The Book of Capt. John Varan

[Filthy the Clown]

The Book of Capt. John Varan​

C3V Wave 1 – "Thormun's Reprieve"​

PURPLE HEART
When a Human you control who follows Jandar and is adjacent to Capt. John Varan receives one or more wounds from an attacking figure who is not adjacent, you may instead place all of those wound markers on this Army Card.

BATTLE VALOR SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 5. Attack 2.
Instead of moving and attacking normally, Capt. John Varan may use Battle Valor Special Attack. When using Battle Valor Special Attack, Capt. John Varan may move up to 3 spaces before attacking. When moving and attacking with Battle Valor Special Attack, Capt. John Varan may move and attack one additional time for each wound marker on this Army Card.



There are two figures that can be used for this unit:

1. A Heroclix figure from the Cosmic Justice set. Its model number and name is (019, 020, 021/Sgt. Rock).
2. A Heroclix figure from the Cosmic Justice set. Its model number and name is (207/Gen. Frank Rock).

The PDF for this card can be downloaded here:

• http://www.heroscapers.com/community/downloads.php?do=file&id=3384

Character Bio:

Spoiler Alert!

Sweltering jungle heat blanketed the encampment of a Combined Action Platoon assigned to one of the hamlets within the Marine tactical area of responsibility. This fifteen man rifle squad had orders to protect the Chu Lai village from communist forces positioned just miles outside the walls. The Marine Corps attempt at counterinsurgency was proving effective, however this small village have been in the firefight time and time again between GVN and Viet Cong troops. Today was a sorrowful time, as the 9 remaining members of the Chu Lai CAP stood at attention to honor their fallen brethren from the events of a preemptive strike from enemy troops.


"Second Lieutenant Timothy Adams!"

The colonel of a nearby post called out as he began the roll call. There was no answer. The colonel repeated the Lieutenant's name twice. Stern faces of battle worn marines fought hard not to betray their grief to the loss of their companions.

"Gunnery Sargent Ulysses Barrow!"

The colonel continued calling the names of the absent platoon members. Finally he came to the last name on the list. He paused, and in a cracking voice he called the last name.

"Captain John Varan!"

He took a breath, and called the name two more times, the last time in a strained and forced voice. The colonel was the person who had assigned Captain Varan to this post due to a previous disagreement the two men had. After the names were called, a solemn Butterfield's Lullaby was played, accompanied by a 3 volley salute. The men at attention saluted the flag. The colonel stood after the ceremony, looking beyond the trees of the Southeast Asia jungle.

"May you find peace above, Captain Varan."


General Jandar kept a watchful vigilance over the many platoons of honorable Marines that "were all alone in Indian Country." He valued the men and the duty they sought to protect and improve the lives of thousands of citizens half a world away from their homes. When the Combined Action Platoon of the Chu Lai village experienced heavy concentrated fire from communist forces, Jandar intervened to save the lives of these men, so they would be able to instruct his forces in Valhalla what it truly means to be a hero. Captain John Varan was a paragon amongst this company of men, willing to take a bullet for a companion in order to assure that his men will eventually return home to their families. His valiant efforts in battle can now be seen in the fronts of Nastralund, against the innumerable hordes of Orcs and Marro that clog the pathways to the provinces beyond the country's borders.

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-Rulings and Clarifications-

Purple Heart:
Q: Which figures must be "not adjacent" for Capt. Varan to be able to use Purple Heart?
A: The opponent's attacking figure must be "not adjacent" to the defending figure you control. Capt. Varan may use Purple Heart to protect a figure from a non-adjacent *ranged* attack, but not an adjacent attack.

Q: If an unwounded Capt. Varan is adjacent to a Jandar squad member or hero with one life left, and a ranged opponent attacks that figure and rolls two more skulls than shields by the defending one-life figure, and Capt. Varan uses Purple Heart, does he get one or two wounds?
A: Capt. Varan takes 2 wounds. The adjacent figure never receives any wounds. "All" the wound markers go to Varan, like the card says.

Q: Are the wounds Capt. John Varan receives from Purple Heart inflicted by the original attacker? For example: if a Protector of Ullar attacked someone and Varan Purple Hearted the wounds, would the other Protectors get the Combined Arbalest bonus dice if they attacked Varan?
A: No. The wounds inflicted by the normal attack are ignored. The wounds inflicted on Capt. John Varan are inflicted due to the special power Purple Heart and are not considered to be inflicted by the attacking figure.

