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actionjack
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted February 18, 2008 06:54 AM |
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ICTC 3: Outsiders
Outsiders
AJfs NOTE:
It seem most of the typical fantasy races have been well done already. In sorta of flight of fancy, partly as a challenge, I attempted to do a more gSci-Fih themed army. Taking inspiration from Starcraft, Halo, Stargate, and all thing Sci-FI goodness. However, instead of high tech Sci-fi, it would be more of a mix of arcan with out magic type of flavor, more of that gAncient Civilization build by Alienh type of thing. I hope it still fit. (but even if you don't feel it fit, do please still look at the game play mechanic and strategy of it)
It actually too me 2 week to finalize the whole thing. Not an easy challenge.
LORE:
The Outsiders, know as Xanthian, are race from the outer-dimensional. Their Empire stretches cross several stars and world. (or something like thatc I will save the lore writing for someone who is better at it  )
CREATURE LINE UP:
Lv. 1 Herald / Harbinger : Emissary
Lv.2 Guardian / Crystal Guardian : Omega Guardian
Lv.3 Star Crystal / Solar Crystal : Moon Crystal
Lv.4 Star Shooter / Nova Guard : Sun Sniper
Lv.5 Warp Walker : Warp Runner / Warp Courier
Lv.6 Invader / Overlord: Conquistador
Lv.7 Star Crusher / Star Defender : Star Destroyer
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Racial Skill: Star Crystal
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Xanthianfs racial skill is the Star Crystal. Star Crystal are a special crystal deployed onto the battlefield that are used to charge up and boost Xanthianfs unitfs ability or stats. Xanthian hero can deploy certain amount of crystal onto the field during the deployment phase. The crystals have several properties, including its own HP, link radius (usually 3 tiles), and charges.
Most of the Xanthian unit have abilities that require a gchargeh of the crystal, this mean to use it, the unit must be within crystalfs link radius, and it will deplet 1 charge of crystalfs energy.
Crystal can come in 3 different charges (red = 3 charge, yellow = 2 charge, green= 1 charge), and once used, it take time to recharge it back. (about 1.5 turn). Thus if a unit use a ability that cost 1 charge near a red crystal, the crystal is than turn to yellow, and would take some time to recharge back to red (assume if no one use it again).
A Crystal has no attack, and can not move by its own. Red crystal have about 250hp, Yellow have 175hp, green have 100hp. It has recharge speed of a 5 Initiative.
>Basic Star Crossing: At start of the battle, Hero can deploy 1 green crystal.
>Advance Star Crossing: At start of the battle, Hero can deploy 1 yellow crystal.
>Expert Star Crossing: At start of the battle, Hero can deploy 1 red crystal.
>Amply Crystal: (Hero passive skill) All crystalfs link radius increase by 1.
>Star Crosser: (Hero passive skill) Hero can deploy 1 extra green crtyal at start of turn.
>Power Charge: (Hero active skill) recharge all crystal by 1 charge.
>Diamond Crystal: (Hero passive skill) All crystalfs hp increase by 100.
>Defensive Shield: (Hero active skill) For one turn, all damage done to crystalfs decrease by 50%.
Creatures
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Lv. 1 Herald / Harbinger : Emissary
[ Lore ]
A slave race of the Outsider. They act as a herald, a scout for the oncoming conquering army. They are also often used as cannon folder on battlefield as well.
[ Looks ]
Small Goblin-like being riding on top of low-flying disc. Have spanning blades rotating around the disc.
(note: picture only use as a reference of idea)
Attack: 1/2
Defense: 1/1
Damage: 1-2 / 1-3
Hit Points: 4 /5
Speed: 6 / 7
Initiative: 12 /13
Shoots: 0
Mana: 0
[Herald Abilities:]
-Flyers
-*Energy Blast: (active ability) Fire a shot at target enemy at range. Cost 1 charge.
- Crystal Mover: (active ability) Allow this unit to target a nearby (4 tiles) Star Crystal and relocate it 1 tile next to this unit.
