Welcome to the December Dial Design Contest! These are the general rules of the contest are simple:

Anyone can submit and/or cast votes during any of the three rounds. Each round features a new design parameter and participants have a week to complete, submit, and edit their single-dial (unless otherwise specified) entry right here in the thread, after which the community will vote on their favourite dials. At the end of the voting phase, the most votes win the round, and the most votes after three rounds wins the contest. Constructive comments are always welcome. Language not conducive to the current PAC (including updates from SMBA) may affect a judge's voting consideration, so please avoid use of retired terms and symbols. Character selection may come from any medium unless specified, but references for non-mainstream characters should be included. Please use the Dial Generator provided in the Units section.
As a meta rule, during voting phases, please do not quote entire dials when making comments, to make things easier to read.

Round deadlines will be the following:
ROUND 1:
ENTRIES DEC 1 – 7, VOTING FROM DEC 8 – 14
ROUND 2:
ENTRIES DEC 8 – 14, VOTING FROM DEC 15 – 21
ROUND 3:
ENTRIES DEC 15 – 21, VOTING FROM DEC 22 – 28

With the final winner being announced DEC 29.


ROUND 1 – The Ol’ Lump Of Coal
Design a dial for a character that would absolutely deserve a lump of coal in their stocking this holiday season
- or -
Design a dial displaying only black or grey powers (blanks and traits are acceptable, SPs are not).


Good luck!

Roxy Rocket
Real Name: Roxanne Sutton
Team: Batman Enemy
Range: 5
Points: 50
Keywords: Gotham Underworld, Metropolis, Pilot, Vehicle

10 10 16 2

10 10 16 2

10 10 16 2

8 9 16 1

8 9 16 1

8 9 16 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

MOVEMENT: Characters
ADRENALINE JUNKIE: Willpower. ⚀-⚃: deal Roxy Rocket 1 unavdoiable damage, and she succeeds instead.
THE ULTIMATE THRILL: Modify Roxy Rocket's combat values +1 for each action token she began the turn with.

UNIQUE Zsasz
Real Name: Victor Zsasz
Team: Batman Enemy
Range: 0
Points: 50
Keywords: Arkham Asylum, Brute, Monster

6 10 17 2

6 10 17 2

6 10 16 2

5 9 16 2

5 9 16 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Keeping Tally: When Zsasz damages an opposing character, place a Tally Token on Zsasz's card [MAX: 5]. When Zsasz takes damage, remove a Tally Token for each damage he is dealt. Zsasz gains the following effects based on total Tally Tokens.
1+: Precision Strike, Modify Attack +1.
2+: Charge, Willpower.
3+: Modify Damage +1.
4+: When Zsasz removes an action token with Willpower, he may heal 1 click.
5: Zsasz no longer removes Tally Tokens when he is dealt damage, and succeeds Willpower on a 4-6.

DESIGN NOTES: Lumps of coal scream villains, and while I'm fond of the Gotham rogue gallery, Joker's just got so many versions still playable (Including one that gives "Mystics" to Batman Enemy figures!?), but when I tried to find someone more obscure, I see Zsasz has only ever had one figure made, which was back in Streets of Gotham (Unless for some reason they didn't use the name Zsasz for him, I only searched for that to find him).

Given his wicked acts both mainstream and Elseworlds/Injustice, he kind of is a big deal to go without a figure so long, but for keywords, this is main continuity Zsasz.

#MMV Ronin Venom
Real Name: Unknown
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 4
Points: 70
Keywords: Warrior, Martial Artist, Brute, Monster

7 12 18 3

7 11 18 3

7 11 17 3

6 11 17 2

6 10 18 2

6 10 17 2

6 10 18 4

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Ronin Leader of the Shadow Clan: Stealth & Combat Reflexes. // Leadership, and when Ronin Venom succeeds, generate a SMBA #005 Hand Ninja on click #1 or a SMBA #021 Hand Ninja on click #1.
Brutal Twin Chakrams: When Ronin Venom makes a ranged attack, after resolutions, he may make another for Free.

Anybody remember Marvel Mangaverse? I remember flipping through the TPB in a Barnes & Noble as a high schooler in the 00s and being alternatively amazed and confused by it. I mean, I'll sure take Cyclops with a literal cyclops headpiece, Punisher as a torture geisha, Iron Man as Iron Woman, and Spider-Man as a ninja kid...

