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Title: Stormsurge | Stormwrath
Post by: coinich on May 25, 2011, 02:55:51 pm
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd377/coinich/Stormsurge.png)
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd377/coinich/Stormwrath.png)
NAME:
Stormsurge
ELEMENT:
Water
COST:
4 :water
TYPE:
Permanent
ATK|HP:
3|6 when flying
TEXT:
Weapon: deal 3+X damage, X is the amount of poison counters on the opponent.
You cannot equip shields
NAME:
Stormwrath
ELEMENT:
Water
COST:
4 :water
TYPE:
Permanent
ATK|HP:
5|6 when flying
TEXT:
Weapon: deal 5+X damage, X is the amount of poison counters on the opponent.
You cannot equip shields
ART:
Katsushika Hokusai
IDEA:
coinich
NOTES:
Playing a shield will discard this card.  Playing this card will discard your shield.  Otherwise its fairly simple; the more poison counters, the more damage the weapon deals.  Purify counters will negate the damage of this card; upgraded and the opponent having 2 Purify counters means that you will be dealing 3 damage a turn instead of 5.

Artwork is from Wikimedia Commons, link and full explanation here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa.jpg
SERIES:
2 Handed Weapons Series

Title: Re: Stormsurge | Stormwrath
Post by: Higurashi on May 25, 2011, 02:58:14 pm
Very powerful and with a serious drawback. I like it!
Title: Re: Stormsurge | Stormwrath
Post by: SnoWeb on May 25, 2011, 03:04:56 pm
Quote from: Higurashi on May 25, 2011, 02:58:14 pm
Very powerful and with a serious drawback. I like it!
specially if you consider that water has the best shield ever.

However, I don't see the link between storm and poison. Can you explain?
Title: Re: Stormsurge | Stormwrath
Post by: EngPhys on May 25, 2011, 05:58:23 pm
You might want to add that you can't play this when a shield is equipped, or that when it is played, if you have a shield, it is destroyed. With the current text, you have have the shield out first and then play this.
Title: Re: Stormsurge | Stormwrath
Post by: coinich on May 25, 2011, 06:02:46 pm
Quote from: SnoWeb on May 25, 2011, 03:04:56 pm
Quote from: Higurashi on May 25, 2011, 02:58:14 pm
Very powerful and with a serious drawback. I like it!
specially if you consider that water has the best shield ever.

However, I don't see the link between storm and poison. Can you explain?
I was using the thesaurus for things having to do with venom, and I came across various terms for hatred.  I then got caught up on wrath, such as angry seas, and added Storm because I figured it needed a watery name.  There's really not much more to it.  Perhaps poison just angers the storm more.

Quote from: EngPhys on May 25, 2011, 05:58:23 pm
You might want to add that you can't play this when a shield is equipped, or that when it is played, if you have a shield, it is destroyed. With the current text, you have have the shield out first and then play this.
Its mentioned in the notes that this automatically discards any shields you might have.  Including the full nuances of that would take up too much room on the card.
Title: Re: Stormsurge | Stormwrath
Post by: Rutarete on May 25, 2011, 08:25:40 pm
If X was for your poison counters, now wouldln't that be fun? ;)
Title: Re: Stormsurge | Stormwrath
Post by: Bill Door on May 27, 2011, 02:23:56 pm
Quote from: Higurashi on May 25, 2011, 02:58:14 pm
Very powerful and with a serious drawback. I like it!
I like it too. But the concept doesn't make any sense to me. It has nothing to do with poison. Maybe you could change the name?  :-X
Scourge? Scourge of the sea? Toxic tsunami  ;D?
Title: Re: Stormsurge | Stormwrath
Post by: ZephyrPhantom on May 27, 2011, 03:44:27 pm
Quote from: Bill Door on May 27, 2011, 02:23:56 pm
Quote from: Higurashi on May 25, 2011, 02:58:14 pm
Very powerful and with a serious drawback. I like it!
I like it too. But the concept doesn't make any sense to me. It has nothing to do with poison. Maybe you could change the name?  :-X
Scourge? Scourge of the sea? Toxic tsunami  ;D?
As stated in chat a while ago, I like the name as it is, as do others. It also helps if we need to change the image later on a-la Reverse Time copyright issues - the name is general enough to be different types of weapons but specific enough to imply the theme of water.
Title: Re: Stormsurge | Stormwrath
Post by: coinich on May 27, 2011, 03:59:36 pm
The image I used is under the CC license, and its a photograph of artwork from a long-dead artist.  I/wiki claims that is then open for public use, so I think I'm ok.  Worst comes to worst I'll find something.
Title: Re: Stormsurge | Stormwrath
Post by: Kuroaitou on June 03, 2011, 01:01:11 am
CURATOR COMMENT

(Although not needed, you should add the 'when flying' phrase next to the ATK|HP stat section to show that the weapon can only have HP when it is flown - your card is passable as is)

Trying to make the :water-:death synergy even better, no? ^^;
Title: Re: Stormsurge | Stormwrath
Post by: coinich on June 04, 2011, 04:06:26 pm
Quote from: Kuroaitou on June 03, 2011, 01:01:11 am
CURATOR COMMENT

(Although not needed, you should add the 'when flying' phrase next to the ATK|HP stat section to show that the weapon can only have HP when it is flown - your card is passable as is)

Trying to make the :water-:death synergy even better, no? ^^;
Done.  I felt that water needs something stronger, and realized the poison by Chrysoara was a good place to start.
Title: Re: Stormsurge | Stormwrath
Post by: Bird man on June 07, 2011, 10:05:43 pm
lol im trying to imagine the flying version of this.

Up there, look, its a bird,
no, its a plane,

WAAAIIIIIITTTTTTT.........

ITS A TSUNAMI !?!?! We are so screwed O_o
Title: Re: Stormsurge | Stormwrath
Post by: Leerest on June 14, 2011, 05:52:32 pm
I played poison deck when i started playing for a while and i liked it, but it was a mere AI3 grinder. Id love to see cards like this go ahead so poison could be a stronger mechanic to play in pvp.

The only thing i dont like is the art for your card; i know im not the first i tell you, but... a weapon should be like a weapon, isnt it?  :P

Good luck with this Stormsurge, i hope it raises to the forge soon.
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