[Harbinger Upgrade Abilities:]
-*Speed Amplify: (active ability) Increase Speed by 2 and Initiative by 3 for the next turn. (Cost 1 charge)
-No enemy retaliation
[Emissary Upgrade Abilities:]
- Crystal Hauler: (active ability) Allow this unit to target a nearby (6 tiles) Star Crystal and relocate it 1 tile next to this unit.
[ Usage ]
Mostly use for carry crystal around, as well as a meat shield. They also provide the initial range attack for early part of the game.
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Lv.2 Guardian / Crystal Guardian : Omega Guardian
[ Lore ]
A mechanical drone developed to protect.
[ Looks ]
A Large mechanic looking golem.
Attack: 1/ 2: 3
Defense: 3/ 4:4
Damage: 1-4 / 1-5 : 1-5
Hit Points: 16 /18 : 18
Speed: 5 /5 : 5
Initiative: 7 /8 : 8
Shoots: 0
Mana: 0
[Guardian Abilities:]
- Mechanical
- Shielded: This unit take 33% less damage from all non-magical shooting attacks.
- *Force Shield: (active ablity) erect a force shield around this unit for 1 turn. Friendly unit within 2 tiles (and this unit) receives only 50% of damage from all attacks. (unless the attacker are in the shielded area too). Cost 1 Charge.
[Crystal Guardian Upgrade Abilities:]
- Crystal Mover: (active ability) Allow this unit to target a nearby (4 tiles) Star Crystal and relocate it 1 tile next to this unit.
-Crystal Protection: All star crystals within 3 tile from this unit gain extra 40% more hp.
-Repair Crystal: This unit is able to repair damage Star Crystals (active ability)
-Force Defense: This unit gain 75% more Defense when in Defense mode.
[Omega Guardian Upgrade Abilities:]
-Self Repair: (active ablity) This unit can repair friendly mechanical creature and war machine, as well as it self.
-Magic Proof 50%
-Force Defense: This unit gain 75% more Defense when in Defense mode.
-Push: This unitf attack push back enemy unit by 2 tile.
[ Usage ]
Obviously this unit is use for defense. Park it with bunch of other units and a star crystal. Crystal Guardian is design more to protect the star crystals, while Omega more to protect units and it self.
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Lv.3 Star Crystal / Solar Crystal : Moon Crystal
[ Lore ]
[ Looks ]
A large crystal floating in air, bounded by mechanical devices.
Attack: 1/ 4: 2
Defense: 8/ 10:12
Damage: 1-3 / 1-5 : 1-4
Hit Points: 24 /30 : 30
Speed: 5 / 6: 7
Initiative: 6 /7 : 7
Shots: 0
Mana: 0
[Star Crystal Abilities:]
- Mechanical
- Green State: this crystal started as green (1 charge)
- Re-energize: (active ability) Increase charge by 1. (speed of its charge is depended on number of unit in its stack)
[Solar Crystal Upgrade Abilities:]
- Yellow State: this crystal started as Yellow (2 charge)
- Re-energize:
- *Solar Burst: (active ability) Creature damage all creature around itself (damage depended on the number of creature in stack, the charge on the crystal, and if there are other star crystal within 3 space). (1 charge)
[Moon Crystal Upgrade Abilities:]
- Yellow State: this crystal started as Yellow (2 charge)
- Re-energize:
-Energy Channel
-Teleportation
[ Usage ]
Its used as an extra star crystal that provide charge to rest of your units. One strategy is to have several stack of crystals, so you get a lot of charges to power your special attacks. However, a fine balance need to draw, as having too many small stacks also mean they re-charge slower, easier to destroy, and you cannft get other units in. Solar Crystal have a good attack ablity that could use to surprise enemy. Moon crystal have more mobility, which could go well with astral walkers.
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Lv.4 Star Shooter / Nova Guard: Sun Sniper
[ Lore ]
Core of the outsiderfs army.
[ Looks ]
A lightly armor Xanthian wielding a large staff/polearm weapon.
