Doc Savage's Blog - Tannhäuser Tuesday - M.U.R.08 Tokens

Just a question. Why use Hunab Ku symbol as a background/recurrent theme ?

When Moeller discovered the Hermetic Texts there were other texts in the library. The Hunab Ku was part of the symbology used in those texts. Moeller liked it and adapted it for his own use as a blend of the power of the gods with science. It mirrors his own work, manipulating nature and the Hermetic forces.

Sept 23, 2008 - Lady Kataryna Fürstenstein 2-page character sheet and Tokens for Twin Daggers version.

littlewars has posted the newest U-Chronic Token of the Month - A Mummy to terrorize the Reich!

That is interesting, my next map is going to be an egyptian tomb.

Still in the planing stage and been gather and creating objectives for it.

I was originally going to be an all in tomb map, but was looking at some photos at a couple of Egyptian museums I have visited in my short life and saw a way where I can make the map inside and outside though majority will be in tomb, then again I can always change my mind.

I have put up the revised Jackal Tokens and Character Sheets.

Doc Savage wrote:I have put up the revised Jackal Tokens and Character Sheets.

Nice creation you got there. Where did you get the art? I was thinking about a character of the luftwaffe or a former pilot that flew side by side with the Red Baron.

The art? I scanned the art off the Star Wars CMG stat card and then it was cleaned up and colored by the awesome Malechi!!!

These are all VERY cool! Will you be doing tokens for the mech-apes, hyenas, and R.U.R. as well?

Thanks for all your hard work,
Don

Looks great! Good work by both of you!

DHFrew3 wrote:These are all VERY cool! Will you be doing tokens for the mech-apes, hyenas, and R.U.R. as well?

Thanks for all your hard work,
Don

Yep, those are all on the way, but it takes time... I will be doing:

Lady Furstenstein (Magdalena version)
Apes
Hyenas
Robot - will either get a new name or a new bio.

After that, on to other factions, probably finish off the BPRD first before tackling anything new.

My only question/concern about the Jackal is why is Jackal's figure so small on the card? He is half the size of any other figure's image on their card ...

... Or, perhaps he is a Hobbit?

Malechi wrote:My only question/concern about the Jackal is why is Jackal's figure so small on the card? He is half the size of any other figure's image on their card ...

... Or, perhaps he is a Hobbit?

Maybe the pic is taken from very very very far away.

I guess that I could cut off his feet. I wasn't liking where his feet hit the rocks...

Original Jackal Card:

I don't believe you need to cut anymore of the Jackal figure out of the image. You can either crop Jackal's "photo" closer to Jackal ...

Or, if you don't want to loose the background image, make Jackal bigger and give the background slight perspective stretch along the base to make Jackal appear further away than from the buildings ...

Note that I also added a photo border and lightened Jackal slightly to pull him away from the background just because I think it looks better, no other reason.

One more thing, you should edit out the two starburst shapes beside the HtH skill icon.

These appear on Wolf's card to remind you to select two additional skills (per Jack Of All Trades).

Here is the revision:

I like the "non-posterized" sepia look of the original background, it was more like the official cards.

How's this?

Nice, this fits more with the Tannhauser cards, a sepia tinted photo (with a blur/median) and a illustrated color image.

Nice work.

I too prefer the last photograph of Jackal !

Now if we could get rid of his coat it would even be better

The M.U.R.08 Character Sheets and Tokens are up!!!

I'm getting close to the end of the Moeller's Hermetics team.

Next Week - Rüstung Fallhammer.

Another good one Doc!

Couple of questions:

Special Rule - Metal Ruins: Is there a MUR08 rubble token? I'm guessing it's a Debris Token that is just noted by the players as being the rubble?

The whole Metal Ruins and Dr Moeller's Robotic Repair seems to work nicely together and MUR08 seems to fill a unique trooper slot:

Metal Ruins keeps him from respawning (returning as a reinforcement) in every difficulty level - correct. I'm not sure if that was your intention but I like it!
I'm working under the assumption when he is replaced by debris and he may not reenter the board - correct?
The only way it reenters the board (in any every difficulty level) is via Robotic Repair - also correct? Again, I like that.

Severe Malfunction is a nice item. It's seems fun and balanced (once per game).

There seems to be a synergy between Metal Ruins, Robotic Repair, and Malfunction if I understand them correctly.

I really like this one.

Thanks, littlewars. I will also open the discussion a bit to include your suggestion about the Armored Apes...

The Apes and the MUR08 are the troops in this faction. In some game modes the troops get to respawn when they are killed. How should I handle this with the Hermetics?

littlewars suggested that the MUR08 not respawn and that the apes respawn as follows. The Hermetics start with 3 apes.

So, easy mode = 9 apes total
Medium is = 6 apes total
And Hard = 3 apes ( no respawns)

Since 3 Rüstung Fallhammer = 1 Trooper this makes sense

Since MUR08 is a troop I figured they respawned.

What do you guys think?

Severe malfunction is a direct lift of Not Dead Yet, so it should be balanced.