...but Ghost Rider as a comedy character? Over my dead body. Glaring directly at you, Rob Williams' '10s run.

What surprises me in retrospect is how quickly the Mangaverse fell into obscurity along with Marvel's first shot at Spider-Man India. It wasn't for lack of imagination; I think it was because the TPB was treated as a one-off novelty, because it published as a graphic novel and not a manga collection, and because it predated the mainstream anime and manga craze.

Today, I think sly manga reimaginings of major Marvel characters could be really popular. Like, remember the Marvel anime shows and movies? Those were neat! I'd happy read a Lone Wolf & Cub-inspired Blade epic. It's SOOOO easy to imagine X-Men as a high school drama with a fighting tournament. Ghost Rider vs. Devilman? Bring it the f*** on. The continued adventures of Japanese Spider-Man? I promise you, I'm here for it.

#Dec01 Harry
Real Name: Harry Lyme
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 25
Keywords: Past, Spy, Wet Bandits

7 9 18 1

6 9 18 1

6 9 18 1

6 9 18 2

6 9 18 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Surviving Kevin's Traps: After actions resolve in which Harry takes at least two clicks of damage, roll a d6. On a result of 4-6, heal Harry one click.
That's the One, Marv. That's The Silver Tuna.: When Harry is adjacent to an object, give him a Power Action to remove the object from the game. If he does, he scores 2 Mission Points.
Don't Worry About Your Home. It's In Good Hands.: Shape Change, Police Team Ability.

Sidestep: We'll Go Through the Back. Maybe the Kid'll Let Us In.
Invulnerability: Ice Slick, Red Hot Door Knob, Blowtorch, Paint Can...
Leadership: What Are You Scared, Marv? Get Out the Window!
Battle Fury: You Bomb Me With One More Paint Can Kid, I'm Gonna Snap Off Your Cojones and Boil 'Em in Motor Oil!

Significant Appearance: Home Alone (1990)

Here comes No-Name with another non-comics non-anime non-video game weird choice for a dial because it amused him!

It's December. I have to pick characters from Christmas movies/specials. And if you ask me to dial somebody who deserves a lump of coal, how can I not pick one of the most iconic Christmas movie villains of all time, and arguably what most of us elder millennials think of whenever we think Joe Pesci?

Harry is the brains behind the Wet Bandits, but that isn't saying much, because he isn't the brightest bulb in the box either. He does have a way with disguises, pretending to be a cop to surveil houses he wants to rob later on. And he does have a penchant for stealing things, giving you the ability to clear objects off the map for bonus points.

But what he's really going to do best is survive absolutely fatal levels of damage. A full dial of Invulnerability, and the chance to heal back up from damage after taking it. Not a terrible Mastermind candidate, I'd say.

Prime Eric Cartman
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 20
Keywords: Santa's Workshop, South Park

6 9 15 0

5 9 15 0

5 9 15 0

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

The Nicest Thing Anyone Has Ever Done: Support as FREE. // Perplex, but only to target friendly characters.
Bring Christmas to Baghdad: POWER: generate a Decoration hindering terrain marker. Friendly characters adjacent to one of Eric Cartman's Decoration markers can use Shape Change and succeed on a 4-6. Opposing characters within 3 squares of one of Eric Cartman's Decoration markers modify attack -1.
Singing Christmas Carols Will NOT Fix What You Did: Willpower, but only succeeds on a 6 unless he is not adjacent to another character. Protected: Outwit.


Significant Appearance: South Park, Season 6 Episode 17 "Red Sleigh Down"

It's not a Christmas contest without an obligatory Die Hard reference! I think it's safe to say Hans wasn't on the nice list...



Hans Gruber
Team: Underworld
Range: 4
Points: 50
Keywords: Soldier, Spy

6 11 17 2

6 10 16 1

6 10 16 1

5 10 16 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

You should be on TV with that accent: Shape Change, but succeeds on a 4-6.
Well, when you steal $600, you can just disappear. When you steal 600 million, they will find you, unless they think you're already dead.: Other Friendly characters have FREE: If no C-4 Objects were generated this turn, generate a C-4 Object in an adjacent square. //POWER: Once per game, remove each C-4 object token., deal 3 damage to each character and destroy each terrain marker, wall, and square of blocking terrain within 3 squares of the objects, and gain 2 Mission Points for each C-4 Object removed this way.
Shoot the glass!: POWER: Deal 1 damage to each character occupying a Debris Marker.
I am going to count to three. There will not be a four.: Penetrating/Psychic Blast, Precision Strike.
By the time they figure out what went wrong, we’ll be sitting on a beach, earning 20 percent: Outwit, Perplex

Edit: Made C-4 generationa once per turn thing.

