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    W4 - Malleus (Gladiator) - ready for final

    Lord Kai
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    Post  Lord Kai Tue May 24, 2016 6:30 pm

    Is this the latest version of Malleus that we play-tested this weekend?

    MALLEUS

    General: Einar
    Planet: Earth

    Species: Human
    Unique Hero
    Class: Gladiator
    Personality: Wild
    Medium 5

    Life: 3
    Move: 5
    Range: 1
    Attack: 4
    Defense: 3
    60 points

    SHIELDBREAKER
    Figures attacked by Malleus cannot roll extra defense dice from any special power on an Army Card or glyph.

    GLADIATOR SUPREMACY
    Anytime you roll the 20-sided die for a Gladiator Army Card, you may add 1 to your die roll, or if Malleus is engaged, you may add 2 to your die roll.

    BERSERKER CHARGE ENHANCEMENT
    Add 1 to your die roll when you roll for the Berserker Charge power on any Army Card.
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    Post  Nomad Wed May 25, 2016 6:16 pm

    Yes - those are the powers and stats I used on Saturday. I think they were perfect and Malleus is good to go.
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    Post  Lord Kai Thu May 26, 2016 3:04 pm

    Nomad wrote:Yes - those are the powers and stats I used on Saturday. I think they were perfect and Malleus is good to go.

    Awesome I have updated the OP.

    Thank you for all the play-tests!!!
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    Post  Nomad Fri May 27, 2016 9:06 pm

    I will start working on his card. Can you change the title of the thread as well to include his name, and maybe to playtesting? We may need one more vote to make him final.
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    Post  Nomad Mon May 30, 2016 5:22 pm

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    Post  Lord Kai Mon May 30, 2016 6:03 pm

    Thank you! This character certain evolved from being the front-line hero that I imagined .. all the way to a fantastic supporting cast member for Gladiators or Dreadgulls. Thanks for seeing him through!
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    Post  Nomad Thu Jun 23, 2016 6:35 pm

    Here are the final stats and powers for any play-testing still needed.

    MALLEUS

    Species: Human
    Unique Hero
    Class: Gladiator
    Personality: Wild
    Medium 5

    Life: 3
    Move: 5
    Range: 1
    Attack: 4
    Defense: 3
    60 points

    SHIELDBREAKER
    Figures attacked by Malleus cannot roll extra defense dice from any special power on an Army Card or glyph.

    GLADIATOR SUPREMACY
    Anytime you roll the 20-sided die for a Gladiator Army Card, you may add 1 to your die roll, or if Malleus is engaged, you may add 2 to your die roll.

    BERSERKER CHARGE ENHANCEMENT
    Add 1 to your die roll when you roll for the Berserker Charge power on any Army Card.
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    Post  Nomad Sun Jun 26, 2016 9:58 am

    Jacob got in a couple of playtests with Malleus, Jotun, and Dreadgulls. He stated that Malleus didn't do anything special before getting crushed by Mok and then falling in the battle against Kai's Surrion/AE army. Seems fitting for a 60 point option, but he is nice to have as another option in Gladiator or Dreadgull armies.
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    Post  Lord Kai Sun Jun 26, 2016 11:24 am

    Nomad wrote:Jacob got in a couple of playtests with Malleus, Jotun, and Dreadgulls. He stated that Malleus didn't do anything special before getting crushed by Mok and then falling in the battle against Kai's Surrion/AE army. Seems fitting for a 60 point option, but he is nice to have as another option in Gladiator or Dreadgull armies.

    I haven't seen Malleus' Shieldbreaker come into play. It is minor but it would cancel things like Defense Glyphs and even Tu-Rok-Sa's Marro Hunter defense : P

    SHIELDBREAKER
    Figures attacked by Malleus cannot roll extra defense dice from any special power on an Army Card or glyph.
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    Post  Nomad Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:16 pm

    I have recreated the card . . . Malleus was too dark in the original. Posting soon.

    Great bio once again!


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    Post  Nomad Fri Jul 08, 2016 5:00 pm

    MALLEUS
    NWHC Wave 4 - Wave Title - Pack Title

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    Figure: Pathfinder Battles, Lost Coast, Shoanti Gladiator

    General: Einar
    Planet: Earth

    Species: Human
    Unique Hero
    Class: Gladiator
    Personality: Wild
    Medium 5

    Life: 3
    Move: 5
    Range: 1
    Attack: 4
    Defense: 3
    60 points

    SHIELDBREAKER
    Figures attacked by Malleus cannot roll extra defense dice from any special power on an Army Card or glyph.

    GLADIATOR SUPREMACY
    Anytime you roll the 20-sided die for a Gladiator Army Card, you may add 1 to your die roll, or if Malleus is engaged, you may add 2 to your die roll.

    BERSERKER CHARGE ENHANCEMENT
    Add 1 to your die roll when you roll for the Berserker Charge power on any Army Card.


