Subject: Re: Well, let's see...
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Posted on: 2012-06-20 13:21:00 UTC
I] Yeah, that makes sense. Still, there should be some way to check that you don't get weird distributions. You cou,d for example, end up with 2 agents in Gen3.
II] Ah, I thought so.
Φ] Okay, now I really want to see the source.
[Dramatic, stirring, rising chords]
... da dum, da-da dum da duuuuum!
Yes, it's that time again, and it's only been two and a half years since the last That Time. The Fifth Generation of the PPC Card Game is on the way, and I need your cards.
This is an Agents-Only release, so basically, if you have a PPC Agent who hasn't appeared on a card before - whether they have appeared in a story or not - bring them along, and I will make them. If you're not sure if they've appeared on a card (eg if you've inherited them, or if they're a general-use character), check the lists linked from each Generation on this page.
Note: If your agent is not in an action department and would not be out fighting badfic, or if you know of any non-badfic-related Enemies of the PPC (like the Black Cats were), please see another note at the end of the next section. It will make things far easier for you.
Although eleventy-one years is far too short a--
No, wait, sorry.
Are you one of those people who enjoys the collecting part of Collectible Card Games more than the game part? Well, the PPC Card Game is here to help!
Card Game Packs
No, you can't buy them (sorry), but you can now get your very own randomised pack of six cards from any of the four completed generations, delivered straight to your screen! Gen5 will be added when it's finished.
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I hope I'm allowed to nitpick on the card choice.
1. I think that the card types should be rather evenly distributed.
2. Can you actually get gold cards in that? If yes, are they in place of a rare or its usual equivalent?
4. I don't think that there should be duplicates. I think I once ended up with three copies of one location. If that had happened at a card shop, I would have probably thrown the pack onto the counter dramatically. ;)
1/ There aren't even numbers of each card, so that would make some things - eg, Mary-Sues - unreasonably common. For instance, in Gen5 there are, er, 2 Sues, and over 40 Agents. Gen3 has only 3 Agents. Etcetera.
2/ The Gen3 gold cards aren't available, since they're /only/ in the Theme Pack (special, see?). The Gen2 golds are available in place of the rare card. The Gen5 golds will also be in place of rares.
97/ I agree, and I can probably make it not happen, with a bit of work. Part of the problem may be that the random number generator is based on the system clock - and it can quite possibly take all the readings in the same time-unit.
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I] Yeah, that makes sense. Still, there should be some way to check that you don't get weird distributions. You cou,d for example, end up with 2 agents in Gen3.
II] Ah, I thought so.
Φ] Okay, now I really want to see the source.
Because from what I saw, the window just froze when I clicked the button.
... about ten seconds in Chrome, or three in IE. But it has a fair amount of work to do, and my computer's pretty good, so it probably depends.
hS
With a shiny new laptop.
I tested it in IE, and it works there.
So it must be Firefox... weird, since your code seems to support Firefox.
Specifically, Chrome can't count - it reads twice as many nodes in the XML than IE - and I assumed this was a Chrome-specific problem. If it's a not-IE-specific problem, then Firefox would be using the IE code, reading twice as many nodes as the code allows for, and crashing to death.
I'll work on it later.
hS
Since it would help the VG fandom become playable for Gen 5.
Also, what do the little rarity letters on the top left corner of the card stand for? I think "c" is common, "r" is rare, but what do "u" and "g" mean?
A Location has an image (obviously), name, fandom, and type - the types are all listed on the rules. It can also have an attached monster, but doesn't have to.
A Monster should be something that can hurt you, without being a likely Lust Object. Balrogs, Goblins, Smelly Men, Drunken Activists, etc etc. They have a name and picture, species, and Attack, Defence and Health. There's no required total for the stats - except that they can't go above 6, and a 6-6-6 monster is a real rarity (thus far there are two). They also have a fandom (obviously), and state their Location.
To be classed as fully playable, a fandom needs ten Monsters, which means at least ten Locations (but likely more). It also needs ten Canons and Agents - VG currently has 4 and 6.
(Oh, and if you're really bored - a Crossover needs a picture from each fandom, able to be recognised when sliced in half. ;))
hS
...after this, I'm done. I swear.
All right then, after much debating, here are the monsters and stats I came up with:
Zelda monsters:
Moblin
Can be found in Hyrule Castle, Hyrule Field or Lost Woods.
Atk: 3
Def: 3
HP: 3
Bokoblin
Can be found in Hyrule Field, Lost Woods, or Death Mountain.
Atk: 2
Def: 2
HP: 3
Skulltula
Can be found in Lost Woods or Death Mountain.
Atk: 1
Def: 4
HP: 3
Leever
Can be found in Hyrule Field or Gerudo Valley.
Atk: 3
Def: 1
HP: 4
Ganondorf
Can be found in Temple of Time or Ganon's Tower. Remember kids: it is written that only Link can defeat Ganon...
Atk: 5
Def: 5
HP: 5
Half-Life monstersHead humper Headcrab
Can be found in ALL Half-Life Locations.
Atk: 2
Def: 1
HP: 1
Zombie
Can be found in Ravenholm, City 17, or Highway 17.
Atk: 3
Def: 2
HP: 4
Overwatch
Can be found in City 17, Highway 17, or White Forest.
Atk: 3
Def: 2
HP: 3
Houndeye
Can be found in Black Mesa or Xen.
Atk: 2
Def: 1
HP: 2
StarCraft monsters
Featuring the Swarm!
Zergling
Can be found in ALL StarCraft Locations.
Atk: 2
Def: 1
HP: 1
Hydralisk
Can be found on Mar Sara, Aiur, or the Char Nydus Network.
Atk: 3
Def: 3
HP: 2
Mutalisk
Can be found on Aiur.
