OK, we've got two! I'll post in just a bit. There is a lot to type.

those are beastly

Thanx Swine

Thanks to Ray Becker, who said to go for it on facebook.

This is just all kinds of crazy.

I can't wait to play this stuff, and especially to see what they do with the Epic format rules for mass battles.

I will just post the figure I made, then...

Darth Vader, Legend of the Dark Side
Imperial
Cost: 152
HP: 160 Def: 23 Atk: +16 Dam: 20
SA: Unique, Melee Attack, Triple Attack, Jedi Hunter, Dark Armor
No Disentegrations (Damage dealt by critical hits cannot be increased. Commander effects and special abilities taht trigger based on a critical hit or the attack number rolled are suppressed)
FP: Force 2, Force Renewal 2, Master of the Force 2
Force Grip 4, Lightsaber Defense, Lightsaber Sweep
Dark Assault 2 (Force 2. If this character doesn't move this turn, he gets +4 Atk and +10 Damage on all his attacks this turn)
Overwhelming Force 2 (Force 2. This character's attacks can't be prevented or redirected this turn, and special abilities that trigger as a result of being hit by an attack are suppressed. Ignore bonuses to Def when determing whether the attack hits)
CE: Once per round, after initiative is determined, you may remove one Unique allied commander to grant all other non-Unique allies +10 Dam for the rest of the round.

Designer thoughts. This was a really fun piece to make. I already had a good idea, and the guy who brought me into it gave me some thoughts. I didn't want a Lord Vader type piece, I wanted more Jedi Hunter, the big threat who just walks up to you, who doesn't make a lot of attacks, but the ones he does HURTS. So I automatically threw out Twin and Djem So. For bypassing some major Def (looking at you Gowk/duelists), along with Djem So, it seemed appropriate to add that to Overwhelming Force, a power that already bypassed most defenses. I originally had Sith Rage, Dark Assault was borne as another way to up his damage along with Sith Rage. Wanted something different, so a Force power equivalent of Deadeye/Careful Shot was born. Obviously, Sith Rage was dropped, to keep them a bit more balanced to each other.

There have been fan wants for a Vader that I tried to incorperate. One was a Cybernetic Armor, to make him a bit closer to being a Cyborg, since I didn't just want him to have Cyborg, because I wanted Ion Gun and Lightning to affect him and hurt a bit more (looking at ROTJ ending there). The other was No Disentegrations. People have been clamoring for that since Bounty Hunters and Boba (though possible since ROTS, but they were not nearly as loud). The original form was pretty much cancelling Disentegration and Flurry. After a little collabaration, we came up with the current version, which pretty much negates the role of criticals in a game. A much stronger, and much cooler ability.

And finally, the CE. The CE was made with the larger scale games. That was one of the goals. The perfect CE for Vader will always be a choking your own ally CE. Obviously, this CE cannot be used to pretty much any effect in a skirmish or Epic Duo game. You have to go well above 200 to get much use. Hopefully, it is balanced at those levels, and fun.

It says Dark Armor on Vader. Did you say he had Cybernetic Armor?

You've captured my favorite part of this game... "flavor". I love a piece that I can look at his stat card and then envision scenes from the movies where the character used the abilities and powers I see printed. While a piece like dash rendar rs is fun and all, his design doesn't have much imagination.

Yup! Nice job on that Vader!

Real Solid Vader, I really like it a lot and can't wait to stick it into a Massive combat scenario.

I think the only change I'd have made would be that lightsabers no longer ignore dark armor. and call it something else. Darker Armor maybe haha

This Epic sets looking good from these few previews so far. Exciting!

I love Palps and Vader, both really capture the character's flavor and will be a load of fun to field. Well done!

Now... where are those cards...!

Yeah, i'm really interesed to see how these games play out. Vong would seem to have a great benefit in Force Immunity. take most squads take a shooter as backp? Boba, Jango, Cad, Dash, and Cade will probably see play where points allow. That said, some of the Epics have nice CEs for melee and/or Non-U allies. I yink that is a very wise decision on the part of the design team. Felcor will probably make some appearances...

Mandalore will aslo offer some unique and interesting combos... have not seen the final version, but an early draft gave him Mando Conscription, Beskargam and Cortosis Weave (defeats lightsabers).... his CE gives Beskargam and Cortosis Weave to Mando allies
Jaina anyone?

I'd like to hear some Gencon battle reports to see what players thought and how the games turned out!