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The Book of Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark)

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The Book of Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark)

C3G DC WAVE 32
YEAR OF THE HERO


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Comic PDF

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Mini PDF

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the DC Origins set.
Its model number and name are #63/Wonder Girl and 207/Cassie Sandsmark.

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Character Bio – “Cassandra originally received her powers from a number of mystical artifacts employed by Artemis during her time as Wonder Woman. These included the Gauntlet of Atlas and the Sandals of Hermes, which provided her with the powers of strength and speed/flight, respectively. She was eventually granted similar abilities by Zeus as "her fondest wish". Discouraged by previously shown arrogance in his children (Ares and Heracles), Zeus also blessed Cassandra's mother with the ability to take away her powers for a short time via a simple touch.

“Shortly after joining the Teen Titans, Ares approached her and gave Cassandra her own magic lasso. Unlike Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth, Cassandra's is a weapon which channels Zeus' lightning when she becomes angry [….] Cassie was trained by the Amazon Artemis and is extremely well trained in the use of various weapons and in various martial arts. She is also a very capable leader and strategist” (Wikipedia 2019).
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

  • N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:
Outgoing Synergy:
  • N/A
Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:
  • As a flying figure, Wonder Girl interacts differently with these special powers.
  • As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Wonder Girl interacts differently with these special powers.
  • Wonder Girl cannot choose tiny, large or huge figures for her Amazon Lasso special power. Current tiny, large, and huge figures.
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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

  • N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

  • Initial playtest: IAmBatman
  • Second playtest: Arch-vile
  • Third playtest: Lord_Pyre
  • Art: Comic, Figure, Background
  • Art by Soundwarp SG-1
 
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Re: Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark) - Breathing Period

NAME = WONDER GIRL
SECRET IDENTITY = CASSANDRA SANDSMARK

SPECIES = OLYMPIAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = TITAN
PERSONALITY = CONFIDENT
SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 5
MOVE = 6
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 6
POINTS = 240

LIGHTNING LASSO 16

After moving and before attacking, if Wonder Girl was not engaged prior to moving, you may choose an opponent's non-adjacent small or medium figure within 2 clear sight spaces whose base is no more than 10 levels above Wonder Girl's height or 10 levels below Wonder Girl's base. Place the chosen figure on an empty space adjacent to Wonder Girl. The chosen figure does not receive any leaving engagement attacks. After placing the chosen figure, you may roll the 20-sided die, adding one to the roll for each Wound Marker on this card. If you roll 16 or higher, the chosen figure receives one wound and you may roll again.

AMAZONIAN TRAINING
When Wonder Girl rolls defense dice against a normal attack from a non-adjacent figure, one shield will block all damage. When rolling defense dice against any attack from an adjacent attacking figure, if there are excess shields rolled, the attacking figure receives one wound.

SUPER STRENGTH
FLYING
 
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I like her overall. Very simple, and the Lasso takes up a lot of mindspace, but I don't know the character enough if she has anything "else" going on. I don't think so though, in my experience she's just kind of Wonder Woman lite, right?

I assume species might be a sticking point here... and I know there were some recent talks about Confident having synergy down the line so maybe consider that here as well?
 
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As I said before, as a mythology nerd, Olympian sits wrong with me. I really feel as though Demigod is a far better option here.
 
Re: Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark) - Breathing Period

Lets have a poll:

A. Olympian

B. Demigod
 
Re: Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark) - Breathing Period

C) Demigod (gendering a species leads to madness)
 
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A) Olympian. I understand LO’s point but I think the die has been cast on that topic. Herc is an Olympian, Brand is a Mutant and so on. I should also say that actual mythology and comic book translation of that mythology is hardly a 1:1 sort of deal.
 
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A) Olympian. I understand LO’s point but I think the die has been cast on that topic. Herc is an Olympian, Brand is a Mutant and so on. I should also say that actual mythology and comic book translation of that mythology is hardly a 1:1 sort of deal.
I feel as though Brand's hardly a good comparison though - it's not as though there were any simple and easy term for a half-alien, half-human mutant hybrid. For a half-god, half human, there is one - Demigod. If we were ever to do a half human, half elf hybrid, I'd expect we'd use Half-Elf, because it's a commonly used and accepted term (not that that's come up in C3G yet or I expect it too, but it works as an illustration - though notably, that exact situation did turn up in Classic with Brandis Skyhunter, and they made him a Half-Elf).

With Hercules, Olympian could actually work depending on whether the version of him in C3G has apotheosed to full godhood yet as he did in mythology (his powerlevel leads me to think he has, but I don't know Marvel canon with regard to this chap). Here? I'm not seeing it.
 