Atk: 3
Def: 2
HP: 4
Aaaaand last but not least, your canons:
Link
Speed: 3
Saria
Speed: 1
Princess Ruto
Speed: 3
Gordon Freeman
Speed: 3
Barney Calhoun
Speed: 2
Alyx Vance
Speed: 2
Darn, forgot to add what kind of monster it is. Here goes:
Moblin: Pig-man
Bokoblin: Pig-man
Skulltula: Giant spider
Leever: gumdrop Cactus monster
Ganondorf: Gerudo
Headcrab: Parasite
Zombie: Human-parasite
Overwatch: Transhuman
Houndeye: Sonicanis myriops
Zergling: Zerg
Hydralisk: Zerg
Mutalisk: Zerg
Link: Hylian
Saria: Kokiri
Princess Ruto: Zora
Gordon Freeman: Human
Barney Calhoun: Human
Alyx Vance: Human
Hey, at least lemme add some VG locations from games I know! :P
Anyway, I'm gonna jump in with some more locations, and I might throw in some more canons for good measure. Let's see...
Citadel - VG - City
Image: 
Collector Base - VG - Planet (Well, that's the closest approximation I can come up with, anyway.)
Image: 
Normandy SR-2 - VG - Spaceship
Image: 
The Fade - VG - Plain
Image: 
Kirkwall - VG - Tower
Image: 
Princess Peach's Castle - VG - Castle
Image: 
USG Ishimura - VG - Spaceship
Image: 
Titan Station - VG - City
Image: 
And now, I think we should probably throw some Monsters in there for good measure. So let's see...
Goomba - VG - Mook
Imgae: 
Attack: 3
Defense: 1
Health: 1
Koopa Troopa - VG - Humanoid Turtle
Image:
Attack: 2
Defense: 4
Health: 3
Cerberus Trooper - VG - Human
Image: 
Attack: 4
Defense: 3
Health: 4
Reaper Husk - VG - Android (Again, closest match I could work with)
Image: 
Attack: 5
Defense: 1
Health: 2
Thresher Maw - VG - Sand Worm
Image: 
Attack: 4
Defense: 5
Health: 6
Hurlock - VG - Undead
Image: 
Attack: 3
Defense: 2
Health: 3
Ogre (Dragon Age) - VG - Undead
Image: 
Attack: 6
Defense: 3
Health: 5
Motobug - VG - Android
Image: 
Attack: 2
Defense: 3
Health: 1
Paratroopa - VG - Humanoid Turtle
Image: 
Attack: 2
Defense: 4
Health: 2
Slasher - VG - Necromorph
Image: 
Attack: 3
Defense: 5
Health: 2
And what the heck, I'll throw in a few more canons just for posterity.
Isaac Clarke - VG - Male - Human - 2 Speed
Image: 
Mario - VG - Male - Human - 4 Speed
Image: 
Princess Peach - VG - Female - Human - 2 Speed
Image:
Anders - VG - Male - Human - 2 Speed
Image: 
Alistair - VG - Male - Human - 3 Speed
Image: 
Garrus Vakarian - VG - Male - Alien - 4 Speed
Image: 
Urdnot Wrex - VG - Male - Alien - 3 Speed
Image: 
*phew* That oughta keep you busy for a while.
I really need to come up with a decent set of icons for location types... I'm still using an Elven tower for 'City', it's massively outdated.
Thank you very much for making monsters! However, I run into a slight problem - while I've decided not to list monsters on locations, I still need to give locations on monsters! And while I can recognise the Mario ones (I may have to come up with some Mario locations for them to live in, otherwise Peach's castle will be packed, the others are way outside my ken. So, er... help? Where do they live?
hS
Some of the monsters I gave actually can't have a location ascribed to them yet because I didn't set up some cards for them. For that, I'll need to come up with a few more location cards, so I'll get to them in a second. For the ones that can be located...
-Goomba, Koopa, Paratroopa can all fit in Mario locations like Princess Peach's Castle, as you mentioned.
-Slashers can be placed on either the Ishimura or Titan Station.
-Cerberus Troopers can be placed on the Citadel.
-Reaper Husks can be placed on the Collector Base.
For the rest, I should probably throw a few other ones in. So here, have some more locations:
Tuchanka - VG -
Image: 
-Thresher Maws can be placed on Tuchanka.
Denerim - VG - City
Image: 
The Deep Roads - VG - Cave
Image: 
You can place Hurlocks and Ogres on either Denerim or The Deep Roads.
Green Hill Zone - VG - Hill
Image: http://supersmashbroschronicles.webs.com/poi.bmp
You can place Motobugs in the Green Hill Zone.
And ah, what the heck? I'll throw in some more Mario locations for you to go wild with.
World 1-1 - VG - Plain
Image: 
Rainbow Cruise - VG - Spaceship
Image: 
For ease, Goombas and Koopa Troopas can go in Princess Peach's Castle or World 1-1. Paratroopas can go onto any of these places.
Hope that helped!
(Hehe)
hS
All right, I've cobbled this together from some of my fandoms:
The Zelda pack:
Hyrule Castle [Castle]
Hyrule field [Plain]
Lost Woods [Forest]
Death Mountain [Mountain]
Gerudo Valley [Valley]
Temple of Time [Room]
Ganon's Tower [Tower]
The Half-Life pack:
Ravenholm [City] 
City 17 [City]
Highway 17 [Plain]
White Forest [Forest]
Black Mesa Facility [Hallway]
Xen [Planet]
The StarCraft pack:
New Gettysburg [City]
Mar Sara [Planet]
Aiur [Forest] It's the best image of the planet I could find. Just ignore the zerg-infested city and the planet is covered in dense jungle.
Char Nydus Network [Caves]
I'll get to posting monsters and/or canons when I've got some more spare time on my hands.
This is them all.
Including...
hS
U for uncommon would make sense... maybe G is for "foil" cards, e.g. shiny alternate versions. But how is decided which cards get foil versions?
And the answer varies by generation:
In Gen2 I made five gold cards on whim.
In Gen3 the leaders of three factions in the Crashing Down pack got gold cards.
In Gen5, every 11th card I make also gets a gold card. This may not be obvious from where they come on the Board, since I'm also making canons that I'm not posting here, but it is every 11th. My order of card creation is usually:
-Whatever Board-listed cards I'm making this block.
-Any canons associated with those.
