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06/22/2023, 03:19

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1) LostGaladorian - Marrina

2) Rurouni KJS - Aquaman and Mera

3) TheQuestion - Decoy Octopus

HM) Dragonfly2099 - The Joker

06/22/2023, 03:50

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Round 2 Votes:
1. Hesster56- Ursula
2. Dragonfly2099- The Joker
3. mmiller42- Captain Nemo

06/22/2023, 04:18

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Pidgey
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 3
Points: 40
Keywords: Flying Type, Normal Type, Animal

Keen Eye: Pidgey can't have it's attack negatively modified.

Sand Attack: POWER: Choose an opposing character within range and line of fire, until the beginning of your next the chosen character modifies their attack by -2.

Quick Attack....(Hypersonic Speed)
Whirlwind.....(Force Blast)
Wing Attack....(Precision Strike)
Double Team....(Super Senses)
Roost....(Regeneration)

Significant Appearance: Pokemon Red and Blue (1996)

06/22/2023, 08:48

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And... scene! Welcome to the end of ROUND 2 voting. Rising from the murky depths, let's give a warm, land-lover congrats to Rurouni KJS's Aquaman and Mera, true champions of the deep!!

Here are the entries for ROUND 3 (1/2):

Quote : Originally Posted by DestructoBoy

Unique Vulture
Real Name: Adrian Toomes
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 75
Keywords: Brute, Scientist

Take to the Skies: At the end of your turn, if Vulture is not on click 1, choose Combat Reflexes or Energy Shield/Deflection. He can use the chosen power until you choose again.

Selling Custom Alien Weapons: FREE: choose a friendly character and one of the following powers: Flurry, Force Blast, Plasticity, Incapacitate, Poison, Precision Strike, Outwit, Perplex, Probability Control. If the chosen character is Vulture, he cannot be targeted by and ignores the effects of the chosen power. Otherwise, the chosen character gains the chosen power until your next turn.

Wasn't Trying to Hit You: Earthbound/Neutralized. Vulture has a range of 5 and Improved Targeting: Destroy Blocking. RANGE: make a ranged attack targeting an opposing character within 2 squares of blocking terrain. If the attack hits, the target is dealt 3 damage instead of normal damage. If the attack misses, after resolutions destroy all blocking terrain within 2 squares of the target and deal Vulture one unavoidable damage.

Armored Wing Suit: STOP. Super Senses, Toughness.

Significant Appearance: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

Quote : Originally Posted by LostGaladorian

Krillin
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 60
Keywords: Kid, Martial Artist, Past, Warrior

Wait, I Don't Have A Nose: SAFEGUARD: Poison, Opposing Perplex.

Ring Out: Krillin's attacks deal KNOCKBACK. // When Krillin hits, you may place him adjacent to a hit target and he may make an additional close attack (this repeats as long as he keeps hitting).

Sizing Up The Arena
Turtle Hermit Milk Delivery
Keeping Up With Goku
Superhuman Strength Training
Turtle School Martial Arts Student
I Won't Be Left Behind!
Bribing The Old Man With Dirty Magazines
Muten Roshi's Favorite Student

Significant Appearance: Dragon Ball Chapter 25 (1985)

Quote : Originally Posted by TheQuestion

Unique Psycho Mantis
Real Name: Tretij Rebenok
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 5
Points: 50
Significant Appearance: Metal Gear Solid (1998)
Keywords: FOXHOUND, Psychic, Soldier

I Will Show You My Power!: Passengers: 0. At the beginning of your turn, you may note Psycho Mantis' current square, then place him in another square within 5 squares. He may not make an attack this turn if you do. At the end of the turn, place him back in the noted square. // Willpower. FREE: Heal Psycho Mantis 1 click -or- deal Psycho Mantis 1 unavoidable damage. If Psycho Mantis was dealt damage this way, he may remove 1 action token from himself if he did not already do so by Willpower this turn.

