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The Book of Polaris

TrollBrute

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Who ISN'T One of My Brothers??
The Book of Polaris

C3G MARVEL SUPER SECRET EXCLUSIVE 48
NOT JUST ANOTHER MUTANT BOOSTER

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Comic PDF

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Mini PDF

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Wolverine and the X-Men set.
Its model number and name are #025 / Polaris.​

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Character Bio - Lorna Dane's life is one of tragedy. When her mutant powers first activated, she was only a child, and the the uncontrollable nature of her abilities caused an accidental plane crash that killed her parents. In the aftermath of the crash, her real father, Magneto, ordered the villain Mastermind to wipe her memories, creating a host of psychological and emotional problems that Lorna still battles with to this day.

Later on, when her mutant powers fully activated she was recruited by the X-Men, where she met Havok, with whom she shared a romantic connection. Lorna, who took the codename Polaris, was never fully comfortable with the superhero lifestyle. However many times she left though, she was always drawn back in. Once because of possession by the evil entity Malice, and other times due to her love for Havok or desire to help the mutant cause. As Polaris, Lorna has been a member of the X-Men, the Brotherhood, the Starjammers, and multiple iterations of X-Factor, where she battles not only villains, but her own demons.
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NAME = POLARIS
SECRET IDENTITY = LORNA DANE

SPECIES = MUTANT
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = PROTECTOR
PERSONALITY = UNSTABLE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

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

POINTS = 200

MAGNETIC BUBBLE
Start the game with a green Magnetic Bubble Marker on this card. Once per round, after moving with Polaris, you may place your Magnetic Bubble Marker on this card or the card of a Unique Hero within 4 clear sight spaces. A figure with your Magnetic Bubble Marker on its card adds one automatic shield to whatever is rolled when defending against a non-adjacent attack. If Polaris or a figure with your Magnetic Bubble Marker on its card receives one or more wounds, return the marker to this card.

MAGNETIC BUBBLE TRAP
Before an opponent moves a figure with your Magnetic Bubble Marker on its card, that opponent must roll the 20-sided die. If that opponent rolls 15 or lower, that figure may not move. If that opponent rolls 16 or higher, return your Magnetic Bubble Marker to this card.

REACTIVE TOSS 14
If an opponent’s small or medium figure moves adjacent to Polaris, you may roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 14 or higher, that figure's movement ends. Place the figure on any empty space within 3 spaces of its original placement. Tossed figures do not take any leaving engagement attacks and may only be targeted as they move into engagement with Polaris.

FLYING
SUPERSTRENGTH
 
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Polaris! One of the most iconic Mutants yet to be designed.

My biggest worry right now would be the power level of Magnetic Bubble, especially in the end game. Now, adding "if it is not the last figure in that player's army" to the power would limit that, even if it is a little clunky. The idea with the power is that she can either use it to keep one of her allies safe, at the (temporary) cost of their powers, or she can temporarily take an opponent's key figure out of the game, but making them almost impossible to wound.

Another question is on Class. Outcast fits her well, I think, but Starjammer would also fit.

There's also the mini. There are two: the newer one that I have listed in the OP, and the more available but ugly older one. :p


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Re: The Book of Polaris - Design Phase

I believe Starjammer is actually [redacted].
 
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Karat said:
I believe Starjammer is actually [redacted here too].
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Right you are! Either way, the question is which faction do we want to tie her into more?
 
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Polaris was only a Starjammer for a few years (appearing intermittently from 2007 to 2011). I think her most iconic role is as a member of X-Factor (79 issues from 1991 through to 1998, and currently since 2012). We don't really have any real faction there, though. I'm not really sure where the motivation for Outcast is from, though... I know she's been an ally of Magneto but is that a long-term thing?

Design seems fine to me, lack of an at-will throw threw me at first (ha, no pun intended), but it'll probably play fine that way. I think there's enough built-in to the Bubbling that it shouldn't be a major issue. Seems like a fun design overall.

Oh, and definitely the green outfit for the mini, I'd definitely call that her most iconic (and nicest looking!) costume.
 
