Ooh, ouch.

Subject: Ooh, ouch.
Author: Huinesoron
Posted on: 2012-06-12 19:09:00 UTC

(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

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PPC Card Game: Fifth Generation by Huinesoron on 2012-06-08 15:51:00 UTC Reply

[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.

The Information I Need - you can't have your card without giving all of it.

Name, Department, Fandom, Species, Years of Service, Lust Object - all pretty self-explanatory. The six fandoms we have so far are LotR, Harry Potter, SciFi, Anime, Discworld and Narnia. It really helps if you fit in one of those, but if not, don't worry - you can put them down for anything, they'll just buck the trend. Years of Service (eg, 2001-2004, or 2007-present) are for that Department - so yes, you can have multiple versions if they transferred. Try to give different pictures, though. Every Agent needs a Lust Object, who should be from their fandom - and yes, only one.

Picture - Need this. People always seem to miss it out. Doll-maker images are okay, as are photographs, drawings, modified photos - most things. I'm willing to make simple changes (such as 'He looks like this picture of Legolas, but with blue hair), but not complicated ones ('This picture of Boromir, with the wings of a balrog and cybernetic implants on his arms and legs!'). You, of course, can make all the changes you please.

Weapon - for the most part, these will be downgraded - if you tell me he uses a MK-43 RXJ rocket-propelled grenade launcher with optional sniper sight... well, that'll probably get in, but if it wasn't a grenade launcher it'd be downgraded to A Gun. They're all the same in the Rules anyway.

Stats - as seen on Eledhwen's card above. The six stats should add up to 15, and the first five are pretty self-explanatory. Special is the dump stat - it takes any points you have left over. Each stat can go from 0 to 5, and should reflect your Agent, not what you think would make the best card ever.

Special Ability - This is where your imagination gets to run wild. Take a scroll through the previous generations - we've got shape-shifters, crazy people, calls for help... lots. I need a name and a description - but bear in mind they have to do something useful under the rules of the game. If you tell me his power is to change people's hair colour, that'll probably turn into 'disguises Canons so Sues cannot ensnare them'.

... that would be a really useful power, actually...

Also bear even more in mind that space is limited. Details will get snipped out to fit those three lines - Eledhwen's is actually a bit longer than I'd like.

Rarity is worked out by me according to Maths, and for this Generation we have a special treat in store! Every 11th card (yes, I know, but Maths says so) will also be available in a special shiny edition - as previously seen only in the Crashing Down Theme Deck. So if your card is #1, #12, #23 etc, look out for that.

Note: The Third Generation introduced PPC HQ as a playable world, and with that came canon characters and enemies. If you have someone who would work best as one of those two, feel free to give me them - just make sure to give the right information for their card type (and note that Flowers aren't available as PPC Canons - they show up as Monsters, and are not part of the Fifth Generation. Nor are we taking Mary-Sues this time - unless they fall better into the category of Enemy, so check the Rules and be very sure).

May Be Asked Questions

What's this all for? - Fun. :P The cards aren't available in shops, obviously, so there's no actual collection taking place, but it's fun to make them, and I hope it's fun to see your agent memorialised in card form!

I don't have Permission/any missions... - Not having any missions isn't a problem. Permission... oh, all right, then. Agents from people without Permission will be made - but try not to go overboard.

How many Agents can I post? - I'm going to regret this, no doubt, but: as many as you like. I will make them all - it may take a while (there are, uh, four agents from Gen4 who I've only made in time for Gen5, including of all people Paddlebrains), but I will make them all.

Can I play this? - Please do! It's been played, um, twice - no, three times - before, with earlier (ie, unplayable) versions of the rules, but I really think the current version should work - and maybe even be fun to play, with a little imagination. If you do decide to play, please take pictures and report on the game - or just review it, I suppose - because I'm slightly desperate for actual informed feedback. (The Gen4 rules have remained substantially unchanged for Gen5. They will be edited to add any new weapon images needed - and to add little things like the size of hand and deck, and maybe even order of play)

What's coming in Generation 6? - I'm glad you asked me that! I'll be aiming to enhance the playability of the Harry Potter and SciFi fandoms, as well as adding a full range of Crossover and Portal cards to allow access between fandoms. I'll also be developing Sue cards into a more generalised Badfic card type - so look out for Slashwraiths and Trolls, and maybe even Plotholes.

I really hope I've covered everything, but if you have more questions - just ask.

hS

An Announcement. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-15 22:09:00 UTC Reply

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.

(Requires Javascript may take some time to load warning image heavy works in IE and Chrome other browsers not tested)

hS

Now that it works... (Warning: Nitpickery.) by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-19 22:29:00 UTC Reply

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. ;)

Well, let's see... by Huinesoron on 2012-06-20 08:03:00 UTC Reply

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.

hS

Re: Well, let's see... by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-20 13:21:00 UTC Reply

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.