Powerful Enough To Bend Light (Stealth)

I Control Your Mind! (Mind Control)

I Will Move You With The Power Of My Will Alone! (Force Blast)

Effortlessly Floating (Sidestep)

This Is No Trick... (Telekinesis)

...This Is True Power! (Penetrating/Psychic Blast)

Distort Your Perceptions (Incapacitate)

Psychic Bolts (Precision Strike)

I Can Read You Like An Open Book (Super Senses)

Hideo (Shape Change)

I Can Read Your Memory Card (Outwit)

You Like Konami Games, Don't You? (Perplex)

Break The Fourth Wall (Probability Control)

DESIGN NOTES: And you thought you were safe from Metal Gear dials by limiting me to Force Blast/Knockback or Flying characters, HAH!

Psycho Mantis is a bit of an oddity in the Metal Gear universe, even when you factor in characters like Vamp or The End from across the series. Vamp's seemingly supernatural power got retconned to nanomachines, The End's seemingly supernatural powers got retconned to basically a sort of infection by a symbiotic sort of life form that was photosynthetic and granted him some of it's energy in exchange as a host...

But Psycho Mantis is one of a select few supernatural themed characters who never got a retcon to explain their powers with pseudo-science alongside the other known psychic (Medium technically) in the whole series, The Sorrow. (And I know there are a few more supernatural or unexplained characters, but only two known psychics without some kind of retcon. I'm not counting Screaming Mantis for lore reasons).

Back to Mantis himself, he is described as one of the most powerful psychics alive in the game, BUT he's also hindered by needing that crazy outfit of his (especially the gas mask), as a way to insulate his own mind from having the thoughts of anyone near him forcing themselves into his mind against his will. It's implied it's little more than a sort of psychological crutch and not an actual property of the outfit though, and his real name doesn't come up until MGSV, which retcons him as a child experiment during the 80's (Who had the gas mask and strange leather outfit kind of deal even back then).

And yes, he breaks the fourth wall quite a bit in Metal Gear Solid and in 4 when he appears. Reading Memory cards for games you've played, "moving" your controller (Vibration functions), and dodging your every attack UNLESS you use a different controller port than player 1.

Quote : Originally Posted by Buckwheat

Lady Clay
Real Name: Sondra Fullyer
Team: Batman Enemy
Range: 4
Points: 75
Keywords: Gotham Underworld, Monster, Mud Pack, S.T.A.R. Labs, Strike Force Kobra

POWER REPLICATION: Lady Clay can use the standard speed and attack powers on the card of the last character she KO'd.

CLAYFACE IV: Plasticity, Shape Change, Stealth.

Quote : Originally Posted by NeverEnoughDakka

#008 Whisper The Wolf
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 8
Points: 75
Keywords: Team Sonic, Restoration, Diamond Cutters, Assassin, Soldier, Martial Artist

Guardian Angel of the Resistance: Stealth, Support. // Whenever a friendly character is damaged by an enemy character within line of sight of Whisper the Wolf, place a Guardian token on both the enemy and friendly characters. For every Guardian token on a character's card, Whisper the Wolf gains +1 attack when targeting that character.

Variable Wispon - Defending: Force Blast, Running Shot. Flight, Passengers:0.

Variable Wispon - Attacking: Penetrating/Psychic Blast, Energy Explosion.

I Won't Lose Another Friend! I Can't!: When Whisper the Wolf is six squares or more away from any friendly characters, she can use Ranged Combat Expert. When Whisper the Wolf is within six squares of a friendly character, she can use Enhancement and Empower.

(Sidestep) Repositioning
(Quake) Going Loud
(Toughness) Veteran Soldier
(Willpower) Simmering Rage

First Appearance: Sonic the Hedgehog #008, IDW Publishing

To round out this month's personal theming, we have Whisper the Wolf, Tangle's really close friend and the lone survivor of the Diamond Cutters crew, save the person who sold them out - last round's Mimic the Octopus. Providing the melancholic and distant foil to Tangle's up-close and loud personality, she helps out her team in her own way, but not lacking teeth when forced out of her comfort zone.

Whisper's variable wispon - her primary tool, weapon and alien support group - is a treasure trove for powers (and especially creative uses of those powers, besides what is said on the tin), giving her abilities that would otherwise be impossible for her to have, as one of IDW Sonic's increasing roster of non-superpowered heroes.