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I don't have much of an opinion on her class, but I definitely prefer the newer mini. I really like her powers but I do worry about Magnetic Bubble. Against an OM hub unit she could toss the marker on them and effectively block the opponent's entire round (assuming all the OMs are on them). One possibility would be to change it so that when the unit takes a turn, they have a chance to remove the marker based on a D20 roll. Also, it's a bit weird that she can't choose to pull the marker back to her card, it seems like she should be able to do that.
 
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I was discussing this with Hidicul and he suggested Agent for a class.
 
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I like the reactive toss power, it seems pretty neat and will really frustrate melee heavy hitters. Not sure if I follow why the bubble gives them 2 auto shields, if she locks them down so they can't move wouldn't they be easier to hit?
 
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Cool power selection! Nice to see Magneto's other kid finally get some love.

There's a typo in the first power. A "not" is listed as "no" in the last sentence.

Viegon said:
Against an OM hub unit she could toss the marker on them and effectively block the opponent's entire round (assuming all the OMs are on them).
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There are several figures out there that can really punish OM hubs. The counter is to not put all your OMs on your OM hub if Polaris has an OM on her.

Viegon said:
Also, it's a bit weird that she can't choose to pull the marker back to her card, it seems like she should be able to do that.
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I'm not sure if that's true or not. Depends on how you read this part:

"After moving, you may place the Magnetic Bubble Marker on the card of a Unique Hero within 4 clear sight spaces."

Is she considered a Unique Hero within 4 clear sight spaces? I forget how we ended up ruling that. There's definitely no current restriction that the marker has to be on her card for her to place it.

Karat said:
I was discussing this with Hidicul and he suggested Agent for a class.
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That's a pretty powerful synergy to give someone who's already a Mutant. What's the theme behind Agent for her?
 
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Given her power set, would Protector make sense, if there's no synergy group that makes total sense for her? A quick wiki search doesn't show her as ever being part of the Brotherhood, so Outcast doesn't add up (as much as it'd be fun to add another).
 
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TrollBrute said:
NAME = POLARIS
SECRET IDENTITY = LORNA DANE

SPECIES = MUTANT
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = OUTCAST
PERSONALITY = UNSTABLE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

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

POINTS = ???

REACTIVE TOSS 12
When an opponent's figure ends its move adjacent to Polaris, you may roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 12 or higher, place the figure on any empty space within 3 spaces of its original placement. Tossed figures do no take any leaving engagement attacks.

MAGNETIC BUBBLE
Start the game with a green Magnetic Bubble Marker on this card. While the Magnetic Bubble Marker is on Polaris' card, when rolling defense dice, you may add 1 automatic shield to whatever is rolled. After moving, you may place the Magnetic Bubble Marker on the card of a Unique Hero within 4 clear sight spaces. While the your Magnetic Bubble Marker is on a card other than Polaris', that figure cannot move, attack or use any special powers and, when rolling defense dice, adds 2 automatic shields to whatever is rolled. If Polaris or a figure with your Magnetic Bubble Marker on its card receives one or more wounds, return the marker to this card.

FLYING
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Not sure which is correct at this hour but it should be one or the other.


Yodaking said:
I like the reactive toss power, it seems pretty neat and will really frustrate melee heavy hitters. Not sure if I follow why the bubble gives them 2 auto shields, if she locks them down so they can't move wouldn't they be easier to hit?
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Because she is locking them down with a magnetic bubble...hard to get through.
 
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IAmBatman said:
Karat said:
I was discussing this with Hidicul and he suggested Agent for a class.
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That's a pretty powerful synergy to give someone who's already a Mutant. What's the theme behind Agent for her?
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I was thinking the exact same, but he said X-Factor is a government agency thus Agent made sense and that it would make sense for her to work with S.H.I.E.L.D., I specifically asked that question because of how powerful it is and I wasn't sure if it was thematic.

So maybe Mutant Agent would be a good way to set up a X-Factor faction.
 
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Thanks Bats and japes for pointing out the typos. I went ahead and fixed those for now.

johnny139 said:
I'm not really sure where the motivation for Outcast is from, though... I know she's been an ally of Magneto but is that a long-term thing?
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Less that she was an actual Brotherhood member and more that she is Magneto's daughter, and is kind of an Outcast, even in the Mutant community. Certainly not sold on that for Class though.