#1223-1 Unique Max Schreck
Real Name: Maximillian Schreck
Team: Underworld
Range: 4
Points: 40
Keywords: Gotham City, Gotham City Underworld, Celebrity, Politician

6 9 17 1

5 9 17 1

5 10 17 1

4 10 17 1

4 10 18 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Santa Claus of Gotham: At the beginning of the game, for each character on its force, each player may generate a standard object that that character is now holding. // Characters holding an object may not target Max Schreck.
Power Surplus? No Such Thing: Destroy an object held by a friendly character and give Max Schreck a Siphon token. Remove a Siphon token: the next time a friendly character with a keyword possessed by Max Schreck would be given a POWER action that action is FREE instead.
I’ll Drop Her Out A Higher Window: Force Blast, but only to target adjacent characters.

I Would’ve Shredded Those Documents (Stealth)
Selina!?! Selina Kyle, You’re Fired (Running Shot)
Mayors Come and Go (Telekinesis)
Anything You Want: Money, Jewels, a *Very* Big Ball of String (Regeneration)
Fred’s…On Extended Vacation (Leadership)
Isn’t It Max Schreck Who Manipulated And Betrayed You? (Outwit)

Significant Appearance: Batman Returns (as portrayed by Christopher Walken)

HOLIDAY TRIVIA
-Christopher Walken remains the only actor to play the character as it was created for Batman Returns and subsequently appeared in several episodes of Batman: The Animated Series also voiced by him.
-the character was originally Harvey Dent in its earliest draft with the explosion at the end of the film setting up for Two-Face
-in another early script he was the firstborn Cobblepot appalled that his parents threw his baby brother in the sewers, and he changed his name at the earliest opportunity to be free of their association.
-the most underrated/forgotten antagonist of all Batman films although he is arguably the most outright believable and his villainy is generations ahead of it’s time (stealing energy to monopolize off of shortages, complete disregard for women, and election grifting all seem more pertinent today)
-the character is an homage to the same-named actor famous for playing Nosferatu of which Tim Burton is a huge fan
-I’m matching the suit as well as hitting both prompts from one of the best holiday movies ever made <sunglasses emoticon>

I’m not sure creating an easily crafted first turn win scenario is on anybody’s X-Mas list. I can easily fit 10+ characters able to survive those C4 charges (Thing Robots) and unless you go first and also have Hans I win. No rolls other than initiative and I’d still have 2 actions in the pool as if it mattered.

Just making sure that’s the intent before voting begins.

#005 The Comedian
Real Name: Edward “Eddie” Blake
Team: Watchmen
Range: 7
Points: 50
Keywords: Watchmen, Costumed Adventurer, Soldier, Brute

7 10 17 3

7 10 17 3

7 10 16 3

6 10 16 3

6 10 16 2

5 9 15 2

4 9 15 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Being A Comedian Is The Only Thing That Makes Sense: Perplex. // Once per game, The Comedian can use Penetrating/Psychic Blast. // If a character adjacent to The Comedian uses Willpower, roll a D6. [1-2], that character cannot use Willpower until their next turn. [3-6], proceed as normal.
Only Our Enemies Leave Roses: When The Comedian is KO'd, lower every character who is on the battlefield's attack value by -1 until the beginning of your next turn. In addition, raise their defense value by +1 until the beginning of your next turn. This trait ignores Team Abilities. // If The Comedian is on the same team as a character named Rorschach, The Comedian can use POWER: Give Rorschach one Conspiracy token. You can only use this power once per game.
Somebody Explain It To Me: The Comedian cannot be targeted by Support or Leadership. // If The Comedian has his dice re-rolled or replaced by any means, roll another D6. [1-2], give the Comedian an action token. [3-6], proceed as normal.