Quote : Originally Posted by RockyRaccoon

#AQ056b Quasar
Real Name: Phyla-Vell
Team: Cosmic Energy,Guardians
Range: 5
Points: 100/75/50
Keywords: Guardians of the Galaxy, Kree, Cosmic, Warrior

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Forging the Quantum Sword: Blades/Claws/Fangs. Once per turn, When she uses it, after resolutions deal a hit character one penetrating damage.

Heather, My Love: While Quasar is adjacent to a friendly character named 'Moondragon' she modifies her results for Willpower +1. //Once per game when a friendly character named Moondragon is KO'd by an opposing effect, after resolutions heal Quasar to her starting click. If she's 100 points, also modify her Combat Values +1 this game. Protected: Pulse Wave.

This is Your Doom!: Precision Strike. When Quasar hits with a close-attack, hit characters cannot use STOP and cannot heal until your next turn. If an opposing character was KO’d from the attack, after resolutions remove all action tokens from Quasar.

Moving Faster than Before (Hypersonic Speed)

This Ends Now (Charge)

Levitating (Sidestep)

Hope this Burns (Poison)

Still Getting used to the Quantum Bands (Penetrating/Psychic Blast)

Did I feel a tickle? (Invincible)

Quantum Shields (Impervious)

Standing up against Ultron (Invulnerability)

That actually Hurt (Toughness)

Quantum Energy Flowing (Probability Control)

Tough Luck for you (Exploit Weakness)

Quote : Originally Posted by TheClixCave

Finally got around to making a dial this month.

Unique Stukov
Real Name: Alexei Stukov
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 60
Keywords: Monster, Soldier, Zerg

I Am A Monster!: Leadership. // Giant's Reach: 3, KNOCKBACK.

Popping Pustules: Support. // When Stukov uses it, instead of healing the chosen character, he may place the die result on their card. // FREE: Roll a d6 and place it on the card of an opposing character within two squares and line of fire. // POWER: Heal each friendly character with one of Stukov's dice on their card equal to half of the die result on their card and deal damage to each opposing character with one of Stukov's dice on their card equal to half of the result.

Get Out!: CLOSE: Choose an opposing character along a direct line of fire. Stukov may make a close attack targeting that character regardless of adjacency. Instead of dealing damage, knock back that character until they would be knocked back into a square of blocking terrain, another character, or the edge of the map.

Significant Appearance: Starcraft

Quote : Originally Posted by Dragonfly2099

Shi
Team: Crusade
Range: 6
Points: 50
Keywords: Martial Artist, Warrior

Sohei: Super Senses. Sidestep, when Shi uses Sidestep, she breaks away automatically.

Use humility to make them haughty: Stealth

Use your anger to throw them into disarray: Charge

Tire them by flight, cause division among them: Flurry

Naginata: Blades/Claws/Fangs. Giant Reach 2.

Make your move when they do not expect it: Precision Strike

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness: Combat Reflexes

Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness: Exploit Weakness

Thereby you can be the director of your opponent’s fate: Close Combat Expert

Crusade Team Ability:
All attack rolls made by characters using the Crusade team ability that result in doubles (except two 1s) cause knock back equal to the attacking character’s damage value.

When I saw the prompt, I thought of an under appreciated Team Ability from one of my favorite sets.

06/22/2023, 08:49

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Quote : Originally Posted by brennan4

My entry for this month is from my Detective Comics Set. This would be the Release Day OP Kit figure. Presenting the second Robin, Jason Todd!

Unique Robin
Real Name: Jason Todd
Team: Batman Ally, Wonder Woman Ally
Range: 4
Points: 50
Keywords: Batman Family, Gotham City, Detective, Teen Titans

Movement: Elevated

1-900-LIVE-OR-DIE: When Robin would be KO'd, both players roll 2d6. If the result of your roll is higher than the opponent's, generate a character named Red Hood from your sideline in the square Robin last occupied on its last non-KO click. Protected: Pulse Wave

Excuse me, but I think this is yours: When Robin hits with an attack, if no opposing character has a Black Mercy token, give a hit character a Black Mercy Token.// Characters with a Black Mercy Token character must break away on any action in which it moves, can't automatically break away, have Battle Fury, and modify attack and damage -1. When that character breaks away, remove the Black Mercy Token from them.