Viegon said:
One possibility would be to change it so that when the unit takes a turn, they have a chance to remove the marker based on a D20 roll. Also, it's a bit weird that she can't choose to pull the marker back to her card, it seems like she should be able to do that.
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The first suggestion is solid, I could go for that if we're worried about it being too strong.

As for the second point, she probably should have a way to move it back to her card.

IAmBatman said:
Given her power set, would Protector make sense, if there's no synergy group that makes total sense for her?
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She's not as much of a protector as Kitty or Colossus, but it's not a terrible fit. It would give her bonding with Lockheed, as long as we're okay with that.

Karat said:
IAmBatman said:
Karat said:
I was discussing this with Hidicul and he suggested Agent for a class.
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That's a pretty powerful synergy to give someone who's already a Mutant. What's the theme behind Agent for her?
Click to expand...

I was thinking the exact same, but he said X-Factor is a government agency thus Agent made sense and that it would make sense for her to work with S.H.I.E.L.D., I specifically asked that question because of how powerful it is and I wasn't sure if it was thematic.

So maybe Mutant Agent would be a good way to set up a X-Factor faction.
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It's too late for that, unfortunately. Outside of Polaris and Havok (unlikely to be an Agent), the government team consisted of Valerie Cooper (a Human Agent if ever designed), Quicksilver (Outcast), Multiple Man (Investigator), Strong Guy (Bruiser), Wolfsbane (Investigator). Agent would just tie her in with Fury and SHIELD.
 
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EDIT: ugh, accidental double post. I'll just add this here:

Also, if anyone from the CRB is watching here, feel free to chime in if Magnetic Bubble is too strong. I'd rather catch it now than later!
 
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The nice thing about Outcast is that she'd be very playable with her family (Magneto, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch) while still plenty playable with other Mutants. And she has been portrayed as a bit of an Outcast, even if not a member of the Brotherhood. (Would Recluse fit, given that?).
 
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Protector isn't a perfect fit, but I like it better than the other suggestions.
 
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Hmm. I suppose the class here is all in how we want to portray her. I wouldn't be opposed to just calling her a [redact-amundo] and portraying her time as a Starjammer.

I read through her wiki last night and that seemed like the middle of her career.

Nothing says we couldn't give her a third power to bring together an X-Factor team with markers, kinda like how we did Avengers or Masters of Evil. It doesn't need to be huge in length, but something that creates a team and maybe provides a little boost to them and let some of the others uncreated yet fill it out some more?
 
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Karat said:
Nothing says we couldn't give her a third power to bring together an X-Factor team with markers, kinda like how we did Avengers or Masters of Evil. It doesn't need to be huge in length, but something that creates a team and maybe provides a little boost to them and let some of the others uncreated yet fill it out some more?
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Not a fan of that idea. Mutants have plenty of synergy already and there will be more to come eventually. Polaris is not a leader on the likes of Storm, Wolverine, Cyclops, Beast, or Jean. Plus, the X-Factor is just not a team I feel needs direct synergy. As long as they all fill different rolls, they'll work together as an army.
 
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I was thinking of a more bring them together type power, so basically a recruitment power as that seems to be the kind of leader she was portrayed as. I was just thinking a small defense boost or something might help encourage the use of the markers.
 
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Karat said:
I was thinking of a more bring them together type power, so basically a recruitment power as that seems to be the kind of leader she was portrayed as. I was just thinking a small defense boost or something might help encourage the use of the markers.
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If it's open to any Mutants though, what's my incentive to choose the X-Factor members? With a Defense boost, I'm going to draft her with Blob, Jean or Magneto, and Cable or Deadpool, just to make the tough guys even tougher. Plus, it moves the focus of the design to a leadership power rather than the Magnetic Bubble, and it also limits future designs of Mutant Leaders.
 
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Maybe it doesn't need one, maybe just a recruitment type thing. Either way, I don't think she NEEDS it, just thought it might be a nice thematic nod or something. As far as drafting her with the proper figures, that would be for a them thing, and sure competitively we'd see other combinations, but that already happens with Avengers and Masters of Evil :2cents:
 
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