SoP's Signets (Shadows, remaking already made cards)

[sickofpalantirs]

now I'm gonna tell you right now, a lot of these first cards are gonna be simple.  I'm getting back in the swing of DC'ing, so I'm starting with redoing D cards. I'll add my own later. So the first ones are the dwarves...in shadows there are 12 dwarf cards, 3 of which deal with resistance, SOOOO without further ado, be on your guardoo!

On Guard
Event • Response
If a Companion with the Dain signet is about to take a wound, prevent that.
If a Companion with the Gimli signet is about to take a wound, you may exert a minion.
11C13V

is that how I do collectors info?
so quite simple, gimli signet, they get a nice boost, dain signet they prevent a wound.  now my question, should I flip the signet abilities around?

next up, well equipped
Well-equipped
 Event • Fellowship
Play a possesion from your draw deck on a companion with the Gimli signet, or play a possession from your discard pile on a companion with the Dain signet.
Stout and unmindful of the most ample load, dwarven warriors laden themselves with heavy armor and myriad weapony.
11R14V

generally the gimli signet will be for people of toher races, and gimli with a few exceptions among the dwarves. the dain signet will be for most dwarves, and some lake-man, if I ever get around to making any.

Fallen Lord
Event • Skirmish
Exert Dáin Ironfoot to make a Dwarf strength +X, where X is the number of Dáin signets you can spot. (limit +5)
""He is dead than," said Frodo, "I Feared it was so."
Gimli cast his hood over his face."
11U6

fairly basic.

[SomeRandomDude]

now I'm gonna tell you right now, a lot of these first cards are gonna be simple.  I'm getting back in the swing of DC'ing, so I'm starting with redoing D cards. I'll add my own later. So the first ones are the dwarves...in shadows there are 12 dwarf cards, 3 of which deal with resistance, SOOOO without further ado, be on your guardoo!

On Guard
Event • Response
If a Dwarf with the Dain signet is about to take a wound, prevent that.
If a Dwarf with the Gimli signet is about to take a wound, you may make him damage +1 until the regroup phase.
11C13V

Okay, so will there be companions with both signets? If not, I don't think its powerful enough. If so, maybe just playable. I'd increase the power a bit anyways.

is that how I do collectors info?
so quite simple, gimli signet, they get a nice boost, dain signet they prevent a wound.  now my question, should I flip the signet abilities around?

next up, well equipped
Well-equipped
 Event • Fellowship
Discard a card from hand to play a possession from your draw deck on a companion with the dain signet.
Stout and unmindful of the most ample load, dwarven warriors laden themselves with heavy armor and myriad weapony.
11R14V

Too underpowered. And wordy. I think, discard a Dwarven card from hand to play a possession from your draw deck on a companion with the Dain signet. That way, you can have non-dwarf Dain signets and still have a pretty powerful card. Signets in general are NOT culturally enforced. Meaning, that having restrictions on culture to be played on aren't good. You enforce the card via the signet.

generally the gimli signet will be for people of toher races, and gimli with a few exceptions among the dwarves. the dain signet will be for most dwarves, and some lake-man, if I ever get around to making any.

Fallen Lord
Event • Skirmish
Exert 2 dwarves with the Dain signet to make one of those dwarves strength +X, where X is the number of Dain signets you can spot.
""He is dead than," said Frodo, "I Feared it was so."
Gimli cast his hood over his face."
11U6

Um...what about the Gandy signet card that made a minion strength -1 for each Gandy signet? I'd tie in with the fallen lord thing a bit by adding "and damage +X if you can spot a Dain in the dead pile." Or to funk it up a bit, maybe a character in the dead pile whose signet you can spot.

fairly basic.

[Thranduil]

On Guard
Event • Response
If a Dwarf with the Dain signet is about to take a wound, prevent that.
If a Dwarf with the Gimli signet is about to take a wound, you may make him damage +1 until the regroup phase.
11C13V

The first ability is good, but the second isn't I think. I would change the last one maybe to exerting a minion? Given that (presumably) some non-Dwarves will have each signet, I also think that it should trigger on companions with the signet, not just Dwarves.

is that how I do collectors info?

