The Book of All For One

[Arch-vile]

The Book of All For One

C3G SHONEN JUMP PUBLIC EXCLUSIVE COLLECTION 38
ONE LAST GASP

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The figure used for this unit is a modded Heroclix figure from the Batman vs Superman - Dawn of Justice set that is named Bruce Wayne #009.​

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Character Bio - All For One is the most dangerous villain in Japan. His quirk allows him to steal quirks from others, and share those quirks with his allies. All For One has built up a collection of powerful quirks over the centuries he's been alive. The only heroes able to stand up to All For One are those with the mighty power of the One For All quirk, such as All Might and Izuku Midoriya. After a battle with All Might that left both crippled, All For One plots from the shadows to take over the world, training a successor that will surpass him in strength.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• All For One is an Event Hero and follows Event Hero rules.

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As an Antagonist, All For One has these Antagonist Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• N/A

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• N/A

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: Arch-vile
• Second playtest: Ericth74
• Third playtest: Lord Zed
• Fourth playtest: Tornado
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Art by Dr. Jekyll

 

[Arch-vile]

NAME = ALL FOR ONE
SECRET IDENTITY = SHIGARAKI

SPECIES = QUIRKHUMAN
UNIQUENESS = EVENT HERO
CLASS = ANTAGONIST
PERSONALITY = MANIPULATIVE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 7

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 4
ATTACK = 6
DEFENSE = 6

POINTS = 420

COPIED AND STOLEN QUIRKS
All For One may use the special attacks of any Unique Heroes in your Army. After All For One destroys an enemy Unique Hero, you may choose one special attack on the destroyed figure’s card. For the rest of the game, All For One is considered to have that special attack.

TERRIFYING PRESENCE
All enemy figures without the Fearless or Valiant personality within 4 clear sight spaces of All For One subtract 1 from their Attack and Defense numbers.

IMPACT RECOIL
After All For One rolls defense dice against an adjacent normal attack, you may reveal an “X” Order Marker on this card to count all excess shields as unblockable hits on the attacking figure. You may then move the attacking figure up to 2 spaces, ignoring leaving engagement attacks.

SUPER STRENGTH
FLYING

 

[Arch-vile]

Comic Art:

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Mini Pics:

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Background:

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[Arch-vile]

Repaint tutorial:

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Start with Red Hood #017 from the Joker's Wild set. Mine was the sketch variant but you'll be repainting so it doesn't matter.

Cut the cape off. You can just bend the cape up after soaking it in some hot water, then clip it off with nail clippers. Leave a little of the cape there to represent the tubes on his costume.

Twist off Red Hood's head (that little piece of cape leftover will come along). Save Red Hood's body for a Kurogiri mod.

Now take Bruce Wayne #009 from the Batman vs Superman - Dawn of Justice set. Clip off Bruce's head. (Ignore Helspont in that pic, that's also for Kurogiri.)

Attach Red Hood's head to Bruce Wayne's body.

Now you paint! Paint the whole head a shiny black, then use silver for the tubes at the bottom. I also painted his undershirt a light grey.

 

[Arch-vile]

All For One is the big bad of the My Hero Academia universe. He has the ability to steal quirks (and his doctor can copy them), and thus he has amassed a collection of powerful abilities. All Might is the only person able to stand up to him.

My thoughts are making him a Unique Hero to mirror All Might, and an Antagonist to likewise fit in with an assortment of villains much like All Might can fit into Justice League armies.

 

[MrNobody]

I do think there needs to be some sort of limiter on when/how he can use powers, if he takes out Nightwing he’ll be invincible to most attacks. Maybe he can use power copies on his/your turn? So offensive stuff is mostly valid, but he’ll still mostly remain unchanged defensively.

I’d be down for the big baddie to be an Event Hero even if it doesn’t perfectly mirror All Might. We allow Event in IJL I think?

 

[Arch-vile]

Yeah, that makes sense. Event Heroes don't work in the IJL - probably worth tweaking that in 2.0 since it's been mentioned a few times as something worth pursuing.

 

[IAmBatman]

Does he need to work with the IJL?