Robin, did Felipe fall… or was he pushed?: Force Blast. When an opposing character is knocked back onto a lower square of elevation, after resolutions, deal them 2 unavoidable damage.

Significant Appearance: Superman Annual #11 (1985)

It combines elements of Jason's most notable stories: dropping a criminal off a building, his death, and beating Mongul with his own Black Mercy in Superman Annual #11. The Wonder Woman Ally TA is to reference his team-up with Wonder Woman in the latter story. I think the kenw rules about falling damage and the increased importance of elevated terrain really open some opportunities for this figure.

Quote : Originally Posted by Shadesmar

Unique Aero
Real Name: Lei Ling
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 4
Points: 75
Keywords: Agents of Atlas, Celebrity, Martial Artist

Targeting: Hindering

Typhoon: When the game begins generate an Aero Avatar // Telekinesis // KNOCKBACK, but Aero can choose the direction and may choose to knockback herself instead of the target. Opposing characters take 1 additional damage from knockback damage caused by Aero.

Aerial Superiority: Aero's speed value cannot be reduced, replaced with a lower number or halved. When Aero tagets a character with

, modify her attack and damage by +1 and knockback the character 2 additional squares

Aero Avatar: STOP. Super Senses // When this click is revealed, generate an Aero Avatar bystander.

THE AWE-INSPIRING AERO (Charge)

WHEREVER THE WIND GOES, I GO (Hypersonic Speed)

FIND THE FISSURES (Precision Strike)

SHOW YOU TRUE POWER (Quake)

FEEL THE CURRENT (Combat Reflexes)

WIND SHIELD (Energy Shield/Deflection)

NOTHING CAN TOUCH ME (Super Senses)

I'M USED TO BUILDING SKYSCRAPERS, NOT TEARING THEM DOWN (Close Combat Expert)

WIND BLADES (Exploit Weakness)

Significant Appearance: Aero vol. 1 #1

Aero Avatar
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 4

Cy-Clone: Aero can use Aero Avatar's printed powers // POWER: once per turn for all characters with this trait, if Aero Avatar is within 6 squares of Aero, place them in each other's squares.

Quote : Originally Posted by Hesster56

#042 Experienced Arthur Dent
Real Name: Arthur Dent
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 25
Keywords: Cosmic

Don't Panic!: Arthur Dent may start the game with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy equipped. FREE: Arthur Dent may choose an effect on the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

You just fall at the ground and miss. : Super Senses. Arthur Dent may use Super Senses when he would be dealt damage from Knockback. If Arthur Dent evades damage from a succesful use of Super Senses, for the rest of this game he has (Flight symbol).

Stick out a thumb! Phasing/Teleport
Stubborn monkey: Willpower
Very good salesman: Probability Control
Lie down in front of the bulldozer: Incapacitate

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
20 points
EQUIP: Any.
UNEQUIP: Drop.
EFFECT: When equipped, place the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in the circle on the back of this card with the arrow indicator pointing to the effect of your choice. // FREE: Roll a d6. Turn the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy clockwise a number of effects equal to half the result. Until you roll again, the equipped character has the listed effect.
Top Left: Babelfish: Choose an opposing team ability that is copyable and gain that team ability as long as this effect is active.
Top Right: Don’t Panic: Adjacent Friendly Characters take a maximum of 2 damage from attacks.
Bottom Right: Got your towel? Once per game, if this character would be KO’d by an opposing effect, instead place them in their starting area and KO the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Bottom Left: Paranoid Android: Mind Control as FREE, but only to target a character with the Robot keyword.

Significant Appearance: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

A bit of a stretch, but why not? See, Arthur Dent learns to fly when he meets a strange woman who is also flying, and she learned how to do this by...just falling at the ground and missing.

I wanted to do a reference to one of my favorite books of all time, and felt like this would be a clever, support-style way to do it. Enjoy!

Quote : Originally Posted by No-Name

#Jun03 Megaera
Real Name: Fist of the Furies
Team: Cosmic Energy, Underworld
Range: 5
Points: 80
Keywords: Deity, Past, Chthonic Gods, The Furies

Meg! Got Some More of that Contraband You Like.: Megaera does not break theme when friendly to a Jun01 Zagreus, but ONLY if she is given a Nectar Token on the first turn. When Megaera has a Nectar Token, Jun01 Zagreus has the Underworld team ability.

