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The Book of A.I.M. Agents

Hahma

Hahma

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The Book of A.I.M. Agents

C3G MARVEL SUPER SECRET EXCLUSIVE 30
ADVANCED IDEA MECHANICS

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The figure used for this unit is a HeroClix figure from the Incredible Hulk set.
Its model number and name are #003 / A.I.M. Agent.​

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Character Bio -A.I.M. first began during World War II. Baron von Strucker organized a group of brilliant scientists whose sole dedication was to acquire and develop power through technological means, that would overthrow the government. A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics) is an organization of brilliant scientists and their hirelings dedicated to the acquisition of power and the overthrow of all governments by technological means.

A.I.M. Agents are the foot-soldiers of the organization and employ a variety of high-tech equipment and weaponry to suit their needs.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-
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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:Outgoing Synergy:
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Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:
  • As a Common Squad, A.I.M. Agents interact differently with these special powers.
  • As Humans, A.I.M. Agents interact differently with these special powers.
  • As figures with a special attack, A.I.M. Agents can interact differently with these special powers.
  • As figures with Environmental Suit special power, A.I.M. Agents interact differently with these special powers.
  • Androids and figures with the Environmental Suit special power are not affected by the A.I.M. Agents' Weaponized Virus Special Attack. Current Androids and figures with the Environmental Suit special power.
  • Due to their Environmental Suit special power, A.I.M. Agents add an automatic shield when defending against a special attack. Current Special Attacks.
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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-
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-Heroscapers Community Contributions-Card Updates:
2022 February 22 - Updated Special Attack language to no longer be a "combined attack."
 
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Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

NAME = A.I.M. AGENTS

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = COMMON SQUAD (3)
CLASS = TERRORISTS
PERSONALITY = AMBITIOUS

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 1

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 6
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 2

POINTS = 70

WEAPONIZED VIRUS SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 3. Lob 12. Attack Special.
Instead of attacking normally with a squad of A.I.M. Agents this turn, one of your unengaged A.I.M. Agents may attack with this special attack, even an A.I.M. Agent that was not activated this turn. Choose a space within 3 spaces of that A.I.M. Agent. All figures on or within 1 space of the chosen space are affected. Roll X attack dice once for all affected figures, where X equals the number of unengaged A.I.M. Agents you control within 3 spaces of the chosen space. A figure that receives one or more wounds from this attack receives one additional wound. Androids, destructible objects, and figures with the Environmental Suit special power are not affected by this special attack.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUIT
When rolling defense against a special attack, A.I.M. Agents always add 1 automatic shield to whatever is rolled. If an A.I.M. Agent is chosen by an opponent for a special power requiring a 20-sided die roll, the opponent must subtract 2 from that die roll.
 
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Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

I don't love Brilliant as the class. They aren't individually Brilliant, are they? They just have brilliant leaders, right?

Otherwise pretty cool.
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

I don't love Brilliant as a class either, that's why it's their personality :p

Kidding aside, we can certainly go with a different personality. I didn't have better ideas at the time of the write-up but was confident that the brilliant minds we have here would help get it right :D
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

Personality aside :)p) brilliant write-up. You don't need to say "Instead of attacking normally this turn, you may" in the Special Attack as that's what special attacks are. ;)
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

Looks good! Some questions about the special attack, though:

1) You can't be adjacent to "spaces" right? So wouldn't it be "All figures on the chosen space and within one space of the chosen space" or something like that?

2) It reads right now when you say "roll 1 attack die for each unengaged A.I.M. Agent" almost like you're rolling against them. Or at least I worry it could be read that way ... I think we might want to go with something like "Roll X attack dice, where X equals the number of" type language.

But this is just wording nitpicks. I like the overall direction and power choices.
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

You can be adjacent to a space, just not within clear sight, I think.
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

A3n said:
Personality aside :)p) brilliant write-up. You don't need to say "Instead of attacking normally this turn, you may" in the Special Attack as that's what special attacks are. ;)
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Good catch A3n and thanks. I actually had edited some of the wording down from the write-up just before posting, but I guess I didn't edit out enough. :)

IAmBatman said:
Looks good! Some questions about the special attack, though:

1) You can't be adjacent to "spaces" right? So wouldn't it be "All figures on the chosen space and within one space of the chosen space" or something like that?

2) It reads right now when you say "roll 1 attack die for each unengaged A.I.M. Agent" almost like you're rolling against them. Or at least I worry it could be read that way ... I think we might want to go with something like "Roll X attack dice, where X equals the number of" type language.

But this is just wording nitpicks. I like the overall direction and power choices.
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1. You can be adjacent to a space, but you can't have clear sight of a space. Like Margloth said below. Just as in Sonic Scream "All figures on those spaces or adjacent to those spaces are affected by this special attack."

