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The Book of Scarlett
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Re: The Book of Scarlett (final edit)
I just had a thought here. What if Intelligence Officer worked better when teamed up with other Commandos?
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
At the start of each round, choose an opponent's Unique Hero within 6 clear sight spaces of a Commando you control. Look at an unrevealed Order Marker on the chosen Hero's card. After the chosen Order Marker is revealed on that Hero's card, all of your Human figures roll two additional defense dice for the remainder of the round.
I just had a thought here. What if Intelligence Officer worked better when teamed up with other Commandos?
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
At the start of each round, choose an opponent's Unique Hero within 6 clear sight spaces of a Commando you control. Look at an unrevealed Order Marker on the chosen Hero's card. After the chosen Order Marker is revealed on that Hero's card, all of your Human figures roll two additional defense dice for the remainder of the round.
Re: The Book of Scarlett (final edit)
I like having synergy, but it would really up her cost. One of the limiting aspects already in play is to force her to the front line. Maybe if we reduce it to adjacent, but it would need further testing
I like having synergy, but it would really up her cost. One of the limiting aspects already in play is to force her to the front line. Maybe if we reduce it to adjacent, but it would need further testing
Re: The Book of Scarlett (final edit)
Card looks good though
Card looks good though
Re: The Book of Scarlett (final edit)
It's you call if you want to keep tinkering. I was just putting together the Commando Synergy posts and thought of it. Having Rip Cord parachute in on the other side of the board and feed her back intel while she's still in the SZ seems like it could be fun and effective. Could always make the +2 defense aspect be an aura (a large one though) around her so she can't stay in the SZ for long.
It's you call if you want to keep tinkering. I was just putting together the Commando Synergy posts and thought of it. Having Rip Cord parachute in on the other side of the board and feed her back intel while she's still in the SZ seems like it could be fun and effective. Could always make the +2 defense aspect be an aura (a large one though) around her so she can't stay in the SZ for long.
Re: The Book of Scarlett (final edit)
How about we have a power for breaker that he can act as a link between commandos. That way we can have ripcord drop and feed the Intel to Scarlett through breaker
How about we have a power for breaker that he can act as a link between commandos. That way we can have ripcord drop and feed the Intel to Scarlett through breaker
Re: The Book of Scarlett (vote for on-deck)
Honestly the Human restriction with the name Intelligence Officer bugs me since it feels more gamey than something that scans directly thematically. But eh, whatever.
Honestly the Human restriction with the name Intelligence Officer bugs me since it feels more gamey than something that scans directly thematically. But eh, whatever.
Re: The Book of Scarlett (vote for on-deck)
Could do something like GI Joe/Earth/American Intelligence Officer if you wanted to leave the generic Intelligence Officer name open for use on a non-human team. Would be weird if the mechanics were way different though and I'm not as comfortable about giving +2 defense to many of the non-humans we have.
Could do something like GI Joe/Earth/American Intelligence Officer if you wanted to leave the generic Intelligence Officer name open for use on a non-human team. Would be weird if the mechanics were way different though and I'm not as comfortable about giving +2 defense to many of the non-humans we have.
Re: The Book of Scarlett (vote for on-deck)
It's not a name I'd feel the need to reuse so I wouldn't bother changing it.
I guess it's not so much the name anyway really when I think about it, like it could be 'Human Intelligence Officer' on the card and I still wouldn't dig it. It's more that a power that is Human only and not like a medical thing scans as anti-Mutant etc. to me in C3G?
Like she'll want to hang with Striker or Torquemada because filthy Muties aren't good enough for her intelligence briefings.
Just kinda curious why it wasn't 'Soldiers and Commandos' or whatnot instead of Humans. But not a character I care about or a design I was super dialed into (past my standard look to see if anything was broken or whatnot) so not something I'm looking to see any changes on, my fault for snoozing so I do the loosing.
It's not a name I'd feel the need to reuse so I wouldn't bother changing it.
I guess it's not so much the name anyway really when I think about it, like it could be 'Human Intelligence Officer' on the card and I still wouldn't dig it. It's more that a power that is Human only and not like a medical thing scans as anti-Mutant etc. to me in C3G?
Like she'll want to hang with Striker or Torquemada because filthy Muties aren't good enough for her intelligence briefings.
Just kinda curious why it wasn't 'Soldiers and Commandos' or whatnot instead of Humans. But not a character I care about or a design I was super dialed into (past my standard look to see if anything was broken or whatnot) so not something I'm looking to see any changes on, my fault for snoozing so I do the loosing.
