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The Book of Apocalypse

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The Book of Apocalypse​

C3G MARVEL SUPER SECRET EXCLUSIVE 20
AGE OF APOCALYPSE​

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The figure used for this unit is a HeroClix figure from the Xplosion set.
Its model number and name are #088 / Apocalypse
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Character Bio - "Apocalypse is an ancient mutant born with a variety of superhuman abilities who further augmented himself after merging with Celestial technology. The character has total control over the molecules of his body, enabling him to alter his form as it suits him, such as allowing his body to become extremely malleable and flexible or change its size, enhance his physical abilities, transform his limbs into weapons or wings and jets, regenerate from fatal injuries, adapt his body to apparently any disease or hostile environment and give himself virtually any physical superhuman power. The character is also able to project and absorb energy, and has displayed telepathy and telekinesis. Apocalypse is as well capable of technopathy, able to directly interface with the various technologies he has at his disposal.

"Apocalypse is also immortal, and immune to aging, not needing sustenance of any kind and can survive fatal injuries. Whether this is a separate ability or a result of his shapeshifting powers is unclear.

"Aside from his superhuman powers, Apocalypse is extraordinarily intelligent, a scientific genius with knowledge in various areas of science and technology including physics, engineering, genetics and biology, that is far more advanced than conventional science. Apocalypse has knowledge of Celestial technology that he uses for his own applications, such as altering mutants or humans. Apocalypse is also a skilled demagogue and a master strategist.

"Apocalypse's blood can heal other mutants, but is fatal for humans. Apocalypse's blood can also restore his de-powered mutant descendants as is seen when a large dose of Apocalypse's blood regenerates the lost body part of Chamber and gave him a look similar to Apocalypse. It is hinted that this evolved Chamber's power to Omega Level." (wikipedia.org 2012).
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Incoming Synergy:Outgoing Synergy:
  • Apocalypse may use his Horsemen of the Apocalypse special power to activate Horsemen, and Horsemen in the same army as Apocalypse have the Super Strength special power and roll one additional attack die. Horsemen include: Archangel.
  • Apocalypse can change Unique Mutant Heroes into Horsemen with his Horsemen of the Apocalypse special power. Current Unique Mutant Heroes.
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-Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses-

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Re: The Book of Apocalypse - Design Phase

NAME = APOCALYPSE
SECRET IDENTITY = EN SABAH NUR

SPECIES = MUTANT
UNIQUENESS = EVENT HERO
CLASS = CONQUEROR
PERSONALITY = METHODICAL

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 6

LIFE = 9

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

POINTS = 620

HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE
At the start of the game, you may choose up to 4 Unique Mutant Heroes you control and place a red Horseman Marker on each of their cards. While a figure has a Horseman Marker on its card, its class is Horseman instead of what is listed on the card. After revealing an Order Marker on this card, instead of taking a turn with Apocalypse, you may take a turn with a Horseman you control within clear sight of Apocalypse. Any Horseman figure you control has the Super Strength special power and adds 1 to its Attack number for the remainder of the game.

APOCALYPTIC TECHNOLOGY
After Order Markers are placed and before initiative is rolled for the first round, you may place up to two different Equipment Glyphs on this card. Apocalypse can equip glyphs as if he were a Unique Hero and can equip a glyph even if there is an Equipment Glyph on this card, up to a maximum of 2. If Apocalypse would lose an Equipment Glyph, you may choose which Equipment Glyph he loses. Apocalypse never loses more than one Equipment Glyph at a time unless he is destroyed.

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
If Apocalypse would receive one or more wounds from a non-adjacent attack, you may choose a figure without the Super Strength special power adjacent to Apocalypse to receive those wounds instead.

SUPER STRENGTH

FLYING


Spoiler Alert!
 
Re: The Book of Apocalypse - Design Phase

Very cool Bats. :up:

I like that the Horsemen of Apocalypse can be any Unique Mutant Hero instead of having to be a "Horsemen" class figure. Much more usable and fun.

Apocalyptic Weapons seems like an odd power name for just being able to use 2 Equipment Glyphs instead of just 1. Add to that the fact that those same glyphs can be used by any Unique Hero, so they don't seem to be anything special and unique to Apocalypse. I can't think of a different name off hand, but maybe it's just me that thinks it odd.

Survival Of The Fittest is cool and at first I thought it would have to be his own figures, but it can be the opponent's figures too, so that is really cool.
 
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:thumbsup: Love it! Looks perfect to me.
 
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Yeah, looks good to me. Any plans for custom E-Glyphs for him? Something that can only be equipped by Apocolypse or figures with Horseman Markers or what have you.
 
Re: The Book of Apocalypse - Design Phase

johnny139 said:
Yeah, looks good to me. Any plans for custom E-Glyphs for him? Something that can only be equipped by Apocolypse or figures with Horseman Markers or what have you.
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I'm certainly open to it. That was the plan originally, but, honestly, Batman 2.0 burned me out on designing equipment glyphs for a bit. :p I'd certainly like to see it eventually, though.
 
Re: The Book of Apocalypse - Design Phase

He looks very nice!

Is there a particular reason you went with him as an event hero instead of a unique hero?
 
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quozl said:
He looks very nice!

