The Book of Aqualad (Kaldur'ahm)

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The Book of Aqualad (Kaldur'ahm)

C3G DC WAVE 32
YEAR OF THE HERO


Comic PDF


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The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the DC Rebirth set.
Its model number and name are #012 / Aqualad.

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Character Bio - Aqualad first learned the ways of being a superhero as a protege of Aquaman. He was a founding member of a team of teenaged superheroes consisting originally of himself, Robin, Miss Martian, Superboy, and Kid Flash. Aqualad is a very calm person, a trait unshared by the rest of his teammates. Soft-spoken and clear-headed, he has a tendency to think things through and formulate plans before taking any sort of action. He tries to see the good in all people and often acts as the voice of reason amongst his teammates, who are rarely as cool-headed as he is. He was unanimously elected by the team to be their leader after their first mission together due to these qualities.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As an Atlantean, Aqualad has these Atlantean Synergies.
• As a Sidekick, Aqualad has these Sidekick Synergies.
• As a figure with a special power benefitting from water tiles, Aqualad can benefit from water tiles being placed by one of these figures.

Outgoing Synergy:

• Aqualad can move Titan and Sidekick Heroes with his Young Justice special power.

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• As a figure with a secret identity, Aqualad interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a figure with a special attack, Aqualad interacts differently with these special powers.
• Aqualad's Mystical Lightning Shock Special Attack is more effective against Androids and Cyborgs, and does not affect figures with the Electrically Charged special power.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: Arch-vile
• Second playtest: IAmBatman
• Third playtest: LordVenoc
• Fourth playtest (180 points): Arch-vile
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Art by Japes
• Aqualad was created by Brandon Vietti, Greg Weisman and Phil Bourassa for the television series Young Justice (2010)

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NAME = AQUALAD
SECRET IDENTITY = KALDUR'AHM

SPECIES = ATLANTEAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = SIDEKICK
PERSONALITY = NOBLE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 4

POINTS = 170

YOUNG JUSTICE
After revealing an Order Marker on this card and taking a turn with Aqualad, you may move up to X other Titan or Sidekick Heroes you control who have not moved this player turn, where X is the number of Order Markers on this card.

WATER AFFINITY
Aqualad does not stop his movement when entering water spaces. Add 2 dice to Aqualad's attack while he is within 2 spaces of a water space.

MYSTICAL LIGHTNING SHOCK SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 4. Attack 4.
Androids and Cyborgs roll 1 fewer defense die when defending against this special attack. Figures occupying water spaces subtract 1 shield from whatever is rolled when defending against this special attack. Figures with the Electrically Charged special power are not affected by this special attack. Aqualad may only use this special attack once per round.

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Comic Art:

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The first one would be ideal:

Miniature Pics:

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Background Pics:

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[IAmBatman]

Looking really good! The only thing to add to the third post would be a possible background image.

[Arch-vile]

I knew that post felt empty but couldn't place it. Thanks Bats.

[IAmBatman]

No prob. Also a good idea to post a link in the Outer Sanctum Index and Discussion Cave and to @ the six current Heroes to let them know this is live. (Since membership is so all over the place, I'll help you out on that last one):
@Tornado @Ronin @johnny139 @Lazy Orang @quozl @Karat

[Tornado]

Nice work putting the art stuff together. The Art team is going to love you.

[quozl]

Amusingly, the other Aqualad could be this Aqualad's sidekick.

[IAmBatman]

Bit of a time warp involved, but I could see it happening. Like when Tim and Dick Robin teamed up during Zero Hour.

[johnny139]

I know we've kind of backed ourselves into a corner, but the more I think about it, the more it bothers me we have a Titan that calls out other Titans from a universe where the Teen Titans don't actually exist. It's not quite "calling out Metahuman on a Marvel card" level of iffy for me, but it's close.

I'd also like a bit more specificity on the name for Young Justice... though I think we've already done the other Young Justice leaders so I guess there's not much chance of confusion going forward.

I think art-wise we'd need something from the Earth-16 version of him - I know I have tentative plans for the Rebirth version, at least. (I also don't love that the mini is clearly not Kaldur - I mean, Kaldur with a backpack? Ridiculous. But I acknowledge we play the hand we're dealt there.)

Mechanically though, he's solid! I'm comfortable with pretty much everything here.

[Arch-vile]

I originally had "Young Justice Leader" as the power name, but Bats suggested just using Young Justice. MrNobody pointed out the team isn't actually called Young Justice in-universe, it's called "The Team". The name could probably be improved further but I'm cool with any of the options we've had so far.

Good point with the art. It's been surprisingly difficult to find suitable art of Kaldur from Young Justice or associated comics. I added one to the 3rd post that I think works, though.

[MrNobody]

To clarify, I don’t have a problem with any Young Justice name. Just raising it as a point of potential discussion.