This is variable if it'll cause a card not posted on-Board to get the gold, but for the most part, it works. So yeah - it's random. Can't have favouritism, even when I'd like to. ;)
hS
Card Type: Agent
Name: Doc
Department: Floaters
Fandom: Les Misérables
Species: Human
Years of Service: 2011-
Lust Object: Enjolras
Picture: (Sorry it's so big!)
Weapon: metal pole (the far right Mace image on the rules page will work fine.)
Stats:
*Attack: 1
*Defence: 3
*Speed: 2
*Stealth: 3
*Insanity: 3
*Special: 3
Special Ability-Research: Move Doc to another location of any fandom.
(Sorry about the uncommon fandom; Doc is sort of a generalist. I went with a fandom that's already appeared on an older card, so it's at least a little interactive with the rest of the game. Here's a picture of Enjolras:)
Card Type: Canon
Name: Miss MacKinnon
Fandom: PPC
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Speed: 1
And her picture:
If I measured properly, that should fit within the Canon card frame fairly well.
And, since you asked for feedback on the game . . . I had printed out decks of Gen One cards and played four or five games with my brother several months ago. We found that the Sue deck was (perhaps appropriately) massively overpowered, and whoever played with it was guaranteed to win. This was due to one Sue card in particular, Kawaii Baka.
With a huge Special stat, Kawaii was pretty much guaranteed to beat any Comparison to activate her special, and she usually didn't have to, since her Speed is high enough to keep the opponent's cards out of her location. (Or another Sue with even higher Speed could be moved there to help guard her.) The trouble is, her ability feeds into itself so the opponent never gets a chance to take action to stop her. We implemented a house rule that Kawaii's Special couldn't be activated during the bonus turns she herself created, but even then, Kawaii's player had a 2:1 turn advantage over his opponent, which is pretty massive. We finally changed the house rule to, "Kawaii's Special can be activated once per game," which made the decks more balanced, but by then, we were kind of burned out from playing, and haven't really had a chance to touch it again since.
So . . . I guess I ended up reviewing just the one card, which wasn't my intention starting out. :(
Unfortunately, that one card had a disproportionately large effect on our gameplay.
hS
They look great!
(Will get to your cards when I get to them, but this is for the review)
That... is a somewhat overpowered ability. Let's see if I can fix it up.
-Movement: The rules appear to be badly-written on this (and many other) point. I think what I meant was that if Kawaii and Agent Acacia are at the same location, and Acacia wants to leave, Kawaii can try to block her (probably successfully). If Acacia wants to move in, it's up to someone at her current Location to block - Kawaii can't do a thing. She could block against a Reinforcement from an Enemy, but again, that would require someone to already be there.
-Ability wording: I'm assuming that you read this as 'Take two more actions', rather than the literal interpretation of 'After using this ability, do one more thing', which would make it nothing more than a stalling tactic. :P So... hmm.
What about if it said 'Minuet - Through the power of bad spelling, stretch time and take two non-special actions next turn.' That would still have that 2:1 advantage, but Kawaii's ATK and DEF are pretty low - with the dice it's always random, but she could go down in one hit from something sufficiently powerful (the Balrog, say - and with the new Narav card, you can try to summon It there), and anything sufficiently strong could well block all her attacks.
Unless she's on a Hill. Kawaii Baka on a Hill is a dangerous prospect - but that's why she's a Rare card, neh?
(I'm curious - with the Sues in general, are they overpowered because of their abilities, or because of their ruleset? Because, ooh, I can see massive problems with that Ensnare bonus - wow, even Kawaii could hit 7 ATK with three canons and a Hill. Maybe the bonuses should be to Defence instead - gives you more staying power rather than making you overpowered)
hS
Ah, I see where I misinterpreted the Movement-blocking rules. That would loosen up gameplay immensely.
I'm not quite sure what you're saying in the ability wording paragraph. I read the line "take two turns" to mean the player gets two additional turns after the one in which this Special is performed, which opened that player up to the chance to use Kawaii's Special again in that following turn. I take it that it's meant to give two additional Actions within the same turn that Minuet is used? Perhaps Kawaii-only Actions?
I think the best way to change the wording is to replace "turns" with "actions," since that's what you intended to convey. And maybe specify whether the extra actions are for Kawaii only, or for her player in general.
The Sues did tend to gain in power pretty quickly, but the agents actually tended to catch up soon enough. Many of the agents (at least, in the subset I printed) have either attack-boosting or defence-hindering Specials, and the Stealth bonus helps too. Snap was also useful for thinning the Monster cards out of the opponents' ranks, which is something the Sue deck had to do directly through combat, which helped keep the agents not critically overwhelmed.
I think, with this better understanding of the rules, I need to try a few more games again and see what happens. (If I can tear my brother away from video games long enough. Maybe Mom will play with me?) I'll get back to you after.
One thing we were confused about was deck contents. I just noticed that the Ensare rules call for targeting an enemy canon, but I had built the agent deck with no canons, and put canon cards only in the Sue deck for them to Ensare. (Yes, it's a reading comprehension failure on my part. I guess my Magic: the Gathering sensibilities didn't allow for adding a card to a deck whose only purpose was to strengthen the enemy?) I know you're busy enough with making card images right now, since I don't expect definitive deck rules right away. Just something to think about. :)
—doctorlit, who recognizes that he is massively over-thinking a collector card game and apologizes for All Dem Words.
Bear in mind that the rules when Generation One was made were... quite different. The Special stat actually determined the reload time of the ability - it was stupidly complicated, and one of the main reasons Generation Zero is described as unplayable.
Additionally, Gen4 seems to have lost the Lust Object bonus (or at least I can't find it any more). It used to be that your agent's Insanity would give an Attack bonus if their Lust Object was present, which of course means you would bring the Lust Objects for all your agents along... but without that factor, yeah, it really should be /any/ Canon to Ensnare.
-- oh, wow, I'd forgotten how bad Gen0 was. If you're interested, my original idea of how a TCG should work is here.
hS
Sure, the cheat sheet is good, but it shouldn't be the sole source of rules.