    Character Bio:
    During the reign of Caesar Augustus, Rome waged a bloody conflict in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula against the last independent nations of Hispania. The Cantabri were renown mountaineers who, while considered savage and untamable, banded together to hold the Romans at bay. Along with other nations, the Cantabri put up such fierce resistance against Rome that it took ten years and over 50,000 soldiers to subdue the region.

    At the end of the conflict, many young families escaped into the Sierra Morena mountain in the Iberian Peninsula under the leadership of Melos Savar. The aptly named “dark range” was dangerous terrain, with a vast wilderness, but the teenage Melos knew that his people could survive off of the land and evade capture. Melos, a few of his younger siblings, and other boys and girls from the fallen tribes took what they could from the forests and, when necessary, raided Roman encampments for tools and weapons. After several years, the young barbarians grew stronger and more bold, eventually staging attacks on both merchant and military caravans traversing the mountain passes. Melos was against this at first but he needed to keep his people fed.

    The Romans had paid a heavy price to control Hispania, and when word reached the Senate of a possible Cantabri rebellion, a full cohort of nearly 500 men were sent to the mountains. Overwhelmed, Melos and his kinsmen were forced to surrender. When word reached the Senate that a boy of 14 years of age was leading the barbarians, an ambition consul by the name of Quintus Valerius purchased Melos and his siblings as slaves. Quintus put Melos to work in the silver mines, where the boy crushed rocks with a hammer day and night for over a year. When the consul returned to find the boy had survived and his savage spirit unbroken, he struck a deal with Melos. The barbarian would be given to a gladiator ludis for training and for each year that he survived, one of his tribe would be freed. Melos agreed under the condition that his bloodline be released first.

    Training began in earnest and the long, wiry Melos faced much larger but slower men. He was deceptively strong and unpredictable, and he combined the training of his father along with the discipline of the gladiator. Melos survived his first few years but with many injuries. But as promised, consul Valerius released his sister and then the following year his brother.

    By the age of 20, Melos’s fame increased moving him from small pit fights into larger arenas. He had adopted the great maul as his weapon of choice and because of that became known as Malleus the Untamed in the arena. The massive hammer was unconventional, and being two-handed meant that he was without a shield. But the 14-pound weapon could crush the arm behind a shield, or do worse if it landed a clean hit upon his foe’s body. For those that closed within grappling range, Melos also wore a blood-red spiked cestus. His violent savagery could overwhelm a less experienced opponent but his wild attacks left him vulnerable to more seasoned gladiators.

    After six years in the arena, the now Malleus had freed some but not all of his people. He found his master, Quintus to be ‘as honorable as a Roman could be.’ But unfortunately for Malleus, consul Valerius was assassinated and his replacement, Altus Parinius, refused to keep the same bargain with the barbarian-turned-gladiator. Knowing he had little time, Malleus escaped with several other gladiators now owned by Parinius. They raided the consul’s house and freed other slaves there but not without great losses. Malleus, armed with his great hammer, held the legionaires at bay so that the last of his tribe could escape. With savage rage, he held off more than a dozen soldiers, before several javelins pierced his chest.

    When Malleus awoke, he was found himself in Valhalla under the healing powers of the Arch-Kyrie of Einar. His valor and untamed spirit had echoed through time to the General and he offered the barbarian warrior a second chance at life in his army.


    - Rulings and Clarifications -

    -N/A

    - Combinations and Synergies -

    Synergy Benefits Offered

    -Tarn Viking Warriors and Dreadgul Raiders: Berserker Charge Enhancement
    Having the Berserker Charge ability, the Dreadgul Raiders and Tarn Viking Warriors may benefit from Malleus’ BERSERKER CHARGE ENHANCEMENT D20 bonus.

    -Retarius, Achillean Gladiatrix: Gladiator Supremacy
    As Gladiators, Retarius and Achillean Gladiatrix may benefit from Malleus’ GLADIATOR SUPREMACY D20 bonus.

    -Capuan Gladiators: Initiative Advantage
    As a Gladiator, Malleus may contribute to the Capuan Gladiators' INITIATIVE ADVANTAGE bonus to the initiative roll.

    -Hatamoto Taro: Adjacent Tough 1
    As a figure who follows Einar, Malleus causes an adjacent, friendly Hatamoto Taro to add one automatic shield to his defense roll using his ADJACENT TOUGH special power.


    Synergy Benefits Received

    -Dreadgul Raiders: Wild Strategic Bonding
    As a Wild Human or Giant heroes, Malleus may benefit from the Dreadgul Raider's WILD STRATEGIC BONDING bonus.

    -Spartacus: Gladiator Inspiration
    As a Gladiator, Malleus may benefit from Spartacus’ GLADIATOR INSPIRATION move, attack, and defense bonus.

    -Capuan Gladiators: Human Gladiator Bonding
    As a Human Gladiator, Malleus may be activated with the Capuan Gladiators' Human Gladiator Bonding.

