Baron Christoff here, [SUGGESTION]- Just my thoughts, but since there are already cards in ch like "loner", which count the number of players in a certain area. What about if we have a card effect like "Unity" {see below}. You could keep it broad, so it counts players only, or also use it to specialise, so it counts race or character type. This I feel would give archetypes such as 3dc or 3 priests a little more punch and depth that they're currently lacking. You could apply Unity to not just attacks, but block effects, armor effects, healing effects, and even duration effects. Sample Unity idea ============================================ Banded spark Unity 1. Increase the damage of this card by 1 for each wizard you control. Hard to block 2 Damage 6 Range 6. ========================================= At its base this card is a mighty spark, but then with additional two wiz can go up to beyond an obliteratgin spark. You could also limit Unity, such as "...all wizards within two squares", to punish players for being too aggressive with Unity cards. This idea, of punishment for aggression vs reward for caredful play is I feel a great incentive for playing smarter. pros and cons of unity pros: -enhanced damage /effects -gives more variety to deck building -gives weaker decks a chance -might make opposing player more aggressive as they rush in to try to pick off a character to weaken the effectiveness of unity attacks; thus making them more overextend cons: -might make your characters more vulnerable to burst and chop cards -might make you more likely to be defensive, as you want to preserve your characters -can limit your deckbuilding in some ways, to only those character or race types which can use the relevant Unity cards ======================= Implications The addition of a card effect likke Unity only makes CH a little more complex. And once players know which items contains unity attacks / heals / armor / blocks, they can anticipate them more. As with all cards, if it gets too powerful it could be nerfed / removed. But I feel this effect would encourage more depth in the game, which it desperately needs, as currently, I feel the meta is just two decks: burst wizards and buffed warriors. Adding unity and similar cards could give 3dc / vampires, and even tri-warriors a good shot at being more than just "Tier 2" decks. Or better yet, tri-elves! Elven unity - it makes sense from a flavour perspective, Elves are always united and focussed, and helps minimised the disadvantage of elves low hp. It would be nice to see the fragile Elf Wiz have a competitive chance. Thoughts? I will post an Elven Unity card idea soon if I have time. Signed, Christoff, king of twaddly-diddly-dum