Created to Punish Transgressors: Modify damage dealt by Megaera by +1 when targeting characters who dealt damage on their most recent turn.

My Whip Might Make You Reconsider: Blades/Claws/Fangs, Giant Reach 3.

Ungh! YOU!: STOP. Invulnerability, Energy Shield/Deflection.

Hypersonic Speed: Start Running, Fool.
Charge: Eat This!
Running Shot: Catch This!
Sidestep: Got You.
Precision Strike: Maybe Persistence Will Pay Off For Both of Us.
Pulse Wave: You're Never Getting Out of Here!
Quake: Spinning Wing Slash
Impervious: First of the Furies
Invulnerability: One Lash is Not Enough.
Battle Fury: Living Up to the Title
Exploit Weakness: You'll Soon Feel Something Else
Probability Control: I Am Not Finished Yet!
Ranged Combat Expert: Ask Nyx About Them. I'll Give You a Chance to Ask Very Soon!

And so No-Name's Hades month comes to a close. Here we have Megaera, first of the furies. You will face her first and foremost as the boss fight at the end of Tartarus, where she and Zagreus drop little hints of their past relationship. She's a vicious, relentless opponent who definitely keeps you on your toes. Once you get a little stronger and more keen of how the game plays, you can reliably beat her, but don't feel too disappointed in yourself if she kills you the first few times you face her.

A key component of Hades's gameplay is that you build relationships with pretty much every character you come across by gifting them Nectar. Megaera is no exception, and in fact is one of the very few that you can kindle a romance with. So you can do that here, simply by teaming her up with Zagreus and making sure that she gets his Nectar. The two will make a formidable combo once you do.

And try not to piss Meg off. She is a Fury, after all, and as a Fury, she will get vengeance on you.

Quote : Originally Posted by GreenMan

#bsi200 Limited Edition Songbird
Real Name: Unknown
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 400/275/150
Keywords: Brute, Founders, Monster

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Movement: : Hindering, Blocking, Characters, Elevated. Songbird destroys blocking terrain as he moves through it.

The Protector of the lamb...: Defend. Songbird uses defend but only for friendly characters named Elizabeth or Booker and Liz, regardless of their proximity to Songbird.

"The true patriot has nothing to fear from the Songbird": Songbird automatically breaks away, When he does, he deals 1 penetrating damage to all adjacent characters that aren't named Elizabeth.

"What the Hell is that thing?!": Super Strength. FREE: Quake.

Last gasp of the Prophet.:Exploit Weakness. //STOP: Choose an opposing character that attacked Songbird or damaged a friendly character since your last turn. Place Songbird such that he can make a close attack targeting the chosen character, then do so.

Destroyed the Vox Populi Airships. - Charge.

Destroyed The Founders Airships. - Sidestep.

Crushed the Motorized Patriots. - Super Strength.

Unstoppable Engine of Destruction. - Invincible.

Inspired by the Big Daddy. - Impervious.

Brother to the Handyman. - Invulnerability.

Created by Fink Manufacturing. - Toughness.

Single minded and Relentless... - Battle Fury.

Protect the Lamb at all costs... - Close Combat Expert.

Pairbonded because of Kindness. Exploit Weakness.

First Appearance: Bioshock Infinite - March 26th, 2013

Notes: I've been meaning to make an attempt on this dial since the Bioshock Infinite set first came out.
I would've gladly welcomed a colossal Songbird into my collection.
Anyway this is my first attempt at a dial for a colossal figure and I finally did it thanks to this weeks prompt!
Songbird is a really great character for many reasons. He's frightening an imposing like the Big Daddies from the first 2 games, but much like the Big Daddies, Songbird is a tragic figure.
I won't get into the story but for those who aren't familiar with Songbird, it's a cool story that's worth digging into.
At first I tried to figure out the best way to make a colossal flyer with no range who, despite his great size, is ridiculously fast and agile.
And his strength and power is something to behold. In the game he effortlessly destroys, well almost everything. you feel like there's no way to even scratch this guy.
I hope it doesn't look too overpowered. I also tried to keep it simple.