Attack: 8/ 9 : 10
Defense: 8/ 10 : 8
Damage: 6-7 / 6-8 : 8-8
Hit Points: 18 /30 : 20
Speed: 4 / 5 : 4
Initiative: 9 / 9 : 8
Shots: 4 / 4 : 4
Mana: 0
[Star Shooter Abilities:]
- Shooter
- Beam Attack: This unitfs attack hit all creatures in the line of attack with its shot, including friendly ones.
- *Charge Shot: (Active Ability) Fire a Shot at 50% increase in damage and attack power. Cost 1 Charge.
[Nova Guard Upgrade Abilities:]
-No Melee Penalty
- *Plasma Shot: (active Ability) Fire a shot that damage 3x3 tile at +25% damage. Cost 1 charge.
[Sun Sniper Upgrade Abilities:]
-Ranged Retaliation
-No Range Penalty
-Crystal Scope: This creaturefs damage increase by 25% if is next to (1 tile away) a Star crystal.
[ Usage ]
The main shooter of the army. Is quite powerful if park next to a Crystal.
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Lv.5 Warp Walker : Warp Runner / Warp Courier
[ Lore ]
[ Looks ]
Cloth in Robe.. with Crystal/Gem head gears.
Attack: 12/ 16 : 14
Defense: 12/14 : 13
Damage: 12-18 / 16-24 : 12-20
Hit Points: 52 / 72: 62
Speed: 7 / 8: 8
Initiative: 10 /11 : 11
Shots: 2 / 1: 3
Mana: 0
[Warp Walker Abilities:]
- Shooter
- Teleport
- Crystal Teleportation: Teleport next to any friendly star crystal on the battlefield.
[Warp Runner Upgrade Abilities:]
-No Melee Penalty
-*Warp Touch: (active ability) Deal a melee attack with no melee penalty, and at +25% more damage. (1 charge)
[ Warp Courier Upgrade Abilities:]
-*Transporter: Teleport any none-large creature friendly unit within 4 tiles to location next to this unit. (1 charge)
- Crystal Hauler: (active ability) Allow this unit to target a nearby (6 tiles) Star Crystal and relocate it 1 tile next to this unit.
[ Usage ]
Act like a skirmisher unit. They have great movements, especially when the star crystals are deployed in key locations on the field. Great to use for a hit-n-run. Warp Runner has more attack power, but lack the shots, although they could do decent damage in melee too. Warp Courierfs job is primary carry other unit around.
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Lv.6 Invader / Overlord : Conquistador
[ Lore ]
The elite of ousiderfs army. Those ruthless Conquers of the star are train from birth in the art of saber combat and unyielding loyalty.
[ Looks ]
http://www.starcraft2.com/art.xml?s=16
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Attack: 22/ 24 : 24
Defense: 18 /22 : 20
Damage: 15-22 / 20-26 : 20 -26
Hit Points: 100 / 110 : 100
Speed: 5 /6 : 6
Initiative: 8 / 9: 9
Shoots: 0
Mana: 0
[Invader Abilities:]
-Large Creature
-Crystal Enhancement: Defense: This creaturefs Defense and hp increase by 20% if within 2 tiles to a crystal.
-*Power Charge: (Active Ability) For the next turn, increase damage/attack power/ Defense /Speed/ and Initiative by 33% (1 Charge)
-Bravery
[Overlord Upgrade Abilities:]
-No Enemy Retaliation
-Crystal Enhancement: Skill: This creature gain Double Attack and Unlimited Retaliation if within 2 tiles to a crystal.
[Conquistador Upgrade Abilities:]
-Crystal Enhancement: Offense: This creaturefs Attack and Damage increase by 10% if within 2 tiles to a crystal.
-Energy Saber: Each attack or counter attack of this creature is guaranteed to kill at atleast one unit in the enemy army.
