The Custom Character Discussion Thread

Kohdok wrote:
Catherine, Renegades
DEF: mid red 300
Your cards with no effect text cost {1} less to play. (Part of a "Textless" archetype that allows more powerful cards to be played sooner if they have no text.)

MoreDakka wrote:

Kohdok wrote:
Catherine, Renegades
DEF: mid red 300
Your cards with no effect text cost {1} less to play. (Part of a "Textless" archetype that allows more powerful cards to be played sooner if they have no text.)

I think this is actually a really good type of card. Playing around with this or similar creations would be quite interesting.

Kohdok wrote:

MoreDakka wrote:

Kohdok wrote:
Catherine, Renegades
DEF: mid red 300
Your cards with no effect text cost {1} less to play. (Part of a "Textless" archetype that allows more powerful cards to be played sooner if they have no text.)

I think this is actually a really good type of card. Playing around with this or similar creations would be quite interesting.

Well, her monster is called Bassault:

Bassault
{3}
Stone Elemental
Defenses Top blue 300, bottom red 300
Effect: Your attacks with no effect text cost {1} less to play and gain +100 power.

Bassault:
{6}
Gold Elemental
Defenses: top red 500, bottom blue 400
Effect: You attacks with no effect text cannot be stopped.

Like that.

Metannoyed wrote:Also I like that monster, Great Name, Good Concept, although, I think it should be a Monster not an Elemental

Kohdok wrote:

Metannoyed wrote:Also I like that monster, Great Name, Good Concept, although, I think it should be a Monster not an Elemental

Types are Beast, Machine, and elemental.

Ya know, I don't think there have been any cards that specifically target any of those three types...

Kohdok wrote:I think some interesting ideas for cards would be:

Anti-Gold - Cards that punish the use of Gold Monsters. Perhaps cards that gain power when used against a Gold monster, or monsters that gain an effect when the opponent uses a gold monster.
Textless - Already mentioned.
Word-match archetypes - An Idea I had used a card that made attacks with "Shell" in their names cost less. "Shell" attacks would be above-average in cost, but with this "monster" in place (A Tank named "Betsy Ross") They would be cheaper than equivalent attacks.

Metannoyed wrote:An Idea I've been working on lately is this;

It's a new type of card (made from Hailstorms probably, or from a non-covering attack that you cut the damage windows out of.

It represents Equipment/Training/A Skill/Whatever that your character comes into play with, the text of the abilty goes where normal attack text would go, so yes, one attack, any attack will cover it, but in all likelyhood 2 characters will still have two abilities on turn two.

The card can also add defence (to do this I'll cut defence values out of extra character cards and splice them in.

Basically what I want to do here is create more starting permutations and options; Am I going to run Boomer with the Steadfast ability or with the Kairu X-Reader equipment?

If we could find a way to make custom cards that passed then we could start working on Boost/Beneficial cards that you play on your own characters (and yeah, clean-up is harder but it isnt that hard - the good cards are yours, the bad cards are your opponents)

Kohdok wrote:

Metannoyed wrote:An Idea I've been working on lately is this;

It's a new type of card (made from Hailstorms probably, or from a non-covering attack that you cut the damage windows out of.

It represents Equipment/Training/A Skill/Whatever that your character comes into play with, the text of the ability goes where normal attack text would go, so yes, one attack, any attack will cover it, but in all likelihood 2 characters will still have two abilities on turn two.

The card can also add defence (to do this I'll cut defence values out of extra character cards and splice them in.

Basically what I want to do here is create more starting permutations and options; Am I going to run Boomer with the Steadfast ability or with the Kairu X-Reader equipment?

If we could find a way to make custom cards that passed then we could start working on Boost/Beneficial cards that you play on your own characters (and yeah, clean-up is harder but it isnt that hard - the good cards are yours, the bad cards are your opponents)

What you're talking about is already there: The different versions of character cards(Well, if they'd ever implemented it...). Such as "Boomer: Team Stax" and "Boomer: Stax Powerhouse". I think that has it covered already.

Metannoyed wrote:

With all due respect I completely disagree, for two reasons;

1: Different versions of Boomer are more options, Sure, but not nearly as many options you'd have if there were Equipment/Skill cards that you started the game with. These could also cover up starting abilities like you suggest with your attack card (I like that idea).

2: Boomer - Stax Powerhouse doesn't exist in publication or in any way that most of us can get it (sort of printing out a home made version). Even if it did exist, even if three versions of each character existed, It'd still be fun (and not at all the same thing) to have customizing cards to play on top of them to slightly change their flavor.

Does that make sense?

Kohdok wrote:You haven't really sold me on this idea, sorry.

MoreDakka wrote:I think I get what you're going for.
Monsters do essentially do what you're speaking of and kinda replace "equipment" cards from other games BUT having equipment cards like what you describe (and other kinds) wouldn't be affected by cards that affect monsters.

I think it's a decent idea but you'd probably want to do an entire series release that concentrates on this type of play so as to not just make it 1 or two cards.

Kohdok wrote:
Here's probably my best idea: COLORSHIFT.

COLORSHIFT: "If a monster card with COLORSHIFT is played on top of a monster with the same name, decrease the cost of the monster being played by the kairu cost of the monster it is being played on."


For example: one of my characters has Blazeaxe: Knight Machine on it, which has a kairu cost of 3. I wish to play Blazaxe: Blue Machine on top of it. Blazaxe: Blue Machine has a kairu cost of 7, but also has COLORSHIFT. Since both cards are named "Blazaxe", I subtract the cost of Blazaxe: Knight Machine from the cost of Blazaxe: Blue Machine, enabling me to play Blazaxe: Blue Machine for 4 Kairu.

Blazaxe: Knight Machine
Cost 3
Healing: None
Defenses: Top green 300, Mid red 300
Effect: Your attacks with Sword, Mace, Blade, Whip, Dagger, Axe, or Hammer in their names cost 1 less to play and gain +100 power.

Blazaxe: Blue Machine
Cost: 7
Healing: None
Defenses: Top blue 300, Mid blue 400
Effect: COLORSHIFT; You may play me as a REACT. If you do, stop an opponent's attack.

In the show, this ability would actually appear, reflecting a technique that saves energy by switching between the different colors of the same monster to suit the situation. Energy is saved by not changing the monster type, only the colors and abilities.[/size]

Metannoyed wrote:

It's a neat ability, and makes a lot of sense, I'd suggest calling it Upgrade though, or something else to suggest progression - that way you could use it for monsters that are not as linked to one color or another.

SonOfOgre wrote:I was going to start up a custom character thread myself for love of all things fan-non, and because I have a handfull of characters for my own bastardized Reda fanon. Though I've only managed to scrape together cards for 3 of them.

Kohdok wrote:

SonOfOgre wrote:I was going to start up a custom character thread myself for love of all things fan-non, and because I have a handfull of characters for my own bastardized Reda fanon. Though I've only managed to scrape together cards for 3 of them.

I think this is more of a custom cards thread than a custom characters thread. Anything Fanon should probably get its own thread.