I suppose you're right. But it so nearly fits on the cheat sheet... :P
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Name: Gilbert Hawk
Weapon: Wand, box elder and dragon heartstring, 11.5"
Department: DMS-Myst
Active: 2005-
Image: 
ATTACK: 2
DEFENSE: 3
SPEED: 3
STEALTH: 2
INSANITY: 2
SPECIAL: 3
Animagus - can turn into American kestrel. +1 stealth, +2 speed, -2 defense, -1 attack.
Madison Stephanie O'Grady
Image: 
Weapon: Neutralizer (Dalek gun), fiery breath
Departments: DIC (as intern), DoGA
Active: 2008-2009
ATTACK: 3
DEFENSE: 1
SPEED: 2
STEALTH: 2
INSANITY: 4
SPECIAL: 3
Dragon Breath - can produce a 4m jet of flame. +3 attack, -2 stealth, -1 speed.
If there's room, note that it needs 1d6 turns to recharge.
LO: Jamie MacCrimmon
With a few slight modifications to fit the theme, but.
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Took me some time to get these up because I had to figure some stuff out. I think a good Department Special for the All-Purpose Department would be "Specific Knowledge: +2 to any one stat for 2 turns. Only usable if the Agent is in their fandom."
Name - Barid
Department - All-Purpose Department
Fandom - Warcraft
Species - Troll (5 HP)
Years of Service - 2009-present
Lust Object - Lady Sylvanas
Picture - Agent Barid
Weapon - Shadow Magic
Stats - Attack 5, Defense 1, Speed 4, Stealth 1, Insanity 4, Special 0
Special Ability - Power Word: Shield - Raises the defense of any agent to 5 for 1 turn.
Name - Brightbeard
Department - All-Purpose Department
Fandom - Warcraft
Species - Dwarf (6 HP)
Years of Service - 2009-present
Lust Object - Thrall
Picture - Agent Brightbeard
Weapon - War Hammer (Mace)
Stats - Attack 3, Defense 5, Speed 2, Stealth 1, Insanity 2, Special 2
Special Ability - Tank - Forces any unit attacking another Agent to attack Brightbeard instead, if both Agents are in the same location.
hS
Lots of agents coming in, so look out below!
Name: Florestan
Department: DIC
Fandom: Video Game
Species: Human
Years of Service: 2011-
Lust Object: Tali'Zorah vas Normandy
Image: 
Weapon: Gun
Stats
Attack: 2
Defence: 2
Speed: 5
Stealth: 1
Insanity: 4
Special: 1
Special: Rant - At the complete cost of Florestan's Stealth, increase the Attack of all other Agents in play by 1 point for 2 turns.
----**----
Name: Eusabius
Department: DIC
Fandom: VG
Species: Human
Years of Service: 2011-
Lust Object: Anders
Image: 
Weapon: Pikestaff [Mace]
Stats
Attack: 3
Defence: 4
Speed: 1
Stealth: 2
Insanity: 3
Special: 2
Special: Unshakable Calm - Increase Stealth and Defence by 1 point for 1 turn.
----**----
Name: Xanthus Garkaran
Department: Floaters
Fandom: Video Game
Species: Alien
Years of Service: 2011-
Lust Object: None
Image: 
Weapon: Gun
Stats
Attack: 4
Defence: 2
Speed: 2
Stealth: 3
Insanity: 1
Special: 3
Special: Nostalgia Trip: Increase Defense of one other Agent card of choice by 1 point for 2 turns.
----**----
Name: Anneli Rodriguez
Department: Floaters
Fandom: Any
Species: Human
Years of Service: 2011-
Lust Object: Edward Cullen
Image: 
Weapon: Hand (Mace)
Stats
Attack: 1
Defence: 2
Speed: 4
Stealth: 3
Insanity: 3
Special: 2
Special: Like, Oh My God! - Increase Attack by 2 points for 1 turn.
----**----
Name: Cinderella
Department: Floaters
Fandom: Harry Potter
Species: Witch
Years of Service: 2011-
Lust Object: None
Image: 
Weapon: Wand (Magic)
Stats
Attack: 5
Defence: 2
Speed: 3
Stealth: 3
Insanity: 1
Special: 1
Special: Desperate Measures - At the complete cost of Cinderella's Stealth for 3 Turns, liberate 1 Ensnared Canon of your choice.
----**----
Also, have a few more canon cards:
----**----
Sonic the Hedgehog:
Video Game - Male
Humanoid Hedgehog
Image: 
Speed - [Max]
----**----
Tali'Zorah vas Normandy:
Video Game - Female
Alien [Quarian]
Image: 
Speed - 3
----**----
Sephiroth
Video Game - Male
Human Mutant
Image: 
Speed - 2
And yes, I did make Cinderella more powerful.
hS
...when they should not be identical.
Just thought I'd point out that small error there.
Fixed. There's always something...
hS
And otherwise, they look great, so... =D
Name: Sylvia
Department: Floaters
Fandom: SciFic
Species: Human
Years of Service: 2011-
Lust Object: Malcolm Reynolds
Picture: http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Sylvia?image=Sylvia-282-29-jpg
Weapon: Deathclaw Gauntlet
Stats
Attack: 3
Defence: 1
Speed: 4
Stealth: 1
Insanity: 2
Special: 4
Special: Question Motives- Attacking cannon gets -2 to attack.
Name: Natasha
Department: Floaters
Fandom: Fantasy
Species: Human
Years of Service: 2011-
Lust Object: Terra
Picture: http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Natasha?image=Natasha2-jpg
Weapon: Backpack
Stats
Attack: 2
Defence: 1
Speed: 2
Stealth: 3
Insanity: 3
Special: 4
Special: WHAT?!- Increase Insanity by 2 for one turn.
Is this alright?
Good grief, if I make a few Locations, Video Games will be a playable fandom before long...
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Four, to be precise. Sorry for the rush. Feel free to tweak the pictures to fit the card if necessary.
Laura Dukes
Department: DMS
Fandom: Video Games
Species: Human
Years Active: 2007-Present
LO: Garrus V.
