The Book of Artemis

[Arch-vile]

The Book of Artemis (Artemis Crock)

C3G DC WAVE 41
CLASH OF THE TITANS

Comic PDF

Mini PDF

The figure used for this unit is a modified DC Heroclix figure from the Teen Titans set.
Its model number and name are #006 / Arrowette.

Painting Tutorial​

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Character Bio - The daughter of Sportsmaster and sister of Cheshire, Artemis Crock chose a much different path in life. Thanks to the Green Arrow devising a cover story that she was his niece, Artemis found a new family in a team of young superheroes led by Aqualad.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Sidekick, Artemis has these Sidekick Synergies.
• Artemis adds 4 to her roll for her Net Arrow special power if she targets a figure adjacent to an Archer, Sidekick or Titan you control.

Outgoing Synergy:

• N/A

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• N/A

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• Artemis's Net Arrow 8 works when she is moved with Aqualad's (Kaldur'ahm) Young Justice or her own Acrobatic Movement, which can be useful combos. Using Net Arrow 8 as the first turn of Nightwing's Titans Go! is one of the best uses of it.

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: Arch-vile, 2
• Second playtest: LordVenoc
• Third playtest: Ronin
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Art by Arkham

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of Artemis (breathing)

NAME = ARTEMIS
SECRET IDENTITY = ARTEMIS CROCK

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = SIDEKICK
PERSONALITY = FIERCE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 8
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 4

POINTS = 120

TRACKING ARROW
Start the game with one green Tracking Marker. After attacking an opponent’s Unique Hero with Artemis' normal attack, you may place the Tracking Marker on that Hero’s card. Unique Heroes you control may add 3 to their Move numbers if they end their movement adjacent to a figure with the Tracking Marker on its card.

NET ARROW 8
Once per round before, during, or after moving normally or moving with any special power from a figure you control, you may choose a small or medium figure within 8 clear sight spaces and roll the 20-sided die. Add 4 to the roll if the chosen figure is engaged with another Archer, Sidekick, or Titan you control. If you roll 8 or higher, until you next reveal an Order Marker, the chosen figure may not move or roll for leaving engagement attacks and subtracts 1 from its Defense number.

ACROBATIC MOVEMENT
Artemis never takes falling damage and is never attacked when leaving an engagement. After rolling attack dice for a normal attack or after rolling defense dice, for each shield rolled you may immediately move Artemis one space up to 6 levels up or down.

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of Artemis (breathing)

Comic Art:

Spoiler Alert!

Mini Pics:

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Archie's:

Background:

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Ideas: Go with whatever. Found a few rooftop images:

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of Artemis (breathing)

Mini Tutorial:

Spoiler Alert!

Start with the Arrowette figure.

I used this picture as reference when painting.

Artemis does not wear a skirt, so shave down the skirt to look more like pants. Nail clippers is the safest and easiest way to do this.

Paint the pants, mask, gloves, and shirt green. I extended her mask down her neck to connect to her shirt.

Paint the bow, boots, quiver, quiver strap, kneepads, and belt black.

Paint the arrow feathers a slightly lighter green. Use the same color for her belt symbol. Artemis is complete!

Japes's Artemis repaint:

Spoiler Alert!

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Artemis (breathing)

Looks good! I really dig Tracking Arrow. I wonder if that needs to be class-restricted, though? Any reason not to let all of her allies track?

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of Artemis (breathing)

I love thematic armies, so I just wouldn't want anything to push Artemis's cost that isn't a Sidekicks/Titans build. If people think it's fine to remove the class restriction on Tracking Arrow, that's cool with me.

 

[johnny139]

Re: The Book of Artemis (breathing)

I would bump her Range up to 8 - all of our other Archer Sidekicks (both Speedys, Hawkeye) have 8 and I feel like she's on that same level. I also think "Archers and Sidekicks with a Range number of 8 or higher" would be a good tag for trick arrows but I sort of doubt we'll ever get there at this point.

I'd also like to at least tag Archer onto the classes for her powers - give her SOME utility with her technical mentor. I've always been a little disappointed that Mia Speedy has no actual reason to be played with Green Arrow. It wouldn't be her best build, but it gives us something to hang future synergies on, at least.

And I might limit her Net Arrow to once per round, if only because, I dunno, it feels weird to me if she starts machine gunning nets all over the place. Maybe bump up the power a bit to compensate? But maybe it's a game vs. simulation issue - just throwing it out there.