Justice? Justice Is Coming For All Of Us, No Matter What The F**k We Do (Running Shot)
I Never Said It Was A Good Joke (Sidestep)
Smartest Man On The Cinder (Energy Explosion)
I'm Just Playin' Along With The Gag... (Precision Strike)
The World Was Tough. Be Tougher (Toughness)
Remarkably In-Shape (Combat Reflexes)
Just Don't Ask Where I Was When I Heard About JFK (Ranged Combat Expert)


It was between him and Eggman, but I decided to roll the clock back a bit and keep adding to the Watchmen theme. Besides, few people deserve coal like Eddie Blake, but that's perfect for his character, because he'd take the coal with glee and grill something with it. A good, nice steak - and probably the finger of the foreign congressman he 'did some convincing' to last week, for good measure.

If anyone's wondering about that Rorschach tie-in ability, the Conspiracy tokens were one of his mechanics. https://www.hcrealms.com/forum/showp...&postcount=101

Hmm, I think you're right, I might tweak how many you can generate per turn. Maybe they also need to be a certain distance from ech other as well?

If you want to get REAL accurate? “Start of game, choose an opposing character to gain the Detonators token. C-4 cannot be detonated until the character with the Detonator token is KO’d.”

Or something like that.

Neither his bosses nor his henchmen would even try to get him off the naughty list.
Nobody likes Sarnak.



Sarnak
Real Name: Sidney Sarnak
Team: Underworld
Range: 5
Points: 45
Keywords: Committee

6 11 17 1

6 10 16 1

5 10 17 1

5 11 16 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

None Withstands My Legion: During force construction, friendly characters with the Underworld Team Ability gain the Legion of Fear keyword. // Sarnak treats other friendly characters with the Legion of Fear keyword as opposing when he uses Mind Control.

Fighting Unfairly: Mind Control, Stealth.

Brain Tap
Control Whistle
This Partner Is Expendable
You Are A Noble Idiot
Kill Them All

Significant Appearance: Werewolf By Night #10 (1973)

Santa Klaus
Team: Batman Enemy/Snowfall
Range: 4
Points: 45
Keywords: Arkham Asylum, Gotham City, Gotham City Underworld, Monster, Santa's Workshop

7 11 18 2

6 10 17 2

6 10 17 2

6 9 17 1

5 9 16 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

He Laughs If You've Been Bad or Good: When an opposing character deals damage, put a Naughty token on their card if there isn't one already. When Santa Klaus KO's a character with a Naughty token, turn him to click 1 // characters with a Naughty token have 'POWER: Heal Santa Klaus 1 click and remove the Naughty token'.
Ho ho h..HAHAHAHAHAAHAH: POWER: Choose a character with a Naughty token; place Santa Klaus such that he can make a close or range attack targeting the chosen character, then do so // When Santa Klaus attacks a character with a Naughty token, increase his attack and damage by +1.

CHECKING IT TWICE (Flurry)
FROM THE CHIMNEYS (Stealth)
CUTTING NAMES OFF THE LIST (Blades/Claws/Fangs)
HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE ATTACKING (Super Senses)
LONGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR (Willpower)
HE STABS YOU WHILE YOU'RE SLEEPING (Exploit Weakness)
HE'S GOING TO FIND OUT (Probability Control)
HOLD STILL FOR GOODNESS SAKE (Ranged Combat Expert)
IS THAT...SANTA? (Shape Change)

Significant Appearance: Batman Vol 1 596

Design Notes
How about a Santa who deserves a lump of coal? 'Santa Klaus' is a z-list villain who uses his telepathic powers to murder people he deems naughty. His first appearance has him getting Jokerized during the Joker's Last Laugh event and going on a (very short) rampage.

#040 Limited Edition Lex Luthor
Real Name: Lex Luthor
Team: Hypertime
Range: 4
Points: 40
Keywords: Legion of Doom, Metropolis, Injustice League, Politician, Celebrity, Ruler

6 10 18 2

6 10 18 2

5 10 18 2

5 10 17 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Movement: Characters
Lex Luthor Took 40 Cakes...: When an opposing character uses an equipment within range of Lex Luthor, both the players roll off, if Lex rolls higher, attachment the equipment to Lex Luthor. He may have more than 1 equipment equipped
When no one was looking...: Stealth, Sidestep
And that's terrible...: Leadership, Outwit, Perplex. -2 perplex to anyone he took an equipment from.