Thranduil's Virtual DC Contest #2 (Contest finished!)

[Gate Troll]

Let's see those entries. 

[macheteman]

so... i'm assuming you'll post the cards as soon as you get the chance. 

[Gate Troll]

Let's see those entries. 

Or not... 

[macheteman]

haha, we gotta give thran a break, he hasn't even been on TLHH for a couple days.

[Thranduil]

Sorry, a little bit swamped. Hopefully the cards will get up later today.

Thranduil

[Thranduil]

Sorry for the delay. Impressively, it seems we have a full compliment of entries this time.

Just a quick point, something which completely failed my notice until someone explained it to me, and which a few cards have used below: the picture on Boromir's Gauntlet's is Aragorn who had put on Boromir's gauntlets at the end of the Fellowship of the Ring.

Voting deadline is Monday 22nd, and vote for your favourite 3 as usual.

And now, enjoy!

menace64
Elven Brooch (V)
Possession • Brooch
Res: +1
To play, spot an Elf. Bearer must be a companion.
Each time bearer is assigned to skirmish a minion of higher strength, make another companion gain hunter 1 until the start of the regroup phase.
"'Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall.'"
4 V 63

lem0nhead
Elven Brooch (V)
Possession • Brooch
Bearer must be a fellowship companion.
Maneuver: Discard another possession borne by bearer to heal bearer.
Skirmish: Exert bearer to make a minion lose hunter.
"'Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall.'"
4 V 63

macheteman
Elven Brooch (V)
Possession • Brooch
Res: +1
To play, spot an Elf. Bearer must be a companion.
Maneuver: Discard this possession to reinforce a culture token of the same culture as bearer.
"Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall."
4 V 63

NappyKorn
Elven Brooch (V)
Possession • Brooch
To play, spot an Elf. Bearer must be an unbound companion.
Each time bearer is about to take a wound you may add a threat to prevent that wound.
"Not idly do the leaves of Lorien Fall."
4 V 63

Gate Troll
•Boromir's Gauntlets (V)
Possession • Gauntlets
Str: +1
Bearer must be Man.
If bearer is Boromir, at the start of the fellowship phase you may add to make bearer
take no more than 1 wound until the regroup phase.
"'...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own.'"
4 V 112

Thranduil
•Boromir's Gauntlets (V)
Possession • Support Area
To play, spot 2 Men.
Each time a Man is about to take a wound, you must add a token here and prevent that wound.
If there are 4 tokens here, discard this possession and place a companion in the dead pile.
"'...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own.'"
4 V 112

Anonymous Prodigy
•Boromir's Gauntlets (V)
Possession • Gauntlets
Res: +1
Bearer must be a Man.
Skirmish: If bearer is Boromir, exert him and discard this possession to make another Man strength +2 and reinforce a token.
"He was cloaked and booted as if for a journey on horseback; and indeed though his garments were rich, and his cloak was lined with fur, they were stained with long travel."
4 V 112

Mr Lurtzy
Elven Brooch (V)
Possession • Brooch
Res: +1
To play, spot an Elf. Bearer must be a companion with resistance 6 or more (except the Ring-bearer).
Fellowship or Regroup: If you cannot spot a minion, discard this possession to draw a card for each threat.
"'Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall.'"
4 V 63

Anvar
•Boromir's Gauntlets
Possession • Gauntlets
Bearer must be a Man.
While bearer is Boromir or Aragorn, he is strength +1.
Response:If bearer is about to killed in a skirmish, transfer this possession to another eligible bearer to make the move limit +1.
"...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own."
4 V 112

elf_lvr
•Boromir's Gauntlets (V)
Possession • Gauntlets
Bearer must be a ranger.
If bearer is Aragorn, he is damage +1.
If bearer is Boromir, he takes no more than 1 wound in each skirmish.
Skirmish: Discard this possession to make bearer strength +2.
"'...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own.'"
4 V 112

