest: Arch-vile
• Fourth playtest: MrNobody
• Fifth playtest: IAmBatman
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Art by Arkham
• Johnny Cage created by Ed Boon and John Tobias
• Comic art by Daniel Sampere, Daniel Henriques, and Kyle Ritter.

[Lazy Orang]

NAME = JOHNNY CAGE
SECRET IDENTITY = JONATHAN CARLTON

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = CELEBRITY
PERSONALITY = ARROGANT
SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 3
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 5
POINTS = 175

NUT PUNCH SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 1. Attack 2.
After the defending figure rolls defense dice, if you rolled a skull on every die, the defending figure receives one unblockable hit, the defending figure subtracts one shield when rolling defense dice for the rest of Johnny's turn, and Johnny may attack again with either a normal attack or Shadow Kick Special Attack.

SHADOW KICK SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 1. Attack 4
Before attacking with this special attack, you may move Johnny up to 2 spaces in a straight line. Johnny will not take any leaving engagement attacks when moving with this special attack. If you inflict one or more wounds on a small or medium figure with this special attack, you may place that figure on an empty space up to X spaces away from its current placement, where X is the number of wounds inflicted. Placed figures will not take any leaving engagement attacks and must be placed farther away from Johnny.

COCKY DEFENSE
Whenever Johnny is targeted for a normal attack from an adjacent figure, before attack dice are rolled, you may subtract up to 2 dice from Johnny's defense for this attack. After defending, if Johnny has not been destroyed, you may roll one unblockable die against the attacking figure for each die subtracted.

[Lazy Orang]

Comic:

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Background:

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Figure Tutorial:

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Start with the Daimon Hellstrom heroclix figure.
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Remove the trident using an exacto knife.


Cut off the excess hair, leaving a head with short looking hair, we'll later paint.


Slice off the chain from the pants, the belt buckle, and make a flattened front part for his kick pads/shin guards. We'll be painting over the leftover marks.



Paint over where the chain was with black.


Paint his shoes white(you can extend over the pants a little to make the shoes seeable all around).



Paint on some shin guards with a blue/dark blue. I like to layer on a lot of paint to really build them up to appear like the pants tuck into them.
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Make a nice looking skin color, maybe with a slight tan look to it(i matched the color to the mini as close as possible), and paint over his torso, arms, and face.


Paint on a white belt, that should leave about 2 rows of abs still showing(basically doubling the size of the belt of the mini).



Paint on some white straps/wrist tape around his hands and forearms, about up to his elbow.



Paint his hair a dark brown, making sure to make his hair look less receeding(johnny should have some nice hair), and give him a couple short sideburns.



Add some black sunglesses. Careful not to get too messy.



Write "Johnny" across his chest. Use pictures for reference. I used an ultra fine point black sharpie. I then added a light layer of skin tone over it and patted it with my finger to try and blend it in a little like a tattoo.


Lastly, add a little golden rectangle color for the belt buckle, and some white rectangular stripes on each side of his pants.



Finished:

[Lazy Orang]

Made a small change to the first SA where it only works if you roll all skulls and the defending figure actually rolls defence dice, allowing Spidey to dodge it or Green Lanterns to block it with a forcefield, as well as changing the name to Nutcracker to 'paper over thematic weirdness' as someone put it.
Main things to decide before an initial are whether to go for 4 or 5 Attack on the Shadow Kick and what cost to start the chap at.

[johnny139]

My main thoughts are that Shadow Kick's movement might want to go down to 2, just to reign in his threat range a touch, and lock it at 4. I think Nutcracker combos can make a potent combination, so we should aim low and bump him if it's underwhelming.

Seems high 100s to me but I'm no expert. :shrug;

In general excited to see him show up, though. He's always been my favorite (for entirely shallow reasons :lol).

[Scapemage]

I would also prefer Shadow Kick moving only 2 spaces. The horizontal land Mortal Kombat characters fight on isn't all that large, and having someone fly 15 feet from a kick seems a bit over the top anyways. I'm generally in line with Johnny. It's easier to bring him up in power than it is down.

[Lazy Orang]

I'm good with dropping SK's movement to 2. Just need to decide whether it should be 4 or 5 attack. Thoughts?

[MrNobody]

I’m for 4.

[LordVenoc]

I'm on board with 4 as well.

[Margloth]

4 for shadow kick.

What does his range of 3 represent?

[Lazy Orang]

I think it's some kind of energy/chi ball thing? I know he does have a ranged attack in the games, but I can't remember what. @Arkham 'll probably have a better idea.

Sounds like we're going 4 attack for Shadow Kick.

~Lazy Orang, pissing off now for her birthday!

[Lazy Orang]

Shadow Kick updated, proposing Initial Testing at 180.