2. Right before posting this, I edited some things in the write-up. Originally it didn't have the "unengaged" part in it. I wondered if they should be able to contribute to the attack roll if they were engaged since they would be otherwise occupied. So that's why I added the "unengaged" qualifier at the last minute. The wording could be tweaked though to make it clearer.

Margloth said:
You can be adjacent to a space, just not within clear sight, I think.
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I believe you got it Margloth :D
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

WEAPONIZED VIRUS SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 5. Attack Special. Lob 12.
Instead of attacking normally this turn, you may choose a space within 5 spaces of 1 or more A.I.M. Agents you control. All figures on the chosen space and adjacent to the chosen space are affected. Roll 1 attack die for each unengaged A.I.M. Agent you control that is not engaged and within 5 spaces of the chosen space for all affected figures. Each figure rolls defense dice separately. A figure that receives one or more wounds from this attack receives one additional wound. Androids, Destructible Objects and figures with the NBC Suit special power are not affected by this special attack.
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Could that make it seem clearer?
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

It doesn't say anything about replacing all of their normal attacks, so I assume it can be used 3 times in a turn? Pretty cool, and potential for some nasty power. I like it.
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

Lord Pyre said:
It doesn't say anything about replacing all of their normal attacks, so I assume it can be used 3 times in a turn? Pretty cool, and potential for some nasty power. I like it.
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WEAPONIZED VIRUS SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 5. Attack Special. Lob 12.
Instead of attacking normally with a squad of A.I.M. Agents this turn, you may choose a space within 5 spaces of 1 or more A.I.M. Agents you control. All figures on the chosen space and adjacent to the chosen space are affected. Roll 1 attack die for each unengaged A.I.M. Agent you control that is not engaged and within 5 spaces of the chosen space for all affected figures. Each figure rolls defense dice separately. A figure that receives one or more wounds from this attack receives one additional wound. Androids, Destructible Objects and figures with the NBC Suit special power are not affected by this special attack.
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Would that addition to the first line help?
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

Ah, so that wasn't the intention. :lol: But yes, much clearer now, and the power is a lot more in check now. :up:
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

I was thinking more like this:

WEAPONIZED VIRUS SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 5. Attack Special. Lob 12.
Instead of attacking normally with a squad of A.I.M. Agents this turn, you may choose a space within 5 spaces of one or more A.I.M. Agents you control. All figures on and adjacent to the chosen space are affected. Roll X attack dice once for all affected figures, where X equals the number of unengaged A.I.M. Agents you control within 5 spaces of the chosen space. Each figure rolls defense dice separately. A figure that receives one or more wounds from this attack receives one additional wound. Androids, Destructible Objects and figures with the NBC Suit special power are not affected by this special attack.
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

Looks good to me Bats. Nice design Hahma.
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

I really like the new figure from the Captain America set. Can we use that one here? I have it and can get pics. (I only have one but it looks much better than the old one).
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

Looks good. Definitely feel like bio-terrorists.

For personality, perhaps Precise? Subservient? Devious? Self-Righteous? Tricky? I don't mind Brilliant, but I tend to think of them as sort of... idiots that don't quite realize it. Not sure how to phrase that.

Also, NBC Suit should be Environmental Suit, to give them immunity to the Toxic Waste Barrel (or that card needs to be updated with NBC Suit, either way).
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

What about Ambitious for personality? That seems about right.
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

Sounds like a great personality Bats.
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

IAmBatman said:
I was thinking more like this:

WEAPONIZED VIRUS SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 5. Attack Special. Lob 12.
Instead of attacking normally with a squad of A.I.M. Agents this turn, you may choose a space within 5 spaces of one or more A.I.M. Agents you control. All figures on and adjacent to the chosen space are affected. Roll X attack dice once for all affected figures, where X equals the number of unengaged A.I.M. Agents you control within 5 spaces of the chosen space. Each figure rolls defense dice separately. A figure that receives one or more wounds from this attack receives one additional wound. Androids, Destructible Objects and figures with the NBC Suit special power are not affected by this special attack.
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Works for me 8)

tcglkn said:
Looks good to me Bats. Nice design Hahma.
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Thanks!

tcglkn said:
I really like the new figure from the Captain America set. Can we use that one here? I have it and can get pics. (I only have one but it looks much better than the old one).
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Sure if you can get pix, that's great. I have 12 of the older style ones, 6 male and 6 female. So I'm fine with having the new one for the card and I'll still have enough to field 4 squads. :D

johnny139 said:
Looks good. Definitely feel like bio-terrorists.