 

[Yodaking]

Re: The Book of All For One (design)

Just looking at his write up, he seems very much like an Event Hero at the moment. I really dig the X reveal counter strike power. Terrifying Presence seems to fit well too.

That first power though I do worry about the head space of trying to keep track of all the different powers he has available to him. For most units I'm guessing I would just ask for the defeated figures card and place it next to his as a reminder, but those units that come back into play would still need their card. Also with Nobody in that trying to keep him balanced when he could potentially add any power in the game will be daunting. Not only defensive powers that will combo well with that 7 def/7 life stat line, but what about offensive powers that do things like double skulls. Since the power starts out only granting him SA's, maybe that should also be the only thing he can steal? It would certainly be easier to test and balance if he only has access to every SA in the game. Megatrons' SA is one of the top of the line SA's we have. What others would be considered high impact?

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of All For One (design)

Sounds like Event Hero has strong support, so let's go with that. Any preferences on class or personality? Manipulative might be a good personality for him.

Limiting him to copying & stealing Special Attacks only makes sense. Going through the sortable index, here are what seem like the best special attacks from Unique Heroes to copy. Once per game stuff seems particularly good.

• Hal Jordan's (JLA) Air Raid (he's on deck)
• Aang's Avatar Bending
• Figures with a SA that lets them bond, like Judge Death's Death Sentence or Captain Cold's (I) Cold Gun
• Megatron's Hand Cannon (they could each use the other's Hand Cannon, but not their own) (Edit: this doesn't work)
• Anything with multiple attacks to take advantage of AFO's defense reduction. Omni-Man's Omni-Assault would be solid.
• Cyclops's (II) Optic Destruction
• Any SA you can use in addition to a normal attack, such as Thor's (Avengers) Thunderstorm, Green Goblin's Pumpkin Bomb, or Spider-Man's (Miguel) Spider-Blitz

 

[Yodaking]

Re: The Book of All For One (design)

Oooh Pumpkin Bomb is a fun one.

 

[Shiftrex]

Re: The Book of All For One (design)

Stealing special attacks makes the most sense. He has been known to pass over utility based quirks or just not grab them for himself. He usually wants things that are easily used.

Terrifying presence is going to be pretty awesome

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of All For One (design)

The special attack idea seems like a good limiter and a fun approach.

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of All For One (design)

Awesome, thanks all. I've updated the SP with those suggestions.

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of All For One (design)

I propose All For Initial Playtesting

 

[Yodaking]

Re: The Book of All For One (vote for initial playtesting)

yea

 

[MrNobody]

Re: The Book of All For One (vote for initial playtesting)

Yea

 

[Ericth74]

Re: The Book of All For One (vote for initial playtesting)

yea

This guy looks fun

 

[Tornado]

Re: The Book of All For One (vote for initial playtesting)

Yea

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of All For One (vote for initial playtesting)

This passes, thanks all.

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of All For One (waiting for initial)

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: AFO

Tested Design:

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = ALL FOR ONE
SECRET IDENTITY = SHIGARAKI

SPECIES = QUIRKHUMAN
UNIQUENESS = EVENT HERO
CLASS = ANTAGONIST
PERSONALITY = MANIPULATIVE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 7

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 4
ATTACK = 6
DEFENSE = 7

POINTS =

COPIED AND STOLEN QUIRKS
All For One may use the special attacks of any Unique Heroes in your Army. After All For One destroys an enemy Unique Hero, you may choose one special attack on the destroyed figure’s card. For the rest of the game, All For One is considered to have that special attack.

TERRIFYING PRESENCE
All enemy figures without the Fearless or Valiant personality within 4 clear sight spaces of All For One subtract 1 from their Attack and Defense numbers.

IMPACT RECOIL
After All For One rolls defense dice against an adjacent normal attack, you may reveal an “X” Order Marker on this card to count all excess shields as unblockable hits on the attacking figure. You may then move the attacking figure up to 2 spaces, ignoring leaving engagement attacks.