Glad to see her on the table and the repaint looks good!

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of Artemis (breathing)

All those suggestions sound pretty good to me.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Artemis (breathing)

I love thematic armies, so I just wouldn't want anything to push Artemis's cost that isn't a Sidekicks/Titans build. If people think it's fine to remove the class restriction on Tracking Arrow, that's cool with me.

Might just be me, but I'm not seeing anything especially compelling about Tracking Arrow to make me want to throw her into Generalist armies if the restriction is removed. As a Sidekick, I think her incoming synergies are going to be a bigger deal than any outgoing synergies. Tracking Arrow has a pretty light effect overall, IMO.

 

[Lord Pyre]

Re: The Book of Artemis (breathing)

Been a few years since I saw the show, but it feels pretty good to me!

 

[MrNobody]

Re: The Book of Artemis (breathing)

Digging it. Only minor thing is I wish that triggering Net Arrow off of Aqualad’s Young Justice movement was more viable, but there’s so many other ways to trigger it that I don’t really care. I also agree that Tracking Arrow isn’t really offering anything special enough to deserve to be class limited. Some GA interplay would be cool.

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of Artemis (breathing)

Alrighty, those suggested changes have been made. Bumped the d20 roll down to 8 due to making Net Arrow a once per round.

Net Arrow does work when Artemis is moved with Aqualad's free movement (or if Miss Martian throws her). It won't be as strong as working with Nightwing's Titans Go, but it's a minor synergy for her thematic allies.

 

[MrNobody]

Re: The Book of Artemis (breathing)

Sorry, I missed the no LEAs part. It does have some use in a Aqualad build then.

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of Artemis (breathing)

I'll propose for initial playtesting.


COMPETITIVE REVIEW BOARD CHECKLIST

Spoiler Alert!

Efficiency- Check to see if your design is providing armies with turns/moves/etc. to a degree that would make it difficult or impossible for an opponent to keep up with your output.

1. Does your design allow itself or figures to move/attack/take a turn/etc. instead of/in addition to your normal turn for revealing an Order Marker? Is it granting these benefits to too broad a range of units? Does it combine with other powers to create overly long or powerful chains of actions?
no

2. Does your design allow you to take actions during an opponent's turn? Can it combine with other powers to create tediously long reactions to enemy actions or a restrictive environment?
Acrobatic Movement yes, but that's nothing new.

3. Does your design allow you to rearrange your Order Markers or otherwise bypass the costs of Order Marker requirements on the special powers of other figures?
N/A

4. Is your design doing anything outside of a player's turn, at the start or end of the round? Is the effect too powerful by itself or when combined with other powers?
N/A

5. Does your design have any powers that trigger anytime it moves as opposed to only when it moves normally on its turn? Will it be too efficient when combined with figures that grant extra moves to figures?
Yep by design to work with Aqualad (Kaldur)

6. Is your design adding or subtracting from initiative rolls? Will it pair too easily with other figures that alter initiative or have powers triggering on the results of initiative rolls?
N/A

Potency- Check to see if your design is wounding/removing/etc. enemy figures, increasing the chances of other figures in your army doing so, or otherwise directly effecting the number of figures available to players to a degree that would make it difficult or impossible for an opponent to recover from.

1. Does your design have a chance to inflict wounds or destroy figures? Is it getting these chances too frequently or having to high a chance of success? Is the power balanced against expensive targets that can cause a massive swing in the game when destroyed?
N/A

2. Is your design adding to the stats or 20-sided die rolls of other figures in your army? Is it a boosting a broad enough range of units effectively enough to become a 'mandatory' draft or inhibit future design space? Can it be combined with other boosts too easily?
Adding free move to other heroes, but it takes setup and it pretty limited and people think it won't be an issue.