For personality, perhaps Precise? Subservient? Devious? Self-Righteous? Tricky? I don't mind Brilliant, but I tend to think of them as sort of... idiots that don't quite realize it. Not sure how to phrase that.
Also, NBC Suit should be Environmental Suit, to give them immunity to the Toxic Waste Barrel (or that card needs to be updated with NBC Suit, either way).
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I know how to phrase it Johnny, CEO's :)

Regarding NBC Suit vs. Environmental Suit. I'm fine either way I suppose too. Truthfully, Environmental Suit should have been Hazmat Suit for the Toxic Waste Barrel.
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

I'll work on getting pictures soon. I'll probably be using the old figure, but the new one just looks so much better to me.
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

Environmental Suit seems like it could be reused on the right unique hero, which I like. I'd say go with that. It's a bit more generic.
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

Updated SP after breathing period with changes.

Sent to ERB
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

ERB respons from David.

A.I.M. Agents

Hey, I have these Heroclix figures! :grin:

Environmental Suit
This is great, because a lot of defensive abilities are usually tied to normal attacks.

Weaponized Virus Special Attack
The order should be Range/Lob/Attack to match the Airborne Elite and Harley Quinn. They also specify “No clear line of sight is needed” which might be needed for consistency. Needs comma after “Destructible Objects”. Finally, should the Special Attack be listed first? I know you folks have changed how you order these abilities, but I’ll mention it in case.

Spear Volley goes Viral! I believe only one AIM Agent needs to satisfy the Lob 12 condition, but the AIM Agents used to calculate the X can come from anywhere within 5 spaces regardless of level. That sounds pretty cool, because I have this mental image of the Agents drilling and planting and co-ordinating the attack via whatever communications device they use.

Final Thoughts
Reading this design has been enhanced by actually seeing these sculpts, and this write-up just makes those figures come to life for me. It’s always fun to run into a design that produces a strong visceral response (other examples: Fire Ant Swarm and Arkham Inmates).

If the Weaponized Virus takes anybody down, you can always blame it on the Burt’s Beer. :razz:
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Thanks David!
 
Re: The Book of A.I.M. Agents - Design phase

Updated SP with David's suggestions.

Started HH tests and have 22 done so far. Yeah! Just getting to the 300 point figures. Started them at 60 but they have increased to about 75 points/squad. I certainly don't have a problem with their cost going up.

These little buggers have a lot going on for them that makes them different than other squads.

The Environmental Suit is a beyotch against a lot of heroes because a lot of multiple specials or area of effect specials are 3 dice and you have to get 2 skulls to even have a chance if they whiff with 2 dice. Very cool!

Range of 6 attack of 3 gives them some punch offensively. But considering these guys are high-tech weapons suppliers to the bad guys of the world, they should have good weapons, comparable to SHIELD.

The Weaponized Virus was pure nastiness as the number of agents increased against higher priced HH's. I had to drop the range to 3 because the range of 5 was just to easy to get some sick number of agents in range of, not to mention being that is "space + adjacent", the effective range was 6 and now is 4. There should also be a line in the power text I suppose saying that the height is compared with the lowest A.I.M. Agent participating, otherwise it could get wonky.

They will get a possible nice attack boost when played with Madame Hydra, but it's kind of hard to get even when she takes turns while bonding with the Hydra Agents, since she has to kill something first. Without bonding with the AIM Agents, it would be a different situation where either you have them with her and she has to have OM1 to try to kill a figure and then have OM's 2 and 3 on AIM Agents to hopefully take advantage of the boost, or have a mix of Hydra and AIM Agents so she can bond with Hydra on OM1 and AIM gets OM's 2 and 3. Not too worried at all about that Terrorist synergy, as that's part of why it was put there in the first place for the future development of AIM Agents. As Terrorist, they do get to die for her with Necessary Sacrifices, so that's cool too.

With Baron von Strucker, these guys can get some movement help if at least one can engage an enemy figure. This was also intended to work for the AIM Agents way back when Strucker was designed. It will be nice to have more of a reason to put an OM on Strucker instead of having him bond with Hydra Agents most of the time.

While these guys will be nasty vs. melee only HH's in the 300+ level since those guys are mostly single attackers, that's not a big deal to me because these guys will be easy targets for multiple attacking ranged normal attacks by heroes like Punisher that have them, but also be easy to kill by other squaddies since these guys only have defense of 2. Hydra Agents have defense of 2 also, but 4 figures and get defense bumped to 3 with Hail Hydra after first one is killed during a turn. So anyone loading up with single attacking HH's vs. AIM Agents deserve what they get. At least give the big HH's some squad support to help thin these guys out so their Weaponized SA isn't such a big threat.


Likely done testing for the day as I have lots of other stuff to do around the house.
 
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