SUPER STRENGTH
FLYING

Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: All For One (420), Cyclops II (240), Storm (220), Firestar (120) (1000) VS All Might (340), Green Arrow (210), Batman JL2 (190), Hawkwoman (260) (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

All For One gets to share a lot of special attacks here. Double Optic Destruction should be pretty powerful.

The JL slow-rolls up, trying to stay out of range of the Mutants and AFO as they move up. Cyclops snipes a couple wounds onto Hawkwoman. All Might rushes Storm and deals her a couple wounds. AFO uses Optic Destruction to one-shot Batman with a 5-skull roll. All Might takes out Storm. Cyclops uses his Optic Destruction to wound All Might and moves Forester forward. All Might and Green Arrow take out Cyclops.

AFO kills Green Arrow. All Might unleashes a mighty 7-skull attack which deals 5 wounds to AFO. AFO uses Lightning Tempest SA to bring All Might to 4 wounds then kill him, which activates Go Beyond, Plus Ultra, so All Might doesn’t actually die and gets an extra turn instead. All Might kills AFO with that extra turn. Firestar can’t roll a skull and dies to the JL soon after.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Hawkwoman (2 wounds) and All Might (4 wounds) win.

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Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: All For One (420), Aang (250), Green Goblin (230) (900) VS Cap(240), Winter Soldier(240), Black Widow(230), Falcon(190) (900)

Spoiler Alert!

Again the idea here is pairing AFO with some strong special attacks. Aang’s SA is versatile, while Green Goblin’s SA can be used before AFO’s normal attack. Stealing Cap’s Shield Throw will also be nice.

AFO deals a few wounds to Cap early on. Avatar Bending with a permanent defense reduction is powerful, and AFO’s defenses are strong with the attack drop from Terrifying Presence. AFO kills Cap while Falcon and Bucky bring him to 5 wounds. AFO’s Impact Recoil puts 3 wounds onto Bucky. AFO kills Winter Soldier then Falcon. Black Widow finally brings AFO down. Black Widow brings down Goblin before Aang finishes her off.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Aang (0 wounds) wins.

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Taking AFO’s Defense down to 6 for the next test.

Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: All For One (420), Omni-Man (440), Siryn (140) (1000) VS Fan4 (1000)

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AFO leads out, hoping to do as much damage as possible before falling, while using Omni-Man’s and Siryn’s SAs as needed.

AFO brings Human Torch to 4 wounds, but then Torch disengages and runs away, choosing to be a battery to pump up Thing’s attack. Reed locks AFO down. Neither Reed nor Torch choose to attack AFO while engaged, fearing the autowounds from Impact Recoil. AFO brings Reed to 4 wounds before Thing takes him down. The Fan4 easily take out Siryn afterwards. Omni-Man can’t kill Reed quick enough, and though he finally does, he’s unable to take out Johnny afterwards and Thing’s massive double attack of 10 does him in.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Thing, Invisible Woman, Human Torch (4 wounds) win.

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Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: All For One (420), Goku (380) (800) VS Captain Cold (II), Double Down, Trickster (Axel Walker), Magenta, Weather Wizard (I), Rainbow Raider, Heat Wave (800)

Spoiler Alert!

I wanted this match to have lots of special attacks for AFO to steal. AFO can also use Goku’s Super Kamehameha as a crowd clearer.

Leading with Goku this time. Goku shreds the Rogues, taking out Heat Wave, Double Down, Rainbow Raider, and Weather Wizard before finally being brought down. AFO takes out Magenta, then the other Rogues easily fall.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): All For One (3 wounds) wins.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: I like how he plays, it feels like an appropriate play style for the character. Terrifying Presence is a brutal support ability, but I got more mileage out of using it to support AFO himself instead of other figures, since AFO is probably your best attacking figure anyway.

Seems in the right ballpark, points-wise. AFO shreds midlevel heroes without a way to get around his stat debuffs. But he’s vulnerable against other heavy hitters.

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of All For One (waiting for initial)

SP has been updated with the change to 6 defense.

I'll propose for public testing.

 

[Yodaking]

Re: The Book of All For One (vote for public testing)

yea

 

[Tornado]

Re: The Book of All For One (vote for public testing)

Yea

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of All For One (vote for public testing)

yea