Picture: 
Weapon: Combat knives
Stats: Attack 4, Defense 2, Speed 2, Stealth 1, Insanity 4, Special 2
SA: Leeroy - Increases attack and speed by 2 and decreases defense to 0 for one round.
Danny Richardson
Department: DMS
Fandom: Video Games
Species: Human
Years Active: 2010 - Present
LO: Zoey
Picture: 
Weapon: Shotgun
Stats: Attack 2, Defense 4, Speed 3, Stealth 3, Insanity 1, Special 2
SA: Research - Subtract one from speed and add one to any other stat for one turn.
Gremlin
Department: DBS
Fandom: Sci-fi
Species: Metahuman
Years Active: 2010 - Present
LO: The Doctor
Picture: 
Weapon: Genetic electrical manipulation
Stats: Attack 2, Defense 2, Speed 3, Stealth 4, Insanity 1, Special 3
SA: Zap! - Additional +2 to attack when attacking from stealth
Xericka
Department: DBS
Fandom: Video Games
Species: Nobody
Years Active: 2010 - Present
LO: None
Picture: 
Weapon: Hand-to-hand
Stats: Attack 1, Defense 5, Speed 2, Stealth 5, Insanity 0, Special 2
SA: Shadow Portal - Switch positions on the field with any other Agent.
I must have made at least one, right?
hS
No mistakes that I can see. Thank you!
Oh, right, because my agents and I were AWOL for over a year. *sweatdrop* Well, I aim to correct that right now . . .
Name: Suicide
Department: DMS
Fandom: Variable
Species: Human
Years of Service: 2007-present
Lust Object: Scary women
Picture: 
(Can be cropped as needed)
Weapon: Darning Needles (thrown spear-- stat-equivalent to bow)
Stats:
ATTACK - 4
DEFENSE - 3
SPEED - 2
STEALTH - 1
INSANITY - 5
SPECIAL - 0
Special Ability: 11% Cyborg -- Can take a one-time +3 health bonus.
Name: Diocletian
Department: DMS
Fandom: LotR
Species: Human
Years of Service: 2007-present
Lust Object: Legolas
Picture: 
(crop as needed)
Weapon: Morningstar (mace)
Stats:
ATTACK - 3
DEFENSE - 5
SPEED - 3
STEALTH - 3
INSANITY - 1
SPECIAL - 0
Special Ability: Calm Down! - For one round, add another agent's INSANITY to said agent's DEFENSE.
I may add Ithalond and maybe a couple of Sues if I get the chance later. XD BTW, I apologize if the cards above don't make much sense or break the game--I don't play TCG much, and am still a newbie at this kind of thing.
(I get like that sometimes...)
So who are the PPC's most famous agents? Beyond just Jay and Acacia. I think we need another Theme Deck...
hS
Thank you so much! But please don't call them famous. Especially Su. If his ego gets much bigger, Bad Things will happen. :D
And out of curiosity, who did the art? It is most brilliant.
Of all the ways for the universe to end, Death by Su's Ego is kind of . . . ignominious.
And it's doll-maker art. Not sure if I should grin or hang my head in shame, but DollDivine is a fantastic site. Oddly enough, it was a lot harder to find a decent one for Dio than it was for Suicide; I wound up having to edit out a hell of a lot of extraneous eyeliner.
. . . do you have to have at least one point in Special for said special ability to work? Because if so, their rearranged stats would look like this.
Suicide:
ATTACK - 4
DEFENCE - 3
SPEED - 2
STEALTH - 1
INSANITY - 4
SPECIAL - 1
Diocletian:
ATTACK - 3
DEFENCE - 4
SPEED - 3
STEALTH - 3
INSANITY - 1
SPECIAL - 1
Once again, I apologize for any mistakes.
Gaspard De Grasse
Department: Intelligence
Species: Human
Fandom: Legend of Zelda
Service: 2012 to present
Lust object: Princess Zelda
Pic: 
Weapon: No-look willy-nilly fists of fury
Stats:
Attack: *
Defence: **
Speed: *****
Stealth: *****
Insanity: *
Special: *
Special ability: Surveillance: Opponent has to reveal three unplayed cards
...offering you more opportunities to mess with your opponent's hand.
Angus MacFarlane
Department: Intelligence
Species: Human
Fandom: Discworld
Service: 2008-
Lust object: Sgt. Angua
Pic: Recruitment picture of MacFarlane in 2003, before he transferred out of All-Purpose and joined Intel where he gained an extra 15kg. 
Weapon: Burleigh & Stronginthearm crossbow
Stats
Attack: 2
Defense: 2
Speed: 2
Stealth: 3
Insanity: 4
Special: 2
Special Ability: Fresh Intel: All enemy units suffer -1 stealth/observe for 2 turns.
***
Nasir Beydoun
Department: Intelligence
Species: Human
Fandom: Video Games
Service: 2003-
Lust object: Champion Cynthia (from Pokémon D/P)
Pic:
Weapon: Webley revolver
Stats
Attack: 2
Defence: 2
Speed: 4
Stealth: 3
Insanity: 2
Special: 2
Special ability: Intel Report: Marks one target for 2 turns, decreases defence by 2.
Another Disc agent? Awesome.
hS
Welcome to having a fandom all to yourself! This is the new cross-fandom VG, Video Games. It exists to keep me sane. The only cards for it so far are Gaspard and Zelda.
hS, off to figure out if My Little Pony can possibly be listed under 'Anime'
I completely overlooked the fact that you need a high enough Special to use a Special Ability. Revised stats to make Surveillance a little less useless:
Attack: *
Defence: **
Speed: ****
Stealth: ****
Insanity: 0
Special: ****
If I read the rules properly, bare hands count as a mace-type weapon, right?
The word 'compare' is defined at the top right of the rules - it involves dice. A Special of 0 can beat even one of 5, if you roll a 6 and your opponent rolls 1.