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I also feel like synergy is a big point. Olympian means she has potential to fit into that synergy tree one day. Demigod just means she’s off in a realm of her own. I don’t know if it’s thematic to team up with Zeus and Ares, but Demigod probably ain’t gonna do that.
 
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A) Olympian.

Olympus stuff is often part of storylines related to her, so I have no issue including her in any potential synergy webs. Demi-god is vague, and doesn't allow an obvious connection to her roots. She's distinctly connected to Olympus. If she was just a demi-god where the god half wasn't super relevant, I could see demi-god a bit more. Half-elf is different, because you know what it is. Demi-god is too vague for me in a game filled with species-based synergies, as you couldn't loop it in to god synergies without looping in demi-gods technically connected to other pantheons.

Also, I generally dislike creating new species if it is unnecessary when we have folks like Star-Lord on the table. But that's neither here nor there really. It would be one thing if it was generating new synergy, but that won't be the case here I feel.
 
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Olympian feels more relevant in the context of C3G were there are multiple pantheons and such running around, but I really don't care. Like having Demigod synergy at all would seem kinda weird to me when the 'god' part of the characters could all be coming from completely different places and it seems just using the source pantheon makes it easier to connect to the right stuff.
 
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Olympian for me as well. If she ever gets synergy from her race it should be with Zeus, not Anubis. Demi-god opens it up to any pantheon synergy. I'm glad you brought up Half-Elf in classic, reminded me of how disappointing a decision that was. Poor Brandon can't hang out with the humans or the elves and feel useful, so he sits on the shelf collecting dust.
 
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Olympian's definitely better from a game perspective.

I appreciate wanting to go for the really-tight-mythology demigod approach, but Marvel and DC just not that concerned with it, so I don't think we need to be either. Putting her where she's a cultural fit makes sense.
 
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That seems to be solidly in favor of Olympian. I was on the fence myself, but will go with the tide here.
 
Re: Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark) - Design Phase

Breathing period is officially over. With the Olympian poll playing out as it did, it seems there are no changes to make. I'll try to run the checklists for her today or tomorrow and then vote for the initial (not a priority test for me, though, as I want to do at least two more public tests before another initial).
 
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Olympian feels more relevant in the context of C3G were there are multiple pantheons and such running around, but I really don't care. Like having Demigod synergy at all would seem kinda weird to me when the 'god' part of the characters could all be coming from completely different places and it seems just using the source pantheon makes it easier to connect to the right stuff.
I actually disagree. Demigods and Olympians, at least in Greek Mythology (which is the one primarily being discussed here), didn't tend to run in the same circles, so that synergy between them doesn't feel fitting to me. Theseus, Perseus, Achilles - none of these characters were actually regarded on the same level as real gods (the notable exceptions to the rule being Heracles and Dionysus, but that was only after they'd actually ascended to claim their place as full gods themselves - it wasn't inherent). On a similar level, Cú Chulainn and Gilgamesh weren't regarded as being equal to the gods they worshipped, either, effectively just being 'the mightiest of mortals' - superhumans, rather than gods. It makes more sense to me for semi-divine characters to share synergy and a category than for someone on the level of Theseus to be roped in with the same net as actual gods of Olympus.
 
Re: Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark) - Breathing Period

Olympian feels more relevant in the context of C3G were there are multiple pantheons and such running around, but I really don't care. Like having Demigod synergy at all would seem kinda weird to me when the 'god' part of the characters could all be coming from completely different places and it seems just using the source pantheon makes it easier to connect to the right stuff.
I actually disagree. Demigods and Olympians, at least in Greek Mythology (which is the one primarily being discussed here), didn't tend to run in the same circles, so that synergy between them doesn't feel fitting to me. Theseus, Perseus, Achilles - none of these characters were actually regarded on the same level as real gods (the notable exceptions to the rule being Heracles and Dionysus, but that was only after they'd actually ascended to claim their place as full gods themselves - it wasn't inherent). On a similar level, Cú Chulainn and Gilgamesh weren't regarded as being equal to the gods they worshipped, either, effectively just being 'the mightiest of mortals' - superhumans, rather than gods. It makes more sense to me for semi-divine characters to share synergy and a category than for someone on the level of Theseus to be roped in with the same net as actual gods of Olympus.

Except this isn't actually Greek Mythology. Cassie canonically spends more time with Olympians than with other Demi-Gods. Heck, I can't think of a single Demi-God she spends a notable amount of time with, whereas she is frequently interacting with the Olympians.
 
Re: Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark) - Design Phase

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Re: Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark) - Design Phase

Any thoughts on her Personality or whether Lightning Lasso should affect figures with the Electrically Charged special power any differently?
 
Re: Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark) - Design Phase

Looks good. I'd leave the lasso as is.

Pre-yea
 
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