Battle Valor Special Attack:
Q: If Capt. John Varan takes a wound from an Engagement Strike or falling damage while moving and attacking with Battle Valor Special Attack, do those wounds count when determining whether Capt. John Varan may move and attack again with Battle Valor Special Attack?
A: Yes. Check whether Capt. John Varan has more wounds on his card than the number of times he has moved and attacked with Battle Valor Special Attack this turn after completing each move and attack sequence with Battle Valor Special Attack. If he has more wounds, you may move and attack with Battle Valor Special Attack again.

Q: If Capt. John Varan has wound markers on his card, but steps on a glyph of Kelda while moving and attacking with Battle Valor Special Attack, do those wounds count when determining whether Capt. John Varan may move and attack again with Battle Valor Special Attack?
A: No. Capt. John Varan has no wounds on his card, so he cannot move and attack again with Battle Valor Special Attack.

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Synergy Benefits Offered


PURPLE HEART : Jandar Humans

• The Book of 4th Massachusetts Line
• The Book of 8th Infantry Pathfinder
• The Book of 20th Maine Volunteers
• The Book of Airborne Elite
• The Book of Alastair MacDirk
• The Book of Chen Tang
• The Book of Eldgrim the Viking Warrior
• The Book of Finn the Viking Champion
• The Book of Heracles
• The Book of Johnny "Shotgun" Sullivan
• The Book of Knights of Weston
• The Book of Kumiko
• The Book of MacDirk Warriors
• The Book of Prince al'Kahora
• The Book of Samuel Brown
• The Book of Sgt. Drake Alexander
• The Book of Sgt. Drake Alexander (SotM)
• The Book of Sir Denrick
• The Book of Sir Dupuis
• The Book of Sir Gilbert
• The Book of Sir Orrick
• The Book of Tarn Viking Warriors
• The Book of Templar Cavalry
• The Book of Thorgrim the Viking Champion

Synergy Benefits Received

• MARCUS DECIMUS GALLUS : Soldier Leadership
  As a soldier, Capt. John Varan may benefit from Marcus Decimus Gallus’ SOLDIER LEADERSHIP movement bonus
• MARCUS DECIMUS GALLUS: Soldier Attack Enhancement
  As a soldier, Capt. John Varan may benefit from Marcus Decimus Gallus’ SOLDIER ATTACK ENHANCEMENT
• 8TH INFANTRY PATHFINDER : Marching Orders
  As a Unique Soldier Hero that follows Jandar, 8th Infantry Pathfinder's MARCHING ORDERS ability is triggered by Order Markers revealed on Capt. John Varan's Army Card.
• EBON ARMOR : Animated Materiel & Eternal War
  As a Unique Human, a destroyed Ebon Armor you control may be placed on Capt. John Varan's Army Card to replace Capt. John Varan upon his own destruction.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-
- TBA
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-Heroscapers Community Contributions-


Power Ranking and Master Index

Buying a few extra wounds for the Airborne Elite can make all the difference. Not bad with the 4th Mass, either. B+

Unit Strategy Review
- TBA

 

[quozl]

Nice! We should put the text of the powers in the other books too!

 

[boromir96]

Synergy Benefits Received
- MARCUS DECIMUS GALLUS : Soldier Leadership
As a soldier, Sgt. Drake Alexander may benefit from Marcus Decimus Gallus’ SOLDIER LEADERSHIP movement bonus
- MARCUS DECIMUS GALLUS: Soldier Attack Enhancement
As a soldier, Sgt. Drake Alexander may benefit from Marcus Decimus Gallus’ SOLDIER ATTACK ENHANCEMENT
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You need to fix this.

 

[Filthy the Clown]

Synergy Benefits Received
- MARCUS DECIMUS GALLUS : Soldier Leadership
As a soldier, Sgt. Drake Alexander may benefit from Marcus Decimus Gallus’ SOLDIER LEADERSHIP movement bonus
- MARCUS DECIMUS GALLUS: Soldier Attack Enhancement
As a soldier, Sgt. Drake Alexander may benefit from Marcus Decimus Gallus’ SOLDIER ATTACK ENHANCEMENT
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You need to fix this.

Yikes, thanks! The Sgt stripes on the sculpt threw me off...Honest!

 

[Taeblewalker]

Great work, Filthy. Great precedent, too! I'll add the powers text to Zogross like Quozl suggested.

 

[johnny139]

Now this is a fantastic, flavorful, playable figure! I can just imagine him taking a blast for his men and going Rambo across the battlefield. Very cool, very cool indeed.

 

[Dad_Scaper]

Gorgeous OP, Filthy.

