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Anonymous Prodigy

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:49 am

Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 4197 Location: United States

Let’s divert from the Elven

culture for a while, and take a look at their counterpart: the Dwarves. First, let’s take a look at the Dwarven star of The Fellowship of the Ring: Gimli himself! Smile

• Gimli, Dwarven Adventurer Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Damage +1. Hunter 2.
Each time Gimli wins a skirmish, you may remove

.
”Gimli the dwarf alone wore openly a short shirt of steel-rings….”

• Gimli, Elf-friend Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Damage +1. Gimli gains hunter 1 for each wound on Legolas.
Skirmish: Exert Gimli to make Legolas strength +1 (or +2 if skirmishing a roaming minion).
”’But I will be content, if only Legolas here shares my blindness.’”

Last edited by Anonymous Prodigy on Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:08 am; edited 1 time in totalI had to put something here.

DáinIronfoot

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:34 pm

Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 4594 Location: Beltsville, MD, USA

Anonymous Prodigy wrote:

• Gimli, Dwarven Adventurer Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Hunter 2. Damage +1.
Each time Gimli wins a skirmish, you may remove

.
”Gimli the dwarf alone wore openly a short shirt of steel-rings….”

Always nice getting to review cards of my favorite character. Very Happy

Swap the damage and hunter, but otherwise he looks good. Not overly useful, but a fun and unique way to choke for potential double-moves, and his hunter 2 makes him more than a worthy addition to many decks.

Anonymous Prodigy wrote:

• Gimli, Friend of Legolas Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Hunter 2. Gimli is damage +1 for each wound on Legolas.
Skirmish: Exert Gimli to make Legolas strength +1 (or +2 if skirmishing a roaming minion).
”’But I will be content, if only Legolas here shares my blindness.’”

Kind of a like a weird merging of Unbidden Guest and Counter of Foes...two of my all-time favorites! Thumbs Up

I like this, but it’s simply TOO reliant on Legolas, I think. Unbidden Guest was much better with Legolas, of course, but not altogether useless without him.

I’d suggest something like the following:

•Gimli, Friend of Legolas Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 7
Hunter 2.
While you can spot a wounded companion, Gimli is damage +1 (or damage +2 if that companion is Legolas).
Skirmish: Exert Gimli to make a companion skirmishing a roaming minion strength +1 (or +2 if that companion is Legolas).
“‘But I will be content, if only Legolas here shares my blindness.’”

Note I raised his resistance a tad as well, which I think is appropriate for an Elf-loving type. Smile

Alternatively, I would even more strongly recommend this:

•Gimli, Friend of Legolas Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 7
Damage +1. Hunter X.
X is the number of wounds on Legolas.
Skirmish: Exert Gimli to make a companion skirmishing a roaming minion strength +1 (or +2 if that companion is Legolas).
“‘But I will be content, if only Legolas here shares my blindness.’”

Now Gimli has his standard damage bonus, can get up to good hunter potential, and works well with Elves and rangers thanks to his skirmish ability. If you’re worried this version isn’t quite to your liking, you could give him a hunter 1 to start with and change the first line to "Gimli gains hunter 1 for each wound on Legolas" or something.

ANOTHER thought is to change his skirmish ability to giving hunter bonuses instead of strength. Not sure if that would be too much, though. Think

Oh, and ONE last thing: "Elf-friend" might be a much cooler subtitle.

Okay, I’m done now. Promise. Razz

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sickofpalantirs

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:48 pm

Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 7750 Location: somwhere, over the rainbow way up high. There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.

Anonymous Prodigy wrote:

• Gimli, Dwarven Adventurer Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Hunter 2. Damage +1.
Each time Gimli wins a skirmish, you may remove

.
”Gimli the dwarf alone wore openly a short shirt of steel-rings….”
works

• Gimli, Friend of Legolas Dwarven

cut either the hunter of the damage +1 ability.

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lem0nhead

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:10 am

Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 2981 Location: Blood Island

Anonymous Prodigy wrote:

Let’s divert from the Elven

culture for a while, and take a look at their counterpart: the Dwarves. First, let’s take a look at the Dwarven star of The Fellowship of the Ring: Gimli himself! Smile

• Gimli, Dwarven Adventurer Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Damage +1. Hunter 2.
Each time Gimli wins a skirmish, you may remove

.
”Gimli the dwarf alone wore openly a short shirt of steel-rings….”

Sweetness, love it!

