The Shadowlancer - sts2 oc slayer
A mysterious combatant working for an unknown Ancient. She wields the mobility of shadows to outspeed her opponents. Seeks another slayer for unknown reasons.
#shadowspeak - IC
#unveiled - OOC
#shadows of the past - LOOORRRREEE
#whispers - response
#laws of shadows - info on actual play, if I ever bother to learn to mod her in.
The Shadowlancer wields Navy Blue cards.
Relic: Darkened Lance - at the beginning of combat, gain 5 Rush
Deck: 3 strike, 3 defend, 1 reposition, 1 Rushdown
Reposition - Basic - Skill - 1 energy
Gain 5 Rush
Rushdown - basic - Attack - 1 energy
Lose half of your Rush. Deal 11 damage.
Rush - Buff
Increases the power of certain cards. Rush:Dex::Vigor:Strength
Slumber - Buff
Heal [stack value] at the start of your turn, and then decrease that value by one. You may only play one card each turn.
Archetypes:
Rush - gain and lose Rush to play big attacks or gain big block.
Slumber - the opposite of poison, with additional downsides.
Smoke - take no damage and escape combat after some turns. Gain the rewards anyway.
Card examples:
Deep Sleep - Common - Power - 1 energy
Gain 10 Slumber.
Run Through - Uncommon - Attack - 2 energy
Deal damage equal to Rush expended this combat
Smoke Bomb - Common - Skill - 1 energy
Gain 3 block. If you do not take unblocked damage for the next 3 turns, Escape.
Clone Trail - Uncommon - Attack - X-cost
4 damage X times. Gain 5 Rush X times.
Shadow Domain - Rare - Skill - X-cost
Gain 10 Slumber X Times
Lucid Dreaming - Rare - Power - 2 cost
You may play 1 Additional card while sleeping.
Darkened Form - Rare - Power - 3 energy
At the end of your turn, double your Block.
Shadowlancer is designed to reward small decks with efficient, high-cost cards. Rush is one-use (usually) and so incentivizes cards that are efficient in its use or gain it rapidly. Slumber heals a LOT, but you need to be able to block enough to gain that healing. She has lots of cards that cost a lot but give big block. Finally, smoke rewards careful play - if you block well, you don’t need to deal damage, but if you don’t, the consequences are heavy.