Is there a particular reason you went with him as an event hero instead of a unique hero?
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I didn't want him getting activated alongside another Mutant by Professor X, for one! :)

Also, he seems like he's pretty impervious to mind control and auto destruction (he's really hard to kill) and usually when he comes around it's a bit of an event!
 
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:duh: I missed the obvious Mutant synergy. Thanks!
 
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No prob. :) I see you agree it was a good idea, then!
 
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He's definitely a character like Darkseid or Thanos that could warrant Unique or Event status depending on what we're feeling.
 
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For the equipment glyph thing, are we okay with him starting with the Cosmic Control Rod and the Cosmic Cube (etc...)? I know we didn't want Batman 2.0 to be able to do that for balance and theme reasons, so is it okay here?

The Horsemen power is cool. Did you think about a bonus for figures that are already Horsemen? Maybe the +1 attack could only work for them, or something like that? More of an incentive to use Archangel/etc with him.

Pretty awesome design, and really glad to see him finally getting worked on! :)
 
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Lord Pyre said:
For the equipment glyph thing, are we okay with him starting with the Cosmic Control Rod and the Cosmic Cube (etc...)? I know we didn't want Batman 2.0 to be able to do that for balance and theme reasons, so is it okay here?
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Well the Cosmic Cube wouldn't be a great choice for him, since he's going to take a wound and potentially lose it to an enemy the first time he uses it. I'm definitely going to try to arm him with the two most powerful possible glyphs each time when playtesting, though, and price him accordingly.

For Bats, I wanted to keep his cost reasonable, and wanted to avoid going over 250 if possible (just barely was). This guy I can definitely go up there in points with no problem, as well as power level. So kind of a different playing field.

Lord Pyre said:
The Horsemen power is cool. Did you think about a bonus for figures that are already Horsemen? Maybe the +1 attack could only work for them, or something like that? More of an incentive to use Archangel/etc with him.
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I hadn't thought of it, really. I was channeling something similar to Galactus, where he chooses his Herald, so we don't really have to complicate it by forcing any characters we want to have this synergy to have to have a certain class.

Lord Pyre said:
Pretty awesome design, and really glad to see him finally getting worked on! :)
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Yeah, I know GP was really pushing me to get to him for a while, so I figured I could take a quick break from working on ongoing waves to get in an SSE that'd been long awaited. :)

Oh, and Hambone, for Apocalyptic Technology, it's less just that he can carry two Equipment Glyphs, and more that he basically has access to the greatest technologies in the world and can start the battle with two of his choice.
 
Re: The Book of Apocalypse - Design Phase

IAmBatman said:
Oh, and Hambone, for Apocalyptic Technology, it's less just that he can carry two Equipment Glyphs, and more that he basically has access to the greatest technologies in the world and can start the battle with two of his choice.
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:up:
 
Re: The Book of Apocalypse - Design Phase

IAmBatman said:
Good Pig said:
Yay! :D
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Everything in the SP look good to you, GP? :)
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Yeah, I think the power level looks good. I like the Event Hero status as well. I think the testing for him is going to be tough because of all the possible combinations, but going with the nastiest combos is your best bet.

For glyphs, Makluan Energy Rings and Cosmic Control Rod on the same figure will really dish out the auto-wounds. OR swap out one of those for Teleportation Belt.

For horsemen Wolverine and Deadpool with their multiple attacks will be good options with the +1 attack bonus.
 
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That +1 attack worries me a bit. Could we implement a downside that would be thematic, like lowering Move or Defense? How thematic is the +1 Attack?
 
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Pretty thematic. In fact, bumping all stats wouldn't be un-thematic either. I figure as long as the bump is included in his cost it will work fine.
 
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Well the good thing is that the +1 attack boost is only given to Mutants, so that helps find the maximum potential benefit from it by narrowing the pool of figure options.

While it's not totally the same, Cap gives +1 to attack and defense to up to 5 figures, and they can be Unique Hero. Sure there are some stipulations as far as Cap having a revealed OM and clear sight, as well as the boosts go away when he dies. But that's more figures that are boosted during that time. Cap can even boost Mutants and use OM1 to take a turn and Prof X can activate 2 boosted Mutants for the next two turns, to kind of simulate what Apocalypse can do.

Ultimately, thorough testing will tell us what we need to know. Believe me, Surtur and the Wrecking Crew needed lots of testing to be sure of their power levels not being broken. They were a real pain to do, so I'm glad I've gotten them out of the way. Let some other suckers take the crazy designs. :p
 
Re: The Book of Apocalypse - Design Phase

Hey Hahma, for those who weren't around how did they compare to testing Annihilus and Ultron? :lol:
 
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Oh yeah, they sucked too. :twisted::p And Thor was kind of a pain in the ass as well considering Grey Owl wanted him to fall into a certain price point and that made it kind of challenging.

Like they say, if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger. :D
 
Re: The Book of Apocalypse - Design Phase

I was there for Thor. I think that might be the record for longest design.
 
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Yeah that was a beastly long thread, that was back in the day when it was all public. Thank goodness for the Inner Sanctum! :D
 
Re: The Book of Apocalypse - Design Phase

Colossus was painful as well. Threads like that are what made us decide (wisely) to go Inner Sanctum!

There's a good chance this guy gets nerfed somewhere, but I'll take it into testing before that. :)
 
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