3. Will your design benefit from stat boosts or other enhancement to an overpowering degree? Will it restrict future growth within its faction or point cost by limiting available boosts to others?
no

4. Does your design take control of enemy figures permanently or temporarily? Is it too difficult to for your opponent to regain control of their figure or recover from the losing the figure? Does the method of taking control expose the enemy figure to the powers of other figures in your army that can easily destroy it?
N/A

5. Can your design heal itself or others or revive itself or others? Is it doing so in a way that an opponent cannot hope to overcome in certain scenarios?
N/A

6. Does your design place enemy figures on its card or otherwise have an unconventional method of temporarily removing enemy figures from play? Will it guarantee your victory against a single remaining enemy figure?
N/A

Chicanery- Check to see if your design is preventing your opponent from taking actions with too much ease or is otherwise causing negative play experience through tactics that make your opponent feel you're 'not playing fair'

1. Does your design restrict the movement of enemy figures, or allow you to move enemy figures? Can it do so in a way that results in an unwinnable scenario for your opponent if they are down to one figure, posses only figures with a range of 1, etc.? Can your design easily combine with other figures to greatly impede enemy figures or otherwise gain an excessive advantage?
Restricts movements of enemy figures, but limited to one a round and it has a d20 roll.

2. Does your design effect/change the placement of an enemy's Order Markers, or remove their Order Markers entirely? Can it force Order Markers to go onto cards that have no figures on the battlefield? Can your design easily combine with other figures to completely dictate the placement of an enemy's Order Markers or remove all of their Order Markers?
N/A

3. Does your design inhibit your opponent from attacking your figures or make attacking a losing proposition? Are there scenarios or combinations that make your opponent totally unable to harm your figures through attacking?
Nope

4. Does your design directly negate the powers of enemy figures or otherwise ignore them in a way that can completely disrupt the opponent's strategy or leave them feeling like they are stuck playing figures without special powers?
N/A

5. Does your design become overly powerful in a podded group of figures, or provide significant benefit to your army without leaving your Start Zone?
Nope

6. You can attack your own figures in Heroscape, does your design have any powers that will trigger off of doing so or otherwise wounding/destroying your own figures? Is this intentional on your part? Will the design be too efficient or potent when doing so?
Acrobatic Movement yes, but why would you risk that

CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST (LONG FORM)

Spoiler Alert!

1. Are the character’s name and secret identity listed in a consistent format with the rest of the project? If the character shares a name and/or secret identity with another character is it properly clear whether or not they are the same character?
Consistent.

2. Consider the listed Species. Are the design’s power level, point level, and statistics (life, move, range, attack, and defense numbers) within the established range for that species? If it’s an outlier, is there thematic justification for this?
Consistent with other archers after Johnny's suggestion

3. Consider the listed Uniqueness. Does the power text properly reflect whether the figure is a Hero or a squad, and whether it is Event, Unique, Uncommon, or common? If it’s Event, are the powers written with consideration for Event Hero rules? If it’s Uncommon, are the powers written to avoid stacking? If it’s common, are the powers written with this in mind?
Unique Hero

4. Consider the Class and Personality. For each, is it a reuse? If so, is the character thematically consistent with other members of that Class or Personality? If not, is there a preexisting Class or Personality that would fit as well that could be used instead? Are there any existing synergies with that Class or Personality that are undesirable or that this Design would create that would be undesirable for preexisting members of that Class or Personality?
Sidekick - necessary
Fierce - a reuse, felt appropriate to the character

5. Consider the listed Size. If the figure is double based, is it Large or Huge? Is the chosen miniature’s physical size consistent with other miniatures in the chosen size category? Consider the listed Height. If you stack hexes up next to the figure, does the number listed for the height match up the layers of stacked hexes that match the miniature’s physical height?
Medium 5, all good.

7. Consider the listed Life number. Is this number consistent with other figures of the same species?
4 life is standard

8. Consider the listed Move number. Is this number consistent with other figures of that power level?
5 move is standard

9. Consider the listed Range and Attack numbers. Is this number consistent with other figures that use the same type of weapon or power to attack?
Consistent with other archers - she's not at the skill level of Green Arrow I or Red Arrow.

10. Consider the listed Defense number. Is this number consistent with other figures of the same or similar species and with the same or similar armor or other defensive equipment?
3-4 is justified IMO

11. Does the figure have Super Strength? If it does or doesn’t, was this determined on the standard of that character demonstrating three things: A. The ability to throw a car B. The ability to survive a fall from a tall building and C. The ability to knock back another person when punching them?
No super strength here

12. Examine all of the special powers. Are there other powers that fit the same theme already in existence in the project? If so, can they be reused? If they can’t, can those other powers be used as a basis for the mechanics and wording?
2 new powers, one reuse. The new ones haven't been used before to my knowledge.