GarrisonofGondor
•Boromir's Gauntlets
Possesion  • Gauntlets
Vit: +1
Bearer must be a Man.
Skirmish: If another companion is about to take a wound, exert bearer to prevent that wound.
"'...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own."'
4 V 112

sickofpalantirs
•Boromir's Gauntlets
Possession • Gauntlets
Str: +1
Bearer must be a Man.
Response  If bearer is Aragorn or Boromir and about to take a wound, discard this possession to prevent that wound. Any shadow player may wound a minion to prevent this.
"'....Now Boromir has taken his road and we must make haste to choose our own" 
4 V 112

DáinIronfoot
•Boromir's Gauntlets (V)
Possession • Gauntlets
Bearer must be a Man.
If bearer is Boromir, Faramir, or Aragorn, each time you exert him to play a event, you may heal him (limit once per phase).
Response: If bearer is about to take a wound, discard this possession to prevent that wound.
"‘...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own.'"
4 V 112

[lem0nhead]

4
10
12

[NappyKorn]

5
11
10

[Gate Troll]

3
13
2

[Elf_Lvr]

12
3
11

[Thranduil]

1) 2
2) 9
3) 10

[sickofpalantirs]

10
2
3

[Anvar]

3
7
12

[FM]

Well, if I'll vote in this, I'll PARTICIPATE in it a bit, so instead of simple votes, you each get a small review on the card you submited! Nice huh? Ok, not really, I know. But I felt like doing so, so here goes (and you deal with it. ).

#1
Elven Brooch (V)
Possession • Brooch
Res: +1
To play, spot an Elf. Bearer must be a companion.
Each time bearer is assigned to skirmish a minion of higher strength, make another companion gain hunter 1 until the start of the regroup phase.
"'Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall.'"
4 V 63

At first, I read this card and thought: wth? But now, analyzing it, it makes PERFECT - and I mean REALLY PERFECT - sense! The big guy grabs you, you drop the brooch, a friend comes buy and finds it, and it helps that friend hunt in search for you! Amazing really. But then, the lore ended up messing it a bit. Sure, the lore is a given, but THIS brooch simply DOESN'T "fall off" for a reason. And ends up being really abusable this way.

#2
Elven Brooch (V)
Possession • Brooch
Bearer must be a fellowship companion.
Maneuver: Discard another possession borne by bearer to heal bearer.
Skirmish: Exert bearer to make a minion lose hunter.
"'Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall.'"
4 V 63

Kinda meh. Useful - and not REALLY due to the bearing requirements -, but not flavorful. And again, messed up with the lore for the very same reason.

#3
Elven Brooch (V)
Possession • Brooch
Res: +1
To play, spot an Elf. Bearer must be a companion.
Maneuver: Discard this possession to reinforce a culture token of the same culture as bearer.
"Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall."
4 V 63

What the...? I'm not even sure this is better than the FIRST Lorien Brooch. Really? Spotting requirement and a card slot for a token? Perhaps if it had built-in recursion...

#4
Elven Brooch (V)
Possession • Brooch
To play, spot an Elf. Bearer must be an unbound companion.
Each time bearer is about to take a wound you may add a threat to prevent that wound.
"Not idly do the leaves of Lorien Fall."
4 V 63

And now it's OVERpowered. Not to mention, why the heck limit to unbound? Frodo had one! On a related note, this DOES dodge a bullet that the others didn't, which is allowing Smeagol to bear the Elven Brooch. That's completely unflavorful, it'd probably sear his neck so badly that he'd choke to death!

#5
•Boromir's Gauntlets (V)
Possession • Gauntlets
Str: +1
Bearer must be Man.
If bearer is Boromir, at the start of the fellowship phase you may add to make bearer
take no more than 1 wound until the regroup phase.
"'...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own.'"
4 V 112

I won't lie, I like it. However, I think it's unflavorful it protects Boromir. I think it should boost Boromir (because he DID put up a fight before snuffing it) and protect the bearer if NOT Boromir, after all, it protected Aragorn pretty well, but it didn't work out quite that good with poor old Boromir, now did it?