Re: The Book of Scarlett (vote for on-deck)
I admit the choice to limit to human was a game mechanic restriction rather than theme. To open it to all figures seemed to broad and potentially game breaking. At the same time I wanted it to work with all members of GI Joe, including the upcoming leaders that would not be just a soldier and commando. At the time, I was looking at 5+ classes. Soldiers, Commandos, Sergents, Generals, and Drill Sergent. It seemed too specific and limiting to list everyone of those classes. Since her start, I see that Generals and Sergents will now become Commanders and even my Duke design has been already altered to allow him to become a Commando. With that I think I would have no problem changing her to give intel to specific classes instead of species. I don't think it would alter her cost by much (if anything decrease it) to have it work with Commandos, Soldiers and Commanders. However doing so will restrict her build to pretty much GI Joe (again I have no problem with that). Any other thoughts or concerns on this matter?It's not a name I'd feel the need to reuse so I wouldn't bother changing it.
I guess it's not so much the name anyway really when I think about it, like it could be 'Human Intelligence Officer' on the card and I still wouldn't dig it. It's more that a power that is Human only and not like a medical thing scans as anti-Mutant etc. to me in C3G?
Like she'll want to hang with Striker or Torquemada because filthy Muties aren't good enough for her intelligence briefings.
Just kinda curious why it wasn't 'Soldiers and Commandos' or whatnot instead of Humans. But not a character I care about or a design I was super dialed into (past my standard look to see if anything was broken or whatnot) so not something I'm looking to see any changes on, my fault for snoozing so I do the loosing.
Re: The Book of Scarlett (vote for on-deck)
I think it'd scan thematically to restrict her intelligence sharing to fellow members of the military that she's working with rather than civilians, so I like the change.
There's also a robust non-Joe Soldier faction that she'd still work with.
I think it'd scan thematically to restrict her intelligence sharing to fellow members of the military that she's working with rather than civilians, so I like the change.
There's also a robust non-Joe Soldier faction that she'd still work with.
Re: The Book of Scarlett (vote for on-deck)
Next question is, would Scarlett need more testing with this new restriction?
Next question is, would Scarlett need more testing with this new restriction?
Re: The Book of Scarlett (vote for on-deck)
I don't think so. I think she will still be just as good in the army builds you want to play her in. She just won't have appeal in an all Human Avengers build with Cap or something more wonky like that. But using Cap as a Soldier to work with her still makes sense. Plus if you are staying on Joes for a while she will see plenty more play with them and you should be able to tell if she is over or under performing with them and we can make tweaks. People have cited that as a perk of holding designs On Deck.
I don't think so. I think she will still be just as good in the army builds you want to play her in. She just won't have appeal in an all Human Avengers build with Cap or something more wonky like that. But using Cap as a Soldier to work with her still makes sense. Plus if you are staying on Joes for a while she will see plenty more play with them and you should be able to tell if she is over or under performing with them and we can make tweaks. People have cited that as a perk of holding designs On Deck.
Re: The Book of Scarlett (vote for on-deck)
Alright, SP updated. Card update please Japes
Alright, SP updated. Card update please Japes
Re: The Book of Scarlett (Breathing)
Our aesthetic is to list classes in alphabetical order so they should be listed like this.
Also I realized why Crossbow SA wording was off, Huntress' card got updated but the Sortable Index never did so I assume you copied from there. I will admit keeping up with wording tweaks can be hard for the Index but we got the right wording in the end.
Our aesthetic is to list classes in alphabetical order so they should be listed like this.
Also I realized why Crossbow SA wording was off, Huntress' card got updated but the Sortable Index never did so I assume you copied from there. I will admit keeping up with wording tweaks can be hard for the Index but we got the right wording in the end.
Re: The Book of Scarlett (vote for on-deck)
I'd still want to see a human restriction. Giving US Agent 2 more defense with his ruthless counterstrike could be too nasty to ever pass up when playing her, CA making that jump up to +3. Bloodshot certainly doesn't need more staying power since he can heal himself. Plans are for at least a few Transformers to end up as Soliders and perhaps even a Commando, they'll have higher defense/life combos than your typical human does. The +2 defense idea works here because of the human limitation as outside of the GL's most humans can fall rather quickly.
I'd still want to see a human restriction. Giving US Agent 2 more defense with his ruthless counterstrike could be too nasty to ever pass up when playing her, CA making that jump up to +3. Bloodshot certainly doesn't need more staying power since he can heal himself. Plans are for at least a few Transformers to end up as Soliders and perhaps even a Commando, they'll have higher defense/life combos than your typical human does. The +2 defense idea works here because of the human limitation as outside of the GL's most humans can fall rather quickly.