Here is a blueprint.

~ DS, who will eventually delete his own post

 

[faure]

I really like the powers with this unit -- really fits well with the overall Jandar theme.

One question on Purple Heart, though.

When a Human you control who follows Jandar and is adjacent to Capt. John Varan receives one or more wounds from an attacking figure who is not adjacent

Not adjacent to who? the Human you control or to Capt. John Varan?

 

[Dad_Scaper]

Not adjacent to the figure receiving the wounds.

 

[Taeblewalker]

Not adjacent to the Human you control.

 

[Xotli]

I really like the powers with this unit -- really fits well with the overall Jandar theme.

One question on Purple Heart, though.

When a Human you control who follows Jandar and is adjacent to Capt. John Varan receives one or more wounds from an attacking figure who is not adjacent

Not adjacent to who? the Human you control or to Capt. John Varan?

Not adjacent to whomsoever is being attacked (which in this case means the Human you control who follows Jandar and is adjacent to Varan).

 

[The CEE]

When using battle valor special attack are you forced to follow the sequence of move, attack, move, attack; or can you use all of your movement value followed by all of your attacks?

 

[faure]

Not adjacent to whomsoever is being attacked

Thanks -- that's what I figured and made the most sense, but wanted to get it confirmed.

 

[Xotli]

When using battle valor special attack are you forced to follow the sequence of move, attack, move, attack; or can you use all of your movement value followed by all of your attacks?

Well, you can always choose not to move during the move part, or not to attack during the attack part, so you could, e.g. do "move, move, move, attack," or you could do "move, attack, attack, attack." But you couldn't "move, move, move, attack, attack, attack," no.

Does that answer the question?

 

[LordEsenwienIV]

Here's an example CEE:

I moved him three spaces Attacked with 2 dice, then move 0 spaces Attacked with two dice again, and the moved 0 spaces and attacked with 2 dice a third a final time. But the two dice could not penetrate the Phantom Knight's defense.

ZBeeblebrox posted that.

 

[Anitar]

I really like the powers with this unit -- really fits well with the overall Jandar theme.

One question on Purple Heart, though.

When a Human you control who follows Jandar and is adjacent to Capt. John Varan receives one or more wounds from an attacking figure who is not adjacent

Not adjacent to who? the Human you control or to Capt. John Varan?

Not adjacent to whomsoever is being attacked (which in this case means the Human you control who follows Jandar and is adjacent to Varan).

So, absurdly, the attacker could be adjacent to Varan and activate Purple Heart. (but only if it's a friendly unit so they're not engaged) The only practical use for this that I can think of is a scenario that starts with a truce.

 

[Xotli]

So, absurdly, the attacker could be adjacent to Varan and activate Purple Heart. (but only if it's a friendly unit so they're not engaged) The only practical use for this that I can think of is a scenario that starts with a truce.

That's an interesting scenario. I don't know what the official rules for a truce are (if there even are any). Is the truce broken as soon as you try to target someone on the team you have a truce with? Which would mean you couldn't shoot them after all. But I don't know how that would work, technically.

 

[lefton4ya]

Sorry to ask so many questions, but here are some quick scenarios that are likely to come up:

If you have one or a few lifes left on Capt. Varan and an adjacent figure gets wounded:

• Can you use Purple Heart to kill Varan?
• If an adjacent figure would take more wounds than Capt. Varan has life left, can you still use purple heart, and if so does the adjacent figure take no wounds or just subtract how many wounds they would get minus how many life Catpt. Varan has left?
• Can you split wounds between captain Varan and an adjacent figure with purple heart - i.e. if you got 2 unblocked attacks on a figure, could you take one wound on Varan and one wound on the figure?

If a one life figure adjacent to Varan gets 2 or more unblocked attacks and you use purple heart, does Capt. Varan take only one wound (what the figure would get) or more than one (what the figure deserves)?

Can you use purple heart on any of the following: Evil Eye Defense, aura/ranged auto-wound powers such as Fledgling Acid Breath, Explosion attacks where the person is not the main target?

 

[Xotli]

Sorry to ask so many questions, but here are some quick scenarios that are likely to come up:

If you have one or a few lifes left on Capt. Varan and an adjacent figure gets wounded:

• Can you use Purple Heart to kill Varan?

Sure. It's no different from someone attacking Varan directly and rolling more skulls that they need to kill him.

• If an adjacent figure would take more wounds than Capt. Varan has life left, can you still use purple heart, and if so does the adjacent figure take no wounds or just subtract how many wound they would get minus how many life Catpt. Varan has left?

