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The Book of The Chief

MrNobody

Just A Head
The Book of The Chief

C3G DC WAVE 32
YEAR OF THE HERO


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The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Crisis set.
Its model number and name are #036 / Chief.

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Character Bio - Dr. Niles Caulder, alias the Chief was born with a genius-level intellect. Proving at a young age to be both a brilliant inventor and engineer, Caulder began receiving funding from a mysterious benefactor. Thanks to the funding, Caulder succeeded in creating a chemical capable of prolonging life. however, it was revealed that the benefactor was the dastardly General Immortus, who needed Caulder's elixir of life to prolong his ancient existence. When the young scientist discovered the truth about his employer, he refused to hand over the formula. Caulder barely managed to escape from under the thumb of Immortus, but lost the use of his legs in the process.

The incident reminded Niles that a better life may come from surviving a tragic event, such as his own. He took it upon himself to create the team called the Doom Patrol; a group of ostracised "freaks" who nonetheless fight to defend the innocent. It is Caulder's genius that allowed the team members to survive and develop their amazing abilities.

Many years later, the team uncovered the truth; Caulder actually engineered the "accidents" that caused the original Doom Patrol members to gain their powers in order to test his theory about tragic events creating greatness. Disgusted by his manipulations, the Doom Patrol drove him out...but it's hard to keep a ruthless super-genius down for long...
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-Rulings and Clarifications-
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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:Outgoing Synergy:
  • The Chief allows Troubled Heroes to take a turn instead of him with his Patrol Leader special power.
Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:
  • When the Chief uses his Emotional Manipulation special power, he has the Manipulative personality, meaning he interacts differently with these special powers.
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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-
  • N/A
-Heroscapers Community Contributions-
 
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NAME = THE CHIEF
SECRET IDENTITY = NILES CAULDER
SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = SCIENTIST
PERSONALITY = TROUBLED

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 4

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 4
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 2
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 165


PATROL RADIO LINK
After revealing a numbered Order Marker on this card, instead of taking a turn with the Chief, you may take a turn with up to two different Troubled Unique Heroes you control or one Unique Hero you control. The Chief cannot be one of the Unique Heroes. Any Unique Hero that is taking a turn instead of the Chief must be within 10 spaces of the Chief before moving.

EMOTIONAL MANIPULATION
Immediately after revealing a numbered Order Marker on this card, you may reveal an "X" Order Marker on the card of a Troubled Unique Hero you control. While there is a revealed “X” Order Marker on that figure's card, it adds 1 to its Attack number and subtracts 1 from its Defense number. For the rest of the round, the Chief's personality is Manipulative, regardless of what is listed on this card.

GENIUS ESCAPE
When the Chief rolls defense dice against an opponent's normal attack:
• if at least 2 shields are rolled, the Chief takes no damage and may immediately move up to 2 spaces. He will not take any leaving engagement attacks.
• if at least 2 skulls were rolled and the attacking figure is within 5 clear sight spaces of the Chief, it receives one wound.
You may choose which effect to use first.
 
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Okay, so two quick thoughts to begin;

1) I really did seriously consider the two-way Emotional Manipulation that was discussed in the LCW, but I still feel like the original is the way to go. Chief's manipulation is always about ruining lives to achieve his goals, and I don't feel making people safer by raising their defense represents that well.

2) Should he be Chief or THE Chief? The latter is probably more correct, but neither is wrong, and I know we have a tendency to get rid of 'the' in power names.
 
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Sweet! It's all falling into place. :) Excited to see the inaugural Doom Patrol booster's final piece starting up!

1. :up:

2. You'd definitely know better than me. What do people actively refer to him as?
 
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I think The Chief is probably more correct as his title. After a quick search of the Books, I'm leaning towards that. More designs than I thought have used 'the', like The THing, The Crow, The Riddler, etc.
 
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I don't like "The" on cards but that ship has long since sailed, so follow your gut.