So here's my attempt at a terrific colossal character from one of my personal favorite Heroclix sets because I really wanted to see it happen in the very beginning.

This guy is from the Songbird Special Edition video game:

https://www.hcrealms.com/forum/pictu...ictureid=49215

Quote : Originally Posted by ComicJunkie

Unique Tchaikovsky
Real Name: Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 40
Keywords: Animal, Celebrity, Herald, Martial Artist, Mystical, Past, Politician, Reporter, Soldier

Six Symphonies: At the beginning of the game choose a number between 1-6. Once per turn, whenever a d6 of the chosen result is rolled place an Encore token on this card.

This Evening’s Repertoire: At the beginning of your turn choose one of the following Performance effects to last until your next turn. FREE: Remove an Encore token and choose an additional Performance effect not already chosen this turn.

1812 Overture: Characters with the Soldier keyword can use Targeting: Blocking (Destroy), Movement: Blocking (Destroy).
Sleeping Beauty Waltz: Choose a character within line of fire of Tchaikovsky. The chosen character has IMMOBILE until your next turn and characters adjacent to the chosen character can use Sidestep.
Marche Slav: Characters have FREE: Move one square, but only if they end their movement adjacent to a higher point character.
Piano Concerto No.1 in Bb minor: The highest point character on each force may only target one character per turn. Protected: Pulse Wave.
The Nutcracker Suite: Characters with the Mystical keyword can use Perplex but only to modify their own combat values.
Swan Lake: Characters with the Animal keyword can use Shape Change. When they do, if the line of fire from the attacker is hindered increase the result +1.

Uniting East and West: Pulse Wave. When he uses it instead of normal damage give each hit character an action token if it’s opposing and remove an action token if it’s friendly. If no friendly character was targeted KNOCKBACK each hit target 1 square.

Bring Me Unboiled Water!: STOP. Poison. When he uses Poison KO Tchaikovsky and his points aren’t scored this game.

American Tour (Sidestep)
Please Remain Seated (Plasticity)
Hidden Lifestyle (Stealth)
Director, Russian Musical Society (Defend)
For Those In The Back Row… (Energy Shield/Deflection)
Orchestral Rearrangement (Probability Control)

Significant Appearance: US Tour, 1891

INSIGHT
Rounding out the month of queer icons is the legendary composer that turned Ballet from primarily a French to a Russian art form. 99% of modern ballet performances are of his works. That’s astounding by any measure. So the keywords are a mix of his biography and subjects of his compositions.

1812 used actual cannons as instruments, Piano Concerto 1 was deemed too awkward by worlds greatest pianist at the time Rubinstein but later become first ever platinum classical album making the career of Van Cliburn (another gay icon), and his six symphonies are considered by many to be the pinnacle of the genre. The Tsar replaced Italian opera with the operas of Tchaikovsky as peak entertainment for the aristocracy. So famous, so important to Russian identity, and so influential the world over. Then come the circumstances of his death.

We know he was a closeted homosexual from letter correspondence and his brother/biographer Modeste (also gay) confirmed as much. Why someone trained their entire life to drink boiled water would out of the blue order a glass of unboiled water during a cholera endemic is mystifying. It’s likely he either contracted it via prostitute and needed an alibi for the affliction, or the one I’m leading more towards is that the Russian gov demanded his suicide to prevent his love life from becoming public. The then most famous Russian in the world and that association have long been covered up first by the Tsar and subsequently by Soviets and even into today. Not that it’s corroborable but wouldn’t surprise me in the least. This is Russia comes to mind.

Anyways, thanks for tuning into my experiment this month. It’s been pretty nifty trying to incorporate the role creators play in the staging of their works while possessing only a modicum of their creativity. I’m such a nerd.

Quote : Originally Posted by Hagath The Great

After doing Northstar in round 1, I feel like I need to make an Aurora to pair with him.

#002 Aurora
Real Name: Jeanne-Marie Beaubier
Team: X-Men
Range: 4
Points: 60
Keywords: Alpha Flight, Marauders, Weapon X, X-Factor, X-Men, Speedster

COMBAT MANEUVERS AT MACH 50: Super Senses, Hypersonic Speed. // Once per turn for all characters with this trait, Aurora may be given a non-FREE action after being carried, but only if she shares a keyword with the character that carried her.

