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September 08, 2009, 02:33:56 PM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #30 on: September 08, 2009, 02:33:56 PM »
[2]Asfaloth, Gleaming White [Elven]
Possession • Mount
Bearer must be an Elf.
Maneuver: If bearer is Glorfindel, exert him and discard a [Elven] condition from play to wound a minion (or if at a river wound a Nazgul twice).
Skirmish: If bearer is Arwen, discard 2 cards from hand to make a minion she is skirmishing strength -2.
I see what you're trying to do, but here I don't think the 2 different abilities are helpful. In the case of Arod above, each ability was doing essentially the same thing, but here they are completely different. Now I don't think there's any particular flavour reason why Glorfindel and Arwen should get different bonuses for riding Asfaloth, and so I think I would keep just the 1st ability and make it "If bearer is Arwen or Glorfindel..."

The only reason I made it 2 different abilities is because the other Asfaloth has Arwen manipulating strength.  Glofindel's ability on the horse is from the book when he made the angry flood come.  The horse does belong to Glofindel so his ability should be greater.  Also the deal with Arwen's ability is I always liked the old Elven Swords and I believe those are the bests of them all.  Hand manipulation can come in handy when you need to lose initiative.

[2] •Eowyn Sword, Vanquishing Blade [Rohan]
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength + 2
Resistance +1
Bearer must be Eowyn
Regroup: Exert Eowyn and transfer a follower Eowyn bears to your support area to discard a Nazgul from play.
I'm also not sure about the flavour here for followers and Éowyn - the only help she got to kill the Witch-King was really from Merry. How about "Exert Éowyn and and unbound Hobbit to discard a Nazgûl from play"?

Ok I really do like this idea because it did take the combined efforts of Merry and Eowyn to take down the Witch King so this makes a little more sense.

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September 08, 2009, 02:39:49 PM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #31 on: September 08, 2009, 02:39:49 PM »
Ok I added a vitality that may throw off the balance of that card I am not sure.  All I know is all of the Asfaloth's before it had some kind of a stat boost so I figure this one needs one as well.

September 09, 2009, 07:26:29 PM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #32 on: September 09, 2009, 07:26:29 PM »
I looked at this earlier today and wanted to add comments...but there's really nothing to say that Thran and ket haven't already covered. I eagerly await new cards, I guess. ;)
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September 16, 2009, 07:29:10 PM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #33 on: September 16, 2009, 07:29:10 PM »
Just one card for now.

[10] •Cave Troll of Moria, Fearsome and Vicious [Orc]
Minion • Troll
Strength 15
Vitality 4
Site 4
Damage +1. Fierce.
To play, spot an [Orc] Orc.
When the Cave Troll of Moria is played at an underground site his twilight cost is -2
Response: When a shadow card is played that requires toil, exert a companion.

Not sure if this is any good but I thought I would throw it out there.
« Last Edit: October 01, 2009, 08:43:49 AM by WarriorOfTheNorth »

September 17, 2009, 04:38:12 AM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #34 on: September 17, 2009, 04:38:12 AM »
(10) •Cave Troll of Moria, Fearsome and Vicious [Orc]
Minion • Troll
Strength 15
Vitality 4
Site 4
Damage +1. Fierce.
To play, spot an [Orc] Orc.
When the Cave Troll of Moria is played at an underground site his twilight cost is -2
Response: When a shadow card is played that requires toil, exert a companion.
"While the fellowship is at an underground site, The Cave Troll of Moria's twilight cost is -2.
Each time you exert a minion for the toil of a Shadow card, exert a companion."

I would take out the spotting requirement, and instead change the ability to:

"Each time you exert The Cave Troll of Moria for the toil of a Shadow card, exert a companion."

This way you can splash him in any deck, but to get the full effect you need to be playing [Orc] toil cards.

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September 23, 2009, 07:45:14 PM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #35 on: September 23, 2009, 07:45:14 PM »
Here are a couple more, sorry about the delay for anyone who was waiting for more, finals have been a real Balrog if u know what I mean.