-Wardance Combo
[ Usage ]
Much like Wight and Rakshasa, a melee powerhouse. Power Charge allow them to hit hard and long distance, to quickly rush in. They also become very powerful if they stay next to crystal, which would be a crucial strategy. (provide synergy with crystal moving units)
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Lv.7 Star Crusher / Star Defender : Star Destroyer
[Look]
Large UFO Mothership looking flying Disc.
http://www.starcraft2.com/art.xml?s=48
Attack: 26 /28 : 30
Defense: 26/34 : 28
Damage: 35-40 / 40-45 : 45-60
Hit Points: 200 / 260 : 220
Speed: 6 / 6 : 6
Initiative: 8 / 9 : 9
Shoots: 0
Mana: 0
[Star Crusher Abilities:]
-Large Creature
-Flyer
-Mechanical
[Star Defender Upgrade Abilities:]
-*Impervious Shield: (Active ability) This unit become impervious to any damage and can not be target to spells, for 2 turn. Also all friendly unit 1 tile next to it gain +20% Defense. (1 charge)
-Orbital Crystal: This creature carry a green start crystal.
- Re-energize: (active ability) Increase charge by 1. (speed of its charge is depended on number of unit in its stack)
[Star Destroyer Upgrade Abilities:]
-*Energy Beam: (Active Ability) Deal damage to all creature in a frontal row (2 tiles wide) across the whole field. (2 Charge). (the damage also increase for any crystal within 2 tiles space)
-Orbital Crystal: This creature carry a green start crystal.
- Re-energize: (active ability) Increase charge by 1. (speed of its charge is depended on number of unit in its stack)
[ Usage ]
Think of it as a moving air fortress. While not as powerful as many lv 7 creatures, nor has good speed, it does have a very heavy defense and hp. Star Defender is the more defensive version, while Destroyer the more offensive version. It is also another moving Star Crystal.
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Army Strategy
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Obliviously, Star Crystal is a key in this armyfs strategy. Starshooter and Invader are the 2 main offensive unit, while other played more of a support. While most unit can do well by them self, they fully shine when they are next to the Star Crystals. Thus keeping the crytal alive and recharge is the challenge in playing this army, for the enemy will most likely target those crystals first.
Keep in mind that the cost of the units would be relative expensive, and growth rate slow, which would be a blancing factor against their stats/ablity.
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Mytical
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
Chaos seeking Harmony
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posted February 18, 2008 07:23 AM |
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Interesting. Reminds me of a starcraft/stargate sg-1/Masters of Orion 2/Halo combo  . Should be very interesting.
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Orfinn
Supreme Hero
Werewolf Duke
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posted February 18, 2008 02:53 PM |
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Unggoys, Sangheilis? And protoss pylons? Haha, nice work there. Kinda spacy, but also quite original
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booboo
Adventuring Hero
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posted February 23, 2008 10:38 PM |
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Mamgaeater
Legendary Hero
Shroud, Flying, Trample, Haste
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posted February 24, 2008 02:07 AM |
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Please do not spam the forums and please do not say you do not like something without giving a reason. And plaese try to be nicer i know we are all entitled to our own opinions but there is a person behind the profile.
And for the faction to keep this post ontopic. IS this faction going to be rated M. bad joke sorry. I would love to see a mix of technology and magic. when you think about technology is about as magical as magic.
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Protection From Everything.
dota
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actionjack
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted February 24, 2008 03:27 AM |
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Please do not spam the forums and please do not say you do not like something without giving a reason. And plaese try to be nicer i know we are all entitled to our own opinions but there is a person behind the profile.
And for the faction to keep this post ontopic. IS this faction going to be rated M. bad joke sorry. I would love to see a mix of technology and magic. when you think about technology is about as magical as magic.
Thanks for the support.. I was crying all night from that post... sniff sniff... (well.. just not from my eyes...) ha.
Anyhow.. I think you could still get by with "Arcanic Alien Technology" in a Hero's Universe. Those would be technology that look and feel more like magic and arcan object, than futuristic technology. (ie, difference between Protoss and Marines)...