My logic for going both ways: yes, it benefits Caulder to make people act irrationally, aggressively, and so on. But sometimes, isn't it also to his benefit to make them more withdrawn, defensive, and moody? That, to me, feels like manipulation, while just making them more offensively powerful feels more like instigation.
 
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That's a strong argument, johnny. I'm inclined to agree.
 
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Is it flavorful for him to bond with any Hero over any distance? That seems pretty powerful.
 
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Valid question. Xavier is using telepathy and has that 10 space restriction that comes up a lot in terms of keeping him close-ish to the front lines and having to spend turn utility on moving him up now and again. Troubled figures aren't as powerful a faction as Mutants, certainly, but Chief also isn't on Xavier's level as a character, so I'd hate to see him not having any of the same restrictions.
 
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Valid question. Xavier is using telepathy and has that 10 space restriction that comes up a lot in terms of keeping him close-ish to the front lines and having to spend turn utility on moving him up now and again. Troubled figures aren't as powerful a faction as Mutants, certainly, but Chief also isn't on Xavier's level as a character, so I'd hate to see him not having any of the same restrictions.
I'm guessing communications tech? Fury and Waller have unlimited range, notably.
 
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I think I’m naturally prone to capturing the theme/feel of things over the exact specifics, and that’s why I’m leaning the way I am on Manipulation. To me, capturing the nastiness of the character and how he’s willing to sacrifice allies is more important than capturing the exact practical effects of how manipulation can work.

Idk, I feel sold on this current direction but I also don’t just want to shut down discussion on the matter.

On Patrol Leader, my thinking is that he’s probably quite a bit squishier than Xavier, so I made it so he can sit further behind front lines. He’s definitely a “hide at the base” type character who uses radios and stuff to communicate with the fighters, so it seems thematically sound to me.

Whatever he needs to be balanced, though. Pushing for either 165 points or 215 points to get the DP at an even 750 or 800.
 
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Forgive my ignorance, but who are all the DP members? Robotman, Negative Man, who else?
 
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Elast-Girl. We also have Changeling, but I don't know if he's being considered a 'core' member?
 
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Yeah, Beast Boy (Changeling) wasn't ever really as much of a core member. Him and Mento were the later additions to the original team, which consisted of the Chief, Robotman, Negative Man, and Elasti-Girl.
 
Nobody, what was the thinking behind his bonding with a single Unique Hero? How does that play out thematically?
 
Nobody, what was the thinking behind his bonding with a single Unique Hero? How does that play out thematically?
I mean the big reason is that I like him playing similarly to Xavier. I think it's thematically justifiable (he has a supernaturally good silver tongue where he can basically talk anybody into doing anything) and it allows the Patrol to work just a little better with other factions like the Titans, who they have some decently strong ties to. But if we're not feeling it, I'll cut it. I don't know if I've ever used that option on Xavier anyways.
 
Nobody, what was the thinking behind his bonding with a single Unique Hero? How does that play out thematically?
I mean the big reason is that I like him playing similarly to Xavier. I think it's thematically justifiable (he has a supernaturally good silver tongue where he can basically talk anybody into doing anything) and it allows the Patrol to work just a little better with other factions like the Titans, who they have some decently strong ties to. But if we're not feeling it, I'll cut it. I don't know if I've ever used that option on Xavier anyways.

Well if we want to have him play similarly to Xavier, should we consider putting a range of effectiveness on him?

I guess the thing I'm feeling is that I'm OK with him doing what Xavier does as well as Xavier does it for his own faction, or doing something just for his own faction better than Xavier does it for his, but not doing all the leadership stuff Xavier does better than Xavier does.

Does that make sense?
 
I mean, has anyone ever used Xavier for his Unique Hero bonding? This is essentially just a slightly better Master Manipulator which has never been a particularly valuable power. I agree that it reads a little wonky, but it's such a minor piece that it doesn't really bother me.
 
It's not a huge deal. More of a consistency thing, I guess. :shrug:

And, yeah, I've used Xavier's Unique Hero bonding from time to time. Pretty rarely, though.
 
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