How long is "some time?" by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-15 23:26:00 UTC Reply

Because from what I saw, the window just froze when I clicked the button.

For me... by Huinesoron on 2012-06-16 07:40:00 UTC Reply

... 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

Firefox, and I'm talking about minutes here. by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-16 13:06:00 UTC Reply

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.

Well, it might not. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-16 16:32:00 UTC Reply

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

Maybe fixed? (nm) by Huinesoron on 2012-06-16 17:38:00 UTC Reply

Working for me in FireFox now. (nm) by doctorlit on 2012-06-16 21:12:00 UTC Reply

Can we post Video Game loactions/monsters? by SeaTurtle on 2012-06-13 13:15:00 UTC Reply

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?

Ohhh fine. :P by Huinesoron on 2012-06-13 17:45:00 UTC Reply

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

VG monsters and Canons (Image heavy) by SeaTurtle on 2012-06-19 22:15:00 UTC Reply

...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 monsters

~~Head 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

*Facepalms* by SeaTurtle on 2012-06-20 03:57:00 UTC Reply

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

Wait, we need cards for the VG fandom? (VERY Image Heavy) by HerrWozzeck on 2012-06-16 04:13:00 UTC Reply

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.

Well, stage 1... by Huinesoron on 2012-06-18 08:35:00 UTC Reply

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

Location, location, location, as Demitri Martin would say. by HerrWozzeck on 2012-06-18 13:12:00 UTC Reply

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!

*All* the things! by Huinesoron on 2012-06-19 11:40:00 UTC Reply

(Hehe)

hS

They all look great. =D (nm) by HerrWozzeck on 2012-06-19 16:55:00 UTC Reply

Tuchanka should be a Plain, BTW. (nm) by HerrWozzeck on 2012-06-18 13:12:00 UTC Reply

VG Locations ( very image heavy) by SeaTurtle on 2012-06-14 07:52:00 UTC Reply

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.

All done! by Huinesoron on 2012-06-15 21:50:00 UTC Reply

This is them all.

Including...

hS

Thank you! (nm) by SeaTurtle on 2012-06-17 03:07:00 UTC Reply

Uncommon? by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-13 14:27:00 UTC Reply

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?

G is for gold. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-13 17:30:00 UTC Reply

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

An Agent and a Canon by doctorlit on 2012-06-12 00:55:00 UTC Reply

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.

And done. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-15 17:20:00 UTC Reply

hS

Thank you so much! by doctorlit on 2012-06-16 05:02:00 UTC Reply

They look great!

Ooh, ouch. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-12 19:09:00 UTC Reply

(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

Re: Reviews by doctorlit on 2012-06-13 06:10:00 UTC Reply

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.

Ah. Well. Heh. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-13 07:37:00 UTC Reply

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

As dry as it is, this needs a rules text. by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-13 09:44:00 UTC Reply

Sure, the cheat sheet is good, but it shouldn't be the sole source of rules.

Oh how terribly tedious. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-13 17:26:00 UTC Reply

I suppose you're right. But it so nearly fits on the cheat sheet... :P

hS

A couple semi-fic blips by Tawaki on 2012-06-11 22:24:00 UTC Reply

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

Them there guys. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-15 17:17:00 UTC Reply

With a few slight modifications to fit the theme, but.

hS

A couple more by Phobos on 2012-06-11 18:08:00 UTC Reply

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.

These them. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-13 22:00:00 UTC Reply

hS

Lovely by Phobos on 2012-06-13 22:36:00 UTC Reply

Thank you, sir. I really like the image you used for Barid's weapon.

Incoming! by HerrWozzeck on 2012-06-11 14:46:00 UTC Reply

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

Here'are. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-13 19:05:00 UTC Reply

And yes, I did make Cinderella more powerful.

hS

I think Cinderella's Stats are identical to Anneli's... by HerrWozzeck on 2012-06-13 19:36:00 UTC Reply

...when they should not be identical.

Just thought I'd point out that small error there.

Oh, bloomin'. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-13 21:13:00 UTC Reply

Fixed. There's always something...

hS

Hey, it happens to the best of us. by HerrWozzeck on 2012-06-14 01:58:00 UTC Reply

And otherwise, they look great, so... =D

Agent Sylvia and Agent Natasha by ShatteredSanity on 2012-06-10 20:34:00 UTC Reply

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?

And here. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-12 18:49:00 UTC Reply

Good grief, if I make a few Locations, Video Games will be a playable fandom before long...

hS

A few more agents. by PoorCynic on 2012-06-09 21:09:00 UTC Reply

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.