    -Priscus: Taste of Freedom
    As a Gladiator, Malleus may benefit from Priscus’ TASTE OF FREEDOM attack bonus.

    -Count Raymond: Maneuver 9
    As a Human figure who follows Einar, Malleus rolls the 20-sided die to attempt to ignore wounds from a leaving engagement attack when he is within 5 clear sight spaces of a friendly Count Raymond, using his MANEUVER 9 special ability.

    -Ebon Armor: Animated Materiel & Eternal War
    As a Unique Human, a destroyed Ebon Armor you control may be placed on Malleus' Army Card to replace Malleus upon his own destruction.


    Synergy Imposed

    -All figures attacked by Malleus: Shield Breaker
    Figures attacked by Malleus cannot receive extra defense dice from any special power on an Army Card or glyph.
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    Post  Nomad Sun Oct 09, 2016 10:40 am

    a cleaner card for Malleus . . .

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    Post  Lord Kai Tue Dec 27, 2016 9:08 pm

    BIO:

    During the reign of Caesar Augustus, Rome waged a bloody conflict in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula against the last independent nations of Hispania. The Cantabri were renown mountaineers who, while considered savage and untamable, banded together to hold the Romans at bay. Along with other nations, the Cantabri put up such fierce resistance against Rome that it took ten years and over 50,000 soldiers to subdue the region.

    At the end of the conflict, many young families escaped into the Sierra Morena mountain in the Iberian Peninsula under the leadership of Melos Savar. The aptly named “dark range” was dangerous terrain, with a vast wilderness, but the teenage Melos knew that his people could survive off of the land and evade capture. Melos, a few of his younger siblings, and other boys and girls from the fallen tribes took what they could from the forests and, when necessary, raided Roman encampments for tools and weapons. After several years, the young barbarians grew stronger and more bold, eventually staging attacks on both merchant and military caravans traversing the mountain passes. Melos was against this at first but he needed to keep his people fed.

    The Romans had paid a heavy price to control Hispania, and when word reached the Senate of a possible Cantabri rebellion, a full cohort of nearly 500 men were sent to the mountains. Overwhelmed, Melos and his kinsmen were forced to surrender. When word reached the Senate that a boy of 14 years of age was leading the barbarians, an ambition consul by the name of Quintus Valerius purchased Melos and his siblings as slaves. Quintus put Melos to work in the silver mines, where the boy crushed rocks with a hammer day and night for over a year. When the consul returned to find the boy had survived and his savage spirit unbroken, he struck a deal with Melos. The barbarian would be given to a gladiator ludis for training and for each year that he survived, one of his tribe would be freed. Melos agreed under the condition that his bloodline be released first.

    Training began in earnest and the long, wiry Melos faced much larger but slower men. He was deceptively strong and unpredictable, and he combined the training of his father along with the discipline of the gladiator. Melos survived his first few years but with many injuries. But as promised, consul Valerius released his sister and then the following year his brother.

    By the age of 20, Melos’s fame increased moving him from small pit fights into larger arenas. He had adopted the great maul as his weapon of choice and because of that became known as Malleus the Untamed in the arena. The massive hammer was unconventional, and being two-handed meant that he was without a shield. But the 14-pound weapon could crush the arm behind a shield, or do worse if it landed a clean hit upon his foe’s body. For those that closed within grappling range, Melos also wore a blood-red spiked cestus. His violent savagery could overwhelm a less experienced opponent but his wild attacks left him vulnerable to more seasoned gladiators.

    After six years in the arena, the now Malleus had freed some but not all of his people. He found his master, Quintus to be ‘as honorable as a Roman could be.’ But unfortunately for Malleus, consul Valerius was assassinated and his replacement, Altus Parinius, refused to keep the same bargain with the barbarian-turned-gladiator. Knowing he had little time, Malleus escaped with several other gladiators now owned by Parinius. They raided the consul’s house and freed other slaves there but not without great losses. Malleus, armed with his great hammer, held the legionaires at bay so that the last of his tribe could escape. With savage rage, he held off more than a dozen soldiers, before several javelins pierced his chest.

    When Malleus awoke, he was found himself in Valhalla under the healing powers of the Arch-Kyrie of Einar. His valor and untamed spirit had echoed through time to the General and he offered the barbarian warrior a second chance at life in his army.
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    Post  Nomad Thu Dec 29, 2016 11:53 pm

    I hope you have as much fun writing these as I do reading them. Great job once again. Now my next army has to have Malleus in it!
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    Post  Lord Kai Fri Dec 30, 2016 3:10 am

    Nomad wrote:I hope you have as much fun writing these as I do reading them. Great job once again. Now my next army has to have Malleus in it!

    Thank you! I did a lot of historical research on this one .. had high-hopes for SoV but it didn't go anywhere. Still, had lots of fun with the background.
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