I would do it as: 11V13 - ie. the rarity of the card is Virtual.

Well-equipped
 Event • Fellowship
Discard a card from hand to play a possession from your draw deck on a companion with the dain signet.
Stout and unmindful of the most ample load, dwarven warriors laden themselves with heavy armor and myriad weapony.
11R14V

Don't just redo the old cards. This could easily be "Play a possession from your draw deck on a companion with the Dáin signet." I would also suggest changing the card to work with Gimli signets given the picture on the card.

Fallen Lord
Event • Skirmish
Exert 2 dwarves with the Dain signet to make one of those dwarves strength +X, where X is the number of Dain signets you can spot.
""He is dead than," said Frodo, "I Feared it was so."
Gimli cast his hood over his face."
11U6

How about: "Exert Dáin Ironfoot to make a Dwarf strength +X, where X is the number of Dáin signets you can spot." I also just realised that the title of King Under the Mountain is Dáin Ironfoot, not Dáin - it might be that you should change the name of the signet to "Dáin Ironfoot".

Thranduil

[sickofpalantirs]

dain ironfoot is just a tad clumsy I think...but I see your point...IDK I'll think about it.

I'm still getting a feel for how much I want to change these cards...I modify them and see if I can get some new opinions though

I changed on guard a bit, I'm keeping dain with dwarves for the most part, though that might change later. gimli is the more multicultural one.

I changed fallen lord to one exertion, but I'm tossing a limit on as well.
as for well equipped, I changed it a bit, tell me what you think

[Elf_Lvr]

All look good.

I'd really love a way to give companions two signets at once. Like, double up Dain and Gimli to make your On Guard really awesome. Just a thought.

[Thranduil]

On Guard
Event • Response
If a Dwarf with the Dain signet is about to take a wound, prevent that.
If a Companion with the Gimli signet is about to take a wound, you may exert a minion.
11C13V

I think this card is a little misleading - if mainly Dwarves will have the Dáin signet, then I think both lines should say "companion".

Thranduil

[Gate Troll]

On Guard
Event • Response
If a Dwarf with the Dain signet is about to take a wound, prevent that.
If a Companion with the Gimli signet is about to take a wound, you may exert a minion.
11C13V

Looks good, just put 'dwarven' inside the brackets instead of 'dwarf'. 

Well-equipped
 Event • Fellowship
Play a possesion from your draw deck on a companion with the Gimli signet, or play a possession from your discard pile on a companion with the Dain signet.
Stout and unmindful of the most ample load, dwarven warriors laden themselves with heavy armor and myriad weapony.
11R14V

I'd probably make it or have a 'Exert a dwarf to play...' and make it . Otherwise it looks good though you did spell possession wrong.

Fallen Lord
Event • Skirmish
Exert Dáin Ironfoot to make a Dwarf strength +X, where X is the number of Dáin signets you can spot. (limit +5)
""He is dead than," said Frodo, "I Feared it was so."
Gimli cast his hood over his face."
11U6

Nice card but doesn't fit the title as it has nothing to do with Dáin Ironfoot. I'd prefer:
Exert Gimli to make a Dwarf strength +X, where X is the number of Gimli signets you can spot. (limit +5)

Cool remakes.  As much as I am a fan of remakes though I still want to see some 'original' material.

[sickofpalantirs]

thanks for the notice on the culture...more cards will come up in this post later.

[sickofpalantirs]

Farewell to Lorien
Event • Fellowship
Spot an elf to heal each companion with the Galadriel signet.
"'...the memory of Lorien shall remain ever clear and unstained in your heart, and shall neither fade nor grow stale'"

fairly basic, but as you noticed, I'm adding the galadriel signet. the elven culture is large enough and vibrant enough to have it methinks.