Time to spot the mistakes? by Huinesoron on 2012-06-11 08:41:00 UTC Reply

I must have made at least one, right?

hS

Looks good to me. by PoorCynic on 2012-06-12 15:11:00 UTC Reply

No mistakes that I can see. Thank you!

How have I not gotten in on this before? by Tungsten_Monk on 2012-06-09 20:00:00 UTC Reply

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.

Yay! Famous peoples! by Huinesoron on 2012-06-11 07:36:00 UTC Reply

(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

Oooh, lovely! by Tungsten_Monk on 2012-06-11 21:43:00 UTC Reply

Thank you so much! But please don't call them famous. Especially Su. If his ego gets much bigger, Bad Things will happen. :D

A bit too late for that. by JulyFlame on 2012-06-12 00:33:00 UTC Reply

And out of curiosity, who did the art? It is most brilliant.

Well, I can hope. by Tungsten_Monk on 2012-06-12 02:52:00 UTC Reply

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.

Huh! Is it really? And I would never have guessed. (nm) by JulyFlame on 2012-06-12 03:15:00 UTC Reply

Oh wait . . . by Tungsten_Monk on 2012-06-09 23:24:00 UTC Reply

. . . 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.

Nothing wrong with a DoI agent, is there? by SeaTurtle on 2012-06-09 12:22:00 UTC Reply

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

Yet more DoI Agents... by SeaTurtle on 2012-06-17 03:06:00 UTC Reply

...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.

There you go! by Huinesoron on 2012-06-19 08:09:00 UTC Reply

Another Disc agent? Awesome.

hS

Thanks again! (nm) by SeaTurtle on 2012-06-19 20:07:00 UTC Reply

Gaspard by Huinesoron on 2012-06-11 02:56:00 UTC Reply

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'

Thank you, sir! (nm) by SeaTurtle on 2012-06-11 05:42:00 UTC Reply

Revised stats by SeaTurtle on 2012-06-10 00:09:00 UTC Reply

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?

Any stats can be 0. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-11 02:36:00 UTC Reply

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

And since Surveillance is so powerful... by Huinesoron on 2012-06-11 02:38:00 UTC Reply

... 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

Adding yet another ESAS Agent by Elcalion on 2012-06-09 04:57:00 UTC Reply

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

Riboflavin^2 by Huinesoron on 2012-06-11 02:12:00 UTC Reply

"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

Ooh, shiny! by Elcalion on 2012-06-11 06:59:00 UTC Reply

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)

Done! by Huinesoron on 2012-06-12 18:47:00 UTC Reply

(Idril gets a shiny because she fell into the magic Eleventh Place slot... after a bit of shuffling)

hS
Oh heck yes. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-11 07:37:00 UTC Reply

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

Whoops, forgot LO by Elcalion on 2012-06-09 05:11:00 UTC Reply

Riboflavin's LO is (Nymphadora) Tonks

Re: PPC Card Game: Fifth Generation by firemagic on 2012-06-09 03:17:00 UTC Reply

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.

Re: PPC Card Game: Fifth Generation by firemagic on 2012-06-11 02:43:00 UTC Reply

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.

Here y'are. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-12 18:51:00 UTC Reply

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

Thanks! by firemagic on 2012-06-12 19:31:00 UTC Reply

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.

Magic! by Huinesoron on 2012-06-12 22:09:00 UTC Reply

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

Re: Magic! by firemagic on 2012-06-12 23:25:00 UTC Reply

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.

Re: Magic! by firemagic on 2012-06-13 16:58:00 UTC Reply

Um...

Sorry, but how do you determine speed for a Canon card?

Species, mostly. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-13 17:25:00 UTC Reply

With a hint of random guesswork.

hS

I see... by firemagic on 2012-06-13 18:48:00 UTC Reply

What's the scale for them? 1 through 5, as with the Agent cards?

Yep. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-13 21:14:00 UTC Reply

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

Nanoha in general is awesome. Watch it. (nm) by Sergio Turbo on 2012-06-14 12:16:00 UTC Reply
I SMITE YOU, ENTER KEY! by firemagic on 2012-06-13 21:40:00 UTC Reply

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.

Canons! by Huinesoron on 2012-06-15 17:57:00 UTC Reply

There are a lot more eleventh cards than I expected...

hS

Nanoha as the golden card? I APPROVE. by Sergio Turbo on 2012-06-15 18:59:00 UTC Reply

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)

Here you go. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-15 22:03:00 UTC Reply

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

That's funny, I think. by Sergio Turbo on 2012-06-16 13:23:00 UTC Reply

In fact, I think your choice fits better.

And, about Homura, you wrote "homura" uncapitalized.

*grabs homura Akemi" Mini get! Awwww!

