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The Book of The Top

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The Book of The Top

C3G DC WAVE 31
YEAR OF THE VILLAIN

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The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Arkham Asylum set.
Its model number and name are #053 / The Top.​

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Character Bio - Originally a villain of Barry Allen, the second Flash, Roscoe Dillon was a man who taught himself to spin so fast that he could deflect bullets. In love with the idea of fame and fortune, he soon donned a green and yellow stripped costume and assumed the identity of The Top! Over time, The Top fell in love with Captain Cold's sister, Lisa Snart (aka the Golden Glider) and worked to use his spinning skills to help her be a better skater and Rogue. Through continued use of his powers, Roscoe developed psionic abilities enough to control the minds of others in his proximity. Roscoe Dillon scrambed his own brain cells when he spun, causing him to grow in power but go increasingly insane. His augmented brain cells deteriorated as he came into contact with Barry Allen, the Flash, and specifically wielders of the Speed Force. This deterioration slowly pushed him away from life, until his body was destroyed. However, after Barry Allen's death, he recovered his sanity and his body, and returned more competent and powerful, though still somewhat insane. Since then, he has grown in power and continued facing the Flashes (Barry Allen, Wally West, and Bart Allen) walking the fine line between being at his most powerful and returning to insanity.

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-Rulings and Clarifications-
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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

Outgoing Synergy:
  • The Top weakens opponents defending against attacks from friendly Rogues near him with his Making The World Spin special power.

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

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Re: The Book of The Top (Design Phase)

NAME = THE TOP
SECRET IDENTITY = ROSCOE DILLON

SPECIES = METAHUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = ROGUE
PERSONALITY = OBSESSIVE

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 7
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 185

MAKING THE WORLD SPIN
When a Rogue you control attacks a figure that is within 6 clear sight spaces of The Top, the defending figure cannot move this turn and must roll 1 fewer defense die for each blank rolled by the attacking figure. Androids and destructible objects are not affected by Making the World Spin.

SPINNING TOP SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 1. Attack 4.
Instead of moving and attacking, you may move The Top up to 3 spaces and then roll 4 attack dice once against all figures adjacent to him. Affected figures roll defense dice separately. If The Top inflicts at least one wound with this special attack, you may move him up to 3 spaces and attack with this special attack one additional time. The Top will not take any leaving engagement attacks when moving with this special attack.

EXPLOSIVE TOP SPECIAL ATTACK
Range Special. Attack 3.
Choose a space within 6 spaces of The Top. All figures on or within one space of the chosen space that are within clear sight of The Top are affected by this special attack. Roll attack dice once for all affected figures. Each figure rolls defense dice separately.
 
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Re: The Book of The Top (Design Phase)

Comic Art:
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Background:
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Re: The Book of The Top (Design Phase)

@dok @Dysole @Soundwarp SG-1

Want to get your guys' early thoughts here since this guy was workshopped a fair bit previously.

Don't have synergies up yet, but he has Rogue synergy as well as Insane synergy.
 
Re: The Book of The Top (Design Phase)

Is Insane really important to you here? I only ask because the current Insane synergy is better than the current Rogue synergy and I'd hate to see the card priced higher because of HQ bonding. The Rogues really need some quality allies.
 
Re: The Book of The Top (Design Phase)

Yodaking said:
Is Insane really important to you here? I only ask because the current Insane synergy is better than the current Rogue synergy and I'd hate to see the card priced higher because of HQ bonding. The Rogues really need some quality allies.
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I'm definitely not married to Insane, but it's a perfect fit. Any other suggestions? This guy is quite literally nuts.
 
Re: The Book of The Top (Design Phase)

Interesting...I didn't recall him being insane. I mean not seriously...they liked to go against flash so I guess they were all a touch crazy, but not insane. I think we need a spidey signal for this one.
 
Re: The Book of The Top (Design Phase)

Psychopath is a class, not a personality.

I think we usually use Unstable when we want to avoid Insane synergies.
 