#6
•Boromir's Gauntlets (V)
Possession • Support Area
To play, spot 2 Men.
Each time a Man is about to take a wound, you must add a token here and prevent that wound.
If there are 4 tokens here, discard this possession and place a companion in the dead pile.
"'...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own.'"
4 V 112

Gauntlets played to the support area? I'm not so sure... I like where it's going, though. However, I think this is really underpowered right now, with hefty spotting requirements, but I think it might be an ok card. However, as I said, I'm all for flavor when designing, and I REALLY don't see gauntlets in the group's stash protecting them from harm.

#7
•Boromir's Gauntlets (V)
Possession • Gauntlets
Res: +1
Bearer must be a Man.
Skirmish: If bearer is Boromir, exert him and discard this possession to make another Man strength +2 and reinforce a token.
"He was cloaked and booted as if for a journey on horseback; and indeed though his garments were rich, and his cloak was lined with fur, they were stained with long travel."
4 V 112

Most cards that can be borne bu more than one companion have SOME use, they are just MORE useful when borne by their namesake companion. I'm not sure a simple +1 resistance would make for it being "useful", but I liked the design.

#8
Elven Brooch (V)
Possession • Brooch
Res: +1
To play, spot an Elf. Bearer must be a companion with resistance 6 or more (except the Ring-bearer).
Fellowship or Regroup: If you cannot spot a minion, discard this possession to draw a card for each threat.
"'Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall.'"
4 V 63

Again, not sure why the Ring-bearer can't bear it, I'd simply lose the resistance bonus. It'd be fine.

#9
•Boromir's Gauntlets
Possession • Gauntlets
Bearer must be a Man.
While bearer is Boromir or Aragorn, he is strength +1.
Response:If bearer is about to killed in a skirmish, transfer this possession to another eligible bearer to make the move limit +1.
"...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own."
4 V 112

Downright absurd. Flavorful, but broken. You see, you could roast 3 random dudes and simply make a triple move AFTER a double move! I'd make it only bearable by Boromir or Aragorn, so transferring would be somewhat limited, and call it a day.

#10
•Boromir's Gauntlets (V)
Possession • Gauntlets
Bearer must be a ranger.
If bearer is Aragorn, he is damage +1.
If bearer is Boromir, he takes no more than 1 wound in each skirmish.
Skirmish: Discard this possession to make bearer strength +2.
"'...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own.'"
4 V 112

Again, I think the design was messed up in that the abilities should be inverted, protection for Aragorn, boosting for Boromir. Other than that, it's a fine design.

#11
•Boromir's Gauntlets
Possesion  • Gauntlets
Vit: +1
Bearer must be a Man.
Skirmish: If another companion is about to take a wound, exert bearer to prevent that wound.
"'...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own."'
4 V 112

Simple, yet beautiful! Cards do not have to be utterly complicated to be nice. Check, for instance, MtG's Isamaru, Hound of Konda. Or Savannah Lions. They are as vanilla as it goes, yet they ROCK!

#12
•Boromir's Gauntlets
Possession • Gauntlets
Str: +1
Bearer must be a Man.
Response  If bearer is Aragorn or Boromir and about to take a wound, discard this possession to prevent that wound. Any shadow player may wound a minion to prevent this.
"'....Now Boromir has taken his road and we must make haste to choose our own" 
4 V 112

Clean design again, I like this one. I'd not allow the Shadow to stop it, though, see Dwarven Bracers.

#13
•Boromir's Gauntlets (V)
Possession • Gauntlets
Bearer must be a Man.
If bearer is Boromir, Faramir, or Aragorn, each time you exert him to play a event, you may heal him (limit once per phase).
Response: If bearer is about to take a wound, discard this possession to prevent that wound.
"‘...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own.'"
4 V 112

Now THIS is awesome! I think it's nice REALLY nice!

Soooo, after all this rambling, my votes go to... drum roll:

11, 13 and 1, respectively!

[GarrisonofGondor]

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