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DáinIronfoot |
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:24 am |
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Balanced, I suppose, but if you eveer have to wear the Ring, you’re pretty much toast. Not saying that’s a bad thing, per se. I’d actually raise his strength a little, since his first ability really shuts down double-moving much of the time, so assigning him and winning isn’t going to help you as much as it normally might.
Since his Ring is SO restrictive, perhaps have it give a strength boost while he has it on. Between that and raising his starting strength a tad, you can probably at least get CLOSE to his normal 14. |
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Thranduil |
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:10 pm |
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DáinIronfoot wrote: Since his Ring is SO restrictive, perhaps have it give a strength boost while he has it on. Between that and raising his starting strength a tad, you can probably at least get CLOSE to his normal 14.
I actually had that in to start with, then took it out because I thought it was too much! Well, it’s in again.
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sickofpalantirs |
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:09 pm |
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Thranduil wrote:
• Ring of Command, Ring of Men
Legendary.
The High-King may not bear a ring.
While wearing the Ring of Command, The High-King is strength +1 and each time he is about to take a wound, add a burden instead.
Skirmish: Make The High-King strength -1 until the end of the game to wear the Ring of Command until the regroup phase.
cool.
![0](images/smiles/0-twilight.gif) • The High-King, Bearer of Power
Companion • Man
Str: 9
Vit: 4
Res: 6
Ring-bearer - Ring of Command.
Each time the fellowship moves and you can spot a minion, discard your ![Wraith](images/smiles/wraith.gif) artifact from play or add a burden.
Skirmish: Exert The High-King to make a ![Wraith](images/smiles/wraith.gif) Man strength +2.
so will we have wraith freeps" awesome!its good. I would make it or add 2 burdens. and drop strength 1 IMSO |
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Thranduil |
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:54 pm |
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sickofpalantirs wrote: so will we have wraith freeps" awesome!its good. I would make it or add 2 burdens. and drop strength 1 IMSO
I’ve been having problems with this guy, actually. When you see the other Men, you’ll understand why, but I kind of need to raise his resistance to 8 at least. I’ve also made the ring go from the maneuver phase because otherwise I wasn’t sure there was enough incentive to actually put on the ring. I’ve also changed his ability to something less useful and increased his drawback.
So basically, I have 2 new cards in that last post! Good?
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DáinIronfoot |
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:53 am |
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Thranduil wrote: • Ring of Command, Ring of Men
Legendary.
The High-King may not bear a ring.
While wearing the Ring of Command, The High-King is strength +1 and each time he is about to take a wound, add a burden instead.
Maneuver: Make The High-King strength -1 until the end of the game to wear the Ring of Command until the regroup phase.
I think it would be perfectly fine for the Ring to make him strength +2 while bearing it, especially since he has to be -1 for the rest of the game to wear it in the first place. If you’re just breaking even, where’s the incentive?
Thranduil wrote: ![0](images/smiles/0-twilight.gif) • The High-King, Bearer of Power
Companion • Man
Str: 9
Vit: 4
Res: 8
Ring-bearer - Ring of Command.
Each time the fellowship moves and you can spot a minion, discard your ![Wraith](images/smiles/wraith.gif) artifact from play or add 2 burdens.
Skirmish: Exert The High-King to heal a ![Wraith](images/smiles/wraith.gif) Man.
I think I might have a solution to your resistance problem that will make everyone happy...though it involves a limitation and parenthesis, so perhaps YOU won’t be happy after all.
I’d make him resistance 4. Now hear me out, here! Resistance 4, then add a line making him resistance +1 for each companion you can spot. Therefore he’s 5 automatically just for spotting himself, and gets better as he’s surrounded by other Men (which is probably exactly what you’d do with him anyway). I’d cap it at +4 or +5, though, to avoid him getting out of control (TOLD you there’d be a limitation ). Now he’s still as weak as we’d all like him to be without other Men, but as powerful as you’d like him to be WITH them.
Oh, and his skirmish ability should probably be "...to heal another Man", just to avoid potential "free exertion" loops.
So, the rewrite I’d suggest would be:
•The High-King, Bearer of Power
Companion • Man
Strength: 9
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 4
Ring-bearer - Ring of Command.
The High-King is resistance +1 for each companion you can spot (limit +5).
Each time the fellowship moves and you can spot a minion, discard your artifact from play or add 2 burdens.
Skirmish: Exert The High-King to heal another Man. |
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sickofpalantirs |
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:57 pm |
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Thranduil |
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:46 pm |
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I’ll take that. How about I lower his resistance to 1 or 2 and simply remove the parentheses altogether?
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DáinIronfoot |
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:55 pm |
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Thranduil wrote: I’ll take that. ![GP](images/smiles/gold-pieces.gif) How about I lower his resistance to 1 or 2 and simply remove the parentheses altogether?
I’d thought about that, but then you HAVE to start him with a Man or two or else he’ll be corrupted as soon as you move, and CERTAINLY if you double. I think it’s better to have SOME cushion at the beginning...and in case you get terrible card draws and simply can’t pull any more Men fast enough. And that would also limit you to really ONLY using him with Men, which I think would be a shame because I, for one, would want to at least TRY to get such a powerful RB working with other cultures.
You COULD get away with 1 or 2 resistance if the burdening only takes effect starting in Region 2, but I think it’s better if it just start at a moderate level (like 4, which is probably about perfect) and go from there. |
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Thranduil |
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:20 pm |
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We’ll come back to this ring-bearer after finishing the companions, but for now I’ve left his resistance at 1 because, as you’ll hopefully see, Men have excellent filtering.
But, like I said, we’ll come back to it when we can make a more informed decision on it.
Also, my hard drive died the other day and I lost all my settings. Can anyone remind me how to switch in the spellchecker in firefox?
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DáinIronfoot |
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:26 pm |
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Fair enough, but I’d still make it 2 at least. Otherwise, without another Man, you corrupt yourself as soon as you move! |
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