Re: The Book of The Top (Design Phase)

I'd lower each special attack by one. Currently Spinnng Top SA is better than Fist Fusillade and no speedster should be better than the Flash, IMO. It also creates more tension with his normal attack. Why would you ever use his normal attack currently? Maybe if he had height and was boosted by both Cap and Starlord, but even then it's less total dice than a second attack.
 
Re: The Book of The Top (Design Phase)

I’d echo Spidey’s sentiments on the special attacks. This guy’s stats already make him a top-tier (GET IT?!?!) member of the Rogues. I get that they’re a faction that needs help, but I’d hate to see too much power creep on a minor character.

How about “Batty” as a substitute for Insane? Insane, but without the psycho connotation. Could be a good substitute for these “goofy” insane characters.
 
Re: The Book of The Top (Design Phase)

I could see Obsessive as a personality due to his obsession with tops.
 
Re: The Book of The Top (Design Phase)

Ronin said:
I think we usually use Unstable when we want to avoid Insane synergies.
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IAmBatman said:
I could see Obsessive as a personality due to his obsession with tops.
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I really like Obsessive as an alternative.
Spidey'tilIDie said:
I'd lower each special attack by one. Currently Spinnng Top SA is better than Fist Fusillade and no speedster should be better than the Flash, IMO. It also creates more tension with his normal attack. Why would you ever use his normal attack currently? Maybe if he had height and was boosted by both Cap and Starlord, but even then it's less total dice than a second attack.
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Good points Spidey! Bringing Spinning Top down is no problem. I'd be a bit less inclined to bring Explosive Top down, but I could see it. See below.
Margloth said:
I’d echo Spidey’s sentiments on the special attacks. This guy’s stats already make him a top-tier (GET IT?!?!) member of the Rogues. I get that they’re a faction that needs help, but I’d hate to see too much power creep on a minor character.
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From my experience reading Flash stuff, which mostly if from the early 2000s around Rogue War time, The Top comes in at a higher tier than most of the Rogues. The Rogues usually fight Flash as a bunch, challenging him together. The Top on the other hand can fight Flash by himself with pretty good effectiveness. I'm not shooting for him to come in at 220-250 Flash range, but near 200 would be a nice army builder and higher level figure for the Rogue army.


That being said, I'm not going to be upset if someone with better theme knowledge than me thinks he should be much lower level. I'm just happy to see him come to life and the design plays how I want it to currently. Fudging the attack numbers and details is no bother.
 
Re: The Book of The Top (Design Phase)

I think 190-210 range is a reasonable goal for him.
 
Re: The Book of The Top (Design Phase)

Interestingly, Top was initially a villain of Barry's and he kinda sucked initially, but his continued spinning caused him to develop psionic abilities. These abilities were casued by him scrambling his own brain cells when he spun. However when he would come into contact with the Flash (or more specifically the Speed Force) his augmented brain cells would be destroyed. This slowly killed him. Eventually, he returned after a prolonged absence, he was much more competent and powerful, also somewhat insane, sorta a Speed empowered Joker-lite.
 
Re: The Book of The Top (Design Phase)

Thanks for writing the bio for me Spidey. :razz: Really appreciate the info, I had no idea about his history past the time period I read.
 
Re: The Book of The Top (Vote for Initial Playtesting)

Well, he costs twice as much as Vertigo, so I guess Disorientation is OK. It's a strong power, but Vertigo is still probably better if you're just using him to boost other figures (Rogue synergy isn't that amazing after all).

Spinning Top is insanely good against low-defense figures. Maybe cap the number of hits, a-la-Speedball? Otherwise he just wipes out entire armies of common figures in one turn.
 
Re: The Book of The Top (Vote for Initial Playtesting)

dok said:
Well, he costs twice as much as Vertigo, so I guess Disorientation is OK. It's a strong power, but Vertigo is still probably better if you're just using him to boost other figures (Rogue synergy isn't that amazing after all).

Spinning Top is insanely good against low-defense figures. Maybe cap the number of hits, a-la-Speedball? Otherwise he just wipes out entire armies of common figures in one turn.
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That's an excellent point.... I'd definitely like a cap so you don't just suddenly find all your Moloids/HYDRA Agents/insert cannon-fodder here are dead in one turn.
 
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