W5 - Yalzochar - FINAL

YALZOCHAR
NWHC Wave 5 - Harbingers of Triumph - Heroes of the Shadow




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Figure - "Drider Fanglord" from DD, Savage Encounters

General: Utgar
Planet: Toril

Species: Drider
Unique Hero
Class: Messenger
Personality: Menacing
Large 5

Life: 4
Move: 7
Range: 1
Attack: 3
Defense: 3
90 Points

TEST OF LOLTH
Yalzochar's Species is considered to be Drow and Arachnid in addition to Drider.

LOLTH'S MESSENGER
After revealing an order marker on Yalzochar's Army Card and taking a turn with Yalzochar, if Yalzochar is unengaged, you may take a turn with a Drow Hero or Squad you control.

IMMOBILIZING WEB
When an opponent's small or medium Common figure moves onto a space within 2 clear sight spaces of Yalzochar, that figure must end its move there and must subtract 1 from its Attack value.


Character Bio: BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Yalzochar, the web messenger, brings synergy to the Drow by lurking in the shadows and spinning his webs. The drider communicates the battle plan of Lloth and Utgar.

Yalzochar's powers rely heavily on the creations of Scytale and Dok. Thank you good sirs!


- Rulings and Clarifications -

- N/A

- Combinations and Synergies -

Synergy Benefits Offered

-DROW SQUADS and HEROES: Lolth's Messenger
The Deepwyrm Drow, Drow Chainfighter, Bellochar, Pelloth, and Estivara may benefit from Yalzochar's LOLTH'S MESSENGER activation bonus.

Synergy Benefits Received

-ORNAK: Red Flag of Fury Aura
As a unique hero who follows Utgar, Yalzochar may benefit from Ornak's Red Flag of Fury Aura.

-BELLOCHAR: Shadowcast
As a Drow figure, Yalzochar may benefit from Bellochar's SHADOW CAST special power.

-PELLOTH: Lolth's Wrath Special Attack
As a Drow figure, Yazlochar may be used by Pelloth for his LOLTH'S WRATH SPECIAL ATTACK.

-ESTIVARA: Lolth's Judgement Aura
As an Arachnid figure, Yazlochar may benefit from Estivara's LOLTH'S JUDGEMENT AURA attack bonus.

Synergy Imposed

-PELLOTH: Lolth's Wrath Special Attack
As a Drow, Bellochar may aid Pelloth with his LOLTH'S WRATH SPECIAL ATTACK.

-ANA KARITHON: Protection from Evil Aura
As a figure who follows Utgar, Bellochar causes small and medium figures that are friendly to Ana Karithon and within 3 clear sight spaces of her to roll an extra defense die when Bellochar attacks them, due to Ana's PROTECTION FROM EVIL AURA.

-TEMPLAR CAVALRY: Righteous Smite
As a figure who follows Utgar, Bellochar causes opposing Templar Cavalry figures to roll an extra attack die against him with their RIGHTEOUS SMITE special power.

-ZOMBIE HULK: Zombies Rise Again
As a large figure, Tearik Drako causes an opposing Undead Savage that destroys him to replace him with a previously destroyed Zombie Hulk due to Zombie Hulk's ZOMBIE RISES AGAIN special power.

-MAJOR J15: Breaching Scythe
As a large figure, Yalzochar causes Major J15 to add 1 automatic skull when making a normal attack against him, due to Major J15's BREACHING SCYTHE special power.

-MARUTUK: Worthy Challenge
As a large figure, Yalzochar causes Marutuk to roll 2 additional dice when making a normal attack against him and Marutuk may not move normally to leave engagement from Yalzochar, due to Marutuk's WORTHY CHALLENGE special power.

-THE AXEGRINDERS OF BURNING FORGE and HERACLES: Fearless Advantage
As a large figure, Yalzochar causes The Axegrinders of Burning Forge and Heracles to roll an extra die when attacking or defending against him due to their FEARLESS ADVANTAGE special power.

Great start!! Love the Web idea!

There is a new "drider" just released:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/D-D-Icons-of-the-Realm-Rage-of-Demons-26-55-Drider-/331651751000?hash=item4d37fc1c58:g:2SgAAOSwuTxV8jJO


More availability, so lower price for this mini.

What do you think about swapping the Bonding so he takes a turn after the Squad or Hero - and drop the 'unengaged' part?

I already have the original Drider, so let's stick with it. It was a gift from you, by the way. Perhaps the new released Drider can come in down the line.

The order of who takes a turn when kind of limits the points - if you aren't successful with the attack, then you can't take a turn with a squad/hero. So, do you risk an attack and just move him into a spot where he can protect with the web and then let his buddies do the work.

Let me theory-scape some more . . .

OP updated with first attempt at card. I think I would like to keep the order of the bonding as is and the unengaged part intact for now to limit points and make Yazlochar more strategic to play.

Cool, we can play-test the Bonding as is.

Army Ideas:
#1
Yazlochar ... 90
Deepwyrm Drow x3 ... 300
Estivara ... 380
Bellochar ... 450
Chain Fighter x2 .. 500

* Since Yazlochar can bond with a Hero that would include the Chain Fighters.  Otherwise, I would totally drop the Marro Warriors in here for 50-points of range.


#2
Yazlochar ... 90
Deepwyrm Drow x4 ... 370
Bellochar ... 440
Elaria the Pale ... 500

* Elaria adds +1 to Hide in Darkness for the Drow. With Bellochar that could be a +7 (+1 Elaria, +6 Shadow).  This army lacks range and is very vulnerable to special attacks.

Changing name to Barinyon

This figure played very well in the June 9th event.

The "Web" power was very effective against melee squads and stopped me from jumping on him to go after his Order Markers. It was well-played by my opponent, who stayed engaged with my Raelin so he couldn't take other turns but my squad figures couldn't make it up to him (he'd skitter to a different hex side to make it harder for me to reach him).

I'd say he's a great addition to the Drow faction.

Belochar (Shadowcast) was also very powerful (with Hide in Darkness at 10+) which was a big problem for my Army which lacked a Special Attack.


But excellent design!!

I concur. I think this figure is ready. But I am not sure of the name . . .

Bhintran,? Yazlochar works.

Card and book are completed in the OP.

Let me know if you notice anything in error or missing.

Looks good!

good to go.

Yalzochar has been shared on Heroscapers, 4.19.20.

Sorry for the delays recently.