The adjacent figure never receives any wounds. "All" the wound markers go to Varan, like the card says.

• Can you split wounds between captain Varan and an adjacent figure with purple heart - i.e. if you got 2 unblocked attacks on a figure, could you take one wound on Varan and one wound on the figure?

Nope, the card says "all" the wounds, so it's all the wounds.

If a one life figure adjacent to Varan gets 2 or more unblocked attacks and you use purple heart, does Capt. Varan take only one wound (what the figure would get) or more than one (what the figure deserves)?

If it's multiple wound effects, you have to resolve them separately. The first time the adjacent figure gets one unblocked wound, you can activate Purple Heart and have Varan take the wound. At that point, the adjacent figure is unwounded. Next time said figure takes an unblockable wound, do it all over again.

Can you use purple heart on any of the following: Evil Eye Defense, aura/ranged auto-wound powers such as Fledgling Acid Breath, Explosion attacks where the person is not the main target?

I'm a little fuzzy on this one, so I'll let someone else chime in. I think that Fledgling Acid Breath and explosion attacks would be a "yes," since that's still an attacking figure. However, EED (and counterstrike) are not coming from an attacking figure (it's actually a defending figure), so I think that's a "no." But don't quote me on that.

 

[dok]

Can you use Purple Heart to kill Varan?

Yep.

• If an adjacent figure would take more wounds than Capt. Varan has life left, can you still use purple heart, and if so does the adjacent figure take no wounds or just subtract how many wounds they would get minus how many life Catpt. Varan has left?
• Can you split wounds between captain Varan and an adjacent figure with purple heart - i.e. if you got 2 unblocked attacks on a figure, could you take one wound on Varan and one wound on the figure?

All wounds go on Varan, like the power says. I believe that answers both of those questions.

If a one life figure adjacent to Varan gets 2 or more unblocked attacks and you use purple heart, does Capt. Varan take only one wound (what the figure would get) or more than one (what the figure deserves)?

Varan takes every unblocked wound.

Can you use purple heart on any of the following: Evil Eye Defense, aura/ranged auto-wound powers such as Fledgling Acid Breath

Purple heart refers to attacks, and those are not attacks, so no.

Explosion attacks where the person is not the main target?

Those are attacks, so yes.

 

[mrkurtb]

Love the theme. Capt John Varan puts the "Hero" in Heroscape.

I just want to make sure I'm interpreting his card correctly. If Capt JV has 4 wounds he can move up to 15 spaces in a turn, is that right? Thanks.

 

[Xotli]

Can you use purple heart on any of the following: Evil Eye Defense, aura/ranged auto-wound powers such as Fledgling Acid Breath

Purple heart refers to attacks, and those are not attacks, so no.

Well, technically it refers to wounds from an attacking figure. But you're right that Fledgling Acid Breath is not an attack, so I guess that means the Black Wyrmling is not an attacking figure. So probably it doesn't make any practical difference.

 

[Xotli]

I just want to make sure I'm interpreting his card correctly. If Capt JV has 4 wounds he can move up to 15 spaces in a turn, is that right? Thanks.

Yes. Although the scenarios where you would actually get to do that are going to be pretty rare, I'd imagine.

 

[ZBeeblebrox]

Love the theme. Capt John Varan puts the "Hero" in Heroscape.

I just want to make sure I'm interpreting his card correctly. If Capt JV has 4 wounds he can move up to 15 spaces in a turn, is that right? Thanks.

Yes that is correct. Capt. Varan used Battle Valor to move three spaces and attack; andthen he can take four more uses of Battle Valor (one for each wound) thus may move up to 15 spaces.

When he is almost dead he is the most dangerous because of his Valorous persona.

 

[lefton4ya]

If a one life figure adjacent to Varan gets 2 or more unblocked attacks and you use purple heart, does Capt. Varan take only one wound (what the figure would get) or more than one (what the figure deserves)?

...If it's multiple wound effects, you have to resolve them separately. The first time the adjacent figure gets one unblocked wound, you can activate Purple Heart and have Varan take the wound. At that point, the adjacent figure is unwounded. Next time said figure takes an unblockable wound, do it all over again.
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...Varan takes every unblocked wound.

First off, thanks for answering my questions. However, I am still a little confused on the above so let me ask more specifically.

If an unwounded Capt. Varan is adjacent to a Jandar squad member or hero with one life left, and a ranged opponent attacks that figure and rolls two more skulls than shields by the defending one-life figure, and Capt. Varnan uses Purple Heart, does he get one or two wounds?