•Legolas, Companion of the Ring
Companion • Elf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Signet : Frodo
 While Legolas is at a battleground or forest site, he is strength +2 and gains the Galadriel signet.
"'I am one of the nine companions who set out with Mithrandir from Imlardis...and with this dwarf, my friend, I came with Lord Aragorn."'


I'm rather fuzzy on this one...any better ideas?

Nocked
Event • Archery
Exert an Elf who has the Legolas signet to wound a minion, or exert an elf with Galadriel signet to exert a minion, you get the next archery action.
Legolas could fit an arrow to his bowstring faster that most can clear a sword from a scabbard

[Thranduil]

Farewell to Lorien
Event • Fellowship
Spot an elf to heal each companion with the Galadriel signet.
"'...the memory of Lorien shall remain ever clear and unstained in your heart, and shall neither fade nor grow stale'"

You need a capital "E" in Elf for the culture symbol to trigger. Yeah,seems fair enough. I still think that you can stray much further from the original cards when redesigning.

•Legolas, Companion of the Ring
Companion • Elf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Signet : Frodo
 While Legolas is at a battleground or forest site, he is strength +2 and gains the Galadriel signet.
"'I am one of the nine companions who set out with Mithrandir from Imlardis...and with this dwarf, my friend, I came with Lord Aragorn."'

He's alright, but I'd prefer something radically different from the original - the first one was seriously vanilla and this one could be a lot more exciting.

Nocked
Event • Archery
Exert an Elf who has the Legolas signet to wound a minion, or exert an elf with Galadriel signet to exert a minion, you get the next archery action.
Legolas could fit an arrow to his bowstring faster that most can clear a sword from a scabbard

You need to be more specific about the "next archery action" trigger which you presumably mean to only apply to the Galadriel ability.

Thranduil

[sickofpalantirs]

•Legolas, Companion of the Ring
Companion • Elf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Signet : Frodo
 While Legolas is at forest or battleground site, he is strength +1 for each other Frodo signet you can spot (limit, +3).
While you can spot an Elrond, Galadriel, and Legolas signet Legolas gains Archer.
"'I am one of the nine companions who set out with Mithrandir from Imlardis...and with this dwarf, my friend, I came with Lord Aragorn."'


something like that perhaps?

[Elf_Lvr]

Again, especially with a card like that, I'd be on the lookout for cards that can give a character more than one signet. Unless you do that, he's a little bit... unusable. It'd take a really strange deck to use him to his full potential.

[sickofpalantirs]

believe me, especially once when I start making cards that haven't been made, there will eb ways to get more signets.

[Thranduil]

•Legolas, Companion of the Ring
Companion • Elf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Signet : Frodo
 While Legolas is at forest or battleground site, he is strength +1 for each other Frodo signet you can spot (limit, +3).
While you can spot an Elrond, Galadriel, and Legolas signet Legolas gains Archer.
"'I am one of the nine companions who set out with Mithrandir from Imlardis...and with this dwarf, my friend, I came with Lord Aragorn."'

Ah, it looks like you need to put "elven" instead - I for some reason thought "Elf" would work for the cultural symbol...

I think it would not be too good to do something like: "Legolas is strength +1 for each other companion with the Frodo signet (limit +3)" given that his requirements for being an archer are quite difficult and detrimental to the Frodo signet theme. But yes, this is a lot more fun and adventurous design.

Thranduil

[Gate Troll]

[2] •Legolas, Companion of the Ring [Elven]
Companion • Elf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Signet : Frodo
 While Legolas is at forest or battleground site, he is strength +1 for each other Frodo signet you can spot (limit, +3).
While you can spot an Elrond, Galadriel, and Legolas signet Legolas gains Archer.
"'I am one of the nine companions who set out with Mithrandir from Imlardis...and with this dwarf, my friend, I came with Lord Aragorn."'

Just change replace [Elven] with [Elven]. I disabled smilies within the post so you can see the actual script. Looks good. 

Let's have a few more!