Thursday, August 02, 2007

Home Brew Rules: Insect Army

As per Scipio's advice, I have made some ant pogs (Bystander Tokens) to go with my Micro Map. Along with some others.

a custom Heroclix Bystander Token of a red antFirst up is the Red Ant. It's pretty standard, as far as its stats go. I wanted to keep it cheap so you could fill up your team with them.

I gave all the insects the JLA team ability. That will give them free movement, which is important if you plan on playing a lot of them at once. (I stole this idea from Scipio's fishclix. Thanks, Scip!)

a custom Heroclix Bystander Token of a pill bugSecond, we have the harmless Pill Bug. This guy won't be doing any damage, but his high Defense Value and Toughness make him a great meat shield.

He's also pretty slow, though. Handily enough, the Pill Bug can roll itself into an easy-to-carry ball, so you can just carry him with you into battle!

a custom Heroclix Bystander Token of a waspNext up is the sleek agent of death, the Wasp.

The Wasp is a flying character with a 10 movement speed, so it can reach anyone quickly. It has a Damage of 2 when it gets there and can also Poison your enemies at the beginning of each turn.

She's a little more expensive than the first two, but she's worth it.

a custom Heroclix Bystander Token of a zebra spiderFinally, the common household jumping spider, also known as the Zebra Spider.

This guy is vicious. He's got Leap/Climb, so there's no place to hide from him on the map. I gave him Incapacitate and a range of 10 so it can shoot webs at your opponents. Is there anything more terrifying than being trapped in a spider web and watching as those jittering mandibles close in on you?

The Zebra Spider's damage is 0, but it does have Close Combat Expert. I didn't want it to be able to hurt people at long range just because it had Range, but I did want it to be able to do some damage close up.

This is the most expensive insect pog because of Incapacitate and the higher Attack Value. You might only be able to fit one of these puppies on your team, but it'll pull its weight.

And there you are. Your very own insect army. All you need to do is print them out and play. Have fun!

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2 Comments:

At 8:50 PM, Blogger Scipio said...

Those are beautiful, both in design and function, Derek. I wish you were here to play with us!

 
At 7:06 PM, Blogger Derek said...

Well, when I become President, Big Monkey Comics will be the official Presidential comic shop.

Until then, I'll just have to take a vacation to DC some day. Maybe then I'll stop by and play.

Hopefully we'll all play game that blatantly disregards Official WizKids Rules. For the life of me, I can't find anyone locally to play a game with custom materials or home brew rules.

 

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