TWIN CONNECTION: UNIQUE MODIFIER - If Aurora is adjacent to a friendly character named Northstar, both can use Support, modify defense +1, and have Improved Movement: Characters. // For all characters with this trait, if Aurora is adjacent to a friendly character named Northstar, when she or that character make a range attack give each hit character an action token.

Quote : Originally Posted by Limelight451

Pidgey
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 3
Points: 40
Keywords: Flying Type, Normal Type, Animal

Keen Eye: Pidgey can't have it's attack negatively modified.

Good luck everyone

06/22/2023, 12:09

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ROUND THREE VOTES

Hagath the Great - Aurora

NeverEnoughDakka - Whisper

Dragonfly 2099 - Shi

06/22/2023, 12:59

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ROUND THREE VOTES

Hagath the Great - Aurora
Green Man - Songbird
Rocky Raccoon - Quasar

06/22/2023, 14:02

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1. Limelight451 - Pidgey
2. ComicJunkie - Tchaikovsky (I really like the out-of-box choices this month)
3. TheClixCave - Stukov

HM - RockyRaccoon - Quasar
HM - HagathTheGreat - Aurora

06/24/2023, 04:48

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1. Shi - Dragon Fly2099

2. Lady Clay - Buckwheat

3. Psycho Mantis - TheQuestion

HM: Arthur Dent - Hesster56

06/24/2023, 13:45

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Songbird by GreenMan.

Nice at any price. Of course, I’m a Defend junkie, and this one brings that in spades. The rest of it is just terrific as well. It can dish out the damage quite nicely, making it work well solo or on a team. Well done.

Arthur Dent by Hesster56.

Great little support piece. The Guidebook object is thematic and useful. Nicely done.

Krillin by LostGaladorian.

Poison immunity and multiple attacking abilities, what’s not to like. Funny flavor text didn’t hurt either. Good work.

Honorable Mention:

Vulture by DestructoBoy.

One of my favorite Spidey villains, and this dial does him justice. And, it hi lights the movie version very nicely.

06/26/2023, 11:09

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Votes for my god the end of June

1.Megaera, No-Name. I'd give her some ambrosia any day. Strong, maneuverable, and priced to play with other friends.

2. Robin, Brennan4. Buffed force blast, and might come back as a villain? Kudos.

3. Lady Clay, Buckwheat. I really like the power replication aspect. That could be real fun to see in a game.

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Hesster is at least 4.3 times funnier than Haven anyway.

06/27/2023, 14:44

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Hey folks. Voting is due by end of day tomorrow. The entries are fantastic this week to the point that it's still anyone's race

Keep up the great work!!

06/27/2023, 19:34

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1. Quasar
2. Aero
3. Krillin

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06/27/2023, 19:42

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This has been the hardest week for me to judge in a while. They're all so glorious.

Round 3 Votes (brought to you by the letter 'A'):

Hagath The Great - Aurora
Like her brother before her, Jeanne-Marie packs a flavorful dial (without flavor text!) with huge upgrades available for both parties if you keep her synced up with a friendly Jean-Paul. Great stuff.

Shadesmar - Aero
Knocking herself back is a novel idea, and her second trait makes her an absolute menace to any opponents unlucky enough to possess

in her presence.

GreenMan - Songbird
Oh man, I love a straightforward punisher of a beatstick. Without updated friends to defend, Songbird is mostly just that, but should you give him a lamb to protect, he'll do it well while making a mess of the other team.

Honorable Mention: Hesster56 - Arthur Dent
The Guide is great, and the powers you chose give his dial a very supporting-Star-Trek-character feel that I love. He lands here because, as a filthy casual who's only seen the movie, I think even his standard powers feel pretty generous, given his only real skill was...queuing.

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06/28/2023, 17:31

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Round 3 votes! (amazing round, it was so hard to narrow down)

TheQuestion - Psycho Mantis

No-Name - Megaera

Buckwheat - Lady Clay

Hms

Dragonfly2099 - Shi

GreenMan - Songbird

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