Anyhow, that was a fun excersie..maybe will post my other, more traditional faction up later...
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Wulfstan8182
Famous Hero
, eh?
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posted February 24, 2008 02:56 PM |
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nice job, but i don't think bio-robots fit itno the franchise. its pretty much like forge, and forge was a cool thingy, but it just didn't fit.
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Snatch
Promising
Known Hero
Proud Kappa
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posted March 26, 2008 08:12 PM |
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Cohesiveness: 7/10 (fits astounding well because the Might and Magic series is known for some sci-fi elements spread within at least in the older games)
Imagination: 15/15 (new creative approach for Heroes)
Back story: 0/10 (is there any despite of coming from outer-dimension?)
Battle facets: 9/10 (the crystal thing is a great idea, the army seems to be well balanced)
Discretionary: 2/5 (for the unusual and brave approach)
33/50
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Momo
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted March 27, 2008 02:25 AM |
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Edited by Momo at 17:12, 27 Mar 2008.
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Cohesiveness: 8/10 points as snatch said, the units CAN be coherent with HoMM universe. Not giving enough developement to the story, however, didn't feel making these seem coherent.
Imagination: 13/15 points I expected someone to try somewhat a cyborg faction, and there you are. However, after this initial inspiration you get lost. It's truly a pity.
Back story: 1/10 points missing one, missing connection to the series, missing just anything that could justify a mark. A point just because you somewhat justified their presence.
Battle facets: 7/10 points specified roles and a mildly interesting racial, but lacks developement at all.
Discretionary: 4/5 points because I liked the original idea, mainly, but you should have put more effort into this. The original idea wasn't also used by anyone, so you wasted a lot of potential.
Overall Score: 33/50
PS: that big rusty robot with the emerald... where did you find it?
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Tobius
Adventuring Hero
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posted March 30, 2008 03:10 PM |
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The Outsiders
Cohesiveness(5+4)=9 The theme is just great! It really fits into the Sci-fi background of the old universe.
Imagination(4+2+5)=11 I like how you designed this faction, but it lack inventive ideas (apart from crystals)
Back Story(0+0)=0 No story, no points
Battle Facets(4+3)=7 I like your idea of crystals, but the two shooters seem to be quiet imbalanced
Discretionary: +1 for stats; -1 for no emblem
Total Score=27
How I graded these:
Cohesiveness (Internal Coherence [1-5]+HoMM Compatibility [1-5])
Imagination (Creativity [1-5]+Innovations [1-5]+Originality[1-5])
Back Story (How well it expands on one of the HoMM universes [1-5]+How interesting it was to me [1-5])
Battle Facets (Variety [1-5]+Inventive Aspects [1-5])
Discretionary (Bonus for exceptional efforts[1-5])
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Mytical
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
Chaos seeking Harmony
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posted March 31, 2008 06:24 AM |
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An interesting town, but do to my biased opinon of technology in Homm I can't rate the town. This is because I want to be fair, and having a biased opinon going in would not be very fair.
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friendofgunnar
Honorable
Legendary Hero
able to speed up time
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posted April 12, 2008 06:33 AM |
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Outsiders:
FriendofGunnar
cohesiveness 10/10
originality 10/15
backstory 5/10
battle facets 6/10
discretionary 0/5 A good lineup, but this is another video game you're talking about here.
30
Kookastar
Cohesiveness: 10 points
Imagination/creativity/originality/wow factor: 12 points
Back story: 0 points
Battle facets: 8 points
Discretionary: 1 points
Total 33
TDL
Cohesiveness(max 10) : 6
Creativity (max 10): 9
Backstory (max 10): 1
Battle Facets (max 15): 11
additional (max 5): 0
space factions xD nah, these intergalatics do not fit homm… he had better factions and this concept is rather weak.
Total (max 50):27
Guest Judge's Score : 31.00 (Judges grades are weighed differently depending on how many factions they graded)
Judges Score: (30 + 33 + 27) / 3 = 30.00
Final Score: 30.50
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