[2] •Arwen, Ranger of Rivendell [Elven]
Companion • Elf
Strength 6
Vitality 3
Resistance 7
Ranger
Skirmish: Exert Arwen and spot a [Gondor] Ranger to make a roaming minion unable to use skirmish special abilities untill the regroup phase.

[2] •Roheryn, Gift of Lady Evenstar [Gondor]
Possession • Mount
Resistance +1
Bearer must be Aragorn
Response: Each time a skirmish event is played in a skirmish involving a roaming minion and a Ranger, exert Aragorn to wound that minion.

[2] •Garulf, Spear Wolf [Rohan]
Companion • Man
Strength 6
Vitality 3
Resistance 6
Valiant.
Response: Each time Garulf wins a skirmish involving an [Orc] or [Uruk] minion, exert him to discard that minion.
« Last Edit: September 30, 2009, 07:28:22 PM by WarriorOfTheNorth »

September 24, 2009, 03:09:22 AM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #36 on: September 24, 2009, 03:09:22 AM »
[2] •Arwen, Bride of Elessar [Elven]
Companion • Elf
Strength 6
Vitality 3
Resistance 7
Ranger
Skirmish: Exert Arwen and spot a [Gondor] Ranger to make a roaming minion unable to use skirmish special abilities untill the regroup phase.
I like her game text, but not how it relates to her subtitle. "Bride of Elessar" is not, unfortunately, a very good subtitle for a warrior-Arwen - one imagines that when she gets married, with the Dark Lord defeated and all, her warrioring days are over.

[2] •Roheryn, Gift of Lady Evenstar [Gondor]
Possession • Mount
Resistance +1
Bearer must be Aragorn
Response: Each time a skirmish event is played in a skirmish involving a roaming minion and a Ranger, exert Aragorn to wound that minion.
This is awesome, but you should remove the "Response:" bit - response actions are repeatable, each time actions are not, and they are mutually exclusive.

[2] •Garulf, Spear Wolf [Rohan]
Companion • Man
Strength 5
Vitality 3
Resistance 5
Valiant.
While you can spot a [Rohan] Man with twilight cost 3 or more, Garulf is strength +1 and resistance +1.
Each time Garulf wins a skirmish involving an [Orc] minion, exert him to discard that minion.
Except that that night raid was against Orcs and Uruk-hai... And Garulf was killed... He's okay, but nothing special.

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September 24, 2009, 10:08:05 AM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #37 on: September 24, 2009, 10:08:05 AM »
More cards tonight because I will finally be done with finals. :hey: \:D/ :whistle: :uh-huh:

September 24, 2009, 02:28:58 PM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #38 on: September 24, 2009, 02:28:58 PM »
More cards tonight because I will finally be done with finals. :hey: \:D/ :whistle: :uh-huh:

You should probably get drunk instead of making dream cards. Unless you are not the legal age to drink in your country, in which case I would not suggest that.

I miss college.
-wtk


Oh I am old enough and believe me bro I would love too, but going to college seems to have drained me of money I have no money at this moment in time to visit any bars or attain alcohol.  Its a sad situation.

September 26, 2009, 10:03:25 AM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #39 on: September 26, 2009, 10:03:25 AM »
Alright, let's see if my esteemed colleagues Thran and ket missed anything. (Not likely.)

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[2] •Arwen, Ranger of Rivendell [Elven]
Companion • Elf
Strength 6
Vitality 3
Resistance 7
Ranger
Skirmish: Exert Arwen and spot a [Gondor] Ranger to make a roaming minion unable to use skirmish special abilities untill the regroup phase.

I think the first line you originally had would actually be okay too, as long as it only reduced the minion strength by -1. No issues with the line you currently have.

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[2] •Roheryn, Gift of Lady Evenstar [Gondor]
Possession • Mount
Resistance +1
Bearer must be Aragorn
Response: When a skirmish event is played in a skirmish involving a roaming minion and a Ranger, exert Aragorn to wound that minion.