13. Examine any movement powers. Do they keep the figure’s speed consistent with other figures of their species and power level?
n/a

14. Examine any offensive powers. Do they keep the figure’s offensive potential consistent with other figures with the same powers and power levels or skills and weaponry?
n/a

15. Examine any defensive, healing, or other tanking powers. Do they keep the figure’s survivability consistent with other figures of the same powers or power level or species and armor class?
n/a

16. Examine any leadership powers. Do they exceed the activation potential of the best existing leaders? If so, is there thematic justification for this?
N/A

17. Consider any powers that reference darkness, electrical, figure movement, fire, gas, ice, kryptonite, light/sensory, magical, poison, psychic, stealth, or water-based abilities. Do these behave in similar ways to other powers of this type, including mentions of immunities?
N/A

18. Is it clear for all special powers what phase of the turn and how they are triggered, what phase of the turn they are active in, and when and how they cease being active?
Should be clear

19. Are special powers listed in game, round, and turn order?
Yep

20. If a special power includes a D20 roll, does it make sense to list a number by the title?
done

21. If a power is being reused, are the title and wording copied accurately?
Yep

22. Has the power title or a very similar one been used before with vastly different mechanics?
Nope

 

[MrNobody]

Re: The Book of Artemis (vote for initial)

Yea

 

[Tornado]

Re: The Book of Artemis (vote for initial)

Yea

 

[tcglkn]

Re: The Book of Artemis (vote for initial)

Yep

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Artemis (vote for initial)

yea

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of Artemis (vote for initial)

This passes. Thanks all

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Artemis (waiting for initial)

Fwiw now that my computer is working mildly better, I'm getting about 120 on the calculator here.

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of Artemis (waiting for initial)

Sounds good, I’ll start testing there!

 

[MrNobody]

Re: The Book of Artemis (waiting for initial)

I think 130 for her makes the original team cost 1,050.

Nightwing (200), Aqualad (170), Kid Flash (110), Superboy (240), Miss Martian (200), Artemis (130)

Or you could do Dick Robin for 950, or even Tim Robin for a round 1,000 if you’re willing to get a bit cheatsy.

Anyways, main point is I think it would be cool if she ended up at 130.

 

[IAmBatman]

Re: The Book of Artemis (waiting for initial)

I think 130 is a reasonable get for her. Her base stats hit 95 on the calculator, so I wasn't rating her current powers as worth much.

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of Artemis (waiting for initial)

Wherever she ends up, long term plans for a Robin (Dick) (II) to make the team add to 1000 would be cool.

 

[Arch-vile]

Re: The Book of Artemis (waiting for initial)

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Artemis

Army Test
Map: Custom
Units: Artemis (120), Nightwing, Aqualad (Garth), Wonder Girl (Donna), Red Robin, Raven (870) VS Captain Cold (II), Heat Wave, Golden Glider, Tar Pit, Captain Boomerang I, Captian Boomerang II, Rainbow Raider (870)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Titans and Rogues move up.

Round 2: Raven puts 3 wounds on Captain Cold early on. Nightwing takes a few wounds but hangs on to his life. Artemis misses her Net Arrow roll against Captain Cold, but manages to kill him with her normal attack. Red Robin takes out Captain Boomerang II, then Nightwing dishes out some wounds. Heat Wave ends the round by killing Nightwing, kind of evening the scales.

Round 3: Heat Wave bonds with Golden Glider while Artemis bonds with Aqualad. Artemis nets Heat Wave and drops a tracking arrow onto him, but the Sidekicks can’t take advantage of the opportunity. Heat Wave and Glider take out Raven. Artemis takes out Captain Boomerang I. Tar Pit takes out Aqualad.

Round 4: Wonder Girl uses the tracking arrow’s extra movement to move adjacent to Heat Wave then lasso Tar Pit to low ground. Pretty bad dice from both sides this round, but Artemis doesn’t do anything.

Round 5: Red Robin takes out Tar Pit. Glider takes out Red Robin. Artemis misses her net arrow roll and misses Heat Wave.

Round 6: Heat Wave takes out Wonder Girl. Artemis and Heat Wave are both taken to 3 wounds.

Round 7: Artemis puts 2 wounds on Golden Glider (who had all the OMs) before falling.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Heat Wave (3 wounds), Golden Glider (2 wounds), and Rainbow Raider (1 wound) win.