• Gimli, Elf-friend Dwarven

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Anonymous Prodigy

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:19 am

Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 4197 Location: United States

Thanks for the reviews! Very Happy

• Gimli’s Battle Axe, Orc Hewer Dwarven

Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength +2
Bearer must be a Dwarf. Bearer is damage +1.
Skirmish: If bearer is Gimli, remove a Dwarven

token to make him strength +1 (or +2 if he is skirmishing an Orc).
”…in his belt was a broad-bladed axe.”

• Glóin, Revered Dwarf Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Muster.
Each time another Dwarven

companion is about to take a wound, you may exert Glóin to prevent that and reinforce a Dwarven

token.
”’Am I right in guessing that you are the Glóin, one of the twelve companions of the great Thorin Oakenshield?’”

Last edited by Anonymous Prodigy on Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:21 pm; edited 2 times in totalI had to put something here.

sickofpalantirs

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:16 pm

Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 7750 Location: somwhere, over the rainbow way up high. There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.

Anonymous Prodigy wrote:

Thanks for the reviews! Very Happy

• Gimli’s Battle Axe, Orc Hewer Dwarven

Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength +2
Bearer must be a Dwarf. Bearer is damage +1. If bearer is Gimli, he gains hunter 1.
Skirmish: Remove a Dwarven

token to make Gimli strength +1 (or +2 if he is skirmishing an Orc).
”…in his belt was a broad-bladed axe.”
cu the if bearer is gimli ability. good enough as is, especially with that nice orc hate...

• Glóin, Revered Dwarf Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Muster.
Response: If another Dwarven

companion is about to take a wound, exert Glóin to prevent that and reinforce a Dwarven

token.
”’Am I right in guessing that you are the Glóin, one of the twelve companions of the great Thorin Oakenshield?’”

cool!

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Thranduil

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:32 pm

Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 2256 Location:

Anonymous Prodigy wrote:

• Gimli, Dwarven Adventurer Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Damage +1. Hunter 2.
Each time Gimli wins a skirmish, you may remove

.
”Gimli the dwarf alone wore openly a short shirt of steel-rings….”

FAR too OP as a

/8/3/6 damage +1 companion. Stick with hunter 1 if anything, which is just okay because of his minor ability.

Anonymous Prodigy wrote:

• Gimli, Elf-friend Dwarven

Solid. Good Legolas/Gimli combo, and if it applied to any companion, it would be too good.

Anonymous Prodigy wrote:

• Gimli’s Battle Axe, Orc Hewer Dwarven

Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength +2
Bearer must be a Dwarf. Bearer is damage +1. If bearer is Gimli, he gains hunter 1.
Skirmish: Remove a Dwarven

token to make Gimli strength +1 (or +2 if he is skirmishing an Orc).
”…in his belt was a broad-bladed axe.”

I entirely agree with SoP, but I would begin the skirmish ability with ’If bearer is Gimli...’

Anonymous Prodigy wrote:

• Glóin, Revered Dwarf Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Muster.
Response: If another Dwarven

companion is about to take a wound, exert Glóin to prevent that and reinforce a Dwarven

token.
”’Am I right in guessing that you are the Glóin, one of the twelve companions of the great Thorin Oakenshield?’”

Weird. Perhaps it should be an ’Each time’ so that you don’t put loads of vitality bonuses on him and reinforce 7 tokens for 1 wound.

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legoles3333

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:57 pm

Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 861 Location: In a place that is beyond your imagination

Anonymous Prodigy wrote:

Thanks for the reviews! Very Happy

• Gimli’s Battle Axe, Orc Hewer Dwarven

Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength +2
Bearer must be a Dwarf. Bearer is damage +1. If bearer is Gimli, he gains hunter 1.
Skirmish: Remove a Dwarven

token to make Gimli strength +1 (or +2 if he is skirmishing an Orc).
”…in his belt was a broad-bladed axe.”

i would change the second ability to Remove a Dwarven

token to make a dwarf strength +1 (or Strength +2 if that dwarf is gimli.

• Glóin, Revered Dwarf Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Muster.
Response: If another Dwarven

companion is about to take a wound, exert Glóin to prevent that and reinforce a Dwarven

token.
”’Am I right in guessing that you are the Glóin, one of the twelve companions of the great Thorin Oakenshield?’”

nice!

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Thranduil

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:30 am

Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 2256 Location:

You’re missing a crucial ’Skirmish:’ on Gimli’s Battleaxe! Razz

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sickofpalantirs

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:53 pm

Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 7750 Location: somwhere, over the rainbow way up high. There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.

then why is it in our reviews but not in his DC’s?

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