And yes, hands are a mace, by Longstanding Tradition (TM).
hS
... I'm going to go with your original stats. Not that the game isn't already broken beyond repair (the Balrog and Bel-Shamharoth are nigh-unbeatable monsters), but, y'know, whim.
hS
Name: Riboflavin
Department: ESAS
Fandom: Harry Potter
Species: Human - Wizard
Years of Service: 2008-
Lust Object:
Picture: see http://stranglerfig.webs.com/riboflavin.htm
Weapon: Wand
Stats:
Attack 2
Defence 3
Speed 3
Stealth 3
Insanity 2
Special: 2
Special Ability: Impedimenta charm. +2 to speed for 2 turns
Don't suppose it's possible to edit old cards (make Entropy's years of service 2004-2008)?
Elcalion
"But hS," I don't hear you say, "that was never eleven!" Ah, dear reader, but it was - if you take the canon cards I've had to make to keep up into account.
(And yes, Entropy can be retconned. The magic of the internet!)
hS
Thank you muchly!
Would you like "help" (i.e. give you more work to do!) in finding some images for some extra canons (because there's a few Lust Objects out there without cards)?
e.g.
Idril
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs47/f/2009/185/0/7/IdrilCelebrindalbyFeliche.jpg)
Beruthiel
(<a href="http://tolkiengateway.net/w/images/3/3b/PaulaDiSante-ReportingtoBeruthiel.JPG">http://tolkiengateway.net/w/images/3/3b/PaulaDiSante-ReportingtoBeruthiel.JPG)
Tonks
(http://www4.images.coolspotters.com/wallpapers/74123/nymphadora-tonks-mobile-wallpaper.jpg)
Mirax Terrik
(<a href="http://www.xwpilots.de/Komponenten/miraxtpa3klein.gif">http://www.xwpilots.de/Komponenten/miraxtpa3klein.gif)
Jagged Fel
(<a href="http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/5/5a/Jaggedfel.jpg">http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/5/5a/Jagged_fel.jpg)
(Idril gets a shiny because she fell into the magic Eleventh Place slot... after a bit of shuffling)
hS
I've already snuck Tonks into Gen5, but the rest... yesss, I think these will definitely help.
Once I get through all the agents posted before them, of course...
hS
Riboflavin's LO is (Nymphadora) Tonks
OK, I'll try to give one of my two agents now. If she is all correct, and I haven't missed anything with her, I'll post Ari, Lana and Narav.
Name: Tera
Department: Floaters
Fandom: Anime
Species: Insect-humanoid Summon
Years of Service: 2011-present
Lust Object: Garyuu (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
Picture: 
Feel free to crop the picture to fit on the card.
Weapon: Arm-blades (they are retractable, and have pretty good reach)
Stats
Attack: 3
Defense:2
Speed:4
Stealth:3
Insanity:2
Special:1
Special Ability: Invisibility--when attacking, Tera gets to raise her stealth by one point.
Name: Ari
Department: Floaters
Fandom: Anime
Species: Mid-Childan/Replacement Sue
Years of Service: 2011-present
Lust Object: Yuuno Scrya
Weapon: Nanoha-verse magic
Stats
Attack:3
Defense:3
Speed:2
Stealth:2
Insanity:0
Special:5
Special Ability: Spark Shot. Does 1 damage to all enemies in a Location.
Name: Lana
Department: Mary Sues
Fandom: Anime
Species: Human (but trained as a Smoke Knight)
Years of Service: 2008-present
Lust Object: Violetta
Weapon: Ax
Stats
Attack:3
Defense:2
Speed:4
Stealth:5
Insanity:0
Special:1
Special Ability: Poisons--lowers the stats of her opponent by 1
Name: Narav
Department: Mary Sues
Fandom: Anime
Species: Canim
Years of Service: 2008-present
Lust Object: ???
Weapon: Bloodspeaker magic*
Stats
Attack:4
Defense:4
Speed:3
Stealth:1
Insanity:1
Special:2
Special Ability: Summon monsters. Takes away 3 health tokens (unless that's too much, adjust the amount to make sense if need be)
That's the only picture of his species.
*Bloodspeaker magic can do a lot of stuff. So, it might be under rules similar to the HP Magic.
I've 'interpreted' Narav's ability, but you know what's more awesome than a Summon Monsters ability that just causes damage? One that actually summons monsters! Or at least I think so. :P
hS
That's a pretty good interpretation, actually. Though, why does Ari have four curvy lines on her card?
Also, are we allowed to make cards for canon characters? If so, I have a few ideas.
Specifically that's the symbol for telepathy-and-related magic. It was kind of a guess - if she'd go better with a wand, lightning bolt, fire or, er, unicorn horn, I can change it.
And yes, you are. Gulp.
hS
Well, Nanoha-verse magic is usually used with an Intelligent Device, but I don't think you could find one that would best represent it...
Oh! How about a magic circle? Or triangle, since Ari uses Belkan magic.
Her magic color is red, which is good, since black wouldn't show up well on the cards. And I think I'll be making some cards for Nanoha and Madoka, but I'll try to not go overboard with them.
Um...
Sorry, but how do you determine speed for a Canon card?
With a hint of random guesswork.
hS
What's the scale for them? 1 through 5, as with the Agent cards?
Human baseline is 2, I think, though that tends to vary (like I said, random).
And Ari's symbol has been changed. The magic triangle looks faintly awesome.
hS
Glad to help. So, let's see.
Name: Nanoha Takamachi
Fandom: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Speed: 3
Name: Fate Testarossa Harlaown
Fandom: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
Gender: Female
Species: Mid-Childan/Clone
Speed: 5 (I am not joking. She can outrun/fly a TELEPORTER.)
Picture: 
Fate is the one in black, Nanoha is in white.
There are a lot more eleventh cards than I expected...
hS
And, may I propose canons from two more series? (One's actually involved, as my Agents' LOs are from there. The other one, well I'd just like to see it done, if it isn't too much work for you.
From Card Captor Sakura (anime)
Sakura Kinomoto - Female Human - Speed: 3
Syaoran Li - Male Human - Speed: 2 (No Fly or Dash cards for you, Syaoran. Sorry.)
From Puella Magi Madoka Magica:
Homura Akemi - Female Human - Speed: 5 (If something tries to capture her, she stops time and leaves explosives where she was standing. Even Fate would have troubles with her.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MUKc5Mt9ZMw/TeVZQUUHzgI/AAAAAAAAAto/3h3078KZ_5w/s1600/homura+akemi.jpg)
You may notice a different picture for Sakura Thatdoesn'tfit - that's because I'd already made her. ;) I'd also made Syaoran Thatdoesfit - using the exact same picture.
And now I have caught up with you lot! Time for an Announcement...
hS
In fact, I think your choice fits better.
And, about Homura, you wrote "homura" uncapitalized.
*grabs homura Akemi" Mini get! Awwww!
Capital 'h' and 'd' are extremely tall in that font, so they stick out the top; therefore, any names beginning with h or d get lowercase'd. At one point I think I bolded them or upsized them to try and make up for it, but not any more.
hS
Hm... Shouldn't Homura be a Puella Magi? She's not technically a human anymore.
I wonder if Witches count as Monsters or Canons?
Let's see here:
Tomoe Mami: Puella Magi Canon, Speed 3
Sakura Kyoko: Puella Magi Canon, Speed 4
Miki Sayaka: Puella Magi Canon, Speed 3
Kaname Madoka: Puella Magi Canon, Speed 4
Monsters:
Gertrud: Attack 4, Defense 3,Health 3. Anime, Rose Garden Witch. Can live in WITCH's BARRIER.
http://images.puella-magi.net/6/69/CardGertrud.png?20110119184824
Anthony: Attack 3, Defense 1, Health 1. Anime, Gertrud's Familiar. Can live in a Barrier if Gertrud is there.
<a href="http://images.puella-magi.net/a/ae/CardAnthony.png?20110118202449">http://images.puella-magi.net/a/ae/CardAnthony.png?20110118202449
Oktavia Von Seckendorff: Attack 6, Defense 4, Health 5. Anime, Mermaid Knight Witch. Can live in WITCH's BARRIER.
<a href="http://images.puella-magi.net/7/7b/CardOktavia.png?20110309182928">http://images.puella-magi.net/7/7b/CardOktavia.png?20110309182928
Charlotte: Attack 5, Defense 3, Health 7. Anime, Dessert Witch. Can live in WITCH'S BARRIER.
<a href="http://images.puella-magi.net/b/be/CardCharlotte.png?20110127123121">http://images.puella-magi.net/b/be/CardCharlotte.png?20110127123121
Pyotr: Attack 3, Defense 1, Health 1. Anime, Charlotte's Familiar. Can live in a Barrier if Charlotte is there.
<a href="http://images.puella-magi.net/6/61/CardPyotr.png?20110201121038">http://images.puella-magi.net/6/61/CardPyotr.png?20110201121038
Kriemhild Gretchen: Attack 1, Defense 1, Cannot be destroyed. Anime, Salvation Witch, Can exist in any Anime location
<a href="http://images.puella-magi.net/c/c5/CardKriemhild.png?20110324100002">http://images.puella-magi.net/c/c5/CardKriemhild.png?20110324100002
HN Elly: Attack 4, Health 2, Defense 3. Anime, Box Witch, can exist in WITCH'S BARRIER.
<a href="http://images.puella-magi.net/2/26/CardElly.png?20110202210021">http://images.puella-magi.net/2/26/CardElly.png?20110202210021
Walpurgis Nacht: Attack 7, Defense 3, Cannot be destroyed except by Kriemhild Gretchen. Anime, Stage-Building Witch. Can exist in any Anime location.
<a href="http://images.puella-magi.net/3/3f/CardWalpurgis.png?20110426142041">http://images.puella-magi.net/3/3f/Card_Walpurgis.png?20110426142041
Kyubey: Attack 1, Defense 1, Cannot be destroyed. Anime, Incubator. Can exist in any anime location. 
Location:
Witch's Barrier: Anime location. Witches, familiars and Puella Magi may come here (humans are usually eaten right after they come in.)
(I'm not having an unkillable behemoth around. If you can't find a Mary-Sue with the ability to kill Walpurgis Nacht, I'd be very surprised.)
And since the idea of those six in one location fills me with abject terror...
So now I know far more than I ever wanted to about this fandom.
hS
As Sergio pointed out, WPN IS killable, and I just forgot about the times where she died. Sorry.
The reason why Homura had to go thorugh several timelines isn't that Walpurgisnacht didn't die, is that Madoka died every time during that battle.
And we don't need a Mary Sue to bring her down. The fanfiction I am writing has that as a plot point.
Granted, I'm going to make Homura steal equipment from Army, Navy and Air Force, and there's Nanoha with a Movie-like Starlight Breaker, but still...
Walpy dies in pretty much every timeline, but Madoka dies in the process.
Ooh, another mini-Charlotte!
I guess WPN should have 6-6-undestroyable stats
And Narav is dark grey.
(Sorry - I had to)
For rule purposes, I'm going to put the arm-blade down as a sword, unless you think it works better as something else.
hS
Nah, the arm-blade is essentially a sword mounted on her wrist. That she can retract into her arm. And then still move her wrist and elbow.
Ah well, if this is all right, then I shall write up cards for my other agents!
OK then, here we go...
Name: Dr Kindheart
Department: Medical
Fandom: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Species: Unicorn
Years of Service: Frig, I don't know. 2005-present, I guess
Lust Object: Shining Armor
Weapons: My Little Pony Magic*
Stats
Attack: 2
Defense: 4
Speed: 4
Stealth: 3
Insanity:0
Special:2
Special Ability: Rant. Dr Kindheart gives a long-winded lecture about pony biology, and her opponent is so surprised by this that they become disbalanced, and lose one point off all their stats.
* Um, so I guess MLP Magic would be along the lines of telekinesis, magical blast, and one or two spells related to their Special Talent. In Kindheart's case, that's probably a healing spell. It could be represented on the card as a unicorn's horn.
OK, is that all right?
... that a My Little Pony in Medical is one of the most awesome things to come out of the recent PPC. ;)
hS
... that Medical agents have no fandom (because I can't fit it on the line). Other than that, working on it right now.
hS
Sergio Turbo
Department of Floaters
Anime
Human
2009-Present
Sakura Kinomoto
Assaul Rifle (gun)
Attack: 4
Defence: 2
Speed: 2
Stealth: 4
Insanity: 0
Special:3
Special Ability: Sniper - Can make accurate shots with Gun. +1 Attack and Stealth, -2 Speed
Nikki Cherryflower
Department of Floaters
Anime
Human
2011-Present
Syaoran Li
https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT4kqUW-iyHKMWGQAhpkrMoDB8rNRIdRKPjtIPigcwKWsmg2zA3_A
(with long hair, if possible. Yes, this is an image of the girl she's a badfic clone of.)
Magic
Attack: 2
Defence: 3
Speed: 3
Stealth: 2
Insanity: 2
Special:3
Special Ability:
(I went for 'rifle' over 'assault' for the gun, since I think on this scale, an assault rifle would look very like the blaster rifle)
(Long hair? Long/ish/ hair... and it's up to the player whether the grenade also damages Nikki)
hS
Nikki's Special Ability is: Grenade - Causes an explosion inflicting 1 damage to each unit in a Location
I'm trying. Really really hard.
Wait. What are the Sue/Agent tokens for if we have them as cards? And do the factions have any significance?
... the cards go on your Desk. The tokens represent them on the playing field. Basically, since you're tucking things under the cards and putting health tokens alongside them, it seemed sensible not to also be moving them around the table too much.
As to the factions - not especially. They're for custom rules (such as in the Crashing Down pack, it's possible for Factory Enemies to attack Black Cats).
Oh, and since I didn't end up saying it - any feedback on making the rules make sense would be appreciated. I'm hoping to keep it all fitting on two sides of paper, though... gulp.
hS
Anywho, have some agents.
Name: Nathan
Department: DF
Fandom: SciFi
Species: Human
Years of service: 2010-present
LO: Samantha Carter
Pic: 
Weapon: Generic gun
Stats:
Attack: 3
Defence: 2
Speed: 3
Stealth: 4
Insanity: 1
Special: 2
Special ability: Making a point - A Sue from this Location gets -1 of any stat for two turns.
Name: Greg
Department: DMS
Fandom: ---
Species: Human
Years of service: 2010-present
LO: ---
Pic: 
Weapon: Neuralyzer
Special ability: Sure, why not? - This agent gains any one fandom and one of its main characters as his fandom/LO.
Greg's link is defunct since I'm still drawing him. Also, feel free to tweak as you see fit, in case he's too weird.
Name: Saline
Department: DF
Fandom: SF
Species: Human
Years of service: 2011-present
LO: Baron Rivendare
Pic: 
Weapon: Magic
Stats:
Attack: 2
Defence: 2
Speed: 4
Stealth: 2
Insanity: 4
Special: 1
Special ability: Raise dead: Put one unit from your discarded cards under this agent. It counts as a fandomless zombie monster. (Only one zombie can be active at a time.) When this agent moves, the zombie either follows or dies.
Name: Priyala
Department: DF
Fandom: (Whatever MtG counts as)
Species: Ancient
Years of service: 2011-present
LO: Jace Beleren
Pic: 
Weapon: none
Stats:
Attack: 1
Defence: 2
Speed: 4
Stealth: 3
Insanity: 3
Special: 2
Special ability: Telepathy: Look at a player's hand.
Location: Stratholme [City]
Fandom: VG
Zombies may live here.
Yes. I play Magic: the Gathering. It shows. Also, just as with Carter for Nathan, Jace isn't really confirmed as her LO... the reactions to their abuse should be similar enough to count, though.
And as before, edit as you deem fit, image links defunct until I finish them.
hS
Well, to be fair, there's Duels of the Planeswalkers... but well, we can't errata VG to Games after that many cards.
... depending on what shows up in later versions, I may make a 'Fantasy' fandom and merge Narnia with it. Then she can be grandfathered in and edited, like someone from Gen1 who was 'Star Ocean' has been turned into VG just lately.
But no. My sanity would not allow a mass conversion at this point. And I don't know there's that many hardcopy-games with fandoms at all...
(If you want, I can switch her to 'M:TG' fandom, like how we've got a couple of standalone Les Mis-ers)
hS
Priyala is of course waiting on a picture. And yes, if you can post/give a backgroundless Saline, I can get rid of the discolouration on her gold hair...
hS
Also, I like what you did with the ability.
Click me hard!
If you intend to make gold cards of one of them, tell me and you'll get the backgroundless versions.
Name: Ellipsia
Department: DF
Fandom: VG
Species: Human
Years of Service: 2011-present
LO: ---
Pic: 
Weapon: Sword
Stats:
Attack: 3
Defence: 4
Speed: 2
Stealth: 1
Insanity: 3
Special: 2
Special ability: Panic Bubble: Prevents damage from/to an agent at this location for 1 turn.
More to come... when I make the pics.
I have to say, Greg is brilliant. He has no defaults because there wasn't room. ;)
Also, it crosses my mind that I might need to make some of these LOs now...
hS
Greg's stats:
Attack: 3
Defence: 3
Speed: 4
Stealth: 2
Insanity: 0
Special: 3
Oh, and in case he needs a default fandom/LO:
Magic: the Gathering
Liliana Vess
Name - Decima
Department - Bad Slash
Fandom - Harry Potter
Species - Human (Wizard)
Years of Service - 2011 - Present
Lust Object - Luna Lovegood
Picture - Decima
Weapon - Potterverse Magic
Stats - Attack 3, Defense 1, Speed 4, Stealth 3, Insanity 2, Special 2
Special Ability - Closet Dive: +1 Defense and Stealth, -1 Attack and speed for 1 turn.
I never knew someone make trading cards around here! Do you charge for manufacture, and how much?
And no manufacture. ;) They're all purely on the Interwebs, I'm afraid - I've never seen anywhere that will make custom cards like this, and given the copied nature of, er, everything in the game, I don't think it would be remotely legal.
Anyway, shipping would be insane - but pixels are free(ish).
hS
Right? Anyway, I can't wait. At least to look at your craft.