Both sides lost their leader in the 2nd round, and the Rogues just had more oomph with Golden Glider bonding with Heat Wave and Tar Pit controlling the battlefield’s location. Artemis did a fair amount of damage but her powers felt fairly low-impact overall. Which is fine, as she’s one of the cheaper Titan/Sidekick options, she shouldn’t be controlling the game.

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Army Test
Map: Custom
Units: Artemis (130), Aqualad (Kaldur), Miss Martian, Superboy (Kon-El) (I), Kid Flash, Robin (Dick Grayson) (950) VS Gorilla Grodd (II), Captain Cold (I), Cheshire (II), Abra Kadabra, Black Manta (950)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: Young Justice moves up rapidly. Artemis tags Captain Cold with a tracking arrow as a way to help get around his cold aura. Cheshire puts a wound on Superboy.

Round 2: Cold and Kadabra do some damage, then Aqualad takes out Cold.

Round 3: Kadabra takes out Kid Flash. Artemis puts 3 wounds on Cheshire thanks to a lucky whiff.

Round 4: Grodd kills Aqualad. Miss Martian takes out Cheshire. Grodd wounds Artemis. Superboy pummels Grodd with some wounds.

Round 5: Kadabra takes out Miss Martian. Superboy takes out Grodd.

Round 6: Robin engages Kadabra. Kadabra takes out Robin. Artemis net arrows Black Manta and takes him out in 2 attacks - he never even took a turn.

Round 7: Superboy wounds Kadabra. Kadabra takes out Superboy. Artemis wounds Kadabra. Kadabra takes out Artemis.


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

Close game. Young Justice is definitely weaker than the Nightwing army. It really needs Starfire, or a Roy Harper, or Tim Drake II, to keep up your offensive output. Didn’t get the most out of Artemis this game but her powers felt fun together.

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Army Test
Map: Custom
Units: Artemis (125), Robin (Tim Drake) (II), Red Arrow, Speedy (Mia), Starfire, Changeling (905) VS Ra’s Al Ghul (II), KGBeast, Merlyn, Lady Shiva, Ubu (905)

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1: KGBeast fights the Titans. Artemis has a good combo with sending a net arrow at KGBeast, allowing herself and Red Arrow to attack. KGBeast takes 4 wounds while Red Arrow takes 3 wounds.

Round 2: The Robin/Artemis/Red Arrow combo takes out KGBeast. Lady Shiva takes out Robin.

Round 3: Shiva goes after Red Arrow to end the Titans’ ability to multi-attack, and does kill him. Artemis wounds Shiva from height. Shiva then takes out Starfire, who was helpless in the start zone. Changeling goes after Ra’s and wounds him.

Round 4: Ra’s has his big turn, and manages to use his army to severely wound Speedy and Changeling. Changeling wounds Ra’s and Ubu further, and Artemis takes out Shiva from range.

Round 5: Merlyn puts 3 wounds on Artemis before Artemis takes him out. Speedy dies to her delicate health.

Round 6: Ra’s chases down Artemis and finishes her off.


Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Ra’s al Ghul (2 wounds) and Ubu (3 wounds) win.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Tough luck in my games, but half of that is that in my Nightwing game Nightwing fell early, and the other Titan leaders are just sub-optimal in comparison, especially with Artemis’s main power relying on bonding of some sort to get value from it. Artemis herself felt fine, but surprisingly low-impact overall. I expected Tracking Arrow to be more meaningful, but it was kinda only an afterthought much of the time, and Net Arrow really depends on bonding for it to work effectively. Artemis is not a very effective attacker by herself. She’s a fine unit but not quite there yet in my opinion.

I’m planning on making the change below and build a more optimized Titans army and see how Artemis performs. Freezing figures in place for a turn will make Artemis significantly more impactful, and allowing out-of-turn Net Arrows would allow for her to activate it with her own Acrobatic Movement or being moved by Superboy.

NET ARROW 8
Once per round during your turn before, during, or after moving normally or moving with any special power from a figure you control, you may choose a figure within 8 clear sight spaces and roll the 20-sided die. Add 4 to the roll if the chosen figure is engaged with another Archer, Sidekick, or Titan you control. On a roll of 8 or higher, until you next reveal an Order Marker, the chosen figure may not move or roll for leaving engagement attacks and subtracts one from its Defense.