I'd like it better as [Elven] culture, but that's a very minor thing. "When" should be "If", I think, or better still, drop "Response: When..." and just change it to "Each time...". And no need to ever capitalize "Ranger" unless it's at the beginning of a sentence. ;)

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[2] •Garulf, Spear Wolf [Rohan]
Companion • Man
Strength 5
Vitality 3
Resistance 5
Valiant.
While you can spot a [Rohan] Man with twilight cost 3 or more, Garulf is strength +1 and resistance +1.
Each time Garulf wins a skirmish involving an [Orc] or [Uruk] minion, exert him to discard that minion.

I understand you're trying to tie him in with stronger (and better known) Rohirrim, but to be honest, the first line just seems like a waste. I'd just make him strength 6 and resistance 6 by default and drop that line entirely. I'd also insert a "you may" in front of the "exert him", unless you meant for that to be a required action, since it currently is as written.

I like the ideas you have, though. Neat stuff! :up:
Best regards,
Dáin


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September 30, 2009, 07:37:55 PM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #40 on: September 30, 2009, 07:37:55 PM »
Just one for now.
[3] •Faramir, Sufficient Jewel [Gondor]
Companion • Man
Strength 7
Vitality 3
Resistance 7
Ranger.
While you can spot 3 Rangers, Faramir is defender +1.
Skirmish: Exert Faramir and another [Gondor] Ranger to wound each minion in Faramir's skirmish.
« Last Edit: October 01, 2009, 10:09:09 AM by WarriorOfTheNorth »

September 30, 2009, 07:49:32 PM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #41 on: September 30, 2009, 07:49:32 PM »
I guess I was trying to make it a little versatile but perhaps its too versatile.  Well yea you get the defender plus but you don't get the other ability.
« Last Edit: September 30, 2009, 07:51:12 PM by WarriorOfTheNorth »

September 30, 2009, 08:06:06 PM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #42 on: September 30, 2009, 08:06:06 PM »
Its from Encyclopedia of Arda its what his name means in Elvish I believe.

October 01, 2009, 02:39:46 AM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #43 on: October 01, 2009, 02:39:46 AM »
Just one for now.
• Faramir, Sufficient Jewel [Gondor]
Companion • Man
Strength 7
Vitality 3
Resistance 7
Ranger.
While you can spot 3 Rangers, Faramir is defender +1.
Skirmish: Exert Faramir and another [Gondor] Ranger to wound each minion in Faramir's skirmish.
There's something important missing - I'm assuming he's supposed to cost [3]. He is good, but I think it's misleading to have one of his abilities trigger off any ranger and the other only [Gondor] rangers. And so I would make both apply to any ranger - because why the #$&*@! not? ;)

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October 01, 2009, 07:33:18 AM
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Re: Greetings from Mirkwood. Small DC set.
« Reply #44 on: October 01, 2009, 07:33:18 AM »
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Just one for now.

Nothing wrong with that. Not every day can be a great one for DCs.

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• Faramir, Sufficient Jewel [Gondor]
Companion • Man
Strength 7
Vitality 3
Resistance 7
Ranger.
While you can spot 3 Rangers, Faramir is defender +1.
Skirmish: Exert Faramir and another [Gondor] Ranger to wound each minion in Faramir's skirmish.

I'm assuming he costs [3], so be sure to put that in. No need to capitalize (or bold) the second and third instances of ranger, but I WOULD bold defender +1. Loaded keywords like damage, defender, fierce, etc. are almost always bolded, while unloaded keywords like ranger, knight, Ring-bound, and valiant only need to be bolded when they are "assigned" to a character. So the first appearance of ranger on the card above SHOULD be bolded, since it is making Faramir a ranger, and any ability that said something like "Make Faramir a ranger until the end of the turn" would be bolded for the same reason. If you're simply referring to a ranger, as your skirmish ability above is, then there is no need to bold ranger, for the same reason there's no need to bold something like "Man" or "companion".

Similarly, the only time you normally need to capitalize anything is when it's at the start of a sentence, when it's a race ("Man", "Orc", "Uruk", etc. are always capitalized on cards), or when it's Shadow (which is also always capitalized, whether it's referring to a Shadow card or the Shadow phase). That last one is a little weird since other phases are not capitalized, but that's how Big D chose to do it.

</rambling>

All that said, just fix up those minor things, and the rest is actually quite good. I like it a lot! :up:
Best regards,
Dáin


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