Technical limitation, that. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-16 17:45:00 UTC Reply

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
Hooray, mini Charlotte! by firemagic on 2012-06-16 15:31:00 UTC Reply

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.)

Ready for this? (IMAGE HEAVY) by Huinesoron on 2012-06-19 07:53:00 UTC Reply

(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

Impressive by firemagic on 2012-06-19 20:00:00 UTC Reply

As Sergio pointed out, WPN IS killable, and I just forgot about the times where she died. Sorry.
Waklpurgisnacht isn't unkillable. by Sergio Turbo on 2012-06-19 17:46:00 UTC Reply

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...

Right, I forgot. by firemagic on 2012-06-19 21:34:00 UTC Reply

Walpy dies in pretty much every timeline, but Madoka dies in the process.

Ooh, another mini-Charlotte!

Re: Hooray, mini Charlotte! by firemagic on 2012-06-17 03:15:00 UTC Reply

I guess WPN should have 6-6-undestroyable stats
Puella Magi isn't present as a species under the rules (nm) by Sergio Turbo on 2012-06-16 18:40:00 UTC Reply

Neither was Canim, but I used that too... (nm) by firemagic on 2012-06-16 19:06:00 UTC Reply

Sorry, didn't get Barrier picture by firemagic on 2012-06-16 15:33:00 UTC Reply

http://images.puella-magi.net/f/f4/Ep2-bd-gertrud.jpg?20110429042720

Sorry, forgot Ari's picture by firemagic on 2012-06-11 02:52:00 UTC Reply

And Narav is dark grey.

In-Tera-sting. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-11 02:10:00 UTC Reply

(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

Re: In-Tera-sting. by firemagic on 2012-06-11 02:24:00 UTC Reply

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!

Attempt at Medical card by firemagic on 2012-06-09 19:39:00 UTC Reply

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?

Kaitlyn and I are in agreement... by Huinesoron on 2012-06-11 03:24:00 UTC Reply

... that a My Little Pony in Medical is one of the most awesome things to come out of the recent PPC. ;)

hS
Convention states... by Huinesoron on 2012-06-11 03:09:00 UTC Reply

... that Medical agents have no fandom (because I can't fit it on the line). Other than that, working on it right now.

hS

Here's mine. by Sergio Turbo on 2012-06-08 18:59:00 UTC Reply

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:

Sergio & Nikki by Huinesoron on 2012-06-09 09:51:00 UTC Reply

(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
Accidentally clicked on "post". by Sergio Turbo on 2012-06-08 19:02:00 UTC Reply

Nikki's Special Ability is: Grenade - Causes an explosion inflicting 1 damage to each unit in a Location

I'm trying to get the rules. by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-08 18:02:00 UTC Reply

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?

As (not) seen in the diagram... by Huinesoron on 2012-06-08 21:20:00 UTC Reply

... 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

Ah, that makes sense. I think. by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-08 21:35:00 UTC Reply

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.

Am I overdoing it? by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-15 23:25:00 UTC Reply

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.

And Priyala. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-19 08:15:00 UTC Reply

hS

VG... okay? by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-19 12:42:00 UTC Reply

Well, to be fair, there's Duels of the Planeswalkers... but well, we can't errata VG to Games after that many cards.

Well... by Huinesoron on 2012-06-19 17:05:00 UTC Reply

... 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

Two out of three? by Huinesoron on 2012-06-18 08:08:00 UTC Reply

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

I'm hoping that you use photoshop. by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-18 09:21:00 UTC Reply

Also, I like what you did with the ability.

Click me hard!

Gold cards. by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-17 09:38:00 UTC Reply

If you intend to make gold cards of one of them, tell me and you'll get the backgroundless versions.

Re: Ah, that makes sense. I think. by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-15 08:46:00 UTC Reply

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.

And done. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-15 22:00:00 UTC Reply

At last, a normal sword again. ;)

hS

Here y'are. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-09 10:20:00 UTC Reply

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

Yay! by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-09 22:24:00 UTC Reply

Good thing you like Greg.

God I'm strupid. by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-06-08 21:39:00 UTC Reply

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

Agent Decima by Phobos on 2012-06-08 17:36:00 UTC Reply

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.

Decima by Huinesoron on 2012-06-08 21:40:00 UTC Reply

And, of course...

hS

Thanks by Phobos on 2012-06-09 22:10:00 UTC Reply

They look awesome.

-Phobos

Ooh, a new event! by darklordaakmal on 2012-06-08 16:07:00 UTC Reply

I never knew someone make trading cards around here! Do you charge for manufacture, and how much?

No charge. by Huinesoron on 2012-06-08 16:17:00 UTC Reply

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

A printer shall be required. by darklordaakmal on 2012-06-08 17:35:00 UTC Reply

Right